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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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Double Suicide
1969 · Romance
Elvira Madigan
1967 · Romance
Eye of the Devil
1966 · Horror
The Whip and the Body
1963 · Drama
The Brothers Karamazov
1969 · Drama
The Hoodlum
1951 · Thriller
711 Ocean Drive
1950 · Crime
Saathi
1968 · Drama
A Black Veil for Lisa
1968 · Thriller
The Shanghai Gesture
1941 · Drama
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945 · History
Attack and Retreat
1964 · War
The Secret Partner
1961 · Thriller
Wake Island
1942 · Drama
Sea Fever
1927 · Drama
The Day the Fish Came Out
1967 · Comedy
The Last War
1961 · Drama
Witchfinder General
1968 · History
Moby Dick
1956 · Drama
Animal Farm
1954 · Animation
The Collector
1965 · Thriller
After the Curfew
1954 · Drama
Sex in Chains
1928 · Drama
Django Kill… If You Live, Shoot!
1967 · Horror
Another Man’s Poison
1951 · Crime
Uptight
1968 · Drama
In Cold Blood
1967 · Drama
The Sign of the Ram
1948 · Drama
Onibaba
1964 · Horror
Funeral Parade of Roses
1969 · Drama
Outcast of the Islands
1951 · Drama
The Organizer
1963 · Drama
Trans-Europ-Express
1966 · Thriller
Black Friday
1940 · Thriller
Dead Reckoning
1946 · Crime
Without Pity
1948 · Drama
The Omegans
1968
The Hills Run Red
1966 · Action
The Finger Points
1931 · Crime
The Sorcerers
1967 · Horror
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