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Emotionally Heavy Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
19,724 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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Dostana
1980 · Drama
Breaker Morant
1980 · Drama
A Bad Son
1980 · Drama
Fade to Black
1980 · Thriller
Revenge of the Stepford Wives
1980 · Horror
Kagemusha
1980 · Drama
The Elephant Man
1980 · Biography
Navajeros
1980 · Drama
The First Deadly Sin
1980 · Mystery
Cries in the Night
1980 · Horror
Somewhere in Time
1980 · Drama
Breaking Glass
1980 · Drama
The Attic
1980 · Horror
Gloria
1980 · Drama
Playing for Time
1980 · History
Union City
1980 · Drama
Germany Pale Mother
1980 · Drama
Without Warning
1980 · Horror
A Deadly Secret
1980 · Drama
Burebista
1980 · History
Mother's Day
1980 · Thriller
The Nest
1980 · Drama
Ordinary People
1980 · Drama
The Rebel Intruders
1980 · Action
Gehrayee
1980 · Horror
Alexander the Great
1980 · Drama
The Mystery of Oberwald
1980 · Romance
The Unseen
1980 · Horror
He Knows You’re Alone
1980 · Horror
The Night of the Hunted
1980 · Horror
Scum
1980 · Drama
Johnny
1980 · Drama
The Warning
1980 · Crime
Contraband
1980 · Action
Anthropophagous
1980 · Horror
Cannibal Apocalypse
1980 · Crime
Be Forever Yamato
1980 · Drama
The Hunter
1980 · Action
Dressed to Kill
1980 · Mystery
Guru
1980 · Drama
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