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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 Earrings of Madame de…
1953 · Drama
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939 · Drama
Black Gravel
1961 · Thriller
The Germans Strike Again
1948 · Comedy
Lust for Gold
1949 · Western
Nights of Cabiria
1957 · Drama
Bordertown
1935 · Drama
Johnny Cool
1963 · Crime
Hawaii
1966 · Drama
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946 · Thriller
Shock
1946 · Thriller
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960 · Drama
Eyes Without a Face
1960 · Drama
Hell Drivers
1957 · Crime
Oliver Twist
1948 · Crime
The Rocking Horse Winner
1949 · Drama
The Mad Genius
1931 · Romance
Fabiola
1949 · History
Wonderland of Love
2023 · Drama
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936 · Horror
Le Doulos
1962 · Drama
So Well Remembered
1947 · Drama
Criss Cross
1949 · Crime
The Seventh Cross
1944 · Drama
Vigil in the Night
1940 · Drama
Battle Stations
1956 · War
The City of the Dead
1960 · Horror
Beyond the Forest
1949 · Thriller
Lilith
1964 · Drama
Passage to Marseille
1944 · Adventure
Breathless
1960 · Crime
The Country Girl
1954 · Drama
Madhumati
1958 · Mystery
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938 · Drama
Hangmen Also Die!
1943 · Drama
The Curse of the Living Corpse
1964 · Horror
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
1964 · Adventure
Pickpocket
1959 · Drama
Compulsion
1959 · Thriller
The Set-Up
1949 · Drama
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