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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 Postman Always Rings Twice
1981 · Drama
Chakra
1981
Kalyug
1981 · Drama
Demonoid
1981 · Horror
Mephisto
1981 · Drama
My Bloody Valentine
1981 · Mystery
Ranganayaki
1981 · Drama
The Bunker
1981 · Drama
The Other Hell
1981 · Thriller
Mystics in Bali
1981 · Mystery
Frozen Scream
1981 · Horror
Bona
1980 · Drama
Nightkill
1980 · Thriller
Tess
1980 · Drama
Nightmare City
1980 · Horror
Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind
1980 · Drama
The Last Witness
1980 · Drama
Christmas Evil
1980 · Horror
Who’s Singin’ Over There?
1980 · Drama
Cannibal Terror
1980 · Horror
Fade to Black
1980 · Thriller
Kagemusha
1980 · Drama
Navajeros
1980 · Drama
Cries in the Night
1980 · Horror
Breaking Glass
1980 · Drama
The Attic
1980 · Horror
Playing for Time
1980 · History
Union City
1980 · Drama
A Deadly Secret
1980 · Drama
Alexander the Great
1980 · Drama
The Unseen
1980 · Horror
The Night of the Hunted
1980 · Horror
Scum
1980 · Drama
Anthropophagous
1980 · Horror
Cannibal Apocalypse
1980 · Crime
Zombie
1980 · Horror
From the Life of the Marionettes
1980 · Drama
The Awakening
1980 · Horror
The Children
1980 · Horror
Demented
1980 · Thriller
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