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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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Flying Tigers
1942 · Action
Toto and the Women
1952 · Comedy
More Dead than Alive
1969 · Western
The Squaw Man
1931 · Drama
Léon Morin, Priest
1961 · Romance
Doctors Don’t Tell
1941 · Drama
Twenty Plus Two
1961 · Mystery
Variety Lights
1950 · Comedy
Deception
1946 · Music
Attack
1956 · Drama
Son of Django
1967 · Western
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
2021 · Drama
Gintama: The Semi-Final
2021 · Animation
Moon Knight
2022 · Mystery
Chloe
2022 · Drama
Judex
1916 · Crime
Tamas
1988 · Drama
The Miracle
1912
The Female of the Species
1912 · Drama
The Fugitive
1910 · War
The Rainbow
1988 · Drama
Your Cheatin’ Heart
1990 · Drama
Mangrove
2020 · Drama
Antidote
2020 · Comedy
The Woman Suffers
1918 · Drama
The Secret Game
1917 · Drama
Her Defiance
1916 · Drama
Alas and Alack
1915 · Drama
The Shiralee
1988 · Drama
Anne of Green Gables
1985 · Family
The Flame Trees of Thika
1981 · Drama
Oppenheimer
1980 · Drama
The Phantom of the Opera
1990 · Drama
Hana & Alice
2003 · Drama
A Song to the Sun
2006 · Drama
Vientos de agua
2006 · Drama
Pope John Paul II
2005 · Drama
Bleak House
2005 · Drama
Band of Brothers
2001 · Drama
Fatale
2019 · Drama
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