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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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Girl of the Night
1960 · Drama
It!
1967 · Horror
The Match King
1932 · Drama
The Yellow Tomahawk
1954 · Western
The Unholy Wife
1957 · Thriller
One Minute to Zero
1952 · Drama
Angel Face
1952 · Crime
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022 · Drama
Mr. Sardonicus
1961 · Horror
Wyoming Outlaw
1939 · Western
Elmer Gantry
1960 · Drama
Suspense
1946 · Drama
Broken Lance
1954 · Western
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944 · War
Fear Strikes Out
1957 · Drama
Night and the City
1950 · Crime
Danger Within
1959 · War
Gold of Rome
1961 · Drama
Miss Julie
1951 · Drama
A Woman’s Face
1938 · Crime
We Dive at Dawn
1943 · Drama
Fourteen Hours
1951 · Drama
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
1968 · Romance
The Phantom Speaks
1945 · Mystery
Jim Thorpe – All-American
1951 · Drama
The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short
1966 · Drama
The Learning Tree
1969 · Drama
Dunkirk
1958 · Drama
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961 · Drama
Devil Doll
1964 · Mystery
The Comedians in Africa
1967 · Documentary
The Art of Self Defense
1941 · Comedy
Land Raiders
1969 · Thriller
The Gambler and the Lady
1952 · Crime
Manhandled
1949 · Drama
Dil Diya Dard Liya
1966 · Romance
Gorath
1962 · Thriller
The Tommyknockers
1993 · Horror
The Depraved
1957 · Thriller
The Indian Tomb
1959 · Romance
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