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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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Slow Burn
2007 · Drama
Flight of the Living Dead
2007 · Horror
Koodal Nagar
2007 · Drama
The Show Must Go On
2007 · Comedy
Bottom Feeder
2007 · Horror
August Underground’s Penance
2007 · Horror
Dead Silence
2007 · Mystery
Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman
2007 · Horror
Counter Investigation
2007 · Thriller
Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield
2007 · Drama
Lanka
2007 · Drama
Paruthiveeran
2007 · Action
Duniya
2007
The Abandoned
2007 · Mystery
The Wayward Cloud
2007 · Sci-Fi
Antibodies
2007 · Drama
Yella
2007 · Drama
Buried Alive
2007 · Horror
The Mark of Cain
2007 · Drama
Veerasamy
2007 · Romance
Even Pigeons Go to Heaven
2007 · Comedy
Night Skies
2007 · Horror
The Night Buffalo
2007 · Drama
Alone with Her
2007 · Drama
Far North
2007 · Romance
In the Arms of My Enemy
2007 · Drama
Dark Mirror
2007 · Thriller
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006 · Drama
Valerie on the Stairs
2006 · Horror
Factory Girl
2006 · Biography
The Dead Girl
2006 · Drama
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
2006 · Fantasy
Curse of the Golden Flower
2006 · Action
Satanic
2006 · Horror
Born Equal
2006 · Drama
Automatons
2006 · Sci-Fi
Bog of Beasts
2006 · Drama
King of the World
2006 · Drama
Cannibal
2006 · Horror
Big Nothing
2006 · Action
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