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Movies with a Sad Ending: Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939 · Drama
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946 · Thriller
The Rocking Horse Winner
1949 · Drama
Lilith
1964 · Drama
Breathless
1960 · Crime
Compulsion
1959 · Thriller
The Devil On Wheels
1947 · Drama
No More Orchids
1932 · Drama
Tizoc
1957 · Drama
Yearning
1964 · Romance
Stars
1959 · Drama
Della
1964 · Drama
This Property Is Condemned
1966 · Drama
Berserk!
1967 · Thriller
Calculated Risk
1963 · Drama
The Dragon’s Blood
1958 · Adventure
Hollow Triumph
1948 · Thriller
Scott of the Antarctic
1948 · Adventure
Devi
1960 · Drama
The Valley of the Bees
1968 · History
Confession
1955 · Crime
Vendetta
1950 · Drama
Isadora
1968 · History
He Walked by Night
1948 · Crime
The House Across the Bay
1940 · Drama
Phantom from Space
1953 · Horror
Robbery Under Arms
1957 · Western
The Last Gangster
1937 · Thriller
A Cold Wind in August
1961 · Romance
Go to Blazes
1962 · Comedy
Act of Love
1953 · Drama
Waterloo Bridge
1931 · War
Underworld U.S.A.
1961 · Crime
Khartoum
1966 · War
Sundays and Cybele
1962 · Drama
Hunting Rifle
1961 · Drama
Los Tarantos
1963 · Drama
The Unholy Wife
1957 · Thriller
Wyoming Outlaw
1939 · Western
The Alligator People
1959 · Horror
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