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List of ambiguous ending movies
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Italy, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Harry is a married writer who has an affair with a woman whose husband knows that she is unfaithful. As a result of his work, Harry has trouble distinguishing between fantasy and reality leaving us to wonder whether the affair is real or just a ...
Style:
psychological, ambiguous ending, surreal, art house, erotic drama ...
Plot:
writers, ambiguity, infidelity, adultery, marriage, domestic drama, stream of consciousness, intimate, identity crisis, obsession, sensuality, memory ...
Time:
70s
Place:
france
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Genre: Horror
Country: China
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An artist named Jiajia promised to show her girl friend Wei Ling around in Japan but eventually fails to show up for no reason. After Wei Ling goes and gets accommodated in a family-run hot spring hotel of Shimizu, Jiajia's Japanese boyfriend, ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, dark fantasy, suspense, enigmatic ...
Plot:
hotel, haunted hotel, nightmare, exorcism, sadism, dying, disappearance, kidnapping, mind game, murder, suicide, terror ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Story:
Arjun, an unemployed youngster and Deva a powerful don both fall in love with Sailaja, a middle-class beauty, at the same time on a rainy day at a railway station. Arjun keeps bumping into Sailaja coincidentally every time it rains. This makes them ...
Style:
disturbing, ambiguous ending, romantic, captivating, psychological
Plot:
intrigue, love triangle, romantic triangle, love story, life is a bitch, love affair, romantic relationship, family relations, male female relationship, lovers apart, couple relations, love and romance ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
Lyuba is a kind and modest girl, brought up in strict traditions. Since childhood, she has been unrequited in love with the handsome Rodya, a spoiled and selfish guy. Rodya sees in Lyuba only a friend and is infatuated with the local Greek beauty ...
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
forced marriage, forbidden love, family values, family relations, loveless marriage, unfulfilled love, love and romance, unrequited love, love triangle, betrayal, intrigue, dishonesty ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A lavish wedding escalates into pure Lagosian chaos, in this wild romcom produced by media mogul Mo Abudu.
Style:
satirical, psychological, captivating, disturbing, semi serious ...
Plot:
wedding, wedding planning, family problems, eccentric family, relationships, chaos, arranged marriage, wedding preparations and rituals, affair, love story, family relations, fight ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
africa, nigeria
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68
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Russia, Latvia
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, ambiguous ending, bleak ...
Plot:
danger, isolation, poison, survival, deathtrap, death, dark secret, captivity, group of friends, race against time, fight, friendship ...
Place:
moscow russia
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242
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Sasha makes her living as a professional surrogate mother. Contrary to the usual practice, she moves in with her new customers until the baby is born. She finds herself in a different world - in the house of rich government official Vadim and his ...
Style:
cynical, captivating, suspense, ambiguous ending, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family secret, family relations, society, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, sisters, husband wife relationship, kidnapping, women's rights, murder, jealousy, pregnancy ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A couple in love spends time away from civilization. The sudden arrival of the younger sister first, and then the girl's ex-boyfriend, violate the country idyll. Each of the heroes has his own plan for this weekend, and together they become ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, disturbing, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
sexual content, sex scene, cheating girlfriend, obsession, love, horny wife, sister sister relationship, jealousy, couples, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, couple relations, entrapment ...
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Arima Takuya is a young student whose father, a historian who has conducted various researches, disappeared recently. During a summer vacation Takuya receives a peculiar package from his missing father, along with a letter containing information ...
Style:
anime, philosophical, surprise ending, sentimental, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
harem, dystopian future, inventions and discoveries, parallel world, danger, time travel, imaginary, family relations, scientist, isekai, nudity, female nudity ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Mia Sampson's dreams to be a model come true when she's asked to pose for photographs to be displayed on an Internet website for "members only." However, when the owner of the website uses her pictures for exploitation purposes, ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, ambiguous ending, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
modeling, popularity, high school, teenager, gossip, jealousy, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, rise to the top, society, job offer, mother daughter relationship, loss of innocence ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Netherlands
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A home invasion irrevocably changes the lives of all involved in ways neither victims nor perpetrator could have imagined
Style:
erotic, sexy, eros, disturbing, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
home invasion, sex scene, psychopath, violence, bdsm, brutality, husband and wife, hostage, torture, kidnapping, couple relations, research ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Once upon a time there was a dark tale set in a small community somewhere in the world. A seemingly normal world silently festering with the sadism of fathers and the anger of diligent, desperate children.
Style:
disturbing, ambiguous ending, serious, emotional, suspense ...
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, underage sex, teen angst, female exhibitionist, sexual awakening, abuse, female nudity, small community, under the surface, social relations, death ...
Place:
rome italy
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A group of young Miskatonic University scientists invent a time machine, only to learn that they are being manipulated by mysterious, unseen forces from another dimension.
Style:
suspense, lovecraft, suspenseful, psychological, ambiguous ending
Plot:
deadly creature, science, parallel world, experiment gone awry, time travel, experiment, monster, time traveler, scientist, survival, research, outer space ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A mother and her son plan a surprise visit to Los Angeles to see her husband/his father. Halfway there they get into a terrible accident in the middle of nowhere and now must fight to survive.
Style:
suspense, stylized, ambiguous ending, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
canyon, desert, son, suv, relationships, car, female protagonist, family relations, mother, parents, child in peril, chase ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A retired veteran hunting in the Allagash backcountry of Maine discovers a dead woman with a duffle bag full of money. He soon finds himself in a web of deceit and murder.
Style:
serious, ambiguous ending, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
hunting, winter, hunted, wilderness, danger, bandit, chase, burglar, twists and turns, stolen money, gang, robbery ...
Place:
maine
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Brussels, early 60’s. Alice and Céline live in twin bourgeois houses. They are best friends as are their children, Theo and Maxime, who have grown up like brothers. Both families spend all their time together. This perfect harmony is broken when ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, surprise ending, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
paranoia, husband wife relationship, friendship, marital discord, family drama, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, fear, danger, family relations, tragic event, family problems, relationships ...
Time:
60s, 21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Detective Sergeant Timo Harjunpää of the Helsinki Violent Crimes Unit is an honest and conscientious cop;one of the city's very best;who loses his daughter in tragic circumstances. Despite the support he receives;Timo is unable to recover ...
Style:
twist ending, psychotronic, ambiguous ending, surprise ending, twisted ...
Plot:
police, serial killer, police corruption, chase, revenge, marital problem, death of child, dysfunctional marriage, dysfunctional family, husband wife relationship, death of daughter, corrupt cop ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
helsinki finland, finland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The story of a 20-year-old Daniel who experiences a spiritual transformation while living in a Youth Detention Center. He wants to become a priest but this is impossible because of his criminal record. When he is sent to work at a carpenter’s ...
Style:
sincere, art house, ambiguous ending, thought provoking, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
catholic church, prison, priest, sex scene, grief, funeral, juvenile prison, fake identity, mayor, confession, cemetery, mourning ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019
Place:
poland, eastern europe, central europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of a tragedy a woman, Magda, reacts with a surge of newfound life that engulfs her circle of family and friends.
Style:
touching, sad, sincere, ambiguous ending, compassionate
Plot:
breast cancer, strong female character, doctor patient relationship, widower, friendship, female protagonist, pregnancy, husband wife relationship, chemotherapy, homosexuality, love, mother son relationship ...
Place:
spain, siberia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Three different persons, three different lives are connected in a mysterious way. 15 year old teenager suffering of misunderstanding, his glamorous and arrogant stepmother and the young untalented but full of optimism actress. Their destinies ...
Style:
touching, uplifting, ambiguous ending, funny, anthology
Plot:
unrequited love, plastic surgery, terminal illness, follow your dream, orphan, adult as child, homeless woman, unhappy marriage, teen romance, women, nudity, father son conflict ...
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, ussr
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In 1945, as Stalin sets his hands over Poland, famous painter Wladislaw Strzeminski refuses to compromise on his art with the doctrines of social realism. Persecuted, expelled from his chair at the University, he's eventually erased from the ...
Style:
twist ending, exciting, sentimental, ambiguous ending, captivating ...
Plot:
art, artist, painting, painter, communism, legal system, father daughter relationship, professor, one legged man, loss of mother, teacher student relationship, art history ...
Time:
50s, year 1948, year 1952, 1940s, year 1950 ...
Place:
poland
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A neuroscientist's obsession with a drug that expands the human mind inadvertently unleashes a deadly supernatural force on his team.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, suspense, ambiguous ending, sad ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug, supernatural, monster, fear, experiment, danger, uncover truth, ghost, hallucination, medical experiment, supernatural horror, afterlife ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Set at the end of the Civil War, widowed mother of 3 Belle Gatlin Barlowe faces uncertainty as she attempts to defend her family's land by any means necessary. When the corrupt bank that runs their town pushes Belle into becoming an outlaw, the ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, bleak, dark ...
Plot:
american civil war, family in danger, danger, parents and children, woman in danger, protective parent, child care, single mother, female protagonist, kids in trouble, determination, civil war ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Summoned by an unexpected phone call, an elderly woman visits the country cottage she lived in as a child. Memories of an orphan boy she knew 47 years ago come flooding back to her.
Style:
sentimental, romantic, atmospheric, ambiguous ending, surreal ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
werewolf, love and romance, orphan, single parent, bittersweet, transformation, genetic mutation, teenage love, false accusation, love story, winter, missing girl ...
Time:
2010s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
korea, asia, east asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA, Belgium
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A woman learns about the death of her father. She returns to her Orthodox Jewish home and falls in love with her best childhood friend who is now married to her cousin.
Style:
sexy, melancholic, depressing, romantic drama, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, lesbian romance, lesbian relationship, sapphic, lesbian sex, sex scene, forbidden love, infidelity, funeral, female nudity ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
london, middle east, israel
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow 16-year-old Henrietta, aka Henry, who discovers she has the ability to teleport. The first time she realizes this, she is in a truck with her high school’s Golden Boy, who tries to rape her.
Style:
sexy, sexual, suspense, lyrical, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
danger, teenage life, supernatural, friendship, youth, family relations, criminal, superpower, sex, investigation, sexual assault, high school ...
Place:
usa, thailand
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Gwyneth Paltrow plays London publicist Helen, effortlessly sliding between parallel storylines that show what happens if she does or does not catch a train back to her apartment. Love. Romantic entanglements. Deception. Trust. Friendship. Comedy. ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, feel good, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teens
Plot:
infidelity, choice, road not taken, destiny, multiple outcomes, time loop, breakup, time travel, parallel universe, love story, relationships, butterfly effect ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1998
Place:
london, england, europe, usa, tower bridge london ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Tunisia, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The first of Nacer Khemir's highly-regarded Desert Trilogy that includes The Dove's Lost Necklace and Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul. Khemir creates an exotic world with Wanderers of the Desert when a young teacher ...
Style:
atmospheric, surreal, ambiguous ending, poetic, allegory ...
Plot:
desert, legend, disappearance, teacher, children, magic realism, haunting, folklore, isolation, supernatural, remote village, cursed ...
Place:
sahara, africa, north africa, tunisia, middle east
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Raghavan, a simple and lonely man, comes out of jail. His life changes after he meets Anjali, a journalist who wants to prove herself professionally.
Style:
suspense, psychological, twisted, ambiguous ending, atmospheric ...
Plot:
character study, loneliness, moral ambiguity, mysterious stranger, slow burn, journalism, isolation, psychological manipulation, realism, obsession, investigation, guilt ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An orange Chevrolet Impala drives across a cemetery towards an abandoned shipwreck in the middle of a desert landscape. It is the 22nd of January, 1965. The day before, the Iranian prime minister was shot dead in front of the parliament building. ...
Style:
atmospheric, ambiguous ending, art film, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, symbolism, memory, conspiracy, assassination, repression, shipwreck, political intrigue, cemetery, slow burn, suicide, exile ...
Time:
60s
Place:
iran
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