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Emotionally Heavy Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
19,818 emotionally heavy movies, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Layla M.
2016 · Drama
Misbehavior
2016 · Drama
Woman on Fire
2016 · Documentary
Love Everlasting
2016 · Romance
Arrival
2016 · Sci-Fi
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
2016 · Action
Come and Find Me
2016 · Drama
Shut In
2016 · Drama
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
2016 · Drama
Elle
2016 · Drama
The Love Witch
2016 · Drama
The Monster
2016 · Drama
Disturbing the Peace
2016 · Documentary
Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada
2016 · Romance
Vineland
2016 · Romance
Hacksaw Ridge
2016 · Biography
The Mountain II
2016 · War
Two Is a Family
2016 · Drama
The Ivory Game
2016 · Documentary
Loving
2016 · Biography
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes
2016 · Documentary
Trash Fire
2016 · Horror
Infinity Train
2016 · Animation
Don't Call Me Son
2016 · Drama
Krampus Unleashed
2016 · Horror
Japanese Girls Never Die
2016 · Drama
Fairy Dust
2016 · Music
The Crossing
2016 · Horror
Her Love Boils Bathwater
2016 · Drama
Death Note: Light Up the NEW World
2016 · Horror
Inferno
2016 · Action
Shivaay
2016 · Adventure
Kodi
2016 · Action
Jack's Apocalypse
2016 · Sci-Fi
Shangri-La Suite
2016 · Drama
The Frontier
2016 · Drama
The Windmill
2016 · Drama
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
2016 · Thriller
Die Beautiful
2016 · Drama
Oxenfree
2016 · Adventure
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