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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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Woman of Fire
1971 · Crime
The Beguiled
1971 · Drama
Get Carter
1971 · Action
Blood and Lace
1971 · Horror
Vanishing Point
1971 · Action
The Revolutionary
1971 · Action
The Sporting Club
1971 · Comedy
Little Murders
1971 · Comedy
Countess Dracula
1971 · Drama
Murphy’s War
1971 · War
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
1971 · Drama
Zaat
1971 · Thriller
Sin
1971 · Drama
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970 · Comedy
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
1970 · Drama
A Man Called Sledge
1970 · Western
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970 · Drama
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
1970 · Thriller
Blood Mania
1970 · Horror
The Conformist
1970 · Drama
Le Cercle Rouge
1970 · Thriller
Trash
1970 · Drama
Equinox
1970 · Horror
The Blood Rose
1970 · Horror
Violent City
1970 · Thriller
Five Easy Pieces
1970 · Drama
Fragment of Fear
1970 · Thriller
WUSA
1970 · Drama
Soldier Blue
1970 · Western
Goodbye Gemini
1970 · Horror
Performance
1970 · Drama
The Beast in the Cellar
1970 · Horror
Cry of the Banshee
1970 · Horror
The Man Who Haunted Himself
1970 · Drama
Goin’ Down the Road
1970 · Drama
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
1970 · Drama
No Blade of Grass
1970 · Adventure
Ned Kelly
1970 · Action
Count Yorga, Vampire
1970 · Horror
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
1970 · Thriller
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