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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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Blood Freaks
2020 · Horror
Blood Quantum
2020 · Horror
True History of the Kelly Gang
2020 · Action
Why Don't You Just Die!
2020 · Drama
A White, White Day
2020 · Drama
Selah and The Spades
2020 · Drama
The Quarry
2020 · Mystery
Behind You
2020 · Horror
Butt Boy
2020 · Sci-Fi
Sea Fever
2020 · Adventure
We Summon the Darkness
2020 · Thriller
Vivarium
2020 · Sci-Fi
The Platform
2020 · Sci-Fi
Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight
2020 · Comedy
Altered Carbon: Resleeved
2020 · Animation
The Hunt
2020 · Action
Lost Girls
2020 · Drama
Parasites
2020 · Documentary
Swallow
2020 · Drama
The Wild Goose Lake
2020 · Drama
Sacrifice
2020 · Mystery
Guilty
2020 · Thriller
Sacrilege
2020 · Horror
Life After Death
2020 · Drama
Velvet Nagaram
2020 · Thriller
Devi
2020 · Drama
The Washing Machine
2020 · Thriller
Disappearance at Clifton Hill
2020 · Drama
Forensic
2020 · Crime
Greed
2020 · Drama
The Decline
2020 · Thriller
DC Showcase: The Phantom Stranger
2020 · Action
Superman: Red Son
2020 · Action
System Crasher
2020 · Drama
The Night Clerk
2020 · Drama
Viral: Antisemitism in Four Mutations
2020 · Documentary
Bhoot: Part One - The Haunted Ship
2020 · Horror
Mafia
2020 · Drama
Brahms: The Boy II
2020 · Drama
Red
2020 · Romance
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- Sci-Fi Time loops, multiverses and big ideas made clear.
- Mystery Every clue, red herring and the final reveal.
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- Crime Heists, betrayals and who really did it.
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- Dark Movies Grim worlds, moral grey zones and heavy atmospheres.
- Movies with a Happy Ending Stories that leave you smiling when the credits roll.
- Mind-Bending Movies Confusing, twisting stories you need to watch twice.
- Fast-Paced Movies No slow scenes: the story never stops moving.
- Slow-Burn Movies Patient storytelling that builds to something big.
- Tense Movies Edge-of-your-seat suspense from start to finish.
- Movies with Ambiguous Endings Open endings that people still argue about.
- Bittersweet Movies Bittersweet endings: the win comes at a real cost.
- Emotionally Heavy Movies Movies that make you cry and stay with you.
- Light & Easy Movies Easy watching with low emotional stakes.
- Intense Movies Relentless action and constant pressure.
- Whimsical Movies Playful, imaginative and a little bit odd.
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