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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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Days and Nights in the Forest
1970 · Drama
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
1970 · Drama
Sole Survivor
1970 · Drama
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962 · Adventure
Ben-Hur
1959 · Adventure
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · Action
The Guns of Navarone
1961 · Action
A Star Is Born
1954 · Drama
The Searchers
1956 · Adventure
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943 · Adventure
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 · Adventure
Casablanca
1943 · Drama
Shadow on the Wall
1950 · Crime
Baltic Skies
1960 · Drama
Remember the Night
1939 · Comedy
Bhookailas
1958
Frankie and Johnny
1966 · Comedy
Tobruk
1967 · History
Appointment with Happiness
1954
Kim
1950 · Family
The Lost Moment
1947 · Drama
Missile to the Moon
1958 · Horror
Battle Circus
1953 · Romance
A Message to Garcia
1936 · Romance
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942 · Comedy
Bright Victory
1951 · Romance
Battle Cry
1955 · War
Payment on Demand
1951 · Drama
Rage at Dawn
1955 · Action
The Eddy Duchin Story
1956 · Romance
Le Amiche
1955 · Romance
Sword of the Conqueror
1961 · Adventure
West of Shanghai
1937 · Adventure
Arena
1953 · Western
Emergency Call
1952 · Thriller
The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery
1950 · Comedy
China Clipper
1936 · Drama
Long John Silver
1954 · Action
The Delinquents
1957 · Drama
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939 · Western
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