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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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The Lost Bladesman
2011 · Action
Laddaland
2011 · Drama
In Love and the War
2011 · Drama
Hidden 3D
2011 · Thriller
The Wild Hunt
2011 · Drama
The Princess of Montpensier
2011 · Action
A Screaming Man
2011 · Drama
Give Up Tomorrow
2011 · Documentary
Boris: The Film
2011 · Comedy
Kill the Irishman
2011 · Action
Perras
2011 · Thriller
The Insatiable Moon
2011 · Drama
Of Gods and Men
2011 · Drama
Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy
2011 · Crime
Suicide Room
2011 · Thriller
Sonny Boy
2011 · War
Blue Valentine
2010 · Drama
The Strange Case of Angelica
2010 · Drama
Dalaw
2010 · Drama
Casino Jack
2010 · Thriller
Three Steps Above Heaven
2010 · Drama
Bhutto
2010 · Biography
Night Catches Us
2010 · Drama
College Days
2010 · Crime
Chongqing Blues
2010 · Drama
Four Lions
2010 · Drama
Burke & Hare
2010 · Thriller
Shake Hands with the Devil
2010 · Drama
Gorbaciof
2010 · Crime
Day & Night
2010 · Drama
Triple Dog
2010 · Thriller
Under the Hawthorn Tree
2010 · Romance
Lovely, Still
2010 · Drama
The American
2010 · Drama
The Army of Crime
2010 · Drama
Altiplano
2010 · Drama
Death and Glory in Changde
2010 · History
Kaadhal Solla Vandhen
2010 · Action
Titanic II
2010 · Action
Baana Kaathadi
2010 · Thriller
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