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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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Hours
2013 · Drama
Here Comes the Devil
2013 · Thriller
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013 · Adventure
Bhajarangi
2013 · Action
Way Back Home
2013 · Drama
Jhola
2013 · Drama
Sea Horse
2013 · Adventure
Thagaraaru
2013 · Action
Ice Soldiers
2013 · Action
Commitment
2013 · Action
White Reindeer
2013 · Drama
The Last Days on Mars
2013 · Sci-Fi
Out of the Furnace
2013 · Drama
Firestorm
2013 · Thriller
Vidiyum Munn
2013 · Drama
The White Storm
2013 · Drama
Bullett Raja
2013 · Crime
Shored Up
2013 · Drama
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013 · Biography
The Constable
2013 · Action
Bicycle Thieves
2013 · Romance
The Trials of Cate McCall
2013 · Drama
Oldboy
2013 · Action
Homefront
2013 · Action
PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth
2013 · Adventure
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013 · Adventure
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013 · Action
Philomena
2013 · Drama
Vishudhan
2013 · Drama
Irandam Ulagam
2013 · Fantasy
Singh Saab the Great
2013 · Action
Control
2013 · Thriller
Contracted
2013 · Drama
Narco Cultura
2013 · Documentary
Doctor Who: The Last Day
2013 · War
Victor Young Perez
2013 · Drama
Wer
2013 · Mystery
The Best Man Holiday
2013 · Drama
Junction
2013 · Thriller
Ram-Leela
2013 · Drama
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