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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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Fall Guy
1947 · Crime
Humoresque
1946 · Romance
House of Frankenstein
1944 · Horror
Journey to Shiloh
1968 · Western
Downstairs
1932 · Drama
The Dalton Girls
1957 · Western
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955 · Drama
That Hamilton Woman
1941 · Romance
The Halliday Brand
1957 · Western
Guilty Hands
1931 · Drama
That Certain Woman
1937 · Drama
We Still Kill the Old Way
1967 · Drama
The Heart of the Matter
1953 · Drama
Throne of Blood
1957 · History
One Third of a Nation
1939 · Drama
Judith
1966 · Drama
The Lower Depths
1957 · Drama
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969 · Romance
The Big Operator
1959 · Crime
Among the Living
1941 · Thriller
Frisco Kid
1935 · Romance
WandaVision
2021 · Mystery
Violent Playground
1958 · Drama
Conflagration
1958 · Drama
Le Bonheur
1965 · Drama
Summer with Monika
1953 · Drama
Inferno
1953 · Adventure
They Won’t Forget
1937 · Mystery
I’ll Cry Tomorrow
1955 · Drama
Voice in the Wind
1944 · Drama
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935 · Drama
Mr. Arkadin
1955 · Thriller
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
1966 · Horror
The Midnight Story
1957 · Crime
Days of Glory
1944 · Drama
Something of Value
1957 · War
Taras Bulba
1962 · History
Creature of Destruction
1967 · Horror
Jack London
1943 · Drama
Is Paris Burning?
1966 · Drama
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