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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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The Deep Six
1958 · Drama
David and Bathsheba
1951 · Romance
Craig’s Wife
1936 · Drama
The Warped Ones
1960 · Drama
The Nanny
1965 · Drama
King Rat
1965 · War
The Bells Go Down
1943 · Drama
Marie Antoinette
1938 · History
Too Much, Too Soon
1958 · Drama
No Other Woman
1933 · Drama
Secrets of the French Police
1932 · Crime
Yahudi
1958 · Romance
The Unforgiven
1960 · Romance
The Cabinet of Caligari
1962 · Horror
Donovan’s Brain
1953 · Horror
White Woman
1933 · Drama
The Outsider
1961 · War
The Nightingale’s Prayer
1959 · Romance
The Desperados
1969 · Western
Blast of Silence
1961 · Drama
Man in the Attic
1953 · Thriller
Five Gates to Hell
1959 · War
Black Fury
1935 · Drama
Black Widow
1954 · Drama
Too Young to Love
1960 · Drama
An Innocent Witch
1965 · Drama
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
1952 · Drama
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942 · Mystery
Rosaura at 10 O’Clock
1958 · Drama
The Eternaut
2025 · Drama
Cafe Hostess
1940 · Drama
Sands of the Kalahari
1965 · Adventure
One on Top of the Other
1969 · Thriller
The Seventh Companion
1967 · Drama
The Fugitive
1947 · Drama
The Money Trap
1965 · Crime
The Gladiators
1969 · War
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978 · Drama
A Lady Without Passport
1950 · Crime
The Lodger
1944 · Horror
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