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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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I Am Zozo
2012 · Thriller
Bullhead
2012 · Drama
Diaz - Don’t Clean Up This Blood
2012 · Drama
Rampart
2012 · Action
The Turin Horse
2012 · Drama
The Fall of the Essex Boys
2012 · Crime
Second Show
2012 · Action
The Woman in Black
2012 · Drama
Kill List
2012 · Thriller
Pretty Poison (1968)
2012 · Thriller
The Front Line
2012 · Drama
The Divide
2012 · Sci-Fi
The Devil Inside
2012 · Thriller
Paranormal Xperience
2011 · Horror
The Amityville Haunting
2011 · Horror
El Sicario: Room 164
2011 · Documentary
Hostel: Part III
2011 · Horror
Sand Sharks
2011 · Horror
Deep End (1970)
2011 · Drama
Boris Godunov
2011 · Drama
Shyloo
2011 · Drama
Ay Büyürken Uyuyamam
2011 · Drama
We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011 · Drama
The Wages of Fear (1953)
2011 · Drama
Outrage
2011 · Drama
The Yellow Sea
2011 · Drama
Sleeping Beauty
2011 · Drama
Resistance
2011 · Drama
House of Pleasures
2011 · Drama
Thambi Vettothi Sundaram
2011 · Drama
London Boulevard
2011 · Romance
Melancholia
2011 · Sci-Fi
Darkening Sky
2011 · Thriller
Ring of Curse
2011 · Horror
Retreat
2011 · Thriller
The Afflicted
2011 · Horror
Paranormal Activity 3
2011 · Horror
Four
2011 · Thriller
Red State
2011 · Thriller
Hellraiser: Revelations
2011 · Horror
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