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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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Picture Mommy Dead
1966 · Thriller
The Rossiter Case
1951 · Mystery
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968 · Drama
Smart Money
1931 · Drama
Dragonwyck
1946 · Drama
Desire in the Dust
1960 · Crime
The Secret Invasion
1964 · War
The Brothers Karamazov
1969 · Drama
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
1969 · Drama
Thérèse Raquin
1953 · Romance
Cry of the City
1948 · Drama
Something Weird
1967 · Horror
The Blue Max
1966 · War
Captain from Castile
1947 · Adventure
The Black Torment
1964 · Horror
The Sand Pebbles
1966 · War
Nightmare
1964 · Thriller
Eye of the Devil
1966 · Horror
The Whip and the Body
1963 · Drama
The Brothers Karamazov
1969 · Drama
Color Me Blood Red
1965 · Comedy
The Hoodlum
1951 · Thriller
711 Ocean Drive
1950 · Crime
Mill of the Stone Women
1960 · Horror
Psyche 59
1964 · Drama
Sunghursh
1968 · Action
Freud: The Secret Passion
1962 · Drama
The Beach Girls and the Monster
1965 · Horror
Krakatit
1948 · Drama
The Shanghai Gesture
1941 · Drama
Assassination
1965 · War
Torture Garden
1967 · Horror
The Black Sleep
1956 · Horror
Death of a Gunfighter
1969 · Western
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945 · History
The People Against O’Hara
1951 · Drama
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960 · Horror
Five Branded Women
1960 · War
Nosferatu
1922 · Horror
Cry of Battle
1963 · Drama
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