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Movies with a Bittersweet Ending: Summaries & Endings Explained
14,218 movies with a bittersweet ending, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Passengers
2008 · Drama
I've Loved You So Long
2008 · Drama
Let the Right One In
2008 · Drama
Heartbreak Library
2008 · Romance
Sisters on the Road
2008 · Drama
Max Payne
2008 · Action
Through a Glass, Darkly
2008 · Drama
A Film with Me in It
2008 · Thriller
Mary
2008 · Drama
Franklyn
2008 · Fantasy
Christmas Cottage
2008 · Drama
Selfless
2008 · Thriller
Body of Lies
2008 · Action
The Express
2008 · Biography
Nenu Meeku Telusa…?
2008
Amusement
2008 · Horror
Blindness
2008 · Drama
Rachel Getting Married
2008 · Drama
Flash of Genius
2008 · Drama
Pulse 2: Afterlife
2008 · Drama
Miracle at St. Anna
2008 · Action
Nights in Rodanthe
2008 · Drama
The Lucky Ones
2008 · Drama
Painted Skin
2008 · Fantasy
My Dear Enemy
2008 · Comedy
Short Term 12
2008 · Drama
Lakeview Terrace
2008 · Drama
Appaloosa
2008 · Action
Welcome to Sajjanpur
2008 · Comedy
Hulla
2008 · Drama
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
2008 · Drama
Hounddog
2008 · Drama
Battle in Seattle
2008 · Action
The Equation of Love and Death
2008 · Crime
Let It Rain
2008 · Drama
Keith
2008 · Romance
Thirakkatha
2008 · Drama
Tear This Heart Out
2008 · Drama
Forgiveness
2008 · Drama
Towelhead
2008 · Drama
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