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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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The Holy Innocents
1984 · Drama
Party
1984 · Drama
L'Argent
1984 · Drama
Sole Survivor
1984 · Thriller
Night Has a Thousand Desires
1984 · Horror
Black Devil Doll from Hell
1984 · Horror
El Norte
1984 · Adventure
Satan’s Blade
1984 · Horror
Bloody Flesh
1983 · Drama
Reuben, Reuben
1983 · Comedy
Silkwood
1983 · Biography
Choices of the Heart
1983 · Drama
Scarface
1983 · Drama
The Day After
1983 · Drama
The Being
1983 · Horror
Sleepaway Camp
1983 · Horror
I Am The Cheese
1983 · Drama
Star 80
1983 · Biography
The Prey
1983 · Horror
A Killer in the Family
1983 · Drama
Possession
1983 · Drama
Pieces
1983 · Mystery
Vassa
1983 · Drama
Toxic Love
1983 · Drama
Ardh Satya
1983 · Crime
A Blade in the Dark
1983 · Thriller
Mountaintop Motel Massacre
1983 · Thriller
Sledgehammer
1983 · Horror
Psycho II
1983 · Mystery
Erendira
1983 · Drama
The Final Terror
1983 · Thriller
The Hunger
1983 · Drama
Koyaanisqatsi
1983 · Music
The Evil Dead
1983 · Horror
Three Crowns of the Sailor
1983 · Fantasy
On the Wrong Track
1983 · Drama
Liquid Sky
1983 · Sci-Fi
China Lake
1983 · Thriller
Curtains
1983 · Horror
Videodrome
1983 · Sci-Fi
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