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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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Pusher
2012 · Thriller
Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo
2012 · Horror
Excision
2012 · Comedy
Saturday Morning Massacre
2012 · Horror
Piranhaconda
2012 · Horror
The Tortured
2012 · Thriller
Extraterrestrial
2012 · Sci-Fi
The Oregonian
2012 · Mystery
The Concubine
2012 · Drama
Piranha 3DD
2012 · Thriller
Don’t Click
2012 · Horror
Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies
2012 · Thriller
Envelope
2012
Chernobyl Diaries
2012 · Thriller
Oslo, August 31st
2012 · Drama
Tell
2012 · Horror
Entrance
2012 · Drama
Lovely Molly
2012 · Drama
God Bless America
2012 · Comedy
Asylum Blackout
2012 · Thriller
Mother's Day
2012 · Drama
White Tiger
2012 · War
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
2012 · Action
Tape 407
2012 · Horror
96 Minutes
2012 · Drama
The Most Fun You Can Have Dying
2012 · Drama
The Devil, Probably (1977)
2012 · Drama
The Cabin in the Woods
2012 · Sci-Fi
ATM
2012 · Thriller
Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor
2012 · Horror
Brake
2012 · Action
4:44 Last Day on Earth
2012 · Sci-Fi
Kazhugu
2012 · Comedy
Snow White: A Deadly Summer
2012 · Thriller
Airborne
2012 · Thriller
Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang
2012 · Horror
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2012
Silent House
2012 · Horror
Cleanskin
2012 · Crime
The Woods
2012 · Comedy
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