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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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Darker Than Amber
1970 · Mystery
Lost Flight
1970 · Drama
Puppet on a Chain
1970 · Thriller
Cleopatra
1970 · Documentary
You Can’t Win ’Em All
1970 · War
Something For Everyone
1970 · Crime
Hoffman
1970 · Drama
Where’s Poppa?
1970 · Comedy
Judy
1970 · Horror
Shinbone Alley
1970 · Romance
Chisum
1970 · Western
Darling Lili
1970 · Romance
A Walk in the Spring Rain
1970 · Drama
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
1970 · Drama
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970 · Comedy
The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970 · Drama
If You Were Young: Rage
1970 · Drama
Too Late the Hero
1970 · Drama
Let It Be
1970 · Music
It Was In May
1970 · Drama
Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970 · Horror
A Man Called Horse
1970 · Adventure
Vietnam Veedu
1970 · Drama
Hell Boats
1970 · War
Ryan’s Daughter
1970 · Drama
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970 · Comedy
Sunset and Sunrise
1970 · Romance
Five Dolls for an August Moon
1970 · Mystery
Sunflower
1970 · War
The Things of Life
1970 · Romance
Gentlemen in White Vests
1970 · Crime
Jibon Theke Neya
1970 · Drama
Tropic of Cancer
1970 · Romance
Mark of the Devil
1970 · Thriller
Patton
1970 · Biography
The Winged Tiger
1970 · Adventure
King of the Grizzlies
1970 · Adventure
Portraits of Women
1970 · Drama
And God Said to Cain
1970 · Horror
MASH
1970 · Drama
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