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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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Medium Cool
1969 · Drama
True Confession
1937 · Comedy
Scream of Fear
1961 · Thriller
Dead Ringer
1964 · Drama
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957 · Sci-Fi
The Public Enemy
1931 · Drama
A Fine Madness
1966 · Drama
Objective, Burma!
1945 · Action
White Heat
1949 · Action
Young Man with a Horn
1950 · Biography
The Bad Seed
1956 · Drama
PT 109
1963 · Biography
The Sea Wolf
1941 · Adventure
They Died with Their Boots On
1942 · War
Three Godfathers
1936 · Action
BUtterfield 8
1960 · Drama
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962 · Drama
Bombshell
1933 · Drama
A Tale of Two Cities
1935 · Drama
Woman of the Year
1942 · Drama
Waterloo Bridge
1940 · Drama
They Were Expendable
1945 · Drama
Lust for Life
1956 · Biography
Keeper of the Flame
1942 · Drama
Julie
1956 · Drama
Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told
1967 · Horror
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957 · Biography
The Naked Prey
1966 · Adventure
Land of the Pharaohs
1955 · Adventure
36 Hours
1965 · Thriller
Winning
1969 · Action
Old Yeller
1957 · Adventure
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953 · Drama
The Ipcress File
1965 · Thriller
Some Came Running
1958 · Drama
Under Capricorn
1949 · Drama
Marooned
1969 · Adventure
Knights of the Round Table
1954 · Action
Children of the Damned
1964 · Sci-Fi
Operation Crossbow
1965 · Action
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