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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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Deep Dark Canyon
2012 · Action
Pusher (2012)
2012 · Action
The Other Son
2012 · Drama
Cloud Atlas
2012 · Sci-Fi
Sleep Tight
2012 · Thriller
Prabhuvinte Makkal
2012 · Drama
Chakravyuh
2012 · Thriller
Entity
2012 · Thriller
Darkest Night
2012 · Horror
Alex Cross
2012 · Action
Challenge 2
2012 · Action
Pizza
2012 · Horror
Thiruthani
2012 · Action
Paranormal Activity 4
2012 · Horror
Perfect Number
2012 · Thriller
Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines
2012 · Thriller
Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu
2012 · Action
Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles
2012 · Horror
Kelly + Victor
2012 · Drama
Blood Alley
2012 · Crime
The Battery
2012 · Horror
Lilet Never Happened
2012 · Drama
Argo
2012 · Drama
Seven Psychopaths
2012 · Drama
Sinister
2012 · Mystery
Maattrraan
2012 · Action
Chittagong
2012 · Drama
Least Among Saints
2012 · Drama
Smiley
2012 · Drama
Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike
2012 · Sci-Fi
Smashed
2012 · Drama
A Company Man
2012 · Thriller
The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683
2012 · Drama
Bhoot Returns
2012 · Horror
My Name Is Love
2012 · Romance
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us
2012 · Thriller
Steel Magnolias
2012 · Drama
Ekla Akash
2012 · Romance
Wolwedans In Die Skemer
2012
Class Trip
2012
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