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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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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
1961 · Drama
The Boys of Paul Street
1969 · Family
Billy the Kid
1941 · Drama
Mother India
1957 · Drama
The Unearthly
1957 · Horror
Target Zero
1955 · War
Pit Stop
1969 · Action
Blood Feast
1963 · Horror
The Wooden Horse
1950 · Drama
Birth Certificate
1961 · War
Lord Jim
1965 · Drama
A Hen in the Wind
1948 · Drama
A Window in London
1940 · Thriller
Escape
1948 · Thriller
Santa Fe Trail
1940 · Western
The Dawn Patrol
1930 · War
The Naked and the Dead
1958 · War
It Conquered the World
1956 · Thriller
Dark City
1950 · Drama
Just for the Hell of It
1968 · Thriller
Social Decay
1932 · Drama
Cornered
1945 · Thriller
Ride Out for Revenge
1957 · Western
A Prize of Gold
1955 · Drama
The Hurricane
1937 · Romance
The Camp Followers
1965 · War
Captured!
1933 · War
Nora Prentiss
1947 · Drama
Morning Departure
1950 · Drama
Harriet Craig
1950 · Drama
One Night at Susie’s
1930 · Drama
Blonde Ice
1948 · Drama
Ten North Frederick
1958 · Drama
Kala Pani
1958 · Drama
Destination Tokyo
1943 · War
Blood on the Moon
1948 · Romance
The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery
1959 · Crime
The Silent Playground
1963 · Thriller
The Mad Room
1969 · Thriller
My Brother’s Keeper
1948 · Thriller
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