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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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Colonel Redl
1985 · Drama
Bar 51
1985 · Drama
1984
1985 · Sci-Fi
Chidambaram
1985 · Drama
The Hit
1985 · Drama
Ghulami
1985 · Drama
Dance with a Stranger
1985 · Drama
Angry Harvest
1985 · Romance
Hitler’s SS: Portrait in Evil
1985 · War
Orion’s Belt
1985 · Adventure
The Bad Seed
1985 · Thriller
Blood Simple
1985 · Drama
Horror House on Highway 5
1985 · Horror
Arch of Triumph
1984 · Romance
The Wannsee Conference
1984 · History
Don’t Open Till Christmas
1984 · Horror
Silent Night, Deadly Night
1984 · Thriller
Death Warmed Up
1984 · Horror
Countdown to Looking Glass
1984 · Drama
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984 · Drama
The Devil’s Gift
1984 · Horror
Impulse
1984 · Thriller
Panchavadi Palam
1984 · Comedy
Threads
1984 · Sci-Fi
A Man of Principle
1984 · Drama
Sreekrishna Parunthu
1984 · Horror
Love Unto Death
1984 · Drama
Where the Green Ants Dream
1984 · Drama
Holi
1984
Rats: Night of Terror
1984 · Horror
Final Mission
1984 · Action
Disconnected
1984 · Horror
Repentance
1984 · Drama
The Crazy Family
1984 · Drama
The Naked Face
1984 · Mystery
Boy Meets Girl
1984 · Drama
Camila
1984 · Romance
Cal
1984 · Romance
The Element of Crime
1984 · Drama
Suburbia
1984 · Drama
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