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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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Shoeshine
1946 · Drama
Back from Eternity
1956 · Drama
Two Seconds
1932 · Drama
Head
1968 · Music
The Girl on a Motorcycle
1968 · Romance
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
1961 · Drama
The World’s Greatest Sinner
1962 · Drama
Payment Deferred
1932 · Crime
Curse of the Fly
1965 · Horror
Portrait of Hell
1969 · Drama
The Doorway to Hell
1930 · Crime
The Little Shop of Horrors
1960 · Fantasy
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
1960 · Crime
Dante’s Inferno
1967 · History
Murder in Reverse?
1945 · Thriller
Yakshi
1968 · Thriller
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
1935 · Horror
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956 · Crime
The Red Shoes
1948 · Drama
This Sporting Life
1963 · Drama
Cruel Story of Youth
1960 · Drama
This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse
1967 · Horror
The Spider and the Fly
1949 · Crime
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942 · Horror
Hands of a Stranger
1962 · Thriller
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956 · Drama
Fists in the Pocket
1965 · Drama
Time Table
1956 · Crime
Rasputin and the Empress
1932 · History
Fighting Elegy
1966 · Comedy
Nana
1934 · Drama
The Day of the Owl
1968 · Drama
The Long and the Short and the Tall
1961 · War
Satan in High Heels
1962 · Thriller
Titanic
1943 · Drama
Kanto Wanderer
1963 · Drama
Privilege
1967 · Drama
Big House, U.S.A
1955 · Crime
The Idol
1966 · Drama
Naked Evil
1966 · Horror
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