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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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Five Day Lover
1961 · Comedy
Jubal
1956 · Drama
The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965 · History
The Snake Woman
1961 · Horror
The Hoodlum Saint
1946 · Drama
Incendiary Blonde
1945 · Romance
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942 · Drama
Ring of Bright Water
1969 · Family
Confirm or Deny
1941 · Drama
Crimson Romance
1934 · War
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956 · Drama
Ambush
1950 · Western
Amar
1954 · Romance
No Way to Treat a Lady
1968 · Thriller
Carnival
1946 · Romance
Ten Little Indians
1965 · Mystery
Chuka
1967 · Action
The 7th Dawn
1964 · War
Carol for Another Christmas
1964 · Drama
The Man Who Never Was
1956 · War
The Bacchantes
1961 · Fantasy
Gift Horse
1952 · Drama
No Questions Asked
1951 · Drama
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969 · Drama
The Velvet Touch
1948 · Thriller
Sanjuro
1962 · Comedy
The Lark
1964 · War
Adam Had Four Sons
1941 · Drama
Major Dundee
1965 · Western
A Modern Hero
1934 · Romance
Master of the World
1961 · Adventure
Ten Thousand Days
1967 · Drama
The Strange Woman
1946 · Drama
Late Autumn
1960 · Drama
Human Desire
1954 · Crime
This Above All
1942 · War
The McConnell Story
1955 · Drama
Framed
1930 · Crime
Calling Dr. Death
1943 · Thriller
The Diary of a Chambermaid
1946 · Comedy
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