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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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Uncertain Glory
1944 · Drama
Black Angel
1946 · Thriller
There’s Always a Price Tag
1957 · Drama
The Secret Ways
1961 · Adventure
Lonely Are the Brave
1962 · Western
Blessings of the Land
1959 · Family
The Scoundrel
1935 · Drama
Blood of the Vampire
1958 · Horror
The Iron Mistress
1952 · Action
Happy Land
1943 · Fantasy
The Two-Headed Spy
1958 · Thriller
Bluebeard’s 10 Honeymoons
1960 · Mystery
Bad Girls Go to Hell
1965 · Drama
Lenin in October
1937 · Drama
Beach Red
1967 · War
My Foolish Heart
1949 · Romance
La Terra Trema
1948 · Drama
Endless Desire
1958 · Drama
Flight for Freedom
1943 · Drama
Deep Jele Jaai
1959 · Drama
Fires on the Plain
1959 · War
Anupama
1966 · Drama
Pyaasa
1957 · Drama
Whiplash
1948 · Drama
The Girl on the Bridge
1951 · Drama
Central Airport
1933 · Drama
The Name of the Game Is Kill
1968 · Thriller
Alias Nick Beal
1949 · Fantasy
Three on a Match
1932 · Drama
Conspiracy of the Doomed
1950 · Drama
The Sadist
1963 · Horror
The Leopard
1963 · Drama
Battle of the Bulge
1965 · Drama
They Came to Cordura
1959 · Western
The Racket
1951 · Crime
Candy
1968 · Fantasy
The Cremator
1969 · Horror
The Petrified Forest
1936 · Drama
Band of Angels
1957 · Drama
Carve Her Name with Pride
1958 · Drama
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