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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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Fathers and Daughters
2016 · Drama
Cell
2016 · Sci-Fi
Cold War 2
2016 · Action
Captain Fantastic
2016 · Drama
Kasaba
2016 · Action
Sultan
2016 · Action
30 Years Ago
2016 · Drama
Ghosthunters
2016 · Horror
The Legend of Tarzan
2016 · Action
The Purge: Election Year
2016 · Action
Native
2016 · Drama
Appa
2016 · Drama
The Night Stalker
2016 · Thriller
Marauders
2016 · Action
Carnage Park
2016 · Action
Satanic
2016 · Horror
Our Kind of Traitor
2016 · Thriller
The Innocents
2016 · Drama
Center of My World
2016 · Drama
Free State of Jones
2016 · Action
The Shallows
2016 · Drama
Metro
2016 · Thriller
The Call Up
2016 · Action
Septembers of Shiraz
2016 · Thriller
The Duel
2016 · Drama
The Debt
2016 · Drama
The Neon Demon
2016 · Drama
Raman Raghav 2.0
2016 · Drama
Three
2016 · Action
The Truth Beneath
2016 · Thriller
Arctic Heart
2016 · Drama
Lord of Shanghai
2016 · Crime
The White King
2016 · Drama
Sadako vs. Kayako
2016 · Horror
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
2016 · Horror
Totems
2016 · Animation
Oka Manasu
2016 · Romance
Udta Punjab
2016 · Drama
Raaz Reboot
2016 · Horror
The Last Heist
2016 · Action
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