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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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Gracepoint
2014 · Drama
Nymphomaniac
2014 · Drama
Sherlock: The Reichenbach Fall
2012 · Mystery
City Hunter
2011 · Crime
Mildred Pierce
2011 · Drama
Sherlock: The Great Game
2010 · Mystery
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
2010 · Comedy
20 Minutes
2013 · Family
Nobody
2012 · Drama
The Hollow Crown: Richard II
2012 · Drama
Bag of Bones
2011 · Drama
Appropriate Adult
2011 · Crime
Beauty’s Rival in Palace
2010 · Drama
The Pacific
2010 · Drama
The Seventh Continent (1989)
Drama
Frankenstein
1931 · Drama
Shadow of a Doubt
1943 · Film-Noir
The Servant
1964 · Drama
Sunset Boulevard
1950 · Drama
The Bride of Frankenstein
1935 · Drama
Seven Samurai
1956 · Action
Citizen Kane
1941 · Drama
Vertigo
1958 · Mystery
Time Limit
1957 · Drama
Brute Force
1947 · Drama
Cavalcade
1933 · Drama
Sunrise
1927 · Drama
Victim
1962 · Drama
Hells Angels on Wheels
1967 · Drama
The Brain That Wouldn't Die
1962 · Sci-Fi
A Raisin in the Sun
1961 · Drama
Navajo Joe
1967 · Western
100 Rifles
1969 · Adventure
Don't Bother to Knock
1952 · Drama
The Snake Pit
1948 · Drama
Niagara
1953 · Thriller
The Three Faces of Eve
1957 · Drama
Wings
1929 · Action
I Walk Alone
1948 · Drama
Hell Is for Heroes
1962 · Drama
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