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Emotionally Heavy Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Blood and Bones
2004 · Drama
A Moment to Remember
2004 · Drama
Drum
2004 · Thriller
Be with You
2004 · Fantasy
Ray
2004 · Biography
Birth
2004 · Drama
Saw
2004 · Mystery
Malevolence
2004 · Mystery
This Girl's Life
2004 · Drama
Magnifico
2004 · Drama
Enduring Love
2004 · Drama
It's All About Love
2004 · Sci-Fi
Fear of Clowns
2004 · Horror
Home of the Brave
2004 · Documentary
The Manson Family
2004 · Drama
Sideways
2004 · Drama
The Grudge
2004 · Mystery
Vaastu Shastra
2004 · Horror
Siren
2004 · Horror
Undertow
2004 · Drama
The Machinist
2004 · Mystery
Sniper 3
2004 · Thriller
Saints and Soldiers
2004 · Action
7G Rainbow Colony
2004 · Drama
Kalasipalya
2004
Riding the Bullet
2004 · Thriller
The Final Cut
2004 · Sci-Fi
Moolaadé
2004 · Drama
Six Shooter
2004 · Drama
Drowning Ghost
2004 · Thriller
Grahanam
2004 · Drama
Cube Zero
2004 · Mystery
Vera Drake
2004 · Drama
Primer
2004 · Sci-Fi
Shukriya: Till Death Do Us Apart
2004
Around the Bend
2004 · Drama
The Card Player
2004 · Mystery
State’s Evidence
2004 · Crime
Infection
2004 · Drama
Corn
2004
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