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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 Optimists of Nine Elms
1973 · Drama
Hex
1973 · Horror
Isn’t It Shocking?
1973 · Mystery
Malachi’s Cove
1973 · Drama
Illumination
1973 · Drama
Charley Varrick
1973 · Crime
Deliver Us from Evil
1973 · Drama
The Student Teachers
1973 · Thriller
The Pedestrian
1973 · Drama
Beyond Atlantis
1973 · Fantasy
High Plains Drifter
1973 · Mystery
Enter the Dragon
1973 · Action
A Doll’s House
1973 · Drama
High Crime
1973 · Crime
American Graffiti
1973 · Drama
The Mansion of Madness
1973 · Horror
White Lightning
1973 · Action
The Neptune Factor
1973 · Action
No, the Case Is Happily Resolved
1973 · Thriller
The MacKintosh Man
1973 · Thriller
Lady Ice
1973 · Thriller
Cahill U.S. Marshal
1973 · Drama
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
1973 · Romance
Terminal Island
1973 · Action
Super Fly T.N.T.
1973 · Action
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973 · Action
The Legend of Hell House
1973 · Horror
Holiday on the Buses
1973 · Comedy
Blume in Love
1973 · Drama
Paper Moon
1973 · Drama
Thriller: A Cruel Picture
1973 · Crime
Coffy
1973 · Action
Horror Rises from the Tomb
1973 · Horror
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
1973 · Romance
Class of ’44
1973 · Comedy
Count Dracula’s Great Love
1973 · Horror
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
1973 · Western
Two People
1973 · Drama
Lost Horizon
1973 · Music
The Long Goodbye
1973 · Drama
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