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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 Trip to Bountiful
1986 · Drama
Iron Eagle
1986 · Action
The Clan of the Cave Bear
1986 · Adventure
Runaway Train
1986 · Action
Ginger and Fred
1986 · Comedy
New Delhi Times
1986 · Mystery
Revolution
1985 · Adventure
Naked Vengeance
1985 · Crime
Out of Africa
1985 · Biography
Enemy Mine
1985 · Action
An Impudent Girl
1985 · Comedy
A Chorus Line
1985 · Drama
Young Sherlock Holmes
1985 · Adventure
Thinkalazhcha Nalla Divasam
1985 · Drama
Pulgasari
1985 · Drama
The Legend of Suram Fortress
1985 · Drama
Yes, Madam!
1985 · Action
White Nights
1985 · Drama
That Was Then... This Is Now
1985 · Drama
Twice in a Lifetime
1985 · Drama
Target
1985 · Action
Subway
1985 · Thriller
The Midnight Hour
1985 · Romance
Death Wish 3
1985 · Action
Sindhu Bhairavi
1985 · Music
I Dream of Jeannie… Fifteen Years Later
1985 · Comedy
Wild Geese II
1985 · Action
Cease Fire
1985 · Drama
Silent Witness
1985 · Drama
Thou Shalt Not Kill… Except
1985 · Action
The Doctor and the Devils
1985 · Horror
Dreamchild
1985 · Drama
Jagged Edge
1985 · Drama
The Boys Next Door
1985 · Drama
Amos
1985 · Drama
The Unwritten Law
1985 · Crime
Creator
1985 · Comedy
Plenty
1985 · Romance
Irakal
1985 · Crime
Code Name: Emerald
1985 · Action
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