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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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Murder at 1600
1997 · Action
Character
1997 · Drama
Paradise Road
1997 · Drama
Inventing the Abbotts
1997 · Drama
Chasing Amy
1997 · Drama
Total Reality
1997 · Action
The Devil's Own
1997 · Drama
The Hunchback
1997 · Romance
City of Industry
1997 · Thriller
The Daytrippers
1997 · Drama
The Watermelon Woman
1997 · Drama
Judaai
1997 · Drama
Donnie Brasco
1997 · Drama
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997 · Action
Hard Eight
1997 · Drama
No Child of Mine
1997 · Drama
Hameshaa
1997 · Drama
Rosewood
1997 · Action
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
1997 · Crime
Subhakankshalu
1997 · Drama
Absolute Power
1997 · Drama
Dangerous Ground
1997 · Crime
Werewolf
1997 · Horror
Dante's Peak
1997 · Action
Waiting for Guffman
1997 · Comedy
Prefontaine
1997 · Biography
Hurricane Streets
1997 · Drama
A Child’s Wish
1997 · Drama
Albino Alligator
1997 · Drama
Stolen Women, Captured Hearts
1997 · Romance
The Relic
1997 · Thriller
Peddannayya
1997 · Drama
Vanishing Point
1997 · Adventure
Keeping the Promise
1997 · Drama
Hitler
1997 · Drama
Bhai
1997
Retroactive
1997 · Crime
Saaz
1997 · Music
Thieves
1996 · Drama
The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996 · Biography
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