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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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Absentia
2011 · Mystery
The Night Clerk
2011 · Romance
Yakuza Weapon
2011 · Action
The Grace Card
2011 · Drama
Drive Angry 3D
2011 · Action
Of Gods and Men
2011 · Drama
Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy
2011 · Crime
Nadunisi Naaygal
2011 · Mystery
Vanishing on 7th Street
2011 · Mystery
Brotherhood
2011 · Drama
We Are What We Are
2011 · Drama
Children…
2011 · Thriller
7 Khoon Maaf
2011 · Drama
Re-encounter
2011 · Drama
Suicide Room
2011 · Thriller
Sleeping Sickness
2011 · Drama
The Eagle
2011 · Drama
Oba: The Last Samurai
2011 · War
Even the Rain (Tambien la Lluvia)
2011 · History
Poetry
2011 · Drama
Thambikottai
2011 · Drama
Sanctum
2011 · Action
Yeh Saali Zindagi
2011 · Thriller
The Other Woman
2011 · Drama
How I Ended This Summer
2011 · Drama
Yuddham Sei
2011 · Action
Unruly
2011 · Drama
The Mechanic
2011 · Action
The Rite
2011 · Drama
Fertile Ground
2011 · Horror
Husk
2011 · Horror
Seconds Apart
2011 · Thriller
Kaboom
2011 · Sci-Fi
When We Leave
2011 · Drama
Sonny Boy
2011 · War
Wanted
2011 · Action
The Strange Thing About the Johnsons
2011 · Drama
The Way Back
2011 · Drama
The Company Men
2011 · Drama
Hostel
2011 · Drama
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- Mind-Bending Movies Confusing, twisting stories you need to watch twice.
- Fast-Paced Movies No slow scenes: the story never stops moving.
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- Tense Movies Edge-of-your-seat suspense from start to finish.
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- Bittersweet Movies Bittersweet endings: the win comes at a real cost.
- Emotionally Heavy Movies Movies that make you cry and stay with you.
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- Intense Movies Relentless action and constant pressure.
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