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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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Death Nurse
1987 · Thriller
Blood Harvest
1987 · Horror
Slaughter High
1986 · Thriller
Betty Blue
1986 · Drama
The Majorettes
1986 · Horror
When the Wind Blows
1986 · War
Deadly Friend
1986 · Sci-Fi
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
1986 · Thriller
Nyayavidhi
1986 · Crime
The Professor
1986 · Drama
Sleepwalk
1986 · Mystery
’38 - Vienna Before the Fall
1986 · Drama
Jean de Florette
1986 · Drama
Convent of Sinners
1986 · Drama
Panchagni
1986 · Crime
The Lunatics
1986 · Drama
Killer Party
1986 · Comedy
Combat Shock
1986 · War
Kariyilakkattu Pole
1986 · Thriller
Deshadanakkili Karayarilla
1986 · Drama
Matador
1986 · Drama
Vartha
1986 · Drama
Lady Jane
1986 · Biography
Ran
1985 · Action
Brazil
1985 · Sci-Fi
The Pied Piper
1985 · Fantasy
The Pied Piper
1985 · Fantasy
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985 · Action
Re-Animator
1985 · Sci-Fi
A Zed & Two Noughts
1985 · Drama
The Berlin Affair
1985 · Drama
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985 · Biography
Idhaya Kovil
1985 · Drama
The Return of the Living Dead
1985 · Sci-Fi
Kiss of the Spider Woman
1985 · Drama
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
1985 · Comedy
The Oracle
1985 · Mystery
Taipei Story
1985 · Drama
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1985 · Fantasy
Guilty Conscience
1985 · Thriller
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