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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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Dying for Sex
2025 · Drama
Rembrandt
1936 · Drama
A Song to Remember
1945 · Romance
Haqeeqat
1964 · Action
The Vampire
1957 · Horror
Pushover
1954 · Crime
My Cousin Rachel
1952 · Romance
Ski for Two
1944 · Animation
I Passed for White
1960 · Drama
Marie Antoinette
1938 · History
Too Much, Too Soon
1958 · Drama
The Desperados
1969 · Western
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
1952 · Drama
One on Top of the Other
1969 · Thriller
The Seventh Companion
1967 · Drama
The Lodger
1944 · Horror
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
1968 · Drama
Living Venus
1961 · Drama
Suspect
1960 · Thriller
Hand of Death
1962 · Horror
Once More About Love
1968 · Drama
Murappennu
1965
Black Tuesday
1954 · Crime
A House Is Not a Home
1964 · Drama
The Couch
1962 · Horror
Amphibian Man
1961 · Adventure
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945 · Horror
The Invisible Man’s Revenge
1944 · Horror
Il Sorpasso
1962 · Comedy
The Amazing Colossal Man
1957 · Adventure
I Stole a Million
1939 · Drama
Port of Shadows
1938 · Drama
Les Biches
1968 · Drama
Guilt Is My Shadow
1950 · Crime
Diary of a Madman
1963 · Horror
Titanic
1953 · Drama
The Ogre of Athens
1956 · Comedy
Son of Dracula
1943 · Horror
Black Butterflies
2022 · Drama
The Earrings of Madame de…
1953 · Drama
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