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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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Black Magic
1949 · Horror
Rasputin and the Empress
1932 · History
The Wolf Man
1941 · Horror
My Man and I
1952 · Drama
Genghis Khan
1965 · History
Pay or Die!
1960 · Crime
Scene of the Crime
1949 · Crime
Minesweeper
1943 · Drama
Stronghold
1951 · Romance
Fighting Elegy
1966 · Comedy
Adimai Penn
1969 · Drama
Nana
1934 · Drama
The Gypsy Moths
1969 · Romance
The Day of the Owl
1968 · Drama
The Naked Runner
1967 · Thriller
The Moonlighter
1953 · Western
Beau Geste
1966 · Action
The Love of Jeanne Ney
1927 · Drama
Penny Serenade
1941 · Romance
A Life at Stake
1955 · Drama
Pitfall
1948 · Crime
The Passionate Friends
1949 · Drama
Contempt
1963 · Drama
The Long Voyage Home
1940 · Drama
The Long and the Short and the Tall
1961 · War
The Last Chance
1945 · Drama
A Day of Fury
1956 · Western
If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
1968 · Crime
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
1960 · Thriller
Helter Skelter
1976 · Drama
Forest of the Hanged
1965 · Romance
Satan in High Heels
1962 · Thriller
Sharabi
1964 · Drama
Went the Day Well?
1942 · War
The Blue Dahlia
1946 · Mystery
Cast a Dark Shadow
1955 · Thriller
Titanic
1943 · Drama
Kanto Wanderer
1963 · Drama
Poor Cow
1967 · Drama
Humjoli
1970 · Comedy
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