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Emotionally Heavy Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
19,844 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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Hanna
2011 · Action
To Die Like a Man
2011 · Drama
Give Up Tomorrow
2011 · Documentary
Deadrise
2011 · Thriller
The Hit List
2011 · Thriller
Source Code
2011 · Action
In a Better World
2011 · Drama
Trust
2011 · Drama
Insidious
2011 · Fantasy
Game
2011 · Thriller
Wrecked
2011 · Thriller
Urumi
2011 · Action
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society 3D
2011 · Animation
Sucker Punch
2011 · Action
Miral
2011 · Drama
Illegal
2011 · Drama
Korkoro
2011 · Drama
Romantic Heaven
2011 · Drama
Age of the Dragons
2011 · Fantasy
Blinky™
2011 · Horror
Angel Dog
2011 · Family
The Music Never Stopped
2011 · Drama
Winter in Wartime
2011 · Drama
Nostalgia for the Light
2011 · Drama
No Surrender
2011 · Drama
Here Without Me
2011 · Family
The Whisperer in Darkness
2011 · Thriller
Battle: Los Angeles
2011 · Action
Red Riding Hood
2011 · Drama
Kill the Irishman
2011 · Action
Jane Eyre
2011 · Drama
Black Death
2011 · Adventure
The Soft Skin (1969)
2011 · Drama
Clash of Empires: The Battle for Asia
2011 · Adventure
Perras
2011 · Thriller
The Insatiable Moon
2011 · Drama
Cholo Paltai
2011 · Drama
Singam Puli
2011 · Action
The Human Resources Manager
2011 · Drama
I Saw the Devil
2011 · Drama
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- Emotionally Heavy Movies Movies that make you cry and stay with you.
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