What movie puts the protagonist through the absolute ringer for it to all pay off in the end?

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[โ€“] 3 points 3 years ago

I only saw it once a long time ago so I may remember it wrong, but "It's a Wonderful Life"? I recall being surprised because as a non American I'd heard so much about it as a Christmas movie and expected that genre but when I watched it, it was incredibly depressing and I never watched it again.

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