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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 Toy Wife
1938 · Drama
The Last Challenge
1967 · Western
Portrait of Alison
1955 · Drama
Violent Saturday
1955 · Crime
Somewhere I’ll Find You
1942 · Romance
Everything Goes Wrong
1960 · Crime
The Sleeping Tiger
1954 · Thriller
The Devil On Wheels
1947 · Drama
No More Orchids
1932 · Drama
Darby’s Rangers
1958 · War
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959 · Thriller
The Sex of Angels
1968 · Thriller
The Good Die Young
1954 · Thriller
Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954 · History
Tizoc
1957 · Drama
La Bandera
1935 · Drama
1984
1956 · Drama
The Mark of Cain
1947 · Crime
The Washington Masquerade
1932 · Romance
Teenage Doll
1957 · Crime
Stars
1959 · Drama
Della
1964 · Drama
The Tall Target
1951 · History
No Time to Be Young
1957 · Mystery
L’Immortelle
1963 · Mystery
This Property Is Condemned
1966 · Drama
Goodbye Earth
2024 · Drama
Quatermass and the Pit
1967 · Horror
The Man Between
1953 · Thriller
The Lower Depths
1937 · Drama
Renegade Girl
1946 · Western
The Big Street
1942 · Romance
The Angel Wore Red
1960 · Drama
Orders to Kill
1958 · War
Queen Bee
1955 · Drama
The Hard Way
1943 · Drama
Flight Nurse
1953 · War
Convoy
1940 · Drama
A Quiet Place in the Country
1968 · Horror
Love Letters
1945 · Drama
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