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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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Escape from East Berlin
1962 · Drama
Stella
1955 · Drama
Blood on the Sun
1945 · Action
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
1962 · Drama
Hold Back The Night
1956 · War
The Lost Squadron
1932 · War
Sea of Sand
1958 · Drama
Pressure Point
1962 · Drama
Crime in the Streets
1955 · Drama
The Girl Hunters
1963 · Crime
A Gentleman After Dark
1942 · Adventure
Yellowneck
1955 · Drama
Quatermass 2
1957 · Horror
The Face of Fu Manchu
1965 · Thriller
The Heroes of Telemark
1965 · Drama
The Face Behind the Mask
1941 · Crime
Nenjil Oor Aalayam
1962
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
1957 · War
Show Them No Mercy!
1935 · Action
American Madness
1932 · Drama
The House I Live In
1957 · Drama
The Shining
1997 · Horror
Marianela
1940 · Drama
The Possessed
1965 · Thriller
The Vampire
1957 · Horror
The Strange Affair
1968 · Drama
Serpent of the Nile
1953 · History
Homecoming
1948 · Romance
Cone of Silence
1960 · Thriller
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
1930 · Romance
Earth
1930 · Drama
Strongroom
1962 · Drama
Black Panthers
1968 · Documentary
The Desperate Hours
1955 · Thriller
Broken Journey
1948 · Drama
Krakatoa, East of Java
1968 · Thriller
Saddle the Wind
1958 · Western
La banda Casaroli
1962 · Crime
Whispering City
1947 · Drama
Road House
1948 · Thriller
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