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Movies with a Bittersweet Ending: Summaries & Endings Explained
14,161 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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Lulu Belle
1948 · Drama
Tempest
1958 · History
Viennese Nights
1930 · Romance
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Mystery
Violent Summer
1959 · War
Penthouse
1933 · Mystery
I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now
1947 · Music
Conquest
1937 · History
Black Bart
1948 · Western
The Sun Will Never Set
1961 · Drama
Men of the Fighting Lady
1954 · Drama
Olivia
1951 · Drama
Umberto D.
1952 · Drama
Born Free
1966 · History
Glorious Times in the Spessart
1967 · Comedy
The Lost World
1960 · Fantasy
Two Women
1960 · War
No Love for Johnnie
1961 · Drama
A Hatful of Rain
1957 · Drama
Everybody Go Home!
1960 · Comedy
I Am Twenty
1965 · Drama
No Down Payment
1957 · Drama
Monster from Green Hell
1957 · Horror
The Perils of Pauline
1947 · Comedy
Donald and the Wheel
1961 · Animation
Two for the Seesaw
1962 · Romance
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
1964 · Adventure
Odette
1950 · Drama
The Possessors
1958 · Drama
Captain Clegg
1962 · Horror
Two Men in Manhattan
1959 · Crime
French Cancan
1955 · Music
The Magic Box
1951 · Drama
Within Our Gates
1920 · Romance
Seven Days to Noon
1950 · Thriller
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932 · Romance
The Snow Woman
1968 · Horror
Return of the Fly
1959 · Horror
Man with the Gun
1955 · Western
The Tall Men
1955 · Western
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