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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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Mandabi
1970 · Drama
Bloody Mama
1970 · Drama
Hell Boats
1970 · War
Ryan’s Daughter
1970 · Drama
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970 · Drama
Sunset and Sunrise
1970 · Romance
Five Dolls for an August Moon
1970 · Mystery
Sunflower
1970 · War
Doctor Who and the Silurians
1970 · Adventure
Jibon Theke Neya
1970 · Drama
Khilona
1970 · Drama
Cain’s Cutthroats
1970 · Comedy
Olavum Theeravum
1970 · Drama
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
1970 · Horror
Mark of the Devil
1970 · Thriller
Patton
1970 · Biography
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly
1970 · Horror
End of the Road
1970 · Drama
The Challenge
1970 · War
Zabriskie Point
1970 · Drama
Adelheid
1970 · Romance
And God Said to Cain
1970 · Horror
The Honeymoon Killers
1970 · Drama
Scream and Scream Again
1970 · Horror
The Kremlin Letter
1970 · Thriller
The Reckoning
1970 · Drama
Bloodstained Clan of Honor
1970 · Action
The Molly Maguires
1970 · Drama
Witchhammer
1970 · Horror
Rider on the Rain
1970 · Mystery
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
1970 · Drama
The Dunwich Horror
1970 · Horror
Sole Survivor
1970 · Drama
Jeevan Mrityu
1970 · Drama
Visibility Zero
1970 · Drama
The Looking Glass War
1970 · Thriller
Cleopatra
1963 · Biography
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962 · Adventure
Ben-Hur
1959 · Adventure
Spartacus
1960 · Adventure
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