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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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Each Dawn I Die
1939 · Drama
Isadora
1968 · History
League of Gangsters
1963 · Action
Ibu mertuaku
1962 · Drama
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965 · Drama
Way of a Gaucho
1952 · Adventure
On Distant Shores
1958 · War
Born to Be Bad
1934 · Drama
The Carabineers
1963 · War
Apache Territory
1958 · Action
He Walked by Night
1948 · Crime
The Rose Tattoo
1955 · Drama
Justice Is Done
1950 · Drama
The Secret Fury
1950 · Crime
Mystery House
1938 · Adventure
The Sisters
1938 · Drama
The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942 · Crime
The Ware Case
1938 · Drama
The House Across the Bay
1940 · Drama
Introduction to Life
1962 · Family
Blood and Black Lace
1964 · Horror
I Bury the Living
1958 · Horror
The Red House
1947 · Drama
Picture Snatcher
1933 · Crime
Jamaica Inn
1939 · Thriller
The Cruel Sea
1953 · Drama
13 Rue Madeleine
1947 · War
The Bridge at Remagen
1969 · Action
Laughter in the Dark
1969 · Drama
Daughter of the Mind
1969 · Horror
Ambush at Cimarron Pass
1958 · War
Diamonds of the Night
1964 · Drama
The Man from Colorado
1948 · Drama
If Winter Comes
1947 · Drama
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939 · Drama
Things to Come
1936 · Drama
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945 · Thriller
I Was an American Spy
1951 · Drama
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951 · History
Kitten with a Whip
1964 · Thriller
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