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Bittersweet Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
3,781 bittersweet 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 Black Tent
1956 · Action
Until They Sail
1957 · Romance
Soldier in the Rain
1963 · Drama
Cuando Habla El Corazon
1943
Playing Around
1930 · Music
They Were Five
1936 · Drama
The Hoodlum Priest
1961 · Drama
Golden Boy
1939 · Drama
China Doll
1958 · Romance
A Guy Named Joe
1943 · Fantasy
Hell Is Sold Out
1951 · Drama
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · War
High Tide at Noon
1957 · Drama
The Buster Keaton Story
1957 · Comedy
It’s Tough Being a Man
1969 · Comedy
Tokyo Chorus
1931 · Comedy
The Winslow Boy
1948 · Drama
Big City Blues
1932 · Drama
Pygmalion
1938 · Comedy
The Girl with a Pistol
1968 · Comedy
The Doctor’s Dilemma
1958 · Drama
First Men in the Moon
1964 · Adventure
Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra
1943 · Drama
Kitty Foyle
1940 · Romance
Aag
1948 · Drama
Server Sundaram
1964 · Comedy
Rich and Strange
1931 · Romance
The Long Gray Line
1955 · Drama
Mr. Lucky
1943 · Romance
The Kidnappers
1953 · Drama
Return to Paradise
1953 · Drama
The Rat Race
1960 · Comedy
Seven Days’ Leave
1942 · Comedy
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936 · Drama
The Inspector
1962 · Romance
Turn the Key Softly
1953 · Drama
Elizabeth of Ladymead
1948 · Drama
Of Human Hearts
1938 · Drama
The Wild and the Willing
1962 · Romance
Turn Back the Clock
1933 · Drama
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