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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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Abattoir
2016 · Thriller
Pet
2016 · Thriller
Purano Dunga
2016 · Drama
Tank 432
2016 · Action
Always Shine
2016 · Thriller
Divines
2016 · Drama
Nocturnal Animals
2016 · Drama
Misbehavior
2016 · Drama
Woman on Fire
2016 · Documentary
The Love Witch
2016 · Drama
Krampus Unleashed
2016 · Horror
The Windmill
2016 · Drama
Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016 · Thriller
Wolves at the Door
2016 · Horror
Fear, Inc.
2016 · Thriller
Erasing Eden
2016 · Drama
Christine
2016 · Biography
Patient Seven
2016 · Thriller
Capture Kill Release
2016 · Horror
The Birth of a Nation
2016 · Biography
Gangster
2016 · Action
Zulfiqar
2016 · Crime
Mirzya
2016 · Drama
The Greasy Strangler
2016 · Thriller
The Alchemist Cookbook
2016 · Drama
Gehenna: Where Death Lives
2016 · Horror
Dearest Sister
2016 · Drama
Chronic
2016 · Drama
Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl
2016 · Horror
Well
2016 · Drama
The Burglar
2016 · Drama
Broadcast Signal Intrusion
2016 · Drama
Blair Witch
2016 · Thriller
The Road to Mandalay
2016 · Drama
Kuttrame Thandanai
2016 · Drama
Summer of 8
2016 · Drama
Antibirth
2016 · Horror
White Girl
2016 · Drama
The Windmill Massacre
2016 · Drama
Found Footage 3D
2016 · Horror
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