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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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Matango
1963 · Drama
Blanche Fury
1948 · Drama
The Amazing Transparent Man
1960 · Crime
Decoy
1946 · Crime
The Woman of the Port
1934 · Drama
Sapphire
1959 · Thriller
Dementia 13
1963 · Thriller
The Ambush
1969 · War
The Swimmer
1968 · Drama
Nazarin
1959 · Drama
The Ballad of Andy Crocker
1969 · Drama
The Skydivers
1963 · Drama
Anna Karenina
1948 · Romance
Alraune
1952 · Drama
Play Dirty
1969 · Adventure
The Bride Wore Black
1968 · Crime
Peeping Tom
1960 · Horror
Day of Wrath
1943 · Drama
The Beast Shall Die
1959 · Drama
Rome, Open City
1945 · War
The File on Thelma Jordon
1949 · Thriller
Tobacco
1962 · Drama
Story of a Prostitute
1965 · Drama
Murder on Dante Street
1956 · Drama
Tread Softly Stranger
1958 · Crime
Toni
1935 · Drama
The Tell-Tale Heart
1960 · Horror
Never Trust a Gambler
1951 · Drama
The Purple Heart
1944 · Drama
The Dybbuk
1937 · Drama
The Locket
1946 · Crime
The Prowler
1951 · Thriller
The Man Without a Body
1957 · Horror
Single Room Furnished
1968 · Drama
Othello
1955 · Drama
Everybody’s Woman
1934 · Drama
Once Before I Die
1966 · Drama
That Cold Day in the Park
1969 · Thriller
The Bofors Gun
1968 · Drama
Sleepless
1957 · Drama
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