Instead, we looked back at films that hit us with sad or twisted endings without warning, creating deep core traumas that ...

Warning: the following list contains spoilers for the films discussed. Fantasy typically entails happy endings. In worlds where anything is possible, it's easy to give the audience a story where good ...

Comedies are known for their upbeat, crowdpleasing endings, but this isn't always the case. There are plenty of dark comedies out there which end with depressing scenes, even those in which all the ...

Some filmmakers have no qualms about sending audiences out on the bleakest note; others famously watered down their ...