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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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Vayanadan Thampan
1978 · Action
Days of Heaven
1978 · Drama
The Avenging Eagle
1978 · Action
Days of Heaven
1978 · Drama
Avalanche
1978 · Action
Mardi Gras Massacre
1978 · Horror
Kizhakke Pogum Rail
1978 · Drama
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Sleeping Dogs (Never Lie)
1978
Interiors
1978 · Drama
Eyes of Laura Mars
1978 · Mystery
Cyclone
1978 · Horror
The Swarm
1978 · Thriller
Slave of the Cannibal God
1978 · Adventure
Go Tell the Spartans
1978 · War
The Playbirds
1978 · Crime
The Grapes of Death
1978 · Horror
The Wild Geese
1978 · Action
Hungarians
1978 · Drama
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
1978 · History
The Comeback
1978 · Horror
Jaws 2
1978 · Adventure
Damien: Omen II
1978 · Horror
Summer Trip to the Sea
1978 · Drama
Absolution
1978 · Mystery
Fedora
1978 · Mystery
A Dream of Passion
1978 · Drama
Despair
1978 · Thriller
The Buddy Holly Story
1978 · Biography
Jennifer
1978 · Horror
It Lives Again
1978 · Horror
Martin
1978 · Drama
The End
1978 · Drama
Maro Charitra
1978 · Drama
Shoot the Sun Down
1978 · Western
Trishul
1978 · Action
Terror
1978 · Horror
Message from Space
1978 · Action
The Place Without Limits
1978 · Drama
The Manitou
1978 · Sci-Fi
F.I.S.T.
1978 · Drama
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