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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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Come Drink with Me
1966 · Action
Shock Treatment
1964 · Drama
The Captain’s Paradise
1953 · Drama
Marlowe
1969 · Crime
Orpheus
1950 · Fantasy
The Spiral Staircase
1946 · Horror
Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai
1960 · Drama
Our Man in Havana
1959 · Comedy
The Devil Makes Three
1952 · Crime
The Knife
1961 · Drama
Embraceable You
1948 · Drama
Forbidden Paradise
1924 · Comedy
The Embezzler
1954
Jan Žižka
1956 · War
Pather Panchali
1955 · Drama
City for Conquest
1940 · Drama
The Law Is the Law
1958 · Comedy
East of the River
1940 · Drama
Mr. Skeffington
1944 · Romance
Come and Get It
1936 · Romance
A Thunder of Drums
1961 · Western
The Road Back
1937 · War
Sky Giant
1938 · Romance
Smashing the Rackets
1938 · Drama
The Cranes Are Flying
1957 · Romance
Stanley and Livingstone
1939 · Adventure
I Thank a Fool
1962 · Drama
The Beat Generation
1959 · Crime
The Full Treatment
1960 · Thriller
How to Make a Monster
1958 · Horror
24: Redemption
2008 · Adventure
Westward the Women
1951 · Western
Chasing Two Hares
1961 · Comedy
The Edge of the World
1937 · Drama
Escape!
1930 · Drama
The Sin Ship
1931 · Drama
Gunga Jumna
1961
Deadly Inheritance
1968 · Horror
The Steel Lady
1953 · Action
The High Bright Sun
1964 · War
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