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Movies with a Bleak Ending: Summaries & Endings Explained
4,121 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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Terror
1978 · Horror
The Place Without Limits
1978 · Drama
F.I.S.T.
1978 · Drama
The Mafu Cage
1978 · Horror
An Enemy of the People
1978 · Drama
Women in Cellblock 9
1978 · Crime
Straight Time
1978 · Drama
Nest of Vipers
1978 · Romance
The Toolbox Murders
1978 · Mystery
Laserblast
1978 · Horror
The Bermuda Triangle
1978 · Adventure
Death Drug
1978 · Drama
The Black Panther
1977 · Crime
Inquisition
1977 · Horror
The Disappearance
1977 · Thriller
The Incredible Melting Man
1977 · Horror
Petey Wheatstraw
1977 · Comedy
The Dream of the Red Chamber
1977 · History
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977 · Drama
Proof of the Man
1977 · Mystery
Sleeping Dogs
1977 · Thriller
Prey
1977 · Horror
To an Unknown God
1977 · Drama
Curse of the Black Widow
1977 · Mystery
Kingdom of the Spiders
1977 · Horror
Shock
1977 · Horror
House
1977 · Horror
Orca
1977 · Adventure
Shock Waves
1977 · War
Death Is My Trade
1977 · Drama
Ruby
1977 · Horror
The Devil, Probably
1977 · Drama
The Other Side of Midnight
1977 · Romance
The Child
1977 · Mystery
Stroszek
1977 · Drama
Iphigenia
1977 · Action
Death Game
1977 · Thriller
Hitch Hike
1977 · Thriller
Rabid
1977 · Sci-Fi
The Ascent
1977 · Drama
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