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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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A Wolf at the Door
2015 · Drama
Old 37
2015 · Horror
Mirrors
2015 · Romance
Zombeavers
2015 · Horror
Amour Fou
2015 · Drama
The Corpse of Anna Fritz
2015 · Drama
Excess Flesh
2015 · Thriller
Home Sweet Hell
2015 · Drama
Guilty
2015 · Crime
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
2015 · Action
These Final Hours
2015 · Drama
Buzzard
2015 · Drama
Be My Cat: A Film for Anne
2015 · Horror
The Lazarus Effect
2015 · Thriller
Maps to the Stars
2015 · Drama
La Couchette
2015 · Drama
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
2015 · Thriller
Demonic
2015 · Thriller
The Loft
2015 · Thriller
Timbuktu
2015 · Drama
The Atticus Institute
2015 · Drama
The Humbling
2015 · Drama
The Phoenix Project
2015 · Drama
Vice
2015 · Action
Black November
2015 · Action
Dark Summer
2015 · Thriller
Bring Back the Dead
2015 · Horror
88
2015 · Action
The Return of the Dead
2015 · Documentary
By the Gun
2014 · Drama
Seconds
2014 · Mystery
The Pyramid
2014 · Horror
Miss Julie
2014 · Drama
Charlie’s Farm
2014 · Horror
Aaaah
2014 · Horror
V/H/S: Viral
2014 · Action
Extraterrestrial
2014 · Sci-Fi
Thou Wast Mild and Lovely
2014 · Thriller
Starry Eyes
2014 · Horror
Khaad
2014 · Adventure
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