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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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Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings
2011 · Horror
Apartment in Athens
2011 · Drama
The Thing
2011 · Sci-Fi
Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast
2011 · Horror
Madison County
2011 · Horror
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)
2011 · Drama
The Ides of March
2011 · Drama
Famine
2011 · Horror
Inbred
2011 · Comedy
My Joy
2011 · Drama
Baishe Srabon
2011 · Thriller
The Hagstone Demon
2011 · Drama
@urFRENZ
2011 · Drama
ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2
2011 · Horror
The Red Virgin
2011 · Drama
Amen
2011 · Drama
The Karadedeler Incident
2011 · Horror
Silent Souls
2011 · Drama
388 Arletta Avenue
2011 · Thriller
Bunohan: Return to Murder
2011 · Drama
Creature
2011 · Horror
Grave Encounters
2011 · Horror
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
2011 · Documentary
The Entitled
2011 · Crime
Apollo 18
2011 · Sci-Fi
Children of the Corn: Genesis
2011 · Thriller
Panic Button
2011 · Thriller
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
2011 · Thriller
Jerusalem Countdown
2011 · Fantasy
A Horrible Way to Die
2011 · Thriller
The Last Circus
2011 · Comedy
Cold Fish
2011 · Drama
Habermann
2011 · Drama
Good Neighbors
2011 · Thriller
Beauty
2011 · Drama
Snow Beast
2011 · Horror
The Wicker Tree
2011 · Thriller
Manushya Mrugam
2011 · Drama
Tosca
2011 · Music
Josef
2011 · Action
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