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Movies with a Bleak Ending: Summaries & Endings Explained
4,145 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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Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
2012 · Action
Decay
2012 · Horror
National Security
2012 · History
Don’t Cry, Mommy
2012 · Thriller
The Legend of Mor’du
2012 · Animation
Lesson of the Evil
2012 · Thriller
The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas
2012 · Drama
Dangerous Liaisons (2012)
2012 · Drama
The Bay
2012 · Sci-Fi
Sleep Tight
2012 · Thriller
Entity
2012 · Thriller
Darkest Night
2012 · Horror
Paranormal Activity 4
2012 · Horror
Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines
2012 · Thriller
Kelly + Victor
2012 · Drama
The Battery
2012 · Horror
Sinister
2012 · Mystery
Bhoot Returns
2012 · Horror
V/H/S
2012 · Thriller
Thanatomorphose
2012 · Horror
Hypothermia
2012 · Horror
Dracula: Reborn
2012 · Horror
Dead Mine
2012 · Horror
Avunu
2012 · Horror
Resident Evil: Retribution
2012 · Action
White Deer Plain
2012 · History
B.A. Pass
2012 · Drama
The Apparition
2012 · Thriller
Guni-Guni
2012 · Horror
Cosmopolis
2012 · Drama
Compliance
2012 · Drama
Beloved
2012 · Drama
Boogeyman
2012 · Horror
Chained
2012 · Horror
Truth or Dare
2012 · Mystery
Jism 2
2012 · Thriller
Rites of Spring
2012 · Thriller
The Healing
2012 · Mystery
Interview with a Hitman
2012 · Thriller
Trishna
2012 · Drama
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