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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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Haqeeqat
1964 · Action
Punishment
1948 · Drama
Against All
1957 · War
Flight to Fury
1964 · Adventure
Strange Holiday
1945 · Fantasy
The Vampire
1957 · Horror
The Deadly Affair
1967 · Thriller
The 49th Man
1953 · Thriller
Before the Revolution
1964 · Romance
Dust Be My Destiny
1939 · Drama
Pushover
1954 · Crime
Night Train to Munich
1940 · Thriller
The Cheat
1931 · Drama
Joan of Paris
1942 · Romance
Operator 13
1934 · Drama
Dear Murderer
1947 · Thriller
Eight Iron Men
1952 · War
Fear and Desire
1952 · War
Desert Fury
1947 · Drama
The Mayor of Hell
1933 · Drama
No Way Out
1950 · Crime
Condemned to Live
1935 · Horror
So Dark the Night
1946 · Crime
Toxi
1952 · Drama
Black Orpheus
1959 · Romance
Quicksand
1950 · Thriller
The Terror
1963 · Mystery
My Cousin Rachel
1952 · Romance
The Damned
1962 · Horror
Slightly Scarlet
1956 · Crime
The Young Animals
1968
The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
1967 · Crime
First to Fight
1967 · War
Django, Prepare a Coffin
1968 · Drama
The Suspect
1944 · Drama
I Passed for White
1960 · Drama
The Lost Patrol
1934 · War
Mouchette
1967 · Drama
Scream
1949 · Mystery
The Killer Is Loose
1956 · Crime
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