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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 Seven Five
2015 · Documentary
Cleveland Abduction
2015 · Drama
Nirbaak
2015 · Drama
Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai
2015 · Action
Gabbar Is Back
2015 · Action
Private Number
2015 · Thriller
Hyena
2015 · Drama
Far From Men
2015 · Drama
Coin Locker Girl
2015 · Drama
Iris
2015 · Biography
Stealing Time
2015 · Comedy
Parasyte: Part 2
2015 · Action
The Water Diviner
2015 · Drama
Lemonade
2015 · Comedy
Brotherly Love
2015 · Drama
Blackbird
2015 · Drama
Anita B.
2015 · Drama
Just Before I Go
2015 · Drama
The Forger
2015 · Drama
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
2015 · Biography
Unfriended
2015 · Thriller
Closer to the Moon
2015 · Drama
Child 44
2015 · Drama
The Dead Lands
2015 · Action
Monsters: Dark Continent
2015 · Sci-Fi
Beyond the Reach
2015 · Thriller
True Story
2015 · Drama
Tangerines
2015 · Drama
Among the Believers
2015 · Documentary
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Mother(s)
2015 · Drama
Bhaskar The Rascal
2015 · Comedy
Amanush 2
2015 · Crime
Seeds of Yesterday
2015 · Drama
Ex Machina
2015 · Sci-Fi
The Reconstruction of William Zero
2015 · Sci-Fi
Lost River
2015 · Drama
The Sisterhood of Night
2015 · Drama
Black Souls
2015 · Drama
The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
2015
About Elly (2009)
2015 · Drama
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