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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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Arrebato (1979)
2021 · Drama
Old Henry
2021 · Western
Coming Home in the Dark
2021 · Thriller
The Survivalist
2021 · Action
Witch Hunt
2021 · Thriller
Black as Night
2021 · Horror
Mayday
2021 · Drama
Bingo Hell
2021 · Fantasy
After We Fell
2021 · Drama
Diana: The Musical
2021 · Biography
Like Dogs
2021 · Thriller
Swallow
2021 · Drama
The Battle at Lake Changjin
2021 · Drama
No One Gets Out Alive
2021 · Mystery
Goodbye!
2021 · Documentary
Birds of Paradise
2021 · Drama
Dear Evan Hansen
2021 · Drama
Aakashavaani
2021 · Drama
The Guilty
2021 · Action
Sunny
2021 · Drama
The Grandmother
2021 · Drama
Intrusion
2021 · Drama
Night of the Animated Dead
2021 · Horror
At Close Range
2021 · Drama
All About My Mother
2021 · Family
Welcome to Our Home
2021 · Comedy
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
2021 · Drama
Blue Bayou
2021 · Drama
The Nowhere Inn
2021 · Drama
Prisoners of the Ghostland
2021 · Action
The Father Who Moves Mountains
2021 · Drama
Cry of Fear
2021 · Horror
Gully Rowdy
2021 · Action
What Happened to the Wolf?
2021 · Drama
Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night
2021 · Animation
Schumacher
2021 · Biography
My Son
2021 · Drama
Farha
2021 · Drama
The Middle Man
2021 · Comedy
Prey
2021 · Adventure
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- Dark Movies Grim worlds, moral grey zones and heavy atmospheres.
- Movies with a Happy Ending Stories that leave you smiling when the credits roll.
- Mind-Bending Movies Confusing, twisting stories you need to watch twice.
- Fast-Paced Movies No slow scenes: the story never stops moving.
- Slow-Burn Movies Patient storytelling that builds to something big.
- Tense Movies Edge-of-your-seat suspense from start to finish.
- Movies with Ambiguous Endings Open endings that people still argue about.
- Bittersweet Movies Bittersweet endings: the win comes at a real cost.
- Emotionally Heavy Movies Movies that make you cry and stay with you.
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