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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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Concrete
2004 · Crime
Osama
2004 · Drama
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed
2004 · Horror
The Jackhammer Massacre
2004 · Horror
Reincarnation
2004 · Horror
Half-Caste
2004 · Horror
Monster
2003 · Biography
Silmido
2003 · Action
House of Sand and Fog
2003 · Drama
Puppet Master: The Legacy
2003 · Horror
In My Skin
2003 · Drama
Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam
2003 · Drama
The Park
2003 · Horror
Cloaca
2003 · Comedy
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2003 · Thriller
Acacia
2003 · Horror
Wonderland
2003 · Drama
Demonlover
2003 · Drama
Symmetry
2003 · Drama
Cabin Fever
2003 · Thriller
Party Monster
2003 · Biography
The Real Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2003 · Crime
Jeepers Creepers II
2003 · Thriller
The Last Horror Movie
2003 · Horror
Tere Naam
2003 · Thriller
Bimmer
2003 · Crime
Wishing Stairs
2003 · Horror
Deuteronomium – Der Tag des jüngsten Gerichts
2003 · Horror
The Room
2003 · Drama
An Injury to One
2003 · Documentary
Tattoo
2003 · Drama
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2003 · Action
Darna Mana Hai
2003 · Horror
Carmen
2003 · Romance
Poor, Poor Pavel
2003 · Drama
King of the Ants
2003 · Thriller
Herod's Law
2003 · Mystery
That Day
2003 · Mystery
Wrong Turn
2003 · Thriller
Dracula II: Ascension
2003 · Horror
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