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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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Commando - A One Man Army
2013 · Action
Bachchan
2013 · Action
The Face of Another
2013 · Drama
Tin & Tina
2013 · Crime
Conspirators
2013 · Crime
Sexy Evil Genius
2013 · Comedy
Trance
2013 · Drama
Evil Dead
2013 · Horror
Evil Dead
2013 · Thriller
All Things To All Men
2013 · Crime
Rise of the Zombie
2013 · Drama
Brother’s Keeper
2013 · Drama
Thale
2013 · Mystery
Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal
2013 · Horror
Simon Killer
2013 · Drama
The Brass Teapot
2013 · Thriller
Upstream Color
2013 · Sci-Fi
Lootera
2013 · Drama
Shortcut Romeo
2013 · Action
Running Man
2013 · Action
Saving General Yang
2013 · Action
White as Milk, Red as Blood
2013 · Drama
Goodnight, Sugar Babe: The Killing of Vera Jo Reigle
2013 · Documentary
The Host
2013 · Action
The Place Beyond the Pines
2013 · Drama
Jaffa
2013
The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel
2013 · Action
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
2013 · Drama
100 Degrees Below Zero
2013 · Action
Detour
2013 · Thriller
Tyler Perry's Temptation
2013 · Drama
Mental
2013 · Drama
Blancanieves
2013 · Drama
Chennaiyil Oru Naal
2013 · Drama
Welcome to the Punch
2013 · Action
Players
2013 · Comedy
New World
2013 · Thriller
My Brother the Devil
2013 · Drama
Rangrezz
2013 · Action
Aatma
2013 · Mystery
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