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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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Eddington
2025 · Comedy
Sovereign
2025 · Crime
Ronth
2025 · Drama
Meeting with Pol Pot
2025 · Drama
Titan: The OceanGate Disaster
2025 · Documentary
Our Hero, Balthazar
2025 · Thriller
One Spoon of Chocolate
2025 · Action
Straw
2025 · Drama
Rosemead
2025 · Drama
Womb
2025 · Drama
The Mastermind
2025 · Crime
A Useful Ghost
2025 · Fantasy
Final Destination: Bloodlines
2025 · Horror
The Damned
2025 · Drama
Two Prosecutors
2025 · History
Vulcanizadora
2025 · Drama
Rosario
2025 · Horror
Project MKHEXE
2025 · Mystery
The Shrouds
2025 · Drama
All the Lost Ones
2025 · Drama
The Teacher
2025 · Drama
Gazer
2025 · Mystery
The Rules of the Game
2025
Borbaad
2025 · Romance
The Assessment
2025 · Drama
Ash
2025 · Horror
Popeye the Slayer Man
2025 · Horror
Baby Invasion
2025 · Action
McVeigh
2025 · Drama
Opus
2025 · Drama
It Ends
2025 · Comedy
Hallow Road
2025 · Thriller
Sweetness
2025 · Thriller
Squad 36
2025 · Crime
The Bayou
2025 · Action
The Baby in the Basket
2025 · Horror
The Gorge
2025 · Action
Womb
2025 · Thriller
Bring Them Down
2025 · Drama
Drained
2025 · Horror
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