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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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Death of a Superhero
2012 · Drama
White Tiger
2012 · War
Grandmaster
2012 · Action
Myn Bala: Warriors of the Steppe
2012 · Drama
Anna Bond
2012 · Thriller
Padak
2012 · Drama
The Raven
2012 · Mystery
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
2012 · Action
Tape 407
2012 · Horror
Dhammu
2012 · Drama
Tezz
2012 · Action
Christmas with the Dead
2012 · Horror
96 Minutes
2012 · Drama
Citizen Gangster
2012 · Drama
Safe
2012 · Action
Headhunters
2012 · Action
Elles
2012 · Drama
The Most Fun You Can Have Dying
2012 · Drama
Outpost: Black Sun
2012 · Horror
Rites of Passage
2012 · Thriller
The Scent of Burning Grass
2012 · War
That Wasn’t Me
2012 · Drama
The Devil, Probably (1977)
2012 · Drama
Hate Story
2012 · Thriller
Going Down in LA-LA Land
2012 · Drama
Snow on Tha Bluff
2012 · Drama
The Moth Diaries
2012 · Horror
Goodbye First Love
2012 · Drama
Yabancı
2012
Fray
2012 · Drama
22 Female Kottayam
2012 · Drama
Deadline
2012 · Drama
Hit So Hard
2012 · Biography
Monsieur Lazhar
2012 · Drama
The Lady
2012 · Biography
The Cabin in the Woods
2012 · Sci-Fi
Bad Ass
2012 · Action
Mirza: The Untold Story
2012 · Comedy
The Assault
2012 · Action
ATM
2012 · Thriller
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