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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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Pains of Autumn
2009 · History
Paranormal Entity
2009 · Thriller
Abohomaan
2009 · Drama
Avatar
2009 · Action
Bodyguards and Assassins
2009 · Action
The New Daughter
2009 · Thriller
Crazy Heart
2009 · Drama
Katha
2009 · Drama
Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection
2009 · Action
The Lovely Bones
2009 · Drama
A Single Man
2009 · Drama
Maleyali Jotheyali
2009 · Comedy
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2009 · Drama
Tenderness
2009 · Drama
The Vicious Kind
2009 · Drama
Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha
2009 · Drama
Brothers
2009 · Drama
Everybody's Fine
2009 · Drama
Armored
2009 · Action
The Last Station
2009 · Biography
Renigunta
2009 · Drama
The Strip
2009 · Comedy
Paa
2009 · Drama
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
2009 · Drama
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009 · Drama
Hooked on the Game
2009 · Action
Ninja Assassin
2009 · Action
The Road
2009 · Adventure
According to Greta
2009 · Drama
MegaFault
2009 · Action
Cornered!
2009 · Comedy
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
2009 · Drama
Sweatshop
2009 · Horror
The Robbers
2009 · Action
Chemistry
2009 · Horror
Kurbaan
2009 · Drama
The War on Kids
2009 · Documentary
Mammoth
2009 · Drama
Defamation
2009 · Documentary
Broken Embraces
2009 · Drama
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