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Movies with a Sad Ending: Summaries & Endings Explained
2,040 movies with a sad ending, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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I Believe in Unicorns
2015 · Drama
Heaven Knows What
2015 · Drama
Your Lie in April: Moments
2015 · Romance
Maggie
2015 · Drama
In the Name of My Daughter
2015 · Drama
Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai
2015 · Action
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
2015 · Biography
About Elly (2009)
2015 · Drama
Electric Slide
2015 · Action
The 12 Days of Christine
2015
Ned Rifle
2015 · Drama
Red Rocket
2015 · Adventure
She's Lost Control
2015 · Drama
Out of the Dark
2015 · Thriller
Fifty Shades of Grey
2015 · Drama
The Last Five Years
2015 · Drama
1944
2015 · War
Shamitabh
2015 · Thriller
Rahasya
2015 · Thriller
The Devil's Violinist
2015 · Biography
Alone
2015 · Horror
Little Accidents
2015 · Drama
Gangs of Wasseypur
2015 · Action
Ebar Shabor
2015 · Thriller
American Sniper
2014 · Action
Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo
2014 · History
Feng Shui 2
2014 · Mystery
Mr. Turner
2014 · Biography
The Imitation Game
2014 · Biography
Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B
2014 · Music
Foxcatcher
2014 · Biography
Kaaviya Thalaivan
2014 · Romance
The Invisible Front
2014 · Biography
The Tower
2014 · Drama
My Dictator
2014 · Drama
Interior
2014 · Thriller
The Heart Machine
2014 · Drama
White Bird in a Blizzard
2014 · Drama
Haider
2014 · Drama
Summer
2014 · Drama
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