Tragic ending movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant tragic ending movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out tragic ending, suspense, tense, suspenseful, serious and psychological films and TV shows about / with death, husband wife relationship, female nudity, betrayal, violence, blood, murder, father daughter relationship, brutality and revenge plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Horror genres shot in USA, Russia, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as tragic ending: Return of the Living Dead III (1993), Forbidden Love (2008), Aniara (2018), Man on Fire (2004), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Judy (2019), Life (2017), Chinatown (1974), 7G Rainbow Colony (2004), Love Story (1970).
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List of tragic ending movies
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Colonel Reynolds and his group of government scientists continue their work on re-animating the dead for military use. His son Curt uses a stolen security pass to sneak in with his thrill-seeking girlfriend Julie, with shocking, deadly results!
Style:
tragic ending, bloody, classic horror, splatter, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
body horror, zombie, living dead, self mutilation, body mutilation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, doomed love, father son relationship, military base, undead, corpse, back from the dead ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Having lost his wife eleven years ago, Adnan devoted all his attention to his daughter Nihal and his son Bülent. Adnan, who lives in one of the most prominent mansions along the Bosporus in Istanbul with a relative's son Behlül, and his ...
Style:
sexy, suspense, tragic ending, tense, talky ...
Plot:
passion, adultery, mother daughter relationship, unrequited love, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, betrayal, family drama, family life, forbidden love, rivalry, mansion ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Sweden, Denmark, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A ship carrying settlers to a new home in Mars after Earth is rendered uninhabitable is knocked off-course, causing the passengers to consider their place in the universe.
Style:
philosophical, tragic ending, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
trapped in space, orgy, spaceship, depression, tragedy, space, existentialism, female protagonist, illusion, life philosophy, distopia, introspection ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save ...
Style:
suspense, tense, brutal, bloody, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, kidnapping, vigilante, vigilantism, child in peril, lone hero, mercenary, cia, justice, violence, bodyguard ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america, mexico city
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A group of people try to survive an attack of bloodthirsty zombies while trapped in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse. Although not the first zombie film, Night of the Living Dead is the progenitor of the contemporary "zombie apocalypse" ...
Style:
suspense, classic horror, grindhouse, scary, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, cemetery, infection, zombie apocalypse, survival, cannibalism, zombie attack, basement, gory, monster, supernatural, post apocalypse ...
Time:
20th century, year 1968, year 1967, 60s
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa, washington d.c.
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58K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.
Style:
sad, period piece, tragic ending, emotional, stylized ...
Plot:
concert, hollywood, musician, biopic, female singer, actress, drug addict, life is a bitch, life & death, women, female musician, singer ...
Time:
60s, 1930s, year 1968, year 1969, year 2019
Place:
london
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.
Style:
scary, suspense, apocalyptic, tense, tragic ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
monster, mars, space, space station, space travel, space exploration, astronaut, survival horror, alien life-form, alien creature, first contact, death ...
Time:
2010s, near future, year 2017, future
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, atmospheric, cult classic, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
private detective, corruption, femme fatale, investigation, police, whodunit, murder, twists and turns, conspiracy, murder mystery, father daughter incest, domestic violence ...
Time:
20th century, year 1937, 1930s, year 1974
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, eastern europe, pacific ocean ...
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
Kathir is a young underachiever who frequently vents his frustrations through public outbursts. When Anitha, a North Indian girl whose family has fallen on hard times, moves into his housing colony, he soon decides to pursue her with his love, but ...
Style:
tragic ending, serious, romantic drama, dramatic, emotional ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
tragic love, unrequited love, love affair, loneliness, parents and children, father son relationship, coming of age, youth, obsession, passion, working class, anger issues ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, the young couple put their hearts on the line for each other. When ...
Style:
touching, emotional, romantic, sentimental, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
love, fall in love, college, tragedy, death, true love, ice hockey, love story, dying young, graduation, cancer, tragic love ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, paris france, boston, massachusetts ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser, Randle Patrick McMurphy inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse, Mildred Ratched.
Style:
psychological, serious, thought provoking, dramatic, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
mental institution, mental illness, fighting the system, freedom, human spirit, insanity, society, mental patient, mental disorder, nurse, psychiatrist, schizophrenia ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1975, year 1963
Place:
oregon, eastern europe, america, persia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Horace and Pete (stylized as Horace and Pete's Est. 1916) is an American comedy-drama web series created by Louis C.K. starring himself and Steve Buscemi as Horace and Pete, co-owners of an Irish bar, Horace and Pete's.
Style:
philosophical, ironic, sad, tragic ending, dark comedy ...
Plot:
family business, pub, parent child relationship, family relations, brothers, hopelessness, father daughter relationship, sibling relationship, politics, voodoo, age-gap relationship, alcoholic ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An incredibly gifted pianist makes a Faustian bargain to overtake her older sister at a prestigious institution for classical musicians.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, tragic ending, ambiguous ending, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sister sister relationship, suicide, fraternal twins, pianist, occult, interracial sex, betrayal, musician, moral corruption, terror, nightmare, desire for fame ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the ...
Style:
suspense, sexy, tense, philosophical, homoerotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, obsession, dysfunctional family, mysterious stranger, husband wife relationship, recovering alcoholic, surgeon, psychopath, blackmail, desperation, dead father, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
ancient greece, ireland, columbus ohio
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Buenos Aires in the 1980s. Detective Chavez, a family man and a tough cop, once again must solve a mysterious crime. To reveal the identity of the murderer, Chavez must clarify the enigma waiting in ambush to capture his own heart. Passion surprises ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, lgbt cinema, tragic ending ...
Plot:
homoeroticism, gays and lesbians, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, sexual attraction, gay club, sexual tension, murder investigation, murder, partners against crime, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When a terrorist who specializes in explosives takes hold of an underground tunnel, he threatens to kill hostages if his demands are not met.
Style:
suspense, tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
bomb, police officer, undercover cop, revenge, police officer taken hostage, secret police, police shootout, hostage, mercenary, murder, gunfight, near death experience ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
hong kong, china
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
Kalyani (Ranjini) is the daughter of a wealthy NRI Ramachandra Menon (Poornam Vishwanathan) who resides in the United States. Kalyani, brought up in Chennai by her father's friend Kaimal (Nedumudi Venu), falls in love with another man and ...
Style:
crying, tragic ending, sad, touching, romantic ...
Plot:
escaped prisoner, suspicion of adultery, father daughter relationship, airport, singing, telephone call, estate, deception, prison warden, photographer, lie, canceled wedding ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Philippines
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Pedro Calungsod, a young Filipino man, leaves his Visayan native roots to join the Spanish Jesuit priest Fr. Diego de San Vitores in his mission to the Marianas Islands (Guam) in 1668. The San Diego Mission arrives in the Marianas where the young ...
Style:
tragic ending, suspense, psychotronic, unusual plot structure
Plot:
priest, faith, revenge, tragic hero, youth, catholic church, christianity, paganism, friendship, murder, rebellion, cruelty ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Every parent's worst nightmare is just the beginning for Rachel's ordeal as in the aftermath of a tragic accident, she and her husband Anthony decide to move to the other side of the world to focus on their surviving twin son Elliot. What ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, tragic ending, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
satanic cult, evil spirit, car accident, supernatural, twin brother, possession, dead brother, going insane, child killed, delusional woman, mad woman, female protagonist ...
Time:
80s
Place:
finland, new york
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Struggling young lovers, Tom and Eve, must endure a 30-day scientific experiment. Room, board, $50,000 and a month alone together in research facility housing. What could possibly go wrong.
Style:
tragic ending, psychological, talky, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
sexually dissatisfied wife, sex scene, young couple, pregnancy, marriage, manipulation, research, couple relations, love and romance, family relations, honeymoon, xmas ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Caught in the crosshairs of police corruption and Marseille’s warring gangs, a loyal cop must protect his squad by taking matters into his own hands.
Style:
suspense, tragic ending, serious, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
french police, police, mafia, police detective, corruption, violence, police corruption, italian mafia, police shootout, police brutality, betrayal, police investigation ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
marseille, paris france, france, bronx new york city
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The Sublet is a suspense driven psychological thriller about Joanna, a new mom coping with her baby alone in an odd sublet apartment. As her husband neglects her to focus on his career, Joanna questions her sanity as she discovers a violent past to ...
Style:
suspense, scary, tragic ending, independent film, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
abusive husband, possession, mentally unstable protagonist, police detective, police officer, death of protagonist, jealousy, father son relationship, mentally unstable, husband wife relationship, pursuit, mother son relationship ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Mavela, 15 years old, is a Black Bronx. She falls madly in love with Marwan, an extremely charismatic member of a rival gang, the 1080s. The young couple is forced to make a brutal choice between gang loyalty and the love they have for one another. ...
Style:
tragic ending, bleak, disturbing, suspense, rough ...
Plot:
shoplifting, gangster, dog attack, rape, teenage love, street gang, gang, teenager, criminal gang, criminal, teen romance, teenage protagonist ...
Place:
belgium, france, brussels
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A pair of cops investigating a drug invasion stumble upon a mysterious bank vault.
Style:
psychological, tense, stylized, suspense, tragic ending ...
Plot:
violence, police officer, robbery, gangster, corrupt cop, mafia, police corruption, police investigation, organized crime, twists and turns, dirty cop, caper ...
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A tough, Jewish ex-con just released from prison crosses a powerful drug dealer and former prison rival in his return to a life of crime.
Style:
hood, independent film, disturbing, stylized, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, life philosophy, prison rape, revenge killing, ghetto, violence, drug dealer, gangster, hip hop, character study, life ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, california, new jersey
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Genre: Biography
Country: Russia
TV show
Style:
disturbing, rough, tragic ending, suspenseful, historical drama ...
Plot:
biopic, actress, glory, family relations, rivalry, family problems, cinema, communism, storytelling, behind the scenes, political repression, film industry ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s
Place:
soviet union, ussr, moscow russia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Aleksey Temnikov is a renowned ballet dancer and an acknowledged genius whose career was abruptly cut short after sustaining an injury in the 1990s. Twenty years later, Aleksey discovers that his condition is degenerative and that he will soon lose ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, tragic ending, rough, captivating ...
Plot:
ballet, ambition, complex characters, father daughter relationship, loner, dancer, career, dance, choreography, legacy, risk, blind ambition ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
soviet union
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Astrid is a comedian who makes people laugh for a living; her husband Markus is her manager and the two of them work well together. They have a nine-year-old daughter and are expecting their second child. When they learn that their child will not be ...
Style:
sad, suspense, tragic ending, disturbing, educational ...
Plot:
sex scene, family relations, pregnancy, dilemma, pregnant woman, society, disability, death, psychology, heart condition, childbirth, doctor ...
Place:
germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
This is a story of a great love facing the greatest drama of the history of Russia. Admiral Kolchak is a true war hero and beloved husband and father. One day he meets Anna, the love of his life and the wife of his best friend. The revolution in his ...
Style:
realistic, serious, dramatic, touching, tragic ending ...
Plot:
world war one, political unrest, russian history, battles, military, heroes, wartime life, russian empire, destiny, warship, against the odds, great war ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1917
Place:
soviet union, russia, st. petersburg russia
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: China
TV show
Story:
Da Tang Fu Rong Yuan is a Chinese television series based on a novel by Nangong Bo that tells of the romance between Consort Yang Yuhuan and Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. The series was directed by Zhou Xiaowen and starred Fan Bingbing and ...
Style:
tragic ending, historical romance, period piece, historical drama, costume drama ...
Plot:
tang dynasty, conspiracy, politics, emperor, power, royalty, forbidden love, tragic romance, palace intrigue, jealousy, betrayal, adaptation ...
Time:
8th century
Place:
ancient china, china
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