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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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History of the Occult
2020 · Drama
i'm thinking of ending things
2020 · Drama
The Owners
2020 · Action
Lovers
2020 · Drama
Lovers
2020 · Drama
C U Soon
2020 · Thriller
I Hate New York
2020 · Documentary
They’re Outside
2020 · Horror
The Eight Hundred
2020 · Action
The New Mutants
2020 · Action
The Big Hit
2020 · Comedy
All Together Now
2020 · Drama
Unknown Origins
2020 · Thriller
The Block Island Sound
2020 · Thriller
Centigrade
2020 · Drama
Rogue
2020 · Action
Sadak 2
2020 · Drama
Class Action Park
2020 · Documentary
Guest
2020 · Horror
Lingua Franca
2020 · Drama
Unearth
2020 · Horror
Serenity
2020 · Drama
Unhinged
2020 · Thriller
Cut Throat City
2020 · Action
The Vanished
2020 · Action
Class of ’83
2020 · Action
The Pale Door
2020 · Drama
The Crimes That Bind
2020 · Drama
Emperor
2020 · Action
Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel III. Spring Song
2020 · Animation
Sputnik
2020 · Sci-Fi
Project Power
2020 · Action
The Silencing
2020 · Action
Khuda Haafiz
2020 · Thriller
Spree
2020 · Thriller
The Bay of Silence
2020 · Thriller
Rawkto Rawhoshyo
2020 · Thriller
Johaar
2020 · Drama
Waiting for the Barbarians
2020 · Drama
The Tax Collector
2020 · Action
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- Mind-Bending Movies Confusing, twisting stories you need to watch twice.
- Fast-Paced Movies No slow scenes: the story never stops moving.
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- Tense Movies Edge-of-your-seat suspense from start to finish.
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- Emotionally Heavy Movies Movies that make you cry and stay with you.
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