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Movies with a Sad Ending: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Scared to Death
1946 · Thriller
Germany, Year Zero
1948 · Drama
Kaajal
1965
Silver Dollar
1932 · Drama
Psycho a Go-Go
1965 · Horror
Oedipus Rex
1967 · Drama
The Bigamist
1953 · Romance
The Phantom of the Opera
1962 · Horror
Blood and Sand
1941 · Romance
A Cottage on Dartmoor
1929 · Crime
The Ballad of a Gunfighter
1964 · Western
Eros + Massacre
1969 · Drama
China Girl
1942 · War
Up the Junction
1968 · Drama
Vanity Fair
1932 · Drama
Camille 2000
1969 · Drama
Black Magic
1949 · Horror
The Wolf Man
1941 · Horror
Pay or Die!
1960 · Crime
Colorado Territory
1949 · Crime
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960 · Crime
A Night for Crime
1943 · Crime
Contempt
1963 · Drama
Helter Skelter
1976 · Drama
Forest of the Hanged
1965 · Romance
Sharabi
1964 · Drama
Cast a Dark Shadow
1955 · Thriller
Valentino
1951 · Romance
The Secret of My Success
1965 · Comedy
Storm Warning
1950 · Drama
The Children Are Watching Us
1943 · Drama
Witchcraft
1964 · Horror
Raven’s End
1963 · Drama
She
1965 · Romance
Svengali
1931 · Horror
Forbidden
1949 · Drama
Madigan
1968 · Thriller
The War Lover
1962 · Drama
Black Girl
1966 · Drama
Blood Feud
1983 · Drama
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