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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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Senso
1954 · Romance
Europe ’51
1952 · Drama
March on the River Drina
1964 · Drama
Dirty Angels
1969 · Thriller
This Day and Age
1933 · Crime
Reunion in France
1942 · War
The Haunted Palace
2025 · Drama
Gumrah
1963 · Family
The Manxman
1929 · Romance
Deluge
1933 · Drama
A Woman of Experience
1931 · Romance
Terror Is a Man
1959 · Horror
Kappalottiya Thamizhan
1961 · History
The Harder They Fall
1956 · Drama
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939 · Crime
The Woman in Question
1950 · Mystery
Samurai Vendetta
1959 · Drama
The Queen of Spades
1949 · Drama
Dying for Sex
2025 · Drama
Girls of the Night
1961 · Drama
Satan’s Sadists
1969 · Drama
Rembrandt
1936 · Drama
Mademoiselle
1966 · Drama
The Gangster
1947 · Crime
The Wild Blue Yonder
1951 · War
Belle Starr
1941 · Western
Aerial Gunner
1943 · Drama
At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul
1964 · Horror
A Song to Remember
1945 · Romance
The Wind of Change
1961 · Drama
The Conspirator
1961 · Drama
Canyon Passage
1946 · Western
Alexander the Great
1956 · Drama
The Strange One
1957 · Drama
Madame Butterfly
1932 · Drama
Storm of the Century
1999 · Drama
Five Came Back
1939 · Adventure
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1969 · Drama
The Slender Thread
1965 · Drama
Suburban Roulette
1968 · Drama
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