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Movies with a Bittersweet Ending: Summaries & Endings Explained
14,206 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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The Fast and the Furious
2001 · Action
The Princess and the Warrior
2001 · Drama
U.S. Seals II: The Ultimate Force
2001 · Adventure
Finder’s Fee
2001 · Thriller
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
2001 · Action
Auggie Rose
2001 · Drama
Songcatcher
2001 · Drama
Sexy Beast
2001 · Drama
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
2001 · Adventure
Dead or Alive
2001 · Drama
Divided We Fall
2001 · Drama
Knives Out
2001 · Romance
Barking Dogs Never Bite
2001 · Comedy
Distance
2001 · Drama
Pearl Harbor
2001 · Action
The Man Who Cried
2001 · Drama
Ammayi Kosam
2001 · Drama
The Gua Sha Treatment
2001 · Drama
Goodbye Charlie Bright
2001 · Drama
Replicant
2001 · Thriller
Down
2001 · Mystery
Mockingbird Don’t Sing
2001 · Drama
Pavilion of Women
2001 · Adventure
Time and Tide
2001 · Action
Eureka
2001 · Drama
Deuces Wild
2001 · Action
61*
2001 · History
One Night at McCool's
2001 · Comedy
Prison Song
2001 · Drama
The Golden Bowl
2001 · Drama
Tart
2001 · Drama
Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven
2001 · Mystery
The Luzhin Defence
2001 · Drama
Albela
2001
Purple Sunset
2001 · War
By Dawn’s Early Light
2001 · Comedy
Kakkakuyil
2001 · Comedy
Brigham City
2001 · Drama
The Circle
2001 · Drama
Revelation
2001 · Horror
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