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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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Antara Dua Darjat
1960 · Romance
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936 · Adventure
Gunslinger
1956 · Western
Rain
1932 · Drama
The Bramble Bush
1960 · Drama
Tormented
1960 · Thriller
The Savage
1952 · Action
Home of the Brave
1949 · War
All My Good Countrymen
1969 · History
Minin and Pozharsky
1939 · Drama
Hell and High Water
1954 · Action
Massacre
1934 · Western
Gertrud
1964 · Romance
Death Laid an Egg
1968 · Crime
Pépé le Moko
1937 · Drama
An Inn in Tokyo
1935 · Drama
Dragonfly Squadron
1954 · War
Pale Flower
1964 · Romance
The Old Testament
1963 · Drama
Anita
1967 · Mystery
Jamila, the Algerian
1958 · War
The Trap
1966 · Romance
Three Strangers
1946 · Crime
Daaera
1953 · Music
High Wall
1947 · Crime
The Bubble
1966
Gang vs. G-Men
1962 · Crime
Rage
1966 · Thriller
Uyarndha Manidhan
1968 · Drama
The Last Hunt
1956 · Western
The Heart of a Queen
1940 · Drama
The Unfaithful Wife
1969 · Drama
Lonelyhearts
1958 · Drama
Jhuk Gaya Aasman
1968 · Drama
Doctor Blood’s Coffin
1961 · Horror
Le petit soldat
1963 · Drama
Confession
1937 · Crime
The Chairman
1969 · Action
Naked Alibi
1954 · Drama
Thunderstorm
1934 · Drama
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