Movies and TvShows featuring "unhappy-ending" theme.

Scarlet Heart (2011) is a story about a modern-day woman who travels back in time to the Qing Dynasty. She finds herself trapped in the body of a young girl and becomes entangled in a web of political ambition, manipulation, and forbidden love. As she navigates the dangerous waters of the royal court, she must choose between the crown prince and his charismatic brother, all while trying to find a way back home.

Hap and Leonard is a TV show set in 1980s Texas, where two best friends with contrasting personalities, Hap Collins and Leonard Pine, find themselves tackling various adventures as amateur investigators. They encounter a missing persons case and uncover police corruption, facing challenges such as a racist female sheriff and a tragic ending. With a blues bar as the backdrop, Hap and Leonard navigate a world of crime, racism, and friendship.

Dead at 21 is a television series broadcast by MTV in 1994. The series ran for eleven thirty-minute episodes with a two-part final episode. The series was created by Jon Sherman, and written by Sherman, P.K. Simonds and Manny Coto.

After witnessing a traumatic incident involving a patient, a psychiatrist becomes increasingly convinced she is being threatened by an uncanny entity. As she digs deeper into the mystery, she learns about a curse that possesses people before they kill themselves. With her sanity unraveling, she must find a way to break the curse before it consumes her completely.

In this TV mini-series, a famous comedian is accused of rape, leading to a high-profile trial. The story takes unexpected turns, exploring themes of media scrutiny, family relationships, and the consequences of accusation. With a surprising ending, the show delves into the complexities of mental illness and the impact it has on the accused and their loved ones.

Years ago, a young Christopher Robin met and befriended a group of anthropomorphic creatures in the Hundred Acre Wood. However, after Christopher left for college, the creatures went into starvation and developed a hatred for humanity. Five years later, Christopher and his wife Mary return to the desolate Hundred Acre Wood and are ambushed by Piglet. Pooh and Piglet drag Christopher into the woods, showing him the remains of Eeyore and burning Mary's corpse. Later, a group of university students rent a cabin in the Hundred Acre Wood, where they are hunted down by Pooh and Piglet. Maria and Jessica decide to rescue their friend Alice from the duo, but face intense violence. Christopher appears and crushes Pooh between two vehicles, but Pooh frees himself and kills Maria. A traumatised Christopher flees as Pooh repeatedly stabs Maria's corpse.

A mad scientist kidnaps three people and surgically connects them in a horrifying experiment, creating a human centipede.

Strange World is an American television program about military investigations into criminal abuses of science and technology. ABC commissioned 13 episodes, of which three aired in March 1999, before the network cancelled the program. The remaining ten episodes produced subsequently premiered on the Sci-Fi Channel in Spring 2002. The series was created by Howard Gordon and Tim Kring. In a webchat during the 2002 run on Sci Fi, Gordon stated that, since the producers felt ABC was not going to support the show, the producers had the opportunity to write a conclusion to the story.

In 'The Others', a group of misfit college students with psychic powers form an investigative team to explore paranormal phenomena. They encounter ghosts, demons, and other supernatural powers, leading to an unhappy ending where everybody dies. The show was cancelled with a cliffhanger ending, leaving fans wondering about the truth of the other side.

Whoops Apocalypse is a six-part 1982 British sitcom by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick, made by London Weekend Television for ITV. Marshall and Renwick later reworked the concept as a 1986 film of the same name from ITC Entertainment, with almost completely different characters and plot, although one or two of the original actors returned in different roles. The series has a big cult audience, and copies of videos are heavily sought after. The British budget label Channel 5 Video released a compilation cassette of all six episodes edited together into one 137-minute chunk in 1987. In 2010 Network DVD released both the complete, unedited series and the movie on a 2-DVD set entitled Whoops Apocalypse: The Complete Apocalypse.. John Otway also recorded a song called "Whoops Apocalypse", which was used as the theme song for the film. He occasionally performs it live.

When a family moves to a small town in Maine, they discover a pet cemetery hidden in the woods behind their house. After a tragedy strikes, the father decides to bury their dead cat in the cemetery, hoping to bring it back to life. However, the cat comes back changed, and soon the family is faced with the horrifying consequences of meddling with the supernatural.

Eden Lake is a horror thriller film set in England, where a couple's idyllic vacation takes a horrifying turn when they are targeted by a group of violent teenagers. The couple finds themselves trapped in a sadistic game of survival as they try to escape the ruthless gang and make it out of the remote lake alive.

Borgman is a mysterious drifter who infiltrates the luxurious lives of an upper-class family. His presence leads to a series of horrifying and disturbing events that unravel the seemingly perfect facade of the family. As Borgman's true intentions become clear, the family is faced with unimaginable terror and must confront their deepest fears.

A Danish family goes on vacation in Tuscany and befriends a Dutch couple. They accept an invitation to visit the Dutch couple's remote rural house in the Netherlands. However, their pleasant weekend turns dark as the hosts display passive-aggressive behavior, abusive treatment of their son, and manipulation of the guests. The situation escalates when the hosts cross boundaries and reveal their true intentions of murder and abduction. The Danish family must fight for their lives and escape the evil couple's clutches.

After inheriting a hotel in New Orleans, a woman discovers that it is built over one of the seven gateways to Hell. As supernatural events occur and the line between the living and the dead blurs, she must uncover the dark secrets of the hotel before it consumes her.

Detective Tadek investigates a murder case that bears similarities to a crime described in a novel written by a controversial artist. As he delves deeper into the investigation, he uncovers a web of sexual perversion, sadomasochism, and corruption within the city.

To Be Twenty (1978) follows the lives of two 20-year-old girls who are looking for excitement and independence in Rome. They become involved in a series of events including crime, prostitution, and terrorism. With a backdrop of pop music, hippies, and Italian culture, the movie explores themes of sexuality, violence, and societal rebellion.

When a police officer receives a letter about a missing girl on a remote island, he travels there to investigate. As he delves deeper into the secluded community, he uncovers a dark secret involving pagan rituals and a matriarchal society. The officer's life is threatened, and he must uncover the truth before it's too late.

A photographer moves with her husband to a seemingly perfect suburban town called Stepford, where the women are beautiful and submissive robots created by their husbands.