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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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The Strangers
2008 · Drama
Stuck
2008 · Thriller
The Unknown Woman
2008 · Drama
Street Racer
2008 · Action
Cleaner
2008 · Mystery
Recount
2008 · History
The Children of Huang Shi
2008 · Drama
The Edge of Heaven
2008 · Drama
Liverpool
2008 · Drama
Mulligans
2008 · Drama
Jannat
2008 · Crime
Reprise
2008 · Drama
Four Nights with Anna
2008 · Crime
Vampyros Lesbos
2008 · Horror
Twenty 20
2008 · Thriller
Kantri
2008 · Action
Pachamarathanalil
2008 · Drama
Frontier(s)
2008 · Drama
Turn the River
2008 · Drama
The Babysitters
2008 · Drama
The Tracey Fragments
2008 · Drama
Before the Rains
2008 · Drama
Bommalattam
2008 · Action
The Judge and the General
2008 · Documentary
Chemical Wedding
2008 · Horror
Compulsion
2008 · Drama
Redbelt
2008 · Action
XXY
2008 · Drama
From Within
2008 · Mystery
Stiletto
2008 · Crime
Sand Chronicles
2008 · Drama
Dying Breed
2008 · Thriller
4bia
2008 · Thriller
Rogue
2008 · Action
Deception
2008 · Drama
Standard Operating Procedure
2008 · Crime
Killer Movie
2008 · Horror
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
2008 · Drama
The Life Before Her Eyes
2008 · Drama
The Tiger's Tail
2008 · Drama
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