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List of ambiguous ending movies
295K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.
Style:
surprise ending, atmospheric, suspense, psychological thriller, creepy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
plot twist, isolation, forest, twists and turns, psychology, village life, village, utopia, mysterious place, woods, autumn, small town ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 1890s, 19th century, 18th century ...
Place:
pennsylvania, philadelphia, new england
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290K
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, scary, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, twists and turns, murder mystery, whodunit, dissociative identity disorder, psychology, investigation, motel, murder, mental disorder, split personality, mental illness ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, florida, nevada
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.
Style:
controversial, disgusting, erotic, extreme horror, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult, teen drama
Plot:
torture, atrocity, sexual perversion, sex, fascism, sexual abuse, sexual torture, sadism, brutality, rape, libertine, captivity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1975, 20th century, year 1943, year 1944 ...
Place:
italy, europe, latin america
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15K
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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20K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Colombia, Argentina, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Uruguay, USA, Switzerland, Denmark, France, Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
On a faraway mountaintop, eight kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.
Style:
suspense, ambiguous ending, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hostage, child soldier, violence, chase, mental disorder, teenage boy, teenage girl, rescue, coming of age, teenager, murder, cow ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
colombia, latin america, south america
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350
Genre: Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
On the 3rd of October a twenty-four-year-old student from Vienna kills his lover and chops up her corpse. Her torso is found in a dumpster, other body parts and the head are missing. There is no clue about the motive of the murder. A silent ...
Style:
ambiguous ending, psychological, tense, suspense, contemplative ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, male nudity, male homosexuality, male pubic hair, friendship between men, lgbt, socially awkward, student, emotional abuse, classmate classmate relationship, university, machismo ...
Place:
central europe, vienna
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443
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A man wakes trapped inside a cargo container with only a cell phone and is given 24 hours by his kidnappers to raise ten million dollars in ransom or die.
Style:
ambiguous ending, neo noir, suspense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
ransom, businessman, isolation, ghost, survival, hostage, murder, mercenary, death, race against time, torture, telephone call ...
Place:
los angeles, south america
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
An attraction forms when a Chinese American girl visiting Hong Kong for the first time meets an American expat who shows her the way, but timing may not quite be on their side.
Style:
ambiguous ending, thought provoking, captivating, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot:
chance meeting, stranger, white man asian woman relationship, love, love interest, expatriate, american abroad, walking, unrequited love, feeling, storytelling, love story ...
Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Style:
philosophical, cult classic, confusing, art house, surreal ...
Plot:
existentialism, depression, death, writers, theater, twists and turns, schizophrenic, loneliness, philosophy, writer's life, mental illness, actor ...
Time:
year 2008, 90s, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, berlin germany
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461
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Julia Barker, an over-worked, middle-aged Texas woman is haunted by psychic visions which drive her to New York in search of the Room.
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, contemplative, serious, enigmatic ...
Plot:
hotel, room, midlife crisis, housewife, uncertainty, journey, city, loneliness, family relations, self discovery, nihilism, wandering ...
Place:
new york, usa, texas, houston texas
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Computer scientist Hannon Fuller has discovered something extremely important. He's about to tell the discovery to his colleague, Douglas Hall, but knowing someone is after him, the old man leaves a letter in his computer generated parallel ...
Style:
mind bending, intellectual, twist ending, philosophical, neo noir ...
Plot:
virtual reality, alternate reality, cyberpunk, cyberspace, twists and turns, time travel, computer system, artificial intelligence, consciousness, parallel world, simulated reality, imaginary ...
Time:
future, 1930s, 90s, year 1999, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, pasadena california
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549
Genre: Horror, Music, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
A mind-bending neo-noir set in the obsessive world of vinyl collecting. Etta Pryce, a vinyl tracker, is hired by a rich collector to hunt a legendary rare record that has driven its owners mad and killed anyone that has dared to play it.
Style:
ambiguous ending, neo noir, suspense, bleak, psychotronic ...
Plot:
black magic, villainess, cliffhanger ending, murder, eaten alive, police detective, supernatural power, supernatural, peril, supernatural ability, society, ghost ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer.
Style:
slasher, humorous, parody, spoof, funny ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
satire, virginity, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, camp counselor, serial killer, characters murdered one by one, teenager, summer camp, camp, killer, scream queen ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, year 1986, year 1987, 1950s ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Eccentric consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.
Style:
clever, entertaining, detective, intellectual, period piece ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly, adult
Plot:
sherlock holmes, private detective, steampunk, investigation, intelligence, riddles and clues, genius, master criminal, deduction, twists and turns, prodigy, clue ...
Time:
victorian era, year 2009, 19th century, 1800s, 1890s ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, tower bridge london ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA, Georgia, UK
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
The next installment in the franchise.
Style:
suspense, saga, ambiguous ending, anamorphic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car, chases and races, woman kills a man, street racing, car chase, brother brother relationship, cia agent, terrorist plot, family relations, chase, carsploitation, murder ...
Time:
2020s, year 1989, 90s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
georgia, buckingham palace, jamaica, london, tokyo ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
David Cuevas is a family man who works as a gangland tax collector for high ranking Los Angeles gang members. He makes collections across the city with his partner Creeper making sure people pay up or will see retaliation. An old threat returns to ...
Style:
ambiguous ending, suspenseful, tense, bleak, exciting ...
Plot:
drug smuggler, hitman, sadism, stolen money, drug dealer, danger, tax collector, female psychopath, drug, family relations, violence, taxes ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Amy is ravaged by the notion that she is going to die tomorrow, which sends her down a dizzying emotional spiral. When her sceptical friend Jane discovers Amy’s feeling of imminent death to be contagious, they both begin bizarre journeys through ...
Style:
suspense, ambiguous ending, psychological, mumblecore, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
suicidal, dying, female friendship, photograph, depression, female protagonist, surrealism, doctor, women, fear, life & death, swimming pool ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
denmark, new york
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Pierre Hoffman joins St Joseph’s College to stand in for a young French teacher who threw himself from the window of his classroom. But he soon starts noticing strange behaviour from his Year 10 class.
Style:
suspense, avant garde, ambiguous ending, enigmatic, captivating ...
Plot:
substitute teacher, high school, school trip, teen suicide, ambiguity, student, lgbt, danger, violence, surrealism, gay interest, school ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Summer is usually a time for fun and games, but some teens get much more danger than they bargained for after beginning to suspect their neighbor is a serial murderer.
Style:
suspense, retro, disturbing, spooky, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, group of friends, friendship, private investigation, murder, psychopath, murder mystery, basement, murder suspect, surveillance, neighbor, child killer ...
Time:
year 1984, 2010s, 80s
Place:
oregon, usa
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An aggressive race of aliens took over Planet Earth and humanity's at its end, living in giant bunkers below ground. Young Military rookie S.U.M.1 (Iwan Rheon) is sent to the surface to save a group of unprotected survivors.
Style:
ambiguous ending, captivating, tense, futuristic, disturbing ...
Plot:
future war, alien, soldier, rat, military, extraterrestrial, conspiracy, alien attack, alienation, isolated place, solitude, alien race ...
Time:
2010s, future
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Two brothers and their wives meet up at a haute-cuisine restaurant to discuss what to do about a horrific crime that their sons committed together. As the quartet debate their options, the conversation reopens old wounds between the siblings.
Style:
ambiguous ending, enigmatic, cynical, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
restaurant, food, father son relationship, teenager, violence, brother brother relationship, arson, politician, husband wife relationship, flashback, anger, dinner ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A coming of age story about love, loss and revenge centers around two teenage friends, Adam (Vladimír Polívka) and Marek (Jan Cina), whose aimless lives in a small town are suddenly disrupted by the appearance of Anna (Johana Matousková), the ...
Style:
ambiguous ending, suspense, tense, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
revenge, small town, love, love triangle, friendship between men, best friend, teenage girl, secret, prank, father daughter relationship, murder, father son relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
central europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A first person account of Ross Graves, an alcoholic drifter who is constantly hunted by demonic bounty hunters and a spiritual being to whom he sold his soul.
Style:
neo noir, ambiguous ending, captivating, scary, contemplative ...
Plot:
alcoholic, self loathing, killing spree, loner, murder, brutality, demon, wilderness, tragic event, surrealism, nature, gunfight ...
Place:
ohio
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Alena’s life is far from simple. When she arrives at her new elite boarding school, Filippa and the other girls start to harass her. But Alena’s best friend Josefin won’t let her take anymore beating. If she won’t strike back, Josefin will ...
Style:
suspense, ambiguous ending, scary, suspenseful, brutal ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bully, lesbian interest, school, lesbian teen, female friendship, lesbianism, female bully, lesbian, bullying, group of friends, female protagonist, party ...
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Is relevant?
102
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Jens has a midlife crisis and chooses to settle some old debts.
Style:
neo noir, ambiguous ending, suspense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, superhero, killer, love, forbidden love, racial violence, downfall, redemption, city, obsession, revenge, paranoia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
copenhagen, denmark, europe
Is relevant?
293K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, War
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
Style:
funny, humorous, realistic, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
corruption, arms dealer, smuggling, friendship, rise and fall, gunrunner, marketing, military, arms smuggling, drug, con artists, fraud ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 2000s, year 2008, year 2005 ...
Place:
afghanistan, las vegas, iraq, baghdad iraq, jordan ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The son of the owner of a large Italian cheese factory is kidnapped, but as the factory is on the verge of bankruptcy the owner hatches a plan to use the ransom money as reinvestment in the factory.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
kidnapping, terrorism, missing person, factory, family business, confined, cons and scams, moral dilemma, dishonesty, danger, father son relationship, economist ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
italy, europe
Is relevant?
221K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent ...
Style:
surreal, cult classic, mind bending, psychological, futuristic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dystopia, dream, satire, distopia, cyberpunk, surrealism, surveillance, absurdism, fighting the system, bureaucracy, christmas, hallucination ...
Time:
future, year 1985, year 1984
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, brazil ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Samantha Holt had the perfect life with a handsome fiancée and a future that couldn’t look brighter. But an unexpected turn on a dark lonely road puts her on a collision course with Bruce Miller, a devoted family man who descends into madness ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
psychopath, kidnapping, obsession, car accident, life is a bitch, danger, confined, family tragedy, woman in danger, psychological trauma, plot twist, violence ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Sweden, India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When her father is killed in a road accident, Trishna's family expect her to provide for them. The rich son of an entrepreneur starts to restlessly pursue her affections, but are his intentions as pure as they seem?
Style:
emotional, sentimental, serious, realistic, erotic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
tragic love, fall in love, couple relations, injustice, culture clash, unfulfillment, innocence lost, society, love and romance, couples, power relations, doomed love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
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