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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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La banda Casaroli
1962 · Crime
Chemmeen
1965 · Romance
Quick Millions
1931 · Drama
High Sierra
1941 · Action
Daybreak
1948 · Drama
Medea
1969 · Fantasy
Paranoiac
1963 · Horror
More
1969 · Drama
Wide Boy
1952 · Drama
The Passion of Anna
1969 · Drama
Pigsty
1969 · Drama
The Evil of Frankenstein
1964 · Horror
There’s Always a Price Tag
1957 · Drama
Lonely Are the Brave
1962 · Western
Bad Girls Go to Hell
1965 · Drama
La Terra Trema
1948 · Drama
Endless Desire
1958 · Drama
Fires on the Plain
1959 · War
The Shadow of Silk Lennox
1935 · Crime
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
1961 · Drama
Last Woman on Earth
1960 · Mystery
Just for the Hell of It
1968 · Thriller
The Camp Followers
1965 · War
Nora Prentiss
1947 · Drama
Morning Departure
1950 · Drama
Harriet Craig
1950 · Drama
Blonde Ice
1948 · Drama
The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery
1959 · Crime
The Mad Room
1969 · Thriller
My Brother’s Keeper
1948 · Thriller
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
1948 · Crime
The Chase
1966 · Drama
When I Am Dead and White
1967 · Comedy
The Love-Ins
1967 · Drama
Inner Sanctum
1948 · Thriller
The Rain People
1969 · Drama
Diary of a Chambermaid
1964 · Drama
Circus of Horrors
1960 · Horror
Madame Bovary
1949 · Drama
Two Half-Times in Hell
1961 · War
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