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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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The Stopover
2016 · Drama
If Cats Disappeared from the World
2016 · Fantasy
Money Monster
2016 · Drama
Aadupuliyattam
2016 · Horror
Mudhugauv
2016 · Action
Kill Command
2016 · Thriller
I Am Wrath
2016 · Action
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty
2016 · Mystery
The Darkness
2016 · Thriller
Most Likely to Die
2016 · Horror
The Trust
2016 · Thriller
Last Days in the Desert
2016 · Adventure
What We Become
2016 · Thriller
High-Rise
2016 · Action
Cash Only
2016 · Drama
The Lobster
2016 · Sci-Fi
A Billion Lives
2016 · Documentary
Einstein’s God Model
2016 · Drama
The Devil Within
2016 · Horror
East West
2016 · Adventure
Captain America: Civil War
2016 · Action
The Rainbow Kid
2016
Mah e Mir
2016 · Drama
One Night Stand
2016 · Drama
Born to Win
2016 · Comedy
1920 London
2016 · Horror
Rabin in His Own Words
2016 · Documentary
Being Charlie
2016 · Drama
Bite
2016 · Horror
Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
2016 · Drama
Dheepan
2016 · Drama
24
2016 · Thriller
Paththini
2016
A Bigger Splash
2016 · Drama
Terra Formars
2016 · Action
Papa: Hemingway in Cuba
2016 · Biography
Sacrifice
2016 · Thriller
Term Life
2016 · Drama
Himeanole
2016 · Drama
Lemonade
2016 · Music
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