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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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Shock Treatment
1964 · Drama
Tokyo Joe
1949 · Drama
The Spiral Staircase
1946 · Horror
Stark Fear
1962 · Horror
The Devil Makes Three
1952 · Crime
Kolberg
1945 · Drama
Days of Glory
1945 · Documentary
Embraceable You
1948 · Drama
Jan Žižka
1956 · War
Pather Panchali
1955 · Drama
The Last Blitzkrieg
1959 · War
The River of Love
1960 · Romance
East of the River
1940 · Drama
Two Thousand Maniacs!
1964 · Horror
Mr. Skeffington
1944 · Romance
O.S.S.
1946 · Thriller
The Road Back
1937 · War
The Cranes Are Flying
1957 · Romance
The Fighting Lady
1944 · Documentary
On the Bowery
1956 · Documentary
I Thank a Fool
1962 · Drama
The Beat Generation
1959 · Crime
They Were So Young
1954 · Crime
The Oblong Box
1969 · Horror
The Oscar
1966 · Drama
The Full Treatment
1960 · Thriller
How to Make a Monster
1958 · Horror
24: Redemption
2008 · Adventure
The Wild Angels
1966 · Drama
Rififi
1955 · Crime
Deathwatch
1966 · Drama
Claudelle Inglish
1961 · Drama
The Earth Dies Screaming
1964 · Horror
Westward the Women
1951 · Western
The 400 Blows
1959 · Drama
The Edge of the World
1937 · Drama
Gunga Jumna
1961
Deadly Inheritance
1968 · Horror
The High Bright Sun
1964 · War
Barabbas
1961 · Drama
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