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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 Goldfinch
2019 · Drama
Hustlers
2019 · Drama
Another Day of Life
2019 · Biography
Monos
2019 · Drama
Section 375
2019 · Crime
Haunt
2019 · Thriller
Depraved
2019 · Drama
Nani’s Gang Leader
2019 · Crime
Freaks
2019 · Sci-Fi
The Weekend
2019 · Comedy
Out of Liberty
2019 · Western
Fiela’s Child
2019 · Drama
No Longer Human
2019 · Drama
Jungleland
2019 · Drama
Hello World
2019 · Drama
True History of the Kelly Gang
2019 · Drama
Tazza: One Eyed Jack
2019 · Drama
Antigone
2019 · Drama
Guns Akimbo
2019 · Comedy
Ordinary Love
2019 · Romance
Wet Season
2019 · Romance
Calm with Horses
2019 · Drama
Bad Education
2019 · History
Saint Maud
2019 · Horror
Two of Us
2019 · Drama
Greed
2019 · Comedy
Color Out of Space
2019 · Mystery
Incitement
2019 · Thriller
It: Chapter Two
2019 · Drama
Parineeta
2019 · Romance
Sound of Metal
2019 · Drama
While at War
2019 · Drama
Magamuni
2019 · Thriller
Radioactive
2019 · Romance
Moothon
2019 · Drama
The Platform
2019 · Thriller
I'm Leaving Now
2019 · Documentary
Waiting for the Barbarians
2019 · Drama
Hope Gap
2019 · Drama
Strange But True
2019 · Thriller
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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.
- Slow-Burn Movies Patient storytelling that builds to something big.
- Tense Movies Edge-of-your-seat suspense from start to finish.
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- 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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