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What are some of your favorite movie endings of all time

posted 3 years ago by M1sterDoct0r (4423)
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I LOVE dark endings. Not trying to be edgy or anything. I love Happy endings as much as the next guy, Wink wink, from Shawshank Redemption to The Truman Show & Terminator Judgement Day

But its just that the bleak ones stay with me forever. They have the kinda impact on me that the happy ones don't. So without further ado, here are just some of my absolute favorites

1. Seven
2. The Usual Suspects
3. The Godfather part 1 & 2
4. Planet of the Apes 1968
5. The Dark Knight
6. Chinatown
7. The Mist
8. Infinity War
9. Memento
10. Primal Fear

[–] tcrum (31533) 3 years ago

Jeepers Creepers 2001
Triangle 2009
Neverending Story 1984
Tale of Two Sisters 2003
Orca 1977
Valentine 2001
The House of Yes 1997
UnFriended 2014

[–] M1sterDoct0r (4423) 3 years ago

OMG, someone actually mentioned Jeepers Creepers. I absolutely loved that film. Scared the heck outta me growing up.

Freaking love the ending as well.

[–] tcrum (31533) 3 years ago

The end of Triangle is pretty creepy too. Tale of Two Sisters, Orca, and UnFriended are just so sad.

[–] M1sterDoct0r (4423) 3 years ago

Triangle is hella good. Sorry, haven't seen the other ones.

Also, just got carried away with Jeepers cause I love the film but I barely hear people mention it.

[–] MonStar (12922) 3 years ago

There are many excellent examples posted, but no one has mentioned Carrie (1976) for its ending at the cemetery.

[–] yatzo376 (7717) 3 years ago

Body Heat (1981)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Night of the Living Dead(1968)
Rosemarys Baby (1967)

[–] MonsieurH (14) 3 years ago

1. The long goodbye
2. The incredible shrinking man
3. The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
4. Burn after reading
5. Scary movie (1991)
6. Battling Butler

[–] Redsfan001 (6147) 3 years ago

Some incredible endings listed on these pages.

The two I can add are some more obscure Eastwood films.

1. The Beguiled (1972)
2. White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)

White Hunter, Black Heart (a story about John Huston in Africa filming the African Queen) has a interesting dialogue about movie endings and how they should go.

[–] Wint3rFir3 (7171) 3 years ago

I don't know if all these count, but:
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Phenomenon (1996)
Patch Adams (1998)
Pay It Forward (2000)
Love Me If You Dare (2003)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
District 9 (2009)
The Vast of Night (2019)