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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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Requiem for a Dream
2000 · Drama
Taboo
2000 · Drama
Kurukshetra
2000 · Crime
Hellraiser: Inferno
2000 · Mystery
Remember the Titans
2000 · Drama
Beautiful
2000 · Drama
Uyirile Kalanthathu
2000 · Romance
Mask of Desire
2000 · Horror
Under Suspicion
2000 · Drama
Urban Legends: Final Cut
2000 · Mystery
Tigerland
2000 · Drama
Dancer in the Dark
2000 · Drama
A Wicked Ghost II: The Fear
2000 · Horror
Lockdown
2000 · Drama
Rhythm
2000 · Drama
Circus
2000 · Drama
Crime and Punishment in Suburbia
2000 · Drama
Human Resources
2000 · Drama
Urbania
2000 · Drama
The Legend of Rita
2000 · Drama
Sole Survivor
2000 · Thriller
Song of Tibet
2000 · Drama
Bloody Murder
2000 · Horror
Deeply
2000 · Mystery
Joint Security Area
2000 · Action
The Watcher
2000 · Mystery
The Way of the Gun
2000 · Action
Fiza
2000 · Drama
Chasing Sleep
2000 · Thriller
Devil in the Flesh 2
2000 · Horror
Pola X
2000 · Drama
Suspicious River
2000 · Drama
Platform
2000 · Drama
The Goddess of 1967
2000 · Drama
Highlander: Endgame
2000 · Action
Comedy of Innocence
2000 · Mystery
Sabhash
2000 · Crime
Conman in Tokyo
2000 · Comedy
One Hundred Steps
2000 · History
Hellraisers
2000 · Documentary
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