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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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House Of Salem
2016 · Horror
In Order of Disappearance
2016 · Action
Ixcanul
2016 · Drama
Downriver
2016 · Drama
Amityville: No Escape
2016 · Horror
The Remains
2016 · Thriller
Let's Be Evil
2016 · Sci-Fi
On the Silver Globe (1988)
2016 · Adventure
Rampage: President Down
2016 · Action
The Childhood of a Leader
2016 · Drama
Outlaws and Angels
2016 · Drama
Sanctuary
2016 · Drama
30 Years Ago
2016 · Drama
Satanic
2016 · Horror
Metro
2016 · Thriller
The Neon Demon
2016 · Drama
Raman Raghav 2.0
2016 · Drama
The Truth Beneath
2016 · Thriller
The Last Heist
2016 · Action
Urge
2016 · Thriller
The Wailing
2016 · Mystery
Karva
2016 · Thriller
Some Nights I Feel Like Walking
2016
The Other Side
2016 · Drama
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty
2016 · Mystery
Most Likely to Die
2016 · Horror
The Trust
2016 · Thriller
What We Become
2016 · Thriller
High-Rise
2016 · Action
The Devil Within
2016 · Horror
Bite
2016 · Horror
Tiger Raid
2016 · Thriller
The Phoenix Incident
2016 · Sci-Fi
The Dead Room
2016 · Thriller
The Invitation
2016 · Thriller
The Cleansing Hour
2016 · Horror
Seoul Station
2016 · Thriller
Cheerleader
2016 · Romance
The Girl in the Photographs
2016 · Thriller
Pandemic
2016 · Action
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