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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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Boxcar Bertha
1972 · Drama
The Groundstar Conspiracy
1972 · Mystery
Sweet Sugar
1972 · Drama
The Dawns Here Are Quiet
1972 · Drama
Prime Cut
1972 · Drama
Twins of Evil
1972 · Horror
Duck, You Sucker
1972 · Action
Toys Are Not for Children
1972 · Drama
The Other
1972 · Drama
Chato’s Land
1972 · Western
Z.P.G.
1972 · Thriller
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972 · Horror
Tower of Evil
1972 · Horror
Hammersmith Is Out
1972 · Drama
Jeremiah Johnson
1972 · Adventure
St. Michael Had a Rooster
1972 · History
Images
1972 · Thriller
Dauria
1972 · History
Street Mobster
1972 · Crime
Dear Dead Delilah
1972 · Horror
We Won’t Grow Old Together
1972 · Drama
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
1972 · Comedy
Vampire Circus
1972 · Horror
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
1972 · Western
Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?
1972 · Thriller
Fritz the Cat
1972 · Drama
Crucible of Terror
1972 · Horror
Tombs of the Blind Dead
1972 · Horror
Tomorrow
1972 · Romance
The Hassled Hooker
1972 · Mystery
The Carey Treatment
1972 · Crime
The Godfather
1972 · Drama
Antony and Cleopatra
1972 · Drama
The Water Margin
1972 · Action
Buck and the Preacher
1972 · Action
Pink Flamingos
1972 · Comedy
Slaughterhouse-Five
1972 · Sci-Fi
Blue Money
1972 · Thriller
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972 · Drama
Frogs
1972 · Sci-Fi
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