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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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Barbara
2012 · Drama
Yaare Koogadali
2012 · Action
Karmayodha
2012 · Crime
Zero Dark Thirty
2012 · Action
Amour
2012 · Drama
Love 911
2012 · Comedy
The Girl
2012 · Drama
Kumki
2012 · Adventure
Yelling to the Sky
2012 · Drama
Any Day Now
2012 · Drama
U.F.O.
2012 · Action
Evil Things
2012 · Horror
Matinee
2012 · Drama
Bad Kids Go to Hell
2012 · Mystery
Deadfall
2012 · Drama
Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home
2012 · Documentary
Mass Effect: Paragon Lost
2012 · Animation
Unaware
2012 · Horror
Role Play
2012 · Thriller
Mine Games
2012 · Horror
Sorority Party Massacre
2012 · Horror
Parked
2012 · Drama
Killing Them Softly
2012 · Drama
Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum
2012 · Crime
Neerparavai
2012 · Drama
Otelo Burning
2012 · Drama
King Kelly
2012 · Comedy
The Collection
2012 · Action
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
2012 · Action
Dragon
2012 · Action
Talaash
2012 · Drama
Back to 1942
2012 · Drama
Decay
2012 · Horror
My Straight Son
2012 · Drama
Shell
2012 · Drama
The Liability
2012 · Crime
Imaginaerum
2012 · Drama
Damarukam
2012 · Drama
Ardhanaari
2012 · Drama
Rust and Bone
2012 · Drama
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