Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "downbeat-ending"

51. Superior Girl: Series Finale (2011)

8 min | Short, Adventure

Criminals who have been repeatedly vanquished by Superior Girl learn of a substance that can negate her powers and plan to eliminate her.

Director: David Lussier | Stars: Stéphanie Aubry, Andre Bedard, Janie Blouin, Madalina Weiss

Votes: 9

52. Realms of the Haunting (1997 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

To uncover the secrets of his dead father's haunted mansion in order to find portals to other dimension like hell and heaven and stop a demon from taking over the world, Adam Randall has to solve puzzles and kill monsters. Or does he?

Director: Alan Coltman | Stars: David Tuomi, Emma Powell, David Learner, Marc Finn

Votes: 91

53. Insulin (2015)

11 min | Short, Thriller

Holed up in a run down pharmacy, a man helps his diabetic wife to survive on dwindling supplies of insulin, trading medicine for food from the outside world. When a stranger comes looking ... See full summary »

Directors: Andy Tohill, Ryan Tohill | Stars: Barry Ward, Tara Lynne O'Neill, Ciaran Flynn, Sophie Harkness

Votes: 33

54. This Is the Police II (2018 Video Game)

M | Crime, Drama

Grim adventure/strategy game about Jack Boyd, a disgraced ex police chief who teams up with the new idealistic female sheriff of a small snowy town where he's hiding to fix everything - only to end up on an even darker path than before.

Director: Ilya Yanovich | Stars: Jon St. John, Sarah Hamilton, Michele Benzin, Peter Palmisano

Votes: 51

55. Alcoholic (2013)

33 min | Short, Drama

Alina was abandoned by her mother, so now she lives with her aunt, Alina thinks she is spiteful and doesn't love her. The only one who loves Alina is her doll. Accidentally girl found an ... See full summary »

Director: Yuliia Hontaruk | Stars: Klimenko Alina, Luschyk Andriy, Edhzibia Davyd, Izbash Igor

Votes: 34

56. Darkroom (1981–1982)
Episode: Closed Circuit (1981)

60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Aging TV newsman Greg Conway discovers that he is being replaced by a computer-generated simulation that perfectly replicates his appearance and behavior.

Director: Rick Rosenthal | Stars: James Coburn, Robert Webber, Mary Frann, John Randolph

Votes: 48

57. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: Survival of the Fittest (1988)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

At his home, an Englishman plays a deadly game of wits with a survivalist.

Director: Allan King | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Patrick Macnee, Nigel Bennett, Robert McKenna

Votes: 88

58. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: The Gloating Place (1986)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Horrifying fate awaits an unpopular, gawky teen girl who feigns an assault in order to appear on the news with her favorite showy crime reporter.

Director: Christopher Leitch | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Stephen Macht, Isabelle Walker, Cindy Pickett

Votes: 112

59. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: The Human Interest Story (1985)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A man claiming to be from another solar system warns of an imminent alien invasion via television. A female journalist tracks him down and agrees to go with him on a car ride to see the proof that he's telling the truth.

Director: Larry Gross | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, John Shea, Barbara Williams, James T. Callahan

Votes: 114

60. Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1967)
Episode: Escape into Jeopardy (1965)

60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

In a battle between the Nazis and U.S. Intelligence for a set of counterfeit plates, the U.S. must elicit the help from a convict (James Franciscus). He's the only one who knows where the plates are hidden.

Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: James Franciscus, Jocelyn Lane, Leif Erickson, Werner Klemperer

61. Darkroom (1981–1982)
Episode: The Bogeyman Will Get You (1981)

Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A horror movie loving teenager convinces her sister that an old acquaintance is really a vampire.

Director: John McPherson | Stars: James Coburn, Helen Hunt, Randy Powell, Quinn Cummings

Votes: 59

62. Fallen Angels (1993–1996)
Episode: Tomorrow I Die (1995)

30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In this grim tale, a secretive man who may or may not be a famous Hollywood actor visits a small town bar. Mistaking him for the town's mayor, a ruthless gang of bank robbers takes him hostage along with the sheriff and his family.

Director: John Dahl | Stars: Bill Pullman, Dan Hedaya, Heather Graham, Kim Coates

Votes: 70

63. The Hitchhiker (1983–1991)
Episode: New Blood (1991)

TV-MA | 24 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

An aspiring actress is prepared to sell her soul just to be accepted into a popular unique theater troupe. However, that might actually be the actual price to be paid in this case.

Director: Joël Farges | Stars: Rae Dawn Chong, Didier Sauvegrain, Joanna Pavlis, Page Fletcher

Votes: 33

64. Millennium (1996–1999)
Episode: Jose Chung's 'Doomsday Defense' (1997)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

In this funny satire with a grim twist, quirky novelist Jose Chung, first seen in The X-Files: Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space' (1996), authors a short story critical of a millennial self-help movement similar to Scientology and becomes the target of one of its followers.

Director: Darin Morgan | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher, Terry O'Quinn, Stephen J. Lang

Votes: 496

65. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: Micro Minds (1990)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

An astronomy student believes she has contacted an alien lifeform that is frighteningly close to earth.

Director: Anthony Santa Croce | Stars: Troy Donahue, Belle Avery, David Parmenter

Votes: 90

66. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: Stressed Environment (1990)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A female scientist who spent 12 years raising rats in a stressed environment in the hopes of evolving their intelligence faces the terrifying results of her experiment.

Director: Jeffrey Wolf | Stars: Carol Lynley, Victor Raider-Wexler, Scott Weir, Kathleen McCall

Votes: 102

67. Night Visions (2001–2002)
Episode: Rest Stop/After Life (2001)

TV-14 | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Four college students find themselves in a trap after picking up a hitchhiker and stopping at a rest stop. / When a deceased family man comes back to life at his funeral, he becomes obsessed with death and puts his daughter in danger.

Directors: Yves Simoneau, Jefery Levy | Stars: Catherine Barroll, Meghan Black, Craig Dawson, Emmalee Fiddy

Votes: 124

68. The Others (2000)
Episode: Life Is for the Living (2000)

TV-14 | Drama, Horror, Mystery

The Ones That Lie in Wait return to claim the group by turning them against one another. Due to the series' cancellation, the show chronologically ends with this cliffhanger episode. The last episode 'Mora' takes place before this one.

Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Julianne Nicholson, Gabriel Macht, Missy Crider, Bill Cobbs

Votes: 25

69. The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode: Alien Radio (1999)

TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A skeptical radio show host, who loves to shoot down his listener, reports of alien encounters and one of his listeners, who claims to be possessed by an alien, set himself on fire in front of him.

Director: Neill Fearnley | Stars: Joe Pantoliano, Leslie Hope, Malcolm Stewart, Alex Diakun

Votes: 236

70. The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode: Blank Slate (1999)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Hope Wilson knows there's something different about the man who stumbles into the homeless shelter that she works at. The well-manicured man is being chased by somebody and is apparently carrying all of his memories in a box.

Director: Lou Diamond Phillips | Stars: Dale Midkiff, Robbi Chong, Larry Musser, Brian Jensen

Votes: 200

71. The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode: Final Appeal (2000)

TV-PG | 88 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In a world that has banned technology, Dr. Theresa Givens is on trial for using her time machine.

Director: Jim Kaufman | Stars: Amanda Plummer, Cicely Tyson, Swoosie Kurtz, Kelly McGillis

Votes: 281

72. The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode: Mind Over Matter (1996)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A doctor uses a virtual reality A.I. device that gives him direct access inside the human mind to enter the mind of a colleague he deeply cares about and help her after she's hit by a car and slips into a coma. Things go horribly wrong.

Director: Brad Turner | Stars: Debrah Farentino, Scott Hylands, Noah Heney, Natsuko Ohama

Votes: 399

73. The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode: The Voice of Reason (1995)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Randall Strong tries desperately to convince a skeptical high level committee that various alien forces are trying to take over the human race. In desperation, he becomes unhinged.

Director: Neill Fearnley | Stars: Gordon Clapp, Lochlyn Munro, Don S. Davis, Daniel J. Travanti

Votes: 370

74. Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode: System Down (1994)

Crime, Drama, Family

The trial against an African-American drug dealer is set in Rome because the town has Littleton as their district attorney. Sheriff Brock is chosen to serve on the jury.

Director: Alan Myerson | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly

Votes: 60

75. The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992)
Episode: Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar! (1989)

TV-14 | 23 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

An insecure man begins to suspect that the mushrooms his son ordered from a boy's magazine and is growing in the basement may be alien invaders.

Director: David Brandes | Stars: Charles Martin Smith, Marc Reid, Patricia Phillips, Judy Mahbey

Votes: 130

76. The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992)
Episode: Let's Play Poison (1992)

TV-14 | 23 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

After witnessing a student's accidental death because of bullying, a teacher vows to put children in their place but they plan to do the same to him.

Director: Bruce Pittman | Stars: Richard Benjamin, Shane Meier, Adam Derges, Warren Graves

Votes: 100

77. The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992)
Episode: Mars Is Heaven (1990)

TV-14 | 23 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

The first Earth visitors to Mars discover a replica of small town America, just as they remembered it from their childhoods.

Director: John Laing | Stars: Hal Linden, Paul Gross, Helen Moulder, Patrick Smyth

Votes: 181

78. The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992)
Episode: The Crowd (1985)

TV-14 | 27 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A car crash survivor discovers that the same sinister, mysterious crowd of onlookers somehow always shows up minutes after any potentially fatal car accident at the site of the crash.

Director: Ralph L. Thomas | Stars: Ray Bradbury, Nick Mancuso, R.H. Thomson, David Hughes

Votes: 317

79. The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992)
Episode: The Playground (1985)

TV-14 | 28 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A caring father, deeply traumatized by the constant bullying he suffered as a child at the local playground, is forced by his sister to face his demons and take his little boy to the same playground. However, the demons return as well.

Director: William Fruet | Stars: Ray Bradbury, William Shatner, Keith Dutson, Kate Trotter

Votes: 326

80. Strange World (1999–2002)
Episode: Age of Reason (2000)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Turner investigates the sudden appearance of a boy genius kidnapped six years ago, whose DNA is somehow more evolved than human DNA. Turner's illness returns and his time is up. Sidney gets betrayed by her informer.

Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Tim Guinee, Sandra Quarterman, Vivian Wu, Kristin Lehman

Votes: 10

81. Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode: Mournin' Mess (1991)

Not Rated | 27 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

A journalist tries to solve the case of a mysterious serial killer who's been killing homeless people all across the city. What he doesn't realize is how deep the conspiracy behind the murders goes.

Director: Manny Coto | Stars: Steven Weber, Rita Wilson, Ally Walker, Vincent Schiavelli

Votes: 905

82. Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode: Till Death Do We Part (1993)

Not Rated | 26 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

A young gigolo and husband of a female mobster begins an affair with a night club waitress and the two plots to overthrow the gangster.

Director: W. Peter Iliff | Stars: Kate Vernon, John Stamos, Robert Picardo, Frank Stallone

Votes: 630

83. Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode: Inside the Closet (1984)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

What is scurrying around inside the closet of the upstairs room that grad student Gail Aynsley rents from veterinary school dean Dr. Fenner? Gail doesn't know, but she is determined to find out and Dr Fenner isn't telling.

Director: Tom Savini | Stars: Fritz Weaver, Roberta Weiss, Paul Sparer, Patrick Macnee

Votes: 679

84. Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode: Miss May Dusa (1987)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Jimmy James is playing his saxophone in the New York City subway when he meets an enigmatic woman named May Dusa, who claims to suffer amnesia and to have caused several accidental deaths.

Director: Richard Blackburn | Stars: Sofia Landon Geier, Gary Majchrazak, Yolanda Childress, Steve Tracy

Votes: 249

85. Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode: The Cutty Black Sow (1988)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Young Jamie receives, and takes seriously, a deathbed warning from his great-grandmother to guard against the legendary Cutty Black Sow.

Director: Richard Glass | Stars: Huckleberry Fox, Paula Trueman, Mary Griffin, Timothy Landfield

Votes: 288

86. Tales of the Unexpected (1977)
Episode: No Way Out (1977)

60 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Ex-Navy officer John Kelty unwittingly pilots his boat through a time warp in the Bermuda Triangle. He travels forward 25 years and finds that Fate has sent him to save his son from the same mistake that ruined his own life.

Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Bill Bixby, Robert Pine, Robert Hogan, Sheila Larken

Votes: 42

87. Robin Hood (1984–1986)
Episode: The Time of the Wolf: Part 2 (1986)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

The purpose of Gulnar and his Sons of Fenris is revealed: to bring about the prophesied "Time of the Wolf," an age of famine and destruction in which the followers of Fenris Wolf will reign... See full summary »

Director: Sid Roberson | Stars: James Coombes, Jason Connery, Robert Addie, Mark Ryan

Votes: 104

88. Inside No. 9 (2014– )
Episode: A Quiet Night In (2014)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A couple of silent bungling burglars try to steal a painting from a luxury home at the same time as the owner and his "missus" are having a serious fight.

Director: David Kerr | Stars: Denis Lawson, Joyce Veheary, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith

Votes: 3,439

89. Inside No. 9 (2014– )
Episode: The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge (2015)

TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In the 17th century, two witch-finders are summoned to the unassuming village of Little Happens to try an old woman.

Director: Dan Zeff | Stars: Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, David Warner, Sinead Matthews

Votes: 1,897