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Movies with a Sad Ending: Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Wicked Lady
1945 · Adventure
Daaera
1953 · Music
The Heart of a Queen
1940 · Drama
Doctor Blood’s Coffin
1961 · Horror
Le petit soldat
1963 · Drama
His Days Are Numbered
1962 · Drama
Thunderstorm
1934 · Drama
Private Hell 36
1954 · Crime
Swanee River
1939 · Drama
Shoot the Piano Player
1960 · Crime
Conflict
1945 · Thriller
Paid in Full
1950 · Drama
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947 · Drama
Head Against the Wall
1959 · Drama
The Goddess
1958 · Drama
Back Door to Hell
1964 · War
Edward, My Son
1949 · Drama
Humoresque
1946 · Romance
The Dalton Girls
1957 · Western
That Hamilton Woman
1941 · Romance
Guilty Hands
1931 · Drama
The Heart of the Matter
1953 · Drama
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969 · Romance
Among the Living
1941 · Thriller
Voice in the Wind
1944 · Drama
Crazy Over Daisy
1950 · Animation
The Midnight Story
1957 · Crime
Creature of Destruction
1967 · Horror
The Spy in Black
1939 · War
Madonna of the Seven Moons
1945 · Drama
Man-Made Monster
1941 · Horror
A Very Private Affair
1962 · Drama
The Hand
1965 · Animation
Affair in the Snow
1968 · Romance
The Scent of Incense
1964 · Drama
Homicidal
1961 · Horror
The Beast of Yucca Flats
1961 · Horror
My Blood Runs Cold
1965 · Drama
The Wedding Night
1935 · Romance
Do Badan
1966
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