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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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Small Crime
2008 · Romance
Eden
2008 · Drama
One-Eyed Monster
2008 · Horror
The Alphabet Killer
2008 · Drama
Burn
2008 · Thriller
Eden Lake
2008 · Thriller
Dead Space: Downfall
2008 · Animation
Live Animals
2008 · Thriller
Synecdoche, New York
2008 · Drama
Saw V
2008 · Thriller
Johnny Got His Gun
2008 · Drama
The Stranger in Me
2008 · Drama
Quarantine
2008 · Sci-Fi
AM1200
2008 · Horror
Just Buried
2008 · Drama
Rest Stop: Don’t Look Back
2008 · Horror
Kadhalil Vizhunthen
2008
Bullet in the Head
2008 · Drama
Alien Raiders
2008 · Thriller
Seventh Moon
2008 · Thriller
The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon
2008 · Comedy
Righteous Kill
2008 · Drama
Burn After Reading
2008 · Drama
The Burrowers
2008 · Western
God on Trial
2008 · Drama
Vinyan
2008 · Horror
Melancholia
2008 · Drama
Cthulhu
2008 · Drama
Mirrors
2008 · Mystery
The Girl Cut in Two
2008 · Drama
Embodiment of Evil
2008 · Thriller
King Lear
2008 · Drama
Death Bell
2008 · Thriller
The Sky Crawlers
2008 · Animation
The Midnight Meat Train
2008 · Drama
Mad Detective
2008 · Action
Triloquist
2008 · Horror
Insanitarium
2008 · Horror
Bathory: Countess of Blood
2008 · Drama
Treevenge
2008 · Comedy
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