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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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Sometimes a Great Notion
1971 · Drama
Four Flies on Grey Velvet
1971 · Thriller
Such Good Friends
1971 · Comedy
The Hospital
1971 · Drama
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971 · Biography
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys
1971 · Drama
Haré Rama Haré Krishna
1971 · Drama
Macbeth
1971 · War
Born to Win
1971 · Drama
Death Walks on High Heels
1971 · Thriller
Brian's Song
1971 · Biography
Black Killer
1971 · Action
Man in the Wilderness
1971 · Adventure
Silence
1971 · Drama
Play Misty for Me
1971 · Thriller
Jennifer on My Mind
1971 · Romance
Revenge!
1971 · Horror
Black Noon
1971 · Horror
Fiddler on the Roof
1971 · Drama
Cisco Pike
1971 · Drama
Short Night of Glass Dolls
1971 · Thriller
The Death of Me Yet
1971 · Drama
The Big Boss
1971 · Action
Lady Frankenstein
1971 · Horror
The Organization
1971 · Crime
Women in Cages
1971 · Drama
Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
1971 · Horror
A Taste of Evil
1971 · Thriller
Point of Terror
1971 · Thriller
Punishment Park
1971 · Drama
Duel of Fists
1971 · Action
Five Desperate Women
1971 · Drama
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971 · Horror
Fright
1971 · Horror
Without Apparent Motive
1971 · Crime
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Drama
The Bloodstained Butterfly
1971 · Thriller
A Season in Hell
1971 · Drama
The Third Part of the Night
1971 · Drama
See No Evil
1971 · Thriller
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