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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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House of Boys
2011 · Drama
The Optimists
2011 · Drama
Good Neighbors
2011 · Thriller
Point Blank
2011 · Action
Chappa Kurishu
2011 · Thriller
Beauty
2011 · Drama
Kanchana
2011 · Comedy
Federal Bank Heist
2011 · Thriller
Another Earth
2011 · Drama
Sarah's Key
2011 · Drama
World on a Wire (1973)
2011 · Sci-Fi
House of the Rising Sun
2011 · Crime
The Wicker Tree
2011 · Thriller
Cyberbully
2011 · Drama
Deceived
2011 · Drama
Manushya Mrugam
2011 · Drama
Girlfriend
2011 · Drama
Life, Above All
2011 · Drama
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011 · Adventure
The Tree
2011 · Drama
Tosca
2011 · Music
Josef
2011 · Action
Wolf Town
2011 · Thriller
Venghai
2011 · Action
The Devil’s Rock
2011 · War
Fading of the Cries
2011 · Fantasy
Ironclad
2011 · Action
The Ledge
2011 · Drama
The Ward
2011 · Thriller
The Sleeping Beauty
2011 · Drama
Murder 2
2011 · Thriller
Mysterious Island
2011 · Horror
Rapt
2011 · Drama
Urban Explorer
2011 · Horror
My Little Princess
2011 · Drama
Polytechnique
2011 · Drama
Combat Girls
2011 · Drama
Hell
2011 · Horror
Heaven’s Lost Property the Movie: The Angeloid of Clockwork
2011 · Animation
A Better Life
2011 · Drama
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