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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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National Security
2012 · History
Don’t Cry, Mommy
2012 · Thriller
Life of Pi
2012 · Adventure
Red Dawn
2012 · Action
Theevram
2012 · Thriller
Buffalo Girls
2012 · Documentary
16 Acres
2012 · History
First Winter
2012 · Drama
Generation P
2012 · Sci-Fi
Anna Karenina
2012 · Drama
Suddenly Last Summer
2012 · Romance
A Man Vanishes (1967)
2012 · Drama
The Legend of Mor’du
2012 · Animation
Jab Tak Hai Jaan
2012 · Drama
Pizzas
2012
Lesson of the Evil
2012 · Thriller
Skyfall
2012 · Action
Lincoln
2012 · Biography
The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas
2012 · Drama
Dangerous Liaisons (2012)
2012 · Drama
In Their Skin
2012 · Thriller
Burn
2012 · Documentary
Citadel
2012 · Drama
A Royal Affair
2012 · Drama
Harodim
2012 · Drama
Confession of Murder
2012 · Thriller
Flight
2012 · Drama
1920: Evil Returns
2012 · Thriller
The Bay
2012 · Sci-Fi
The Details
2012 · Comedy
Café de Flore
2012 · Drama
This Must Be the Place
2012 · Drama
Steel Butterfly
2012 · Crime
Halley
2012 · Horror
The Peach Tree
2012 · Drama
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
2012 · Drama
009 Re:Cyborg
2012 · Action
Gallowwalkers
2012 · Horror
Rise of the Zombies
2012 · Thriller
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
2012 · Mystery
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