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Bittersweet Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
3,931 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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Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
2018 · Animation
Sherlock: The Sign of Three
2014 · Mystery
Show Boat
1936 · Comedy
The Story of a Three-Day Pass
1968 · Drama
Variety Lights
1965 · Drama
The Racers
1955 · Drama
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952 · Adventure
Hold Back the Dawn
1941 · Drama
Wings
1929 · Action
Paint Your Wagon
1969 · Drama
Remember the Night
1940 · Drama
Rhapsody in Blue
1945 · Biography
The Sundowners
1960 · Adventure
The V.I.P.s
1963 · Drama
Random Harvest
1942 · Drama
The Yearling
1947 · Drama
The Broadway Melody
1929 · Drama
The Great Ziegfeld
1936 · Drama
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969 · Drama
Till the End of Time
1946 · Drama
Shakespeare Wallah
1966 · Drama
Where the Boys Are
1960 · Drama
Old Yeller
1957 · Adventure
An Affair to Remember
1957 · Drama
Rachel, Rachel
1968 · Drama
Charly
1968 · Sci-Fi
The Sterile Cuckoo
1969 · Drama
Funny Girl
1968 · Biography
The Gunfighter
1950 · Western
The King and I
1956 · Biography
Roman Holiday
1953 · Drama
The Jazz Singer
1927 · Drama
True Grit
1969 · Adventure
The Reivers
1969 · Drama
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969 · Adventure
La Ronde
1951 · Drama
Mister Roberts
1955 · Drama
Giant
1956 · Drama
The Diary of Anne Frank
1959 · Biography
Black Gold
1947 · Drama
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