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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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Lovers
2020 · Drama
Lovers
2020 · Drama
They’re Outside
2020 · Horror
Unearth
2020 · Horror
The Vanished
2020 · Action
Waiting for the Barbarians
2020 · Drama
Host
2020 · Horror
Quarantine
2020 · Thriller
Back to the Wharf
2020 · Crime
Don’t Listen
2020 · Thriller
Amulet
2020 · Horror
The Rental
2020 · Thriller
Curse of Aurore
2020 · Horror
The Room
2020 · Sci-Fi
Coven
2020 · Horror
Drifting
2020 · Drama
The Beach House
2020 · Horror
Sleepless Beauty
2020 · Horror
The Dentist
2020 · Western
Bulbbul
2020 · Thriller
Kadakh
2020 · Comedy
Scare Package
2020 · Horror
You Should Have Left
2020 · Drama
Infamous
2020 · Drama
Why Don't You Just Die!
2020 · Drama
Vivarium
2020 · Sci-Fi
Parasites
2020 · Documentary
The Wild Goose Lake
2020 · Drama
Sorry We Missed You
2020 · Drama
Devi
2020 · Drama
DAU. Degeneration
2020 · Horror
The Decline
2020 · Thriller
System Crasher
2020 · Drama
Brahms: The Boy II
2020 · Drama
Filipiñana
2020 · Drama
The Last Thing He Wanted
2020 · Drama
Her Name Was Christa
2020 · Romance
The Newspaper
2020 · Drama
The Lodge
2020 · Drama
Walnut Tree
2020 · Drama
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