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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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Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
1976 · Drama
Exposé
1976 · Horror
Illustrious Corpses
1976 · Thriller
The Astrologer
1976 · Drama
Dog Day Afternoon
1975 · Biography
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Adventure
The Man Who Would Be King
1975 · Adventure
Psychic Killer
1975 · Horror
Permission to Kill
1975 · Thriller
Operation: Daybreak
1975 · Action
Xala
1975 · Drama
Poachers
1975 · Drama
Criminally Insane
1975 · Comedy
The Ghoul
1975 · Mystery
The Devil's Rain
1975 · Horror
Race with the Devil
1975 · Action
Nishant
1975 · Crime
Bug
1975 · Sci-Fi
India Song
1975 · Romance
Satan’s Children
1975 · Horror
Fox and His Friends
1975 · Drama
Mandingo
1975 · Drama
The Day of the Locust
1975 · Drama
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary
1975 · Horror
Silent Action
1975 · Action
Deadly Strangers
1975 · Thriller
Innocents with Dirty Hands
1975 · Crime
Let Joy Reign Supreme
1975 · History
Night Moves
1975 · Mystery
Cage Without a Key
1975 · Drama
Scandal in the Family
1975 · Drama
The Passenger
1975 · Mystery
The Common Man
1975 · Drama
Graveyard of Honor
1975 · Action
The Stepford Wives
1975 · Sci-Fi
Report to the Commissioner
1975 · Drama
Footprints on the Moon
1975 · Mystery
The Dead Don’t Die
1975 · Thriller
Satan’s Triangle
1975 · Horror
Switchblade Sisters
1975 · Drama
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