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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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Scarecrow
1973 · Drama
Voices
1973 · Drama
Theater of Blood
1973 · Drama
The Mack
1973 · Drama
Cannibal Girls
1973 · Comedy
Count Dracula’s Great Love
1973 · Horror
Steel Arena
1973 · Drama
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
1973 · Western
Sisters
1973 · Mystery
O Lucky Man!
1973 · Music
La Tosca
1973 · Drama
The Vault of Horror
1973 · Horror
Night of Fear
1973 · Horror
The Crazies
1973 · Action
The Devil’s Wedding Night
1973 · Horror
The Baby
1973 · Horror
My Dear Brother
1973 · Drama
Miss Leslie’s Dolls
1973 · Crime
The Stranger
1973 · Drama
Daag
1973 · Music
Turkish Delight
1973 · Romance
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
1973 · Drama
Walking Tall
1973 · Action
Lolly-Madonna XXX
1973 · Drama
Scream Bloody Murder
1973 · Crime
Nothing But the Night
1973 · Thriller
Save the Tiger
1973 · Drama
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
1973 · Drama
Dhund
1973 · Mystery
The Creeping Flesh
1973 · Horror
The Harder They Come
1973 · Drama
Black Caesar
1973 · Thriller
Arangetram
1973 · Family
A Candle for the Devil
1973 · Horror
Last Tango in Paris
1973 · Drama
Black Mama White Mama
1973 · Drama
Shock Treatment
1973 · Crime
Ludwig
1973 · Drama
The Night Strangler
1973 · Mystery
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973 · Drama
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