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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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Mirages
1916 · Romance
Escape at Dannemora
2018 · Crime
Dokgo Rewind
2018 · Crime
Sharp Objects
2018 · Mystery
Hells Angels on Wheels
1967 · Drama
I Walk Alone
1948 · Drama
Hell Is for Heroes
1962 · Drama
Medium Cool
1969 · Drama
BUtterfield 8
1960 · Drama
Waterloo Bridge
1940 · Drama
Lust for Life
1956 · Biography
The Great Ziegfeld
1936 · Drama
The Entertainer
1960 · Drama
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953 · Drama
Some Came Running
1958 · Drama
Children of the Damned
1964 · Sci-Fi
Charly
1968 · Sci-Fi
The Sterile Cuckoo
1969 · Drama
The Skin Game
1931 · Drama
The One That Got Away
1958 · Adventure
Detective Story
1951 · Drama
The Nun's Story
1959 · Drama
Mildred Pierce
1945 · Drama
The Asphalt Jungle
1950 · Drama
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969 · Drama
The Manchurian Candidate
1962 · Drama
The Children's Hour
1961 · Drama
The Diary of Anne Frank
1959 · Biography
Written on the Wind
1956 · Drama
Doctor Zhivago
1965 · Drama
Witness for the Prosecution
1958 · Drama
They Live by Night
1949 · Romance
King Kong
1933 · Adventure
Richard III
1956 · Biography
Cool Hand Luke
1967 · Drama
Thunder Road
1958 · Drama
Of Mice and Men
1940 · Drama
Brief Encounter
1946 · Drama
Jules and Jim
1962 · Drama
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969 · Action
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