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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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The Cool and the Crazy
1958 · Drama
Black Gravel
1961 · Thriller
A Prize of Arms
1962 · Crime
Johnny Cool
1963 · Crime
Eyes Without a Face
1960 · Drama
Le Doulos
1962 · Drama
Criss Cross
1949 · Crime
Beyond the Forest
1949 · Thriller
Everything Goes Wrong
1960 · Crime
The Sleeping Tiger
1954 · Thriller
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959 · Thriller
The Sex of Angels
1968 · Thriller
The Good Die Young
1954 · Thriller
1984
1956 · Drama
No Time to Be Young
1957 · Mystery
L’Immortelle
1963 · Mystery
Goodbye Earth
2024 · Drama
The Hard Way
1943 · Drama
A Quiet Place in the Country
1968 · Horror
Blonde Cobra
1963
U47 - Kapitänleutnant Prien
1958 · War
Elevator to the Gallows
1958 · Crime
High School Big Shot
1959 · Drama
Peppermint Frappé
1967 · Drama
The White Reindeer
1952 · Horror
Desire Under the Elms
1958 · Drama
He Ran All the Way
1951 · Crime
Cairo Station
1958 · Crime
Night of the Blood Beast
1958 · Horror
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
1958 · Drama
The Man in the Back Seat
1961 · Crime
You Only Live Once
1937 · Crime
Snow Fall
2024 · Drama
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968 · History
Branded to Kill
1967 · Thriller
Le Corbeau
1943 · Thriller
On the Night of the Fire
1939 · Drama
La Chienne
1931 · Crime
On Distant Shores
1958 · War
The Carabineers
1963 · War
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