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Intense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
21,368 intense movies, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Life of Pi
2012 · Adventure
Red Dawn
2012 · Action
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012 · Adventure
Theevram
2012 · Thriller
Buffalo Girls
2012 · Documentary
First Winter
2012 · Drama
Generation P
2012 · Sci-Fi
Anna Karenina
2012 · Drama
Suddenly Last Summer
2012 · Romance
Thuppakki
2012 · Thriller
ThanksKilling 3
2012 · Fantasy
Pizzas
2012
Lesson of the Evil
2012 · Thriller
Skyfall
2012 · Action
The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas
2012 · Drama
Dangerous Liaisons (2012)
2012 · Drama
In Their Skin
2012 · Thriller
Burn
2012 · Documentary
Citadel
2012 · Drama
Miami Connection (1987)
2012 · Action
A Royal Affair
2012 · Drama
Harodim
2012 · Drama
Confession of Murder
2012 · Thriller
Flight
2012 · Drama
The Man with the Iron Fists
2012 · Action
1920: Evil Returns
2012 · Thriller
The Bay
2012 · Sci-Fi
This Must Be the Place
2012 · Drama
Steel Butterfly
2012 · Crime
Housos vs. Authority
2012 · Comedy
009 Re:Cyborg
2012 · Action
Gallowwalkers
2012 · Horror
Rise of the Zombies
2012 · Thriller
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
2012 · Mystery
Deep Dark Canyon
2012 · Action
Pusher (2012)
2012 · Action
Cloud Atlas
2012 · Sci-Fi
Sleep Tight
2012 · Thriller
Maximum Conviction
2012 · Adventure
Chakravyuh
2012 · Thriller
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