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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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Seduced and Abandoned
1964 · Drama
Spiral
1999 · Drama
Clouds Over Borsk
1961 · Drama
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932 · Drama
Veerapandiya Kattabomman
1959 · Drama
Stampede
1949 · Western
The Flame of Love
1930 · Drama
Japan Organized Crime Boss
1969 · Crime
Three Comrades
1938 · Drama
Good Day for a Hanging
1959 · Western
The Woman I Love
1937 · Drama
Bhaktha Prahlada
1967 · Drama
Five
1951 · Drama
Nazarin
1959 · Drama
The Hunters
1957 · Documentary
Chase a Crooked Shadow
1958 · Drama
Edge of Darkness
1943 · Drama
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950 · Thriller
The Stone Cross
1968 · Drama
The Woman on the Beach
1947 · Romance
Nurse Edith Cavell
1939 · Drama
Our Mother’s House
1967 · Thriller
The Skydivers
1963 · Drama
Tokyo File 212
1951 · Crime
Mandalay
1934 · Drama
Morituri
1965 · War
Five Graves to Cairo
1943 · Thriller
The Hoodlum Priest
1961 · Drama
The Hatchet Man
1932 · Drama
Air Cadet
1951 · War
The Pied Piper
1942 · Drama
Green for Danger
1946 · Mystery
Bombardier
1943 · Drama
China Doll
1958 · Romance
Captain Eddie
1945 · Drama
The Visit
1964 · Drama
Zatoichi’s Revenge
1965 · Drama
Train of Events
1949 · Drama
Anna Karenina
1948 · Romance
The Sleeping City
1950 · Crime
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