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Dark Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
10,413 dark movies, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960 · Drama
Eyes Without a Face
1960 · Drama
Hell Drivers
1957 · Crime
Oliver Twist
1948 · Crime
The Rocking Horse Winner
1949 · Drama
The Mad Genius
1931 · Romance
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936 · Horror
Le Doulos
1962 · Drama
Criss Cross
1949 · Crime
The Tingler
1959 · Horror
The City of the Dead
1960 · Horror
Beyond the Forest
1949 · Thriller
Lilith
1964 · Drama
Blast-Off Girls
1967 · Drama
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938 · Drama
The Curse of the Living Corpse
1964 · Horror
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
1964 · Adventure
Compulsion
1959 · Thriller
Everything Goes Wrong
1960 · Crime
The Sleeping Tiger
1954 · Thriller
The Devil On Wheels
1947 · Drama
No More Orchids
1932 · Drama
The Sex of Angels
1968 · Thriller
The Good Die Young
1954 · Thriller
Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954 · History
La Bandera
1935 · Drama
The Mark of Cain
1947 · Crime
Teenage Doll
1957 · Crime
Della
1964 · Drama
The Man Between
1953 · Thriller
The Angel Wore Red
1960 · Drama
Orders to Kill
1958 · War
Queen Bee
1955 · Drama
The Hard Way
1943 · Drama
A Quiet Place in the Country
1968 · Horror
Berserk!
1967 · Thriller
Jigoku
1960 · Horror
Blonde Cobra
1963
Too Late for Tears
1949 · Thriller
Patterns
1956 · Drama
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