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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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Kahaani
2012 · Mystery
Recoil
2012 · Action
We Were Children
2012 · Documentary
Aravaan
2012 · Drama
Paan Singh Tomar
2012 · Crime
Black Butterflies
2012 · Drama
The Woods
2012 · Comedy
WitchSlayer Gretl
2012 · Fantasy
Act of Valor
2012 · Action
Nidra
2012 · Drama
Gone
2012 · Thriller
Tomorrow, When the War Began
2012 · Action
Neon Flesh
2012 · Comedy
August. Eighth
2012 · Drama
I Am Zozo
2012 · Thriller
P.O.V. A Cursed Film
2012 · Horror
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2012 · Action
Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal
2012 · Thriller
Ambuli
2012 · Horror
Once Upon a Time in the North
2012 · Drama
Putin's Kiss
2012 · Drama
Bullhead
2012 · Drama
Howling
2012 · Thriller
The Forgotten Space
2012 · Documentary
Diaz - Don’t Clean Up This Blood
2012 · Drama
Rampart
2012 · Action
In Darkness
2012 · Drama
The Turin Horse
2012 · Drama
The Outraged
2012 · Documentary
Love Never Dies
2012 · Romance
The Fall of the Essex Boys
2012 · Crime
Chronicle
2012 · Action
Best Laid Plans
2012 · Action
Second Show
2012 · Action
The Innkeepers
2012 · Thriller
The Woman in Black
2012 · Drama
Perfect Sense
2012 · Drama
Kill List
2012 · Thriller
Pretty Poison (1968)
2012 · Thriller
Battlefield
2012 · Drama
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