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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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Shaolin Temple
1976 · Adventure
Voyage of the Damned
1976 · Drama
The Wishing Tree
1976 · Drama
King Kong
1976 · Adventure
A Star Is Born
1976 · Drama
Victory at Entebbe
1976 · History
Barocco
1976 · Crime
Beatriz
1976 · Horror
Bound for Glory
1976 · Biography
Deported Women of the SS Special Section
1976 · Drama
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Drama
Carrie
1976 · Horror
Network
1976 · Drama
Alice Sweet Alice
1976 · Mystery
The Little Mermaid
1976 · Fantasy
Two-Minute Warning
1976 · Action
Schizo
1976 · Horror
Laila-Majnu
1976 · Romance
Dogs
1976 · Horror
Adalat
1976 · Action
The Next Man
1976 · Action
Nightmare in Badham County
1976 · Action
Assault on Precinct 13
1976 · Action
Chess of the Wind
1976 · Drama
Yakuza Graveyard
1976 · Drama
The Anchorite
1976 · Drama
Moondru Mudichu
1976 · Drama
God Told Me To
1976 · Sci-Fi
Burnt Offerings
1976 · Mystery
The Possessed
1976 · Horror
The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures
1976 · Horror
Vanessa
1976 · Drama
Marathon Man
1976 · Thriller
The Fifth Seal
1976 · War
Satan’s Brew
1976 · Drama
Up!
1976 · Comedy
Bittersweet Love
1976 · Drama
A Slave of Love
1976 · Romance
And Agnes Chose to Die
1976 · War
Dark August
1976 · Mystery
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