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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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The Manchurian Candidate
1962 · Drama
Hang 'Em High
1968 · Western
The Night of the Hunter
1955 · Drama
The Misfits
1961 · Drama
Rosemary's Baby
1968 · Drama
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954 · Adventure
The Children's Hour
1961 · Drama
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969 · Adventure
Lord of the Flies
1963 · Adventure
Rope
1948 · Drama
Village of the Damned
1960 · Sci-Fi
Inherit the Wind
1960 · Biography
The Haunting
1963 · Horror
Romeo and Juliet
1968 · Drama
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965 · Mystery
The Masque of the Red Death
1964 · Horror
Tales of Terror
1962 · Mystery
Black Sabbath
1964 · Horror
America America
1963 · Drama
Giant
1956 · Drama
The Diary of Anne Frank
1959 · Biography
The Hill
1965 · Drama
Seven Days in May
1964 · Drama
The Killers
1964 · Drama
A Man for All Seasons
1966 · Biography
Seconds
1966 · Sci-Fi
Grand Prix
1966 · Drama
Burn, Witch, Burn
1962 · Horror
Carmen Jones
1954 · Drama
Ikiru
1956 · Drama
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1956 · Action
Imitation of Life
1959 · Drama
Written on the Wind
1956 · Drama
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957 · Biography
Salt of the Earth
1954 · Drama
The Naked Kiss
1964 · Drama
The Pawnbroker
1965 · Drama
The Dirty Dozen
1967 · Action
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955 · Drama
Anatomy of a Murder
1959 · Drama
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