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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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Bad Tales
2021 · Drama
Love Will Tear Us Apart
2021 · Drama
Above Suspicion
2021 · Action
Stowaway
2021 · Sci-Fi
As Luck Would Have It
2021 · Comedy
Romeo & Juliet
2021 · Romance
Amundsen: The Greatest Expedition
2021 · Adventure
Aarkkariyam
2021 · Drama
City of Lies
2021 · Biography
The Picture of Dorian Gray
2021
Shadows
2021 · Drama
Quo Vadis, Aida?
2021 · Drama
The Father
2021 · Drama
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
2021 · Biography
Sangathalaivan
2021 · Drama
Silk Road
2021 · Drama
Judas and the Black Messiah
2021 · Biography
The World to Come
2021 · Drama
The Last Five Years
2020 · Music
The Beginning of the End
2020 · Documentary
Colour Photo
2020 · Romance
Ham on Rye
2020 · Drama
Shadows
2020 · Thriller
Nocturne
2020 · Mystery
The Lie
2020 · Drama
Ka/Pae. Ranasingam
2020 · Drama
The Madness Inside Me
2020 · Thriller
Anita
2020
Class Action Park
2020 · Documentary
The Silencing
2020 · Action
Relic
2020 · Drama
Kissed
2020 · Horror
Kissed
2020 · Horror
Babyteeth
2020 · Drama
7500
2020 · Action
The Soul Collector
2020 · Horror
Dreamland
2020 · Fantasy
Bad Education
2020 · Biography
True History of the Kelly Gang
2020 · Action
The Quarry
2020 · Mystery
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