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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 Great Gatsby
1949 · Drama
Liliom
1934 · Drama
The Arrangement
1969 · Romance
Once a Thief
1965 · Thriller
All the Young Men
1960 · Action
In Which We Serve
1942 · Drama
Nightmare
1965 · Thriller
The Seven Red Berets
1969 · War
None But the Lonely Heart
1944 · Drama
Dead Reckoning
1946 · Crime
Without Pity
1948 · Drama
Kongo
1932 · Drama
The Omegans
1968
Man on a Tightrope
1953 · Thriller
Ice Palace
1960 · Adventure
Little Boy Lost
1953 · Drama
The Hills Run Red
1966 · Action
The Lion in Winter
1968 · History
The Music Box Kid
1960 · Action
Deep Valley
1947 · Romance
We Live Again
1934 · Drama
The Finger Points
1931 · Crime
The Seekers
1954 · Drama
Submarine Raider
1942 · Drama
Fury at Furnace Creek
1948 · Western
Bandolero!
1968 · Western
Villa Rides
1968 · Western
I, the Jury
1953 · Crime
The Wizard of Id
1969 · Comedy
Chamber of Horrors
1966 · Horror
The Sorcerers
1967 · Horror
Hate Thy Neighbor
1968 · Drama
After Tonight
1933 · War
I Was Nineteen
1968 · Drama
Deadfall
1968 · Drama
The Man with Two Faces
1934 · Drama
The Fountainhead
1949 · Drama
The Yellow Balloon
1953 · Crime
Black Jack
1950 · Adventure
Toward the Unknown
1956 · Drama
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