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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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Inherit the Wind
1960 · Biography
La Ronde
1951 · Drama
America America
1963 · Drama
Mister Roberts
1955 · Drama
Giant
1956 · Drama
The End of Summer
1962 · Drama
Grand Prix
1966 · Drama
A Patch of Blue
1965 · Drama
Burn, Witch, Burn
1962 · Horror
Forbidden Planet
1956 · Adventure
Ikiru
1956 · Drama
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1956 · Action
Imitation of Life
1959 · Drama
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957 · Biography
Black Gold
1947 · Drama
Love in the Afternoon
1957 · Drama
The Naked Kiss
1964 · Drama
The Dirty Dozen
1967 · Action
Touch of Evil
1958 · Drama
Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954 · Sci-Fi
Death Rides a Horse
1969 · Western
Two for the Road
1967 · Drama
Suddenly, Last Summer
1960 · Drama
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950 · Action
Cape Fear
1962 · Drama
3 Godfathers
1949 · Drama
The Informer
1935 · Drama
Cimarron
1931 · Drama
The Son of Kong
1933 · Adventure
Flying Leathernecks
1951 · Action
A Face in the Crowd
1957 · Drama
Splendor in the Grass
1961 · Drama
Bedazzled
1967 · Fantasy
Salesman
1969 · Drama
Django
1966 · Action
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 · Drama
Notorious
1946 · Drama
Bambi
1942 · Drama
El Cid
1961 · Adventure
Hombre
1967 · Western
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