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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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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Adventure
Fantasy Island
2020 · Drama
West Side Story
1961 · Drama
The Guns of Navarone
1961 · Action
A Star Is Born
1954 · Drama
The Robe
1953 · History
The Searchers
1956 · Adventure
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943 · Adventure
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 · Adventure
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 · Thriller
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · Drama
Casablanca
1943 · Drama
Psycho
1960 · Mystery
Easy Rider
1969 · Drama
Urge to Kill
1960 · Crime
Shadow on the Wall
1950 · Crime
Destination Murder
1950 · Crime
Baltic Skies
1960 · Drama
Paratroop Command
1959 · Drama
Blood of Dracula
1957 · Horror
Hangover Square
1945 · Thriller
Tobruk
1967 · History
Appointment with Happiness
1954
Battle Circus
1953 · Romance
A Message to Garcia
1936 · Romance
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947 · Drama
The Brothers Karamazov
1958 · Drama
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932 · Drama
Battle Cry
1955 · War
Rage at Dawn
1955 · Action
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959 · Western
Sword of the Conqueror
1961 · Adventure
La Bohème
1926 · Drama
West of Shanghai
1937 · Adventure
Macabre
1958 · Horror
Emergency Call
1952 · Thriller
Three Bad Sisters
1956 · Drama
Boom!
1968 · Horror
The Delinquents
1957 · Drama
New York Confidential
1955 · Crime
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