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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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Stir of Echoes
1999 · Mystery
Sethu…
1999 · Action
The War Zone
1999 · Drama
The Masked Prosecutor
1999 · Crime
The Green Elephant
1999 · Horror
Tuesdays with Morrie
1999 · Drama
The End of the Affair
1999 · Drama
Holy Smoke
1999 · Drama
Thakshak
1999 · Action
Purple Storm
1999 · Thriller
End of Days
1999 · Action
Ride with the Devil
1999 · Drama
RKO 281
1999 · Drama
Sleepy Hollow
1999 · Mystery
The Mission
1999 · Action
The Intruder
1999 · Thriller
All About My Mother
1999 · Drama
Black and Blue
1999 · Drama
Back Room
1999 · Drama
All the King’s Men
1999 · War
Tell Me Something
1999 · Mystery
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999 · Biography
Oxygen
1999 · Thriller
Felicia's Journey
1999 · Drama
Herod’s Law
1999 · Crime
Dillagi
1999 · Romance
Mudhalvan
1999 · Thriller
The Insider
1999 · Biography
The Bone Collector
1999 · Drama
Train of Life
1999 · Drama
Last Night
1999 · Sci-Fi
Rosetta
1999 · Drama
Shool
1999 · Action
A Wicked Ghost
1999 · Horror
Bangkok Dangerous
1999 · Drama
Blue Valley Songbird
1999 · Music
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter
1999 · Thriller
The Deadly Camp
1999 · Horror
House on Haunted Hill
1999 · Mystery
Being John Malkovich
1999 · Drama
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