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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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La Promesse
2009 · Romance
In the Blink of an Eye
2009 · Drama
The Tree
2009
Defiance
2008 · Action
Good
2008 · Drama
A Frozen Flower
2008 · Drama
Revolutionary Road
2008 · Drama
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008 · Drama
Valkyrie
2008 · Drama
Baler
2008 · War
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Biography
Buddenbrooks
2008 · Drama
Pulse 3
2008 · Horror
The Garden of Sinners: Oblivion Recording
2008 · Mystery
Seven Pounds
2008 · Drama
Fear Me Not
2008 · Drama
Max Manus: Man of War
2008 · Crime
The Wrestler
2008 · Drama
Nothing But the Truth
2008 · Drama
The Day the Earth Stood Still
2008 · Sci-Fi
Gran Torino
2008 · Drama
Doubt
2008 · Drama
While She Was Out
2008 · Drama
Dark Streets
2008 · Drama
Timecrimes
2008 · Action
Che
2008 · Biography
Where God Left His Shoes
2008 · Drama
The Reader
2008 · Drama
Punisher: War Zone
2008 · Action
Frost/Nixon
2008 · Drama
Nobel Son
2008 · Drama
Hunger
2008 · Drama
True Women for Sale
2008 · Drama
Anything for Her
2008 · Drama
Paul VI: The Pope in the Tempest
2008
Pakal Nakshatrangal
2008 · Drama
Beast Stalker
2008 · Action
Milk
2008 · Biography
Conjurer
2008 · Thriller
The Dust of Time
2008 · Drama
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