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* ''Film/LisaFrankenstein'': Lisa has The Creature fry her to death in the broken tanning bed where she conducts her experiments on him after the police come close to implicating her in the murders. Dale and Taffy mourn Lisa, but The Creature is shown to have resurrected her so that they may continue their romance.
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* ''Film/TheBookOfClarence'': Clarence is crucified in front of all of his loved ones after he refuses to give up Jesus to the Romans. Days later, Jesus arrives at Clarence's tomb to resurrect him.
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* ''FIlm/TheWatermelonWoman'': Cheryl and Fae's fates are contrasted at the end. Fae ended up leaving Hollywood and hopes of fame to retire in obscurity, but lived the rest of her life surrounded by family and loved ones. Inversely, Cheryl's pursuit of this project to hit it big has resulted in strained relationships with her best friend and now-former girlfriend.
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* ''Film/OneMissedCall'': The ending of the third (and final) film. While the flow of the curse is finally stopped, it still resides in the last phone it invaded: Emiri's. Jin-wo snatches the phone and dies in Emiri's place, which leads to Emiri's catatonia. However, Emiri and Asuka have mended their relationship and it's implied that Asuka has become Emiri's caretaker. Plus, they manage to visit the beach like they had promised years before.
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* ''Film/TheHoldovers'': Hunham takes the fall for the trip to visit Angus' father, and it costs him his job, but by doing so he ensures Angus isn't expelled and that he won't have to go to military school. Mary also makes peace with her son's death, and for his part, Hunham ventures off to a life outside of Barton for the first time.
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* ''Film/Mermaids1990'': Lou and Rachel's relationship continues, Joe moves away to California but keeps in touch with Charlotte via postcards, Kate recovers from her near-drowning but is now partially deaf, Charlotte gains a reputation at her high school due to her sexual encounter with Joe and Charlotte and Rachel have a better understanding of one another as mother and daughter (not just friends) and the films ends as Charlotte, Rachel and Kate fix dinner together at the table which is something they've never done before.
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* ''Film/TermsOfEndearment'': Emma dies of cancer, but not before reconciling with her mother and allowing her custody of her children.
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* ''Film/AtFirstSight'': By the end of the movie, Virgil's blindness has relapsed, and his relationship with Amy seems to be over. However, the two chaarcters meet again in a public plaza and decide to give themselves a second chance, now that they have a much deeper understanding of each other.
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* ''Film/CharlieWilsonsWar'': Charlie Wilson succeeds in getting the American government to arm Afghan rebels and drive the Soviets out of Afghanistan. But when it comes time to rebuild the war-torn nation he can't raise one cent, allowing the extremist Taliban to take over Afghanistan. And that all led to the events surrounding UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror.
-->'''Charlie Wilson''': These things happened. They were glorious and they changed the world... and then we fucked up the end game.
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* ''Film/TheThinRedLine'': The soldiers manage to take Guadalcanal, but [[AnyoneCanDie many of the characters don't make it.]]
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* ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'': Even though Melanie has died and Rhett has left her, Scarlett still finds strength in remembering Tara and resolves to [[{{Determinator}} never give up]].
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* ''Film/{{Mindhunters}}'': Sarah and Gabe managed to survive the night and stop a deadly serial killer's spree but they will still need to explain why/how 7 FBI agents are dead and are likely going to be subjected to a lengthy Federal internal affairs investigation.
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* ''Film/TheButtercreamGang'': Pete manages to turn his life around, and even forms his own version of the Buttercream Gang in Chicago—but his friendship with Scott is still broken beyond repair, and nothing is ever the same between them.
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* ''Film/ClearAndPresentDanger'': Ryan and Clark rescue the soldiers and thwart Cortez's plans, but Ryan is left with the difficult to decision to blow the lid on the entire operation in which both the President and several of his own cohorts had acted without his knowledge, opening the floodgates to a major presidential scandal. Whatever the political cost, Ryan is determined that not even the President will walk for having recklessly authorized a course of action that led to the deaths of several soldiers and civilians on both sides, leaving the fates of the conspirators in the hands of Congress at the close of the film.
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* ''Film/BillyElliot'': The movie ends well for Billy who fulfils his dreams, but not so well for the miners, whose months-long strike was in vain and know that their way of life and former prosperity of their regions is doomed.
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* ''Film/{{Brick}}'': Brendan gets his revenge and comes away with only a few cuts and bruises, but his pursuit doesn't bring him closure, and even sees several people (Dode included) getting killed in the process.
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* ''Film/TeaAndSympathy'': Laura's letter at the end to Tom solidifies this. Although Tom went onto get married and become a successful author, Laura and Bill divorced and Bill was never right as a result. She also affirms that what they did was still wrong.
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* All versions of ''Franchise/KingKong''. The city is saved from the rampaging monster, but we weep for the monster anyway.

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* All Most versions of ''Franchise/KingKong''. The city is saved from the rampaging monster, but we weep for the monster anyway.
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* ''Film/TheLastKingOfScotland'': Nicholas escapes Uganda with his life, as do all but one of the foreign hostages that Amin's forces take that sets off Operation Entebbe, and the whole Entebbe hostage incident has irreparably ruined Amin's international reputation and standing. But Nicholas has to live with the fact that many innocent and noble people[[spoiler:, including his paramour,]] died thanks to him, and Amin is still in power at the film's end and he will remain in power for another three years.
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* ''Film/{{Alien}}'': Not only a rarity for '70s horror movies, but a double whammy in that only Ripley survives and she is the one that no one in the audience expected to survive. Ripley kills the Alien by blowing it out the airlock of the escape shuttle, but is deeply affected by the loss of her friends and crew.
* ''Film/Alien3'': Ripley dies to prevent the Company from bringing back an alien specimen, and all but one of the inmates are dead (Morse survived).


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* ''Film/{{Slither}}'': The invasion is stopped by Bill, Kylie, and Starla. However, they are the only ones who have survived the invasion which will probably start all over again due to TheStinger.
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* ''Film/{{Predator}}'': Dutch and Anna escape and the Predator is killed, but Dutch's entire team has been killed as well. The forlorn look Dutch gives at the very end makes it perfectly clear this sacrifice is too much for him.
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* ''Film/T2Trainspotting'': Veronika, tired of Renton and Sick Boy's plotting against one another, steals the funding money with Spud's help and flees back to Bulgaria, rendering all of their efforts pointless. Sick Boy lost his "girlfriend" and is stuck in the same desperate spot he was before and Spud's son has written him off. On the positive side, Begbie's thrown back in jail, Renton has seemingly repaired his relationships with Sick Boy and his father, and Spud has managed to kick his addiction to heroin by writing about the events of his life, with his wife suggesting he make it in to [[{{Film/Trainspotting}} a book.
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* ''Film/HeavenCanWait1978'': Joe finally has the body he wants in Jarrett, who had just died in a freak accident on the field, but he no longer has memories of his old life, meaning that he can't remember Betty. Though the movie ends with a hopeful note that they'll fall in love again as they leave together.
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* ''Film/BloodyPitOfHorror'': Travis is killed and Edith and Rick escape but everyone else is dead.
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* ''Film/NineteenSeventeen'': Schofield ultimately succeeds his mission, calling off the attack in progress and saving hundreds of lives, and delivers Blake's personal effects to his brother Joseph. However, Schofield has seen further incredible horrors, including Blake's death, and thousands more will die before the war finally ends. Worse, there is the implication that this happens all the time, with a colonel wearily claiming that the war will be fought "last man standing."
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* ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'': Jack decides to ride off into the sunset rather than get the girl, brushing her off in their final scene rather brusquely. As he drives away, it's revealed that a monster has stowed away in his truck, making his future uncertain.
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* ''Film/TheFountain'': Izzy dies as does Tommy Creo. However, the story is about them coming to terms with death as an inevitable part of life and Tommy and Izzy both accept this as part of the natural cycle. In Tommy's case, he had been unnaturally extending his life.
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* ''Film/TuckerTheManAndHisDream'': Tucker is acquitted of all charges, but the lawsuits drained his personal fortune and his company goes into bankruptcy. The 51 Torpedoes he produced are the only ones that will ever exist.
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* ''Film/ThisIslandEarth'': Sure, the Earth is saved, but the [[EverybodysDeadDave entire Metalunan race is wiped out]] by the [[TheBadGuyWins Zagons]]. The Metalunans weren't really evil, just desperate. And the movie ends with [[LastOfHisKind Exeter]]'s ship crashing into the ocean in flames.
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* ''Film/FiveNightsAtFreddys'': Mike manages to save Abby from becoming William's victim, and, with Mike having resolved to move on from grieving his dead brother and parents in favor of focusing on Abby, the two come out of the film objectively better than their situation in the beginning. But the animatronics are left abandoned in the pizzeria, while Vanessa is gravely injured and may not survive. William also vows to come back while bleeding to death being trapped by the Spring Bonnie springlock suit, which is a bad omen for those who knew his fate from the games.

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* ''Film/FiveNightsAtFreddys'': ''Film/FiveNightsAtFreddys2023'': Mike manages to save Abby from becoming William's victim, and, with Mike having resolved to move on from grieving his dead brother and parents in favor of focusing on Abby, the two come out of the film objectively better than their situation in the beginning. But the animatronics are left abandoned in the pizzeria, while Vanessa is gravely injured and may not survive. William also vows to come back while bleeding to death being trapped by the Spring Bonnie springlock suit, which is a bad omen for those who knew his fate from the games.



* At the end of ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Furious 7]]'', Brian and Dom part ways.

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* At the end of ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Furious 7]]'', ''Film/Furious7'', Brian and Dom part ways.

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