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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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Don't Think Twice
2016 · Drama
Summertime
2016 · Drama
The Unseen
2016 · Thriller
The Bodyguard
2016 · Crime
Rebirth
2016 · Thriller
Café Society
2016 · Drama
Equals
2016 · Sci-Fi
Phantom Boy
2016 · Fantasy
At Cafe 6
2016 · Comedy
Cell
2016 · Sci-Fi
Captain Fantastic
2016 · Drama
A Chinese Odyssey Part Three
2016 · Comedy
Anuraga Karikkin Vellam
2016 · Comedy
I Love You to Death
2016 · Comedy
The Legend of Tarzan
2016 · Action
The Purge: Election Year
2016 · Action
Native
2016 · Drama
Marauders
2016 · Action
Carnage Park
2016 · Action
Our Kind of Traitor
2016 · Thriller
The Innocents
2016 · Drama
Rudy Habibie
2016 · Romance
Familyhood
2016 · Action
Center of My World
2016 · Drama
Independence Day: Resurgence
2016 · Action
Free State of Jones
2016 · Action
The Call Up
2016 · Action
The Duel
2016 · Drama
The Debt
2016 · Drama
Swiss Army Man
2016 · Adventure
Wiener-Dog
2016 · Drama
Right Now, Wrong Then
2016 · Drama
Arctic Heart
2016 · Drama
Lord of Shanghai
2016 · Crime
Totems
2016 · Animation
Udta Punjab
2016 · Drama
The Last King
2016 · Action
Land and Shade
2016 · Drama
Classmates
2016 · Romance
Range 15
2016 · Horror
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