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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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The Masque of the Red Death
1964 · Horror
Tales of Terror
1962 · Mystery
Black Sabbath
1964 · Horror
America America
1963 · Drama
The Killers
1964 · Drama
Seconds
1966 · Sci-Fi
Burn, Witch, Burn
1962 · Horror
Carmen Jones
1954 · Drama
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1956 · Action
The Naked City
1948 · Drama
Written on the Wind
1956 · Drama
The Naked Kiss
1964 · Drama
The Pawnbroker
1965 · Drama
The Dirty Dozen
1967 · Action
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955 · Drama
Touch of Evil
1958 · Drama
The Blue Angel
1930 · Drama
Gun Crazy
1950 · Drama
Death Rides a Horse
1969 · Western
Elevator to the Gallows
1961 · Drama
Suddenly, Last Summer
1960 · Drama
Safe in Hell
1931 · Drama
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962 · Drama
The Informer
1935 · Drama
The Body Snatcher
1945 · Thriller
A Face in the Crowd
1957 · Drama
Baby Doll
1956 · Drama
Django
1966 · Action
Out of the Past
1947 · Drama
King Kong
1933 · Adventure
Rashomon
1951 · Drama
The Big House
1930 · Drama
Rebecca
1940 · Drama
Cul-de-sac
1966 · Drama
Richard III
1956 · Biography
Through a Glass Darkly
1962 · Drama
Hamlet
1948 · Drama
Scarface
1932 · Action
The Third Man
1949 · Mystery
Lolita
1962 · Drama
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