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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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Brass Target
1978 · Action
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978 · Sci-Fi
Crippled Avengers
1978 · Action
King of the Gypsies
1978 · Drama
Junoon
1978 · War
The Deer Hunter
1978 · Drama
My Life’s on the Line
1978 · Action
The House of the Dead
1978 · Action
I Spit on Your Grave
1978 · Thriller
The Lord of the Rings
1978 · Fantasy
Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals
1978 · Horror
The Kirlian Witness
1978 · Crime
Eeta
1978 · Romance
Faces of Death
1978 · Documentary
Magic
1978 · Drama
Caravans
1978 · Romance
Orchestra Rehearsal
1978 · Drama
Watership Down
1978 · Adventure
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
1978 · Horror
Within the Woods
1978 · Horror
Aval Appadithan
1978 · Drama
Summer of My German Soldier
1978 · Drama
Sigappu Rojakkal
1978 · Romance
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978 · History
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
1978 · Drama
Halloween
1978 · Thriller
Comes a Horseman
1978 · Drama
Confessions of a Congressman
1978 · Drama
Autumn Sonata
1978 · Drama
Midnight Express
1978 · Biography
The Boys from Brazil
1978 · Drama
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
1978 · Drama
Patrick
1978 · Horror
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1978 · Horror
Death on the Nile
1978 · Drama
Loggerheads
1978 · Comedy
Paradise Alley
1978 · Drama
Are You in the House Alone?
1978 · Mystery
Battlestar Galactica
1978 · Action
On the Yard
1978 · Drama
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