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Dark Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
10,370 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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Tutti Frutti
1987 · Drama
Antidote
2020 · Comedy
The Woman Suffers
1918 · Drama
Twilight of a Woman’s Soul
1913 · Drama
Confrontation
1985 · Crime
The Day of the Triffids
1981 · Drama
Oppenheimer
1980 · Drama
Malice@Doll
2001 · Animation
The Phantom of the Opera
1990 · Drama
Funland
2005 · Mystery
Back Street Girls: Gokudols
2019 · Crime
Seven
2019 · Drama
Fatale
2019 · Drama
Guest of Honor
2019 · Drama
Resistance
2019 · Drama
Dokgo Rewind
2018 · Crime
Imaginary Cat
2015 · Romance
Sharp Objects
2018 · Mystery
The Young Pope
2016 · Drama
Nymphomaniac
2014 · Drama
Mildred Pierce
2011 · Drama
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
2010 · Comedy
Nobody
2012 · Drama
Bag of Bones
2011 · Drama
Appropriate Adult
2011 · Crime
Frankenstein
1931 · Drama
The Servant
1964 · Drama
Sunset Boulevard
1950 · Drama
The Bride of Frankenstein
1935 · Drama
Seven Samurai
1956 · Action
Brute Force
1947 · Drama
Eye of the Cat
1969 · Horror
Hells Angels on Wheels
1967 · Drama
The Brain That Wouldn't Die
1962 · Sci-Fi
Navajo Joe
1967 · Western
The Snake Pit
1948 · Drama
I Walk Alone
1948 · Drama
Medium Cool
1969 · Drama
True Confession
1937 · Comedy
Mondo Trasho
1969 · Comedy
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