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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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Blood Feud
1983 · Drama
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
1912 · Drama
The Female of the Species
1912 · Drama
The White Slave Trade
1910 · Crime
The Rainbow
1988 · Drama
Tutti Frutti
1987 · Drama
Mangrove
2020 · Drama
Antidote
2020 · Comedy
Caliphate
2020 · Drama
Heart o’ the Hills
1919 · Romance
The Woman Suffers
1918 · Drama
Twilight of a Woman’s Soul
1913 · Drama
Confrontation
1985 · Crime
A Woman of Substance
1985 · Drama
The Day of the Triffids
1981 · Drama
Oppenheimer
1980 · Drama
Malice@Doll
2001 · Animation
The Phantom of the Opera
1990 · Drama
Death Note
2006 · Animation
A Song to the Sun
2006 · Drama
Vientos de agua
2006 · Drama
Pope John Paul II
2005 · Drama
Bleak House
2005 · Drama
Funland
2005 · Mystery
I’m Sorry, I Love You
2004 · Drama
Blonde
2001 · Drama
Friends
2002 · Drama
Band of Brothers
2001 · Drama
Seven
2019 · Drama
Fatale
2019 · Drama
Guest of Honor
2019 · Drama
Resistance
2019 · Drama
Escape at Dannemora
2018 · Crime
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
2018 · Animation
Dokgo Rewind
2018 · Crime
Imaginary Cat
2015 · Romance
Sharp Objects
2018 · Mystery
Picnic at Hanging Rock
2018 · Mystery
The Young Pope
2016 · Drama
24: Live Another Day
2014 · Drama
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