Not all films end with the hero riding off into the sunset, or the princess finding her prince and the two living happily ever after, or any number of stereotypical happy endings in which the moviegoers’ innate, intrinsically human (yet utterly unrealistic) expectation of “everything will be okay in the end” comes true. No, some movies end on a total bummer.

One common theme for movies that subvert the happy ending trope involve the main character dying before the curtain falls. They’ve achieved some goal, yet sacrificed themselves in the process. Other movies even see the bad guy winning, killing off some of the main characters in the process – this often happens in a series, in which the remaining good guys are poised for a major comeback in the sequel. But some movies take it even further; some movies have all the main characters dying in the end.

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8 300

Gerard Butler as King Leonidas in Zack Snyder's 300
Warner Bros. Pictures

Zack Snyder’s visually-stunning, extravagantly-violent 2006 film 300, loosely based on historical events, features a legion of ridiculously-jacked Spartan warriors, led by Gerard Butler’s King Leonidas, as they take on the imposing Persian Empire. The Spartans are wildly outnumbered. They spend the majority of the film’s two-hour runtime putting up a solid fight against the Persians, as they take on countless foes, war-ready elephants, and more. However, by the end, the Spartans simply can’t match the Persian army’s numbers. Leonidas and his remaining fighters end their efforts as a tidal wave of arrows cascade upon them, killing the entire company.

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7 The Departed

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Warner Bros. Pictures

None of the main characters come out on top in Martin Scorsese’s 2006 award-winning gangster drama, The Departed. The film follows an undercover cop (Leonardo DiCaprio) and a dirty cop (Matt Damon) as they intertwine with the underworld schemes of a Boston crime boss, played by Jack Nicholson. In the film’s final act, viewers are led to believe that one side – either the good guys, or the bad – may topple the other. But no, all the main characters meet a bloody death. Even Matt Damon’s corrupt cop character, who appears to make it out unscathed, ultimately dies. In one final twist, Damon meets his maker in the form of covert citizen justice from a minor cast member, played by Mark Wahlberg.

6 Thelma & Louise

Thelma and Louise
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The climax scene from 1991’s Thelma & Louise is one of the most iconic endings in all of cinema. Thelma (Geena Davis) and Louise (Susan Sarandon) are best friends who are sick of their dreary, conventional lives. And so, they set out on a crime-fueled road trip filled with murder, romance, and robbery. But as the saying goes, “all good things must come to an end.” Ultimately, the authorities catch up to the two anti-heroines, and a car chase ensues in the New Mexico desert. Thelma and Louise, trailed by a brigade of cop cars, weigh their options. But, instead of turning themselves in, they dramatically drive off the cliff and into the Grand Canyon. Presumably, they both die in the process.

5 The Hateful Eight

Samuel L. Jackson and Walton Goggins shoot guns back to back in The Hateful Eight
The Weinstein Company

What happens when a bounty hunter, a criminal, and a whole host of other bad dudes get cooped up in a small haberdashery during a brutal winter storm? They all end up killing each other. That’s pretty much the plot of Quentin Tarantino’s 2015 pseudo western flick, The Hateful Eight. There are moments of quiet and dialogue, interspersed with some action throughout the body of the film; but slowly, the tension builds. And it all leads up to the bloody, everyone-dies finale.

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4 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

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20th Century Fox

An enduring classic, 1969’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid follows two diametrically different, yet complimentary in their contradictory character traits, cowboy outlaws portrayed by silverscreen legends, Paul Newman and Robert Redford. The duo pulls off a number of bank robberies, always staying one step ahead of the authorities – thanks to Butch’s intelligence, and Sundance’s sharpshooting. But when things get a little too hot, they decide to flee to Bolivia. In the end, their luck runs out and they find themselves up against the entire Bolivian army. In the infamous climax, Butch and Sundance charge the army, guns ablaze, as they meet their doom.

3 The Cabin in the Woods

Cabin in the Woods cast
Lionsgate

The Cabin in the Woods is a lot of things. It’s a meta-horror, horror-comedy, horror-satire, and a commentary on the horror genre as a whole. It starts like countless other films of the same variety – a group of young, attractive coeds embark on a weekend romp to a desolate, creepy cabin. But during their stay, they’re plagued by a host of stereotypical scary movie monsters, including zombies, masked men with machetes, werewolves, and even a creature from the deep. One by one, the cast is killed off. In the end, even “the fool” – the stoner friend who often somehow survives these types of stories – gets swallowed up by a giant, cosmically omnipotent hand.

2 Reservoir Dogs

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Miramax Films

In Quentin Tarantino’s breakout directorial debut, Reservoir Dogs (1992), a group of gangsters team up for a jewel heist. But like any Tarantino film, things don’t go exactly according to plan, and not all the characters are who they say they are. Throughout the film, members of the crew are taken out in various, classically Tarantino (read: very violent) manners – including a “Mexican standoff” in which three members of the gang point their guns at one another, fire, and not everyone survives. By the end, Mr. Pink (played by Steve Buscemi) is the only one alive. And it seems like he’s going to get away with the diamonds, but he’s swiftly apprehended by the cops. Meanwhile, all the other members of the crew met their demise somewhere along the way.

1 The Perfect Storm

Mark Wahlberg and George Clooney in The Perfect Storm
Warner Bros.

As the old saying goes, “the captain goes down with the ship.” There’s nothing metaphorical about that, especially when it comes to 2001’s The Perfect Storm. When a commercial swordfishing boat – captained by George Clooney, and crewed by Mark Wahlberg, John C. Reilly, and others – heads out to sea after a long dry spell, they encounter a series of historic storms. Of course, chaos ensues. The film follows the captain and his crew as they attempt to navigate their way through the madness safely, but in the end, they all succumb to mother nature.