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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 War Wagon
1967 · Action
Houdini
1953 · Romance
Barabbas
1961 · Drama
Europe ’51
1952 · Drama
Rhapsody
1954 · Music
March on the River Drina
1964 · Drama
Dirty Angels
1969 · Thriller
The Square Jungle
1955 · Drama
Zatoichi’s Flashing Sword
1964 · Action
Anna and the King of Siam
1946 · Drama
This Day and Age
1933 · Crime
The Haunted Palace
2025 · Drama
The Manxman
1929 · Romance
Deluge
1933 · Drama
A Woman of Experience
1931 · Romance
Bait
1954 · Crime
Terror Is a Man
1959 · Horror
Kappalottiya Thamizhan
1961 · History
The Harder They Fall
1956 · Drama
The Man Without a Face
1950 · Thriller
The Lion’s Busy
1950 · Comedy
Samurai Vendetta
1959 · Drama
The Queen of Spades
1949 · Drama
Girls of the Night
1961 · Drama
Satan’s Sadists
1969 · Drama
The Wild Blue Yonder
1951 · War
Spawn of the North
1938 · Romance
Belle Starr
1941 · Western
Aerial Gunner
1943 · Drama
These Three
1936 · Romance
Buchanan Rides Alone
1958 · Western
A King in New York
1957 · Comedy
The Wind of Change
1961 · Drama
The Conspirator
1961 · Drama
Canyon Passage
1946 · Western
Alexander the Great
1956 · Drama
South of St. Louis
1949 · Western
Suburban Roulette
1968 · Drama
Whistle Down the Wind
1961 · Crime
Against All
1957 · War
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