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Emotionally Heavy Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
19,818 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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Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
2004 · Music
The Inheritance
2004 · Drama
King Arthur
2004 · Action
The Eliminator
2004 · Action
Meri Biwi Ka Jawab Nahin
2004 · Comedy
The Clearing
2004 · Drama
Three Way
2004 · Drama
Night Watch
2004 · Fantasy
The Notebook
2004 · Drama
Deewaar: Let’s Bring Our Heroes Home
2004 · Drama
The Hillz
2004 · Drama
Kaena: The Prophecy
2004 · Action
Time of the Wolf
2004 · Drama
The Letter
2004 · Drama
Fahrenheit 9/11
2004 · History
Lakshya
2004 · Drama
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
2004 · Drama
Girlfriend
2004 · Drama
Anonymous
2004 · Drama
Scarecrow Gone Wild
2004 · Horror
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004 · Action
Dev
2004 · Drama
Imagining Argentina
2004 · Drama
Aan: Men at Work
2004 · Action
Windstruck
2004 · Drama
To Take A Wife
2004 · Romance
Saatchya Aat Gharat
2004
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
2004 · Drama
The Day After Tomorrow
2004 · Action
The Mother
2004 · Drama
Baadasssss!
2004 · Biography
All My Life
2004 · Romance
Jiang Hu
2004 · Crime
Cruel Intentions 3
2004 · Drama
Yuva
2004 · Crime
Marebito
2004 · Horror
Aayitha Ezhuthu
2004 · Drama
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004 · Drama
Fanny and Alexander (re-release)
2004 · Drama
Stateside
2004 · Drama
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