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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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Private Hell 36
1954 · Crime
Bewitched
1945 · Thriller
The Turning Point
1945 · War
The Tattered Dress
1957 · Drama
Westfront 1918
1930 · Drama
The Turning Point
1952 · Drama
And Then There Were None
1945 · Drama
Vapors
1965 · Drama
Kudiyirundha Koyil
1968 · Drama
Shoot the Piano Player
1960 · Crime
Blind Beast
1969 · Horror
Conflict
1945 · Thriller
Bahu Begum
1967 · Comedy
Paid in Full
1950 · Drama
Stolen Face
1952 · Drama
Invasion, U.S.A.
1952 · Drama
Witness to Murder
1954 · Crime
The Torch
1950 · Action
Guide
1965 · Romance
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957 · War
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947 · Drama
Anne of the Indies
1951 · Drama
The Dawn Patrol
1938 · War
Passenger
1963 · War
The Woman on Pier 13
1949 · Drama
Corridors of Blood
1958 · Drama
The October Man
1947 · Thriller
Head Against the Wall
1959 · Drama
Ten Seconds to Hell
1959 · Drama
Tiger Bay
1959 · Thriller
The Goddess
1958 · Drama
I, Mobster
1959 · Crime
Back Door to Hell
1964 · War
Passage West
1951 · Western
Only Yesterday
1933 · Romance
The Lady Gambles
1949 · Drama
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
1959 · War
Edward, My Son
1949 · Drama
Phantom
1922 · Fantasy
Cosh Boy
1953 · Drama
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