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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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Hud
1963 · Drama
Curse of Chucky
-1 · Thriller
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969 · Adventure
Lord of the Flies
1963 · Adventure
Rope
1948 · Drama
The Haunting
1963 · Horror
Romeo and Juliet
1968 · Drama
The Masque of the Red Death
1964 · Horror
Tales of Terror
1962 · Mystery
Black Sabbath
1964 · Horror
The Killers
1964 · Drama
A Man for All Seasons
1966 · Biography
Seconds
1966 · Sci-Fi
Carmen Jones
1954 · Drama
The Pawnbroker
1965 · Drama
The Blue Angel
1930 · Drama
Gun Crazy
1950 · Drama
Elevator to the Gallows
1961 · Drama
Safe in Hell
1931 · Drama
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962 · Drama
The Body Snatcher
1945 · Thriller
Baby Doll
1956 · Drama
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956 · Sci-Fi
Midnight Cowboy
1969 · Drama
Out of the Past
1947 · Drama
The Big House
1930 · Drama
Cul-de-sac
1966 · Drama
Hamlet
1948 · Drama
Scarface
1932 · Action
Odd Man Out
1947 · Drama
Au hasard Balthazar
1966 · Drama
Lolita
1962 · Drama
The Wild Bunch
1969 · Action
Harakiri
1964 · Action
Bonnie and Clyde
1967 · Biography
The Barefoot Contessa
1954 · Drama
On the Beach
1959 · Sci-Fi
The Innocents
1961 · Horror
Force of Evil
1949 · Drama
Night of the Living Dead
1968 · Horror
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