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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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Freud: The Secret Passion
1962 · Drama
Secret Mission
1942 · Drama
A Black Veil for Lisa
1968 · Thriller
The Mad Fox
1962 · Romance
This Is Not a Test
1962 · Drama
Taj Mahal
1963 · Drama
Krakatit
1948 · Drama
The Shanghai Gesture
1941 · Drama
Assassination
1965 · War
Torture Garden
1967 · Horror
The Black Sleep
1956 · Horror
Dead of Night
1945 · Thriller
The Red Badge of Courage
1951 · War
Million Dollar Babies
1994 · Drama
Death of a Gunfighter
1969 · Western
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945 · History
The People Against O’Hara
1951 · Drama
Men of the Blue Cross
1955 · Drama
Attack and Retreat
1964 · War
This Woman Is Dangerous
1952 · Crime
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960 · Horror
Five Branded Women
1960 · War
The Hoodlum Priest
1967 · History
Eight O’Clock Walk
1954 · Drama
Nosferatu
1922 · Horror
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964 · History
Wake Island
1942 · Drama
Cry of Battle
1963 · Drama
Zatoichi the Fugitive
1963 · Adventure
Sea Fever
1927 · Drama
Le Combat dans l’île
1962 · Romance
Sanctuary
1961 · Drama
Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet
1940 · Drama
The Last War
1961 · Drama
The Search
1948 · Drama
Ho!
1968 · Drama
Witchfinder General
1968 · History
The 25th Hour
1967 · Drama
House of Strangers
1949 · Drama
Moby Dick
1956 · Drama
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