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Bleak Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964 · History
The Last War
1961 · Drama
The 25th Hour
1967 · Drama
Sex in Chains
1928 · Drama
Outcast of the Islands
1951 · Drama
The Organizer
1963 · Drama
Bicycle Thieves
1948 · Drama
Love on the Dole
1941 · Drama
Without Pity
1948 · Drama
Journey into the Night
1921 · Drama
In the Face of Demolition
1953 · Drama
Caged
1950 · Crime
The Whisperers
1967 · Drama
The Beast of the City
1932 · Crime
A Colt Is My Passport
1967 · Drama
Go, Go Second Time Virgin
1969 · Drama
Good-Time Girl
1948 · Crime
Devil’s Doorway
1950 · Western
Shoeshine
1946 · Drama
The Law vs. Billy the Kid
1954 · Western
Germany, Year Zero
1948 · Drama
Oedipus Rex
1967 · Drama
Andersonville
1996 · Drama
Cruel Story of Youth
1960 · Drama
Sharabi
1964 · Drama
Titanic
1943 · Drama
Blue Cat Blues
1956 · Animation
Black Girl
1966 · Drama
Tamas
1988 · Drama
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
1912 · Drama
Bleak House
2005 · Drama
Blonde
2001 · Drama
The Pacific
2010 · Drama
The Seventh Continent (1989)
Drama
Native Son
1951 · Drama
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969 · Drama
Midnight Cowboy
1969 · Drama
Odd Man Out
1947 · Drama
The Wild Bunch
1969 · Action
Of Mice and Men
1940 · Drama
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