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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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Bug
1975 · Sci-Fi
India Song
1975 · Romance
Satan’s Children
1975 · Horror
Cornbread, Earl and Me
1975 · Drama
French Connection II
1975 · Action
Fox and His Friends
1975 · Drama
Mandingo
1975 · Drama
The Day of the Locust
1975 · Drama
The Hiding Place
1975 · Drama
Seven Beauties
1975 · War
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary
1975 · Horror
Aloha, Bobby and Rose
1975 · Drama
Cops vs. Thugs
1975 · Crime
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
1975 · Mystery
Capone
1975 · Drama
Silent Action
1975 · Action
I Don’t Want to Be Born
1975 · Horror
Deadly Strangers
1975 · Thriller
Innocents with Dirty Hands
1975 · Crime
Let Joy Reign Supreme
1975 · History
Zameer
1975 · Drama
Tommy
1975 · Drama
Julie
1975 · Drama
Night Moves
1975 · Mystery
In Celebration
1975 · Drama
Cage Without a Key
1975 · Drama
The Killer Must Kill Again
1975 · Thriller
Who Is the Black Dahlia?
1975 · Crime
The Passenger
1975 · Mystery
The Common Man
1975 · Drama
The Promised Land
1975 · History
Graveyard of Honor
1975 · Action
The Wilby Conspiracy
1975 · Action
The Stepford Wives
1975 · Sci-Fi
Yeong-ja’s Heydays
1975 · Drama
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
1975 · Drama
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975 · Crime
A Woman Called Sada Abe
1975 · Romance
Prem Kahani
1975 · Drama
Report to the Commissioner
1975 · Drama
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