Films with MASSIVE downer endings.

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01 Jul 2012, 9:58 am

The Plague Dogs
When The Wind Blows
The Purple Rose of Cairo
I Am Legend
Knowing

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02 Jul 2012, 1:22 am

The Mist

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At the ending, a guy kills the three people who are in the car with him (including his son) so they won't get killed by the aliens/monsters, but doesn't have a bullet left for himself. He stumbles out of the car, only to find out that the army has cleared the situation and they all would have survived if they had waited just a minute longer.

That really hit me hard.

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06 Jul 2012, 10:16 pm

1. Titantic

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06 Jul 2012, 10:42 pm

The movie Safe House.

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08 Jul 2012, 5:02 pm

Requiem for a Dream! it's a great film but it's so depressing!

Mary & Max, just thinking about it is making me cry!

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09 Jul 2012, 7:14 pm

I also say Old Yeller

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09 Jul 2012, 7:34 pm

Shatbat wrote:

Requiem for a Dream would probably be a too obvious example.

TellEmSteveDave wrote:

Requiem for a Dream! it's a great film but it's so depressing!

This. I'm yet to find a more depressing film.

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12 Jul 2012, 7:58 am

Icheb wrote:

The Plague Dogs
When The Wind Blows
The Purple Rose of Cairo
I Am Legend
Knowing

Have to agree with you about The Purple Rose of Cairo, very disappointing ending. Why she trusted that lying toe-rag I don't know! Tom was such a sweetie.
I Am Legend, I can't remember the ending to that, I think I switched off after the poor dog Samantha got killed. Wil Smith wanted to adopt that dog, but the film comp wouldn't let him.
I've never seen The Plague Dogs, but from it's title, I don't think I'd like it.

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13 Jul 2012, 1:24 am

Robdemanc wrote:

Boys Don't Cry was moody all the way through but the end was just grim and negative.

Well Boys Don't Cry is a true story, so that's unsurprising really. Brandon Teena was a real guy, who was really murdered when they found out he was trans*
There's a downer for you.

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13 Jul 2012, 4:11 pm

How bout Million Dollar Baby. If anyone deserves to die (and I hope I don't sound too cruel for saying this because they are fictional after all) it's Hilary Swank's character's family for being such as bunch of jerks. Eastwood should' ave give em one, a punch that is.

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13 Jul 2012, 11:47 pm

Does Watership Down count as a downer ending? I guess its uplifting and good too..but it always made me very sad

Icheb wrote:

The Plague Dogs
When The Wind Blows
The Purple Rose of Cairo
I Am Legend
Knowing

I like to pretend they kept swimming and really did find that island.............................

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25 Jul 2012, 8:00 am

Albert Nobbs.

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25 Jul 2012, 8:02 am

NeueZiel wrote:

Does Watership Down count as a downer ending? I guess its uplifting and good too..but it always made me very sad

Yes. it's a bitter sweet ending.

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25 Jul 2012, 11:10 am

not sure if its been mentioned but the original wicker man

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11 Sep 2012, 6:10 am

Cast Away.

He makes it back to civilization but must start all over again. Not to mention, he also lost Wilson.

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11 Sep 2012, 8:41 am

I'm surprised nobody mentioned the ending of "Terminator 3:Rise of the Machines": The impending nuclear holocaust is initiated by Skynet. It begins a series of nuclear attacks on various cities, commencing Judgment Day.

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