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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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The Man Without a Body
1957 · Horror
Against the Wind
1948 · Action
Ride Beyond Vengeance
1966 · Action
A Story Written with Water
1965 · Drama
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951 · Crime
The Great Gatsby
1926 · Drama
The Rats of Tobruk
1944 · War
Her Private Hell
1968 · Drama
Martin Luther
1953 · Drama
Single Room Furnished
1968 · Drama
The Star Witness
1931 · Drama
Anthony Adverse
1936 · Drama
Othello
1955 · Drama
Violent Life
1962 · Drama
Accident
1967 · Romance
They Made Me a Fugitive
1947 · Thriller
Ice Cold in Alex
1958 · Adventure
Island in the Sun
1957 · Romance
Sudden Fear
1952 · Thriller
The Man from Laramie
1955 · Western
Everybody’s Woman
1934 · Drama
Admiral Nakhimov
1947 · Drama
Once Before I Die
1966 · Drama
That Cold Day in the Park
1969 · Thriller
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
1948 · Thriller
The Bofors Gun
1968 · Drama
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936 · Drama
Marked Woman
1937 · Drama
The Inspector
1962 · Romance
The Devil’s Party
1938 · Drama
The Captive Heart
1946 · Drama
Pacific Liner
1939 · Action
Yesterday’s Enemy
1959 · Drama
Of Human Hearts
1938 · Drama
Sleepless
1957 · Drama
Adventure in Sahara
1938 · Adventure
A Life in the Balance
1955 · Mystery
Who Killed Teddy Bear?
1965 · Crime
The Exterminating Angel
1962 · Drama
The Man I Married
1940 · Drama
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