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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 Desert Within
2008 · Drama
Older Than America
2008 · Drama
Shuttle
2008 · Thriller
Snow Angels
2008 · Drama
Paranoid Park
2008 · Drama
Street Racer
2008 · Action
Pistol Whipped
2008 · Thriller
Torment
2008 · Horror
The Shepherd: Border Patrol
2008 · Action
Toxic
2008 · Action
The Other Boleyn Girl
2008 · Biography
Thotta
2008 · Romance
Jar City
2008 · Drama
The Unforeseen
2008 · Documentary
Chop Shop
2008
A Raisin in the Sun
2008 · Drama
Vantage Point
2008 · Action
Homeland Security
2008 · Action
Possession
2008 · Drama
The Signal
2008 · Sci-Fi
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
2008 · Action
The Duchess of Langeais
2008 · Drama
The Counterfeiters
2008 · Drama
Cycle
2008 · Romance
Diary of the Dead
2008 · Sci-Fi
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
2008 · Drama
Anjathe
2008 · Thriller
Resident Evil: Degeneration
2008 · Horror
Gangster’s Paradise: Jerusalema
2008 · Drama
Chiko
2008 · Crime
The Man Who Came Back
2008 · Action
1st of May: All Belongs to You
2008 · Drama
Female Agents
2008 · History
Sadhu Miranda
2008 · Drama
Bad Biology
2008 · Horror
Semum
2008 · Horror
In Love We Trust
2008 · Drama
London to Brighton
2008 · Drama
In Bruges
2008 · Drama
Boot Camp
2008 · Drama
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