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Bleak Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
681 bleak movies, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Zombex
2013 · Horror
Valentine Road
2013 · Documentary
Munchausen
2013 · Drama
Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer
2013 · Romance
Galore
2013 · Drama
All God’s Creatures
2013 · Drama
The Mooring
2013 · Horror
Five Years
2013 · Drama
Amour
2012 · Drama
Killing Them Softly
2012 · Drama
Back to 1942
2012 · Drama
National Security
2012 · History
The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas
2012 · Drama
Pusher (2012)
2012 · Action
17 Girls
2012 · Drama
Cosmopolis
2012 · Drama
Citizen Gangster
2012 · Drama
The Most Fun You Can Have Dying
2012 · Drama
The Devil, Probably (1977)
2012 · Drama
ATM
2012 · Thriller
4:44 Last Day on Earth
2012 · Sci-Fi
Kazhugu
2012 · Comedy
The Turin Horse
2012 · Drama
The Grey
2012 · Action
The Front Line
2012 · Drama
The Hunter
2012 · Thriller
Ay Büyürken Uyuyamam
2011 · Drama
Sengadal
2011 · Drama
Resistance
2011 · Drama
House of Pleasures
2011 · Drama
Thambi Vettothi Sundaram
2011 · Drama
Apartment in Athens
2011 · Drama
My Joy
2011 · Drama
Habermann
2011 · Drama
Josef
2011 · Action
Hell
2011 · Horror
The Zombie Diaries 2
2011 · Horror
Rathinirvedam
2011 · Romance
The Butcher of Prague
2011 · War
City of Life and Death
2011 · Drama
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