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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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The Oracle
1985 · Mystery
Night Train to Terror
1985 · Horror
Hour of the Star
1985 · Drama
Taipei Story
1985 · Drama
Arjun
1985 · Drama
The Company of Wolves
1985 · Drama
Naan Sigappu Manithan
1985 · Drama
Wheels of Fire
1985 · Adventure
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1985 · Fantasy
Adiós, Roberto
1985 · Drama
The Official Story
1985 · History
Guilty Conscience
1985 · Thriller
King David
1985 · Action
Colonel Redl
1985 · Drama
Bar 51
1985 · Drama
Aitbaar
1985 · Thriller
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
1985 · Mystery
1984
1985 · Sci-Fi
Chidambaram
1985 · Drama
Mask
1985 · Drama
The Hit
1985 · Drama
Execution Of A Dead Man
1985 · Thriller
Ghulami
1985 · Drama
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning
1985 · War
Dance with a Stranger
1985 · Drama
Certain Fury
1985 · Action
Deadly Messages
1985 · Horror
Angry Harvest
1985 · Romance
Wetherby
1985 · Mystery
Hitler’s SS: Portrait in Evil
1985 · War
Kanni Raasi
1985 · Comedy
Death in a French Garden
1985 · Drama
Orion’s Belt
1985 · Adventure
The Falcon and the Snowman
1985 · Biography
The Bad Seed
1985 · Thriller
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
1985 · War
A Passage to India
1985 · Adventure
The Killing Fields
1985 · Drama
Blood Debts
1985 · Thriller
Hard Choices
1985 · Drama
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