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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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2021 · Drama
Affliction
2021 · Horror
The Cleansing Hour
2021 · Horror
Pulikkuthi Pandi
2021 · Action
Janowar
2021 · Crime
The Road to Mandalay
2021 · Drama
Hunter Hunter
2020 · Thriller
Breach
2020 · Action
What Lies Below
2020 · Sci-Fi
The Call
2020 · Mystery
Smiley Face Killers
2020 · Thriller
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020 · Drama
Collective
2020 · Documentary
Two Distant Strangers
2020 · Drama
Echo Boomers
2020 · Action
Kindred
2020 · Drama
The Dark and the Wicked
2020 · Horror
Triggered
2020 · Action
Superdeep
2020 · Horror
Mother
2020 · Thriller
Godforsaken
2020 · Horror
Rogue City
2020 · Action
Shadows
2020 · Thriller
The Empty Man
2020 · Drama
Bad Hair
2020 · Horror
Business Ethics
2020 · Thriller
Dangerous to Know
2020 · Mystery
Scary Stories: Dark Web
2020 · Horror
The Mortuary Collection
2020 · Fantasy
Fractured
2020 · Drama
A Perfect Enemy
2020 · Mystery
Possessor Uncut
2020 · Sci-Fi
12 Hour Shift
2020 · Thriller
Scare Me
2020 · Horror
Let It Snow
2020 · Thriller
Spiral
2020 · Drama
The Paramedic
2020 · Drama
Rent-A-Pal
2020 · Thriller
History of the Occult
2020 · Drama
The Owners
2020 · Action
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