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Movies with a Bleak Ending: Summaries & Endings Explained
4,121 movies with a bleak ending, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Resident Evil
2026 · Action
Buddy
2026 · Horror
Filipiñana
2026 · Drama
It Ends
2026 · Drama
Hot Spot
2026 · Crime
Ice Cream Man
2026 · Horror
Motor City
2026 · Action
Savage House
2026 · Comedy
One Spoon of Chocolate
2026 · Action
Omaha
2026 · Drama
Two Prosecutors
2026 · Biography
undertone
2026 · Horror
Wuthering Heights
2026 · Drama
Sweetness
2026 · Drama
Whistle
2026 · Horror
The Strangers: Chapter 3
2026 · Horror
Send Help
2026 · Horror
Iron Lung
2026 · Horror
A Useful Ghost
2026 · Comedy
Magellan
2026 · Adventure
The Voice of Hind Rajab
2025 · Drama
Influencers
2025 · Horror
Silent Night, Deadly Night
2025 · Horror
Rosemead
2025 · Crime
Keeper
2025 · Horror
Die My Love
2025 · Drama
Dorothea
2025 · Crime
Hallow Road
2025 · Drama
Anniversary
2025 · Thriller
Bugonia
2025 · Comedy
Shelby Oaks
2025 · Horror
Dream Eater
2025 · Horror
Some Nights I Feel Like Walking
2025 · Drama
Your Host
2025 · Horror
The Ugly
2025 · Drama
The Strangers: Chapter 2
2025 · Horror
Him
2025 · Horror
Compulsion
2025 · Thriller
Obsession
2025 · Horror
House on Eden
2025 · Horror
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