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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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Permission to Kill
1975 · Thriller
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975 · Drama
Giliap
1975 · Drama
The Other Side of the Mountain
1975 · Romance
Anno Domini 1573
1975 · Drama
A Boy and His Dog
1975 · Sci-Fi
Faraar
1975 · Thriller
The Captivating Star of Happiness
1975 · Romance
They Fought for Their Motherland
1975 · Drama
Operation: Daybreak
1975 · Action
The Night That Panicked America
1975 · Drama
The Flower in His Mouth
1975 · Drama
The UFO Incident
1975 · History
Hard Times
1975 · Drama
Darktown Strutters
1975 · Comedy
Three Days of the Condor
1975 · Mystery
The Story of Adele H.
1975 · Romance
Poachers
1975 · Drama
Harvest: 3,000 Years
1975 · Drama
Gone with the West
1975 · Western
Coonskin
1975 · Drama
Sholay
1975 · Action
Four of the Apocalypse
1975 · Western
Farewell, My Lovely
1975 · Mystery
Framed
1975 · Action
The Drowning Pool
1975 · Action
White Line Fever
1975 · Action
Manila in the Claws of Light
1975 · Drama
Criminally Insane
1975 · Comedy
The Ghoul
1975 · Mystery
Jim, the World’s Greatest
1975 · Drama
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
1975 · Drama
The Bullet Train
1975 · Drama
The Travelling Players
1975 · Drama
The Devil's Rain
1975 · Horror
Race with the Devil
1975 · Action
Rollerball
1975 · Action
Jaws
1975 · Adventure
Lancelot of the Lake
1975 · Drama
Nishant
1975 · Crime
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