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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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Blanche Fury
1948 · Drama
The Amazing Transparent Man
1960 · Crime
Decoy
1946 · Crime
The Possessors
1958 · Drama
Stakeout on Dope Street
1958 · Drama
Red Scarf
1964 · War
The Magic Box
1951 · Drama
Verboten!
1959 · War
Within Our Gates
1920 · Romance
The Woman of the Port
1934 · Drama
Incubus
1966 · Horror
Seven Days to Noon
1950 · Thriller
Return of the Fly
1959 · Horror
Man with the Gun
1955 · Western
Cattle King
1963 · Western
Mere Huzoor
1968
The Frozen Dead
1966 · Horror
Mine Own Executioner
1947 · Drama
Lady in a Cage
1964 · Thriller
Crashout
1955 · Crime
Sapphire
1959 · Thriller
The Big Show
1961 · Drama
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Drama
Appointment in London
1953 · War
Time Without Pity
1957 · Crime
Kes
1969 · Drama
The Breaking Point
1950 · Drama
Lost Boundaries
1949 · Drama
The Sea Chase
1955 · War
Dementia 13
1963 · Thriller
You Can’t Get Away with Murder
1939 · Crime
Crime in the Streets
1956 · Crime
The Ambush
1969 · War
The Swimmer
1968 · Drama
The Iron Curtain
1948 · Thriller
Monkey on My Back
1957 · Drama
Viridiana
1961 · Drama
Three Outlaw Samurai
1964 · Drama
Sword of the Beast
1965 · Drama
Johnny O’Clock
1947 · Crime
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