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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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Bitter Rice
1949 · Crime
By Love Possessed
1961 · Drama
The Blue Gardenia
1953 · Mystery
Heer Raanjha
1970 · Drama
Baby the Rain Must Fall
1965 · Romance
The Conspirators
1944 · Drama
So Proudly We Hail
1943 · Drama
The Crooked Way
1949 · Crime
Winter Light
1963 · Drama
Go, Go Second Time Virgin
1969 · Drama
Gentleman’s Fate
1931 · Drama
Numbered Men
1930 · Crime
Chained for Life
1952 · Drama
Joseph
1995 · Drama
The Rack
1956 · Drama
Burn!
1969 · War
Ladies in Retirement
1941 · Thriller
Parasakthi
1952 · Drama
Nightmare Castle
1965 · Horror
The Slave
1962 · Adventure
Waterfront
1950 · Drama
Good-Time Girl
1948 · Crime
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960 · Horror
The Young Savages
1961 · Crime
The Secret Heart
1946 · Drama
Possessed
1947 · Romance
Nevada Smith
1966 · Western
Deadlier Than the Male
1956 · Thriller
The Sinister Urge
1960 · Crime
Crack in the World
1965 · Action
Madame X
1966 · Drama
Manon
1949 · Drama
This Man Must Die
1969 · Crime
Bataan
1943 · Drama
Blood on the Land
1966 · Drama
The Bedford Incident
1965 · Action
Shenandoah
1965 · War
My Son John
1952 · Drama
The Upturned Glass
1947 · Crime
Sweet Love, Bitter
1967 · Drama
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