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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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Air Doll
2009 · Drama
Outrage
2009 · Documentary
Skeleton Crew
2009 · Horror
Melancholie der Engel
2009 · Mystery
Murder Collection V.1
2009 · Horror
Three Monkeys
2009 · Drama
Jamila and the President
2009 · Drama
The Informers
2009 · Drama
Dark House
2009 · Thriller
Blood River
2009 · Horror
Lemon Tree
2009 · Drama
Stoic
2009 · Crime
Rahtree Reborn
2009 · Comedy
Metastases
2009 · Drama
Meat Grinder
2009 · Horror
The Age of Stupid
2009 · History
Gulaal
2009 · Crime
Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America
2009 · Adventure
The Day After
2009 · Drama
Sundo
2009 · Horror
Book of Blood
2009 · Drama
Basket Case
2009 · Documentary
Red Sands
2009 · War
Screamers: The Hunting
2009 · Action
Feast III: The Happy Finish
2009 · Action
Friday the 13th
2009 · Horror
Monpura
2009 · Romance
The Caller
2009 · Drama
Gomorrah
2009 · Drama
The Cry of the Owl
2009 · Drama
The Uninvited
2009 · Drama
Donkey Punch
2009 · Drama
White Lightnin’
2009 · Drama
Grotesque
2009 · Thriller
Perkins’ 14
2009 · Thriller
The American Friend
2009 · Family
Revolutionary Road
2008 · Drama
Buddenbrooks
2008 · Drama
Pulse 3
2008 · Horror
Fear Me Not
2008 · Drama
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