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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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Flight 93
2006 · Thriller
Tristan and Isolde
2006 · Action
15 Park Avenue
2006 · Drama
Moonlight in Tokyo
2005 · Crime
King Kong
2005 · Adventure
Brokeback Mountain
2005 · Drama
Whatever Love Means
2005 · History
The Queen’s Sister
2005 · Comedy
Three
2005 · Thriller
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
2005 · Drama
Stay
2005 · Drama
Where the Truth Lies
2005 · Drama
Spring Snow
2005 · Drama
Zombie Honeymoon
2005 · Drama
Haunting Sarah
2005 · Mystery
Capote
2005 · Biography
First on the Moon
2005 · Mystery
Dear Wendy
2005 · Drama
The Unwanted Woman
2005 · Drama
Jogi
2005 · Action
The Wig
2005 · Horror
Grizzly Man
2005 · Biography
Mangal Pandey - The Rising
2005 · Drama
Junebug
2005 · Drama
Murder in the Hamptons
2005 · Mystery
A Film by Aravind
2005 · Thriller
Dark Water
2005 · Drama
Dallas 362
2005 · Drama
My Summer of Love
2005 · Drama
The Picture of Dorian Gray
2005 · Horror
Modigliani
2005 · Biography
Nasaan ka Man
2005 · Romance
Makalkku
2005 · Drama
Jithan
2005 · Drama
A Hole in One
2005 · Comedy
À Tout de Suite (Right Now)
2005 · Drama
A Bittersweet Life
2005 · Drama
The Rider Named Death
2005 · Drama
Don't Move
2005 · Drama
Whisky
2005 · Drama
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