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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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She-Devils on Wheels
1968 · Crime
Sodom and Gomorrah
1962 · Drama
The Interrupted Journey
1949 · Thriller
House of Cards
1968 · Drama
A Double Life
1947 · Drama
The World Changes
1933 · Drama
Screaming Eagles
1956 · War
The Whisperers
1967 · Drama
The Beast of the City
1932 · Crime
Death of a Cyclist
1955 · Crime
Untamed
1955 · Drama
Rocky Mountain
1950 · Western
Salome
1953 · Romance
Beyond Glory
1948 · Drama
Fear in the Night
1947 · Mystery
A Colt Is My Passport
1967 · Drama
The Long Memory
1953 · Crime
Buried Loot
1935 · Drama
Hunger
1966 · Drama
The Killing of Sister George
1968 · Drama
Lord Love a Duck
1966 · Comedy
Chaudhvin Ka Chand
1960 · Romance
Life Begins Anew
1945 · Drama
The Black Vampire
1953 · Thriller
The Sun Sets at Dawn
1950 · Crime
The Scarlet Coat
1955 · War
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951 · War
The Letter
1940 · Drama
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966 · Drama
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955 · Drama
Kuroneko
1968 · Drama
The Premature Burial
1962 · Horror
Story of a Love Affair
1950 · Drama
Flaxy Martin
1949 · Drama
The House of the Seven Gables
1940 · Drama
The Projected Man
1966 · Horror
Miracle in the Rain
1956 · Drama
My Brother Jonathan
1948 · Drama
I Am Cuba
1964 · Drama
The Sixth of July
1968 · History
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