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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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Crimes of the Future
1970
The Grasshopper
1970 · Romance
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970 · Action
The Strangler
1970 · Thriller
The Confession
1970 · Drama
Multiple Maniacs
1970 · Crime
Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970 · Thriller
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
1970 · Drama
Tristana
1970 · Drama
Whirlpool
1970 · Drama
Mandabi
1970 · Drama
Bloody Mama
1970 · Drama
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970 · Drama
Cain’s Cutthroats
1970 · Comedy
Last Known Address
1970 · Thriller
End of the Road
1970 · Drama
The Challenge
1970 · War
Zabriskie Point
1970 · Drama
Adelheid
1970 · Romance
The Honeymoon Killers
1970 · Drama
The Kremlin Letter
1970 · Thriller
Bloodstained Clan of Honor
1970 · Action
The Molly Maguires
1970 · Drama
Witchhammer
1970 · Horror
Visibility Zero
1970 · Drama
The Looking Glass War
1970 · Thriller
Cleopatra
1963 · Biography
Spartacus
1960 · Adventure
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 · Thriller
Psycho
1960 · Mystery
Easy Rider
1969 · Drama
Hangover Square
1945 · Thriller
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947 · Drama
Voodoo Woman
1957 · Horror
New York Confidential
1955 · Crime
Nowhere to Go
1958 · Crime
The River of Love
1960 · Romance
Two Thousand Maniacs!
1964 · Horror
The Oblong Box
1969 · Horror
The Wild Angels
1966 · Drama
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