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Emotionally Heavy Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Meaghamann
2014 · Crime
Two Days, One Night
2014 · Drama
Pisaasu
2014 · Drama
Cousins
2014 · Comedy
Ask Me Anything
2014 · Drama
Mr. Turner
2014 · Biography
Winter Sleep
2014 · Drama
The Golden Cane Warrior
2014 · Drama
Gone with the Bullets
2014 · Adventure
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014 · Adventure
The Sea Is Behind
2014
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014 · Action
We Still Kill the Old Way
2014 · Crime
The Captive
2014 · Thriller
By the Gun
2014 · Drama
Still Alice
2014 · Drama
Seconds
2014 · Mystery
Dying of the Light
2014 · Drama
The Pyramid
2014 · Horror
Miss Julie
2014 · Drama
Billy Bates
2014 · Drama
Charlie’s Farm
2014 · Horror
Vasilisa
2014 · History
Wild
2014 · Biography
The Crossing I
2014 · Drama
Parasyte: Part 1
2014 · Drama
Zid
2014 · Romance
Aaaah
2014 · Horror
Before I Disappear
2014 · Drama
The Babadook
2014 · Drama
The Imitation Game
2014 · Biography
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014 · Action
Ice Cream 2
2014 · Thriller
Naaigal Jaakirathai
2014 · Action
V/H/S: Viral
2014 · Action
Late Phases
2014 · Drama
Extraterrestrial
2014 · Sci-Fi
Naamkaran
2014 · Drama
The Jacket
2014 · Romance
Bad Hair
2014 · Drama
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