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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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Black’s Game
2012 · Drama
When the Lights Went Out
2012 · Thriller
Hemel
2012 · Drama
The Grey
2012 · Action
ACAB : All Cops Are Bastards
2012 · Crime
Casanovva
2012 · Romance
Agneepath
2012 · Drama
Underworld: Awakening
2012 · Action
Red Tails
2012 · Action
Ayyare
2012 · Drama
Ethel
2012 · Documentary
The Viral Factor
2012 · Action
The Front Line
2012 · Drama
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
2012 · Action
A Man Escaped (1956)
2012 · Drama
Never Ending Story
2012 · Drama
Sexting in Suburbia
2012 · Crime
Contraband
2012 · Thriller
Vettai
2012 · Action
Businessman
2012 · Crime
Ghost
2012 · Horror
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
2012 · Thriller
The Divide
2012 · Sci-Fi
Don't Go in the Woods
2012 · Horror
Albatross
2012 · Drama
Lula, the Son of Brazil
2012 · Drama
The Devil Inside
2012 · Thriller
Beneath the Darkness
2012 · Thriller
Norwegian Wood
2012 · Drama
The Hunter
2012 · Thriller
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2012 · Drama
The Room
2012 · Horror
Hunting the Elements
2012 · Documentary
The Room
2012 · Drama
On the Inside
2011 · Thriller
A Separation
2011 · Drama
The Iron Lady
2011 · Biography
Kshetram
2011 · Thriller
Paranormal Xperience
2011 · Horror
Pariah
2011 · Drama
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