Favorite movie endings

[mix]

Mine is the end of La Dolce Vita, when Marcello looks across the water to see the image of his lost innocence. After the parties and debauchery, after the sea monster, he comes face to face with what he once was. And of course the girl does not understand or hear a word he says. Beautiful.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__B8xZVxT35o/SY4A2EzLagI/AAAAAAAABe0/H82AMLmW6Zo/s320/5+Febrero,+2009+002.jpg

And yours?

[EastTennesseeDem]

1. Let the Right One In

Sorry, gotta plug that one every time one of these threads comes up.

[HopeHoops]

2. Well it CERTAINLY isn't the one from "Sideways"

That ending sucked - and it wasn't really a comedy either - the DVD jacket was totally fucked on that one!

[jobycom]

33. It was a comedy in the classic sense that it wasn't a tragedy.

It wasn't "A Fish Called Wanda," though. :)

I liked the ending. It was one of the first ones I thought of when I read the OP.

[TZ]

3. Field of Dreams.

Playing catch with his dad...:)

[jobycom]

34. That's a great one. nt

[Bertha Venation]

4. Chazz Palmienteri sees "Quartet - Skokie Illinois" - drops his

coffee cup which, we see, says "Kobayashi" on the bottom as it breaks, and Kevin Spacey gets into the car with Pete Postlethwaite and they drive off, as Chazz runs out of the building and looks wildly around for Keyser Soze.

:thumbsup:

apologies for misspelled names

[Mad_Dem_X]

30. My favorite, hands down! n/t

[Bertha Venation]

51. What an awesome movie. n/t

[Lionel Mandrake]

60. Who would have thought that the weakest, most pathetic

character would turn out to be the criminal mastermind.

Great ending.

[DarkTirade]

64. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled...

... was convincing the world that he didn't exist.

[friedgreentomatoes]

71. We have a bulletin board in our building

right outside my boss's office, where I have to wait often, that is made in Skokie, IL.
Everytime i see it, I am reminded of the movie

:thumbsup:

[mix]

5. Planet of the Apes

[MrCoffee]

6. Drugstore Cowboy

When they're wheeling Bob out on the stretcher and he realizes he beat the hex.

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. Love Story. When the chick dies. FUCKING HILARIOUS!

It's such an overdone movie, that the death is total comic relief.

GOOD! DIE YOU FUCKING IDIOT!! BWUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!


Being overwroughtly dead means never having to say I'm sorry it happened.

[orleans]

72. lol. n/t (you should be a film critic!)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

8. "8 1/2" also had a great ending.

The movie has subtitles, obviously, but in this case, the images speak for themselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBzyXgBBizE&feature=PlayList&p=807E92F49C0C3E6E&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1

[mix]

29. ahhh

Anouk Aimée, gorgeous and she's still here.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

38. That was Guido's wife?

Wow, they really de-beautified her in the movie.

[mix]

41. Yes, Ms. Aimée was Luisa

Hard, distant, jealous


It's corny and cliched, but man what a master Fellini was! La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2, La Strada, Nights of Cabiria...

[BeachBaby]

9. Hands down, the first installment of the "Saw" series.

At the end, the entire theater crowd - including myself - gasped, and said "No way!"

:thumbsup:

[backtoblue]

11. Agreed

That was freakin twisted and no one could see it coming!

[DarkTirade]

65. I did.

I was joking when I suggested who the killer was, but I turned out to be right. :P

[mix]

25. i need to see those n/t

[orleans]

73. ok--so how did it end? n/t

[backtoblue]

10. It's a wonderful life

[kimmerspixelated]

28. True, hard to beat!

[Archae]

12. Jaws.

KABLOOEY! Instant shark sushi!

[TheCentepedeShoes]

46. And after that

the sheriff and the shark guy get on the flotation thingys to swim to shore. If you have it on tape you can make them go really fast

[leeroysphitz]

13. Leaving Las Vegas.

[mcctatas]

14. Armageddon....

Bruce Willis gets blown up

[mitchum]

15. The ending of "Aguirre; The Wrath of God"..the mighty Kinski presents the terrible beauty of madness

[Starbucks Anarchist]

16. It's an amazing shot, too.

Particularly considering how low-budget the whole movie was.

[mix]

18. +1

[RagAss]

27. The scene with the monkeys?....Classic Kinski !

Werner Herzog, right?

[hellbound-liberal]

17. "Get busy living..or get busy dying!" The Shawshank Redemption

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvK3Da9n6cw

[Arugula Latte]

23. Yep -- Shawshank ending is my favorite.

When they meet on the beach as the camera pulls away ... :cry:

[MadBadger]

19. The End of The Usual Suspects

So classic.

[Lionel Mandrake]

61. See post number 4. n/t

[Shell Beau]

96. Loved it!

Kevin Spacey is one of the best actors ever, IMO!

[mix]

20. Final Scene - La Dolce Vita - Youtube clip

here it is!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_yA53yXrgY

[Danger Mouse]

21. "Once Upon a Time in the West," "Se7en," and "Brazil"

Brazil especially. What a punch in the gut that ending is.

[BulletproofLandshark]

22. "The Prestige"

And also "The Man From Earth" (a movie I highly recommend)

[Richardo]

70. I loved The Prestige

...and that was a chilling ending.

[kedrys]

76. I started watching it well after midnight

It was 3:30 when it ended, and I was so freaked out, I couldn't go to sleep at all. I was useless at work pretty much all day that day. :scared:

I haven't seen it since, although I bought it. It'll be a while.

[Richardo]

77. I watched it again as soon as it ended...

...I always have to watch Chris Nolan 2-3 times to see if I'm catching everything.

[HopeHoops]

24. Being There

When Chauncey Gardener walks out over the water.

[RagAss]

26. The Road Warrior.......

"And the Road Warrior?
That was the last we ever saw of him.
He lives now only in my memories."

[mix]

31. What happened to Mel? n/t

[jobycom]

32. One of them would be "The Princess Bride," when the grandson asks

if his grandfather can read the book to him again tomorrow, and Peter Faulk answers "As you wish."

Doesn't hurt that Peter Falk reminds me of my father.

[Mad_Dem_X]

92. Yes, that was a really sweet ending. :)

[MrSlayer]

35. Reservoir Dogs

Always a good ending when everyone dies.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

36. Sandra Oh at the end of "Double Happiness."

Yeah, she was great in "Sideways," but THIS movies is ten kinds of heartbreaking...



:toast:

[LanternWaste]

37. Watership Down

Black Rabbit: Hazel... Hazel... you know me, don't you?
Hazel: I don't know.

Hazel: Yes, my lord. I know you.
Black Rabbit: I've come to ask if you'd like to join my Owsla. We shall be glad to have you, and I know you'd like it. You've been feeling tired, haven't you? If you're ready, we might go along now.

Black Rabbit: You needn't worry about them. They'll be all right, and thousands like them. If you come along now, I'll show you what I mean...





I'm the first to admit that I'm a sap, I like sap, and movies with sap make me sappy!

[Mad_Dem_X]

93. Never saw the movie, but

I cried like a baby during that part in the book. Especially when it says, "It seemed to Hazel that he would not be needing his body any more, so he left it lying on the edge of the ditch..." :cry:

When my first pet rabbit died, I wrote a poem that began with one of my favorite quotes from WD: "My friend stopped running today."

[LanternWaste]

101. The book ending is quite a bit more moving...

The book ending is quite a bit more moving. But I imagine most books are more moving that their film counterparts.

Sigh. I do love that book, but should you ever get the opportunity to watch the film, please do so-- the animation is wonderful, and although the voice-over acting leaves room for improvement, as a whole the film stays very, very true to the emotional level of the book itself.

And I promise, even though they took a few creative liberties with the final scenes about Hazel-Ra, you'll still cry as the emotional impact is the same, and his last minutes are still quite poignant and touching.

[CreekDog]

39. Erin Brockovich, where her boss tells her that her bonus was not the amount they discussed

:rofl:

and

Hoosiers where the fans crowd and fill the floor and the image morphs from the crowd waving its arms into a field of wheat (or is it corn) moving in the wind.

[Pool Hall Ace]

40. Thelma and Louise..............n/t

[mix]

52. +1

a classic, references to that ending pop up everywhere

[UndertheOcean]

42. The unbearable lightness of being

"Thomas, what are you thinking" ...." I am thinking how happy I am"

[Tikki]

43. "Close Encounter of the Third Kind"....

Tikki

[mix]

44. i loved that as a kid, i remember how overwhelming those images were n/t

[Taverner]

45. Barton Fink

You should be in pictures

[SallyMander]

47. Shawshank Redemption

:cry:

[backtoblue]

104. +1

Onc of Stephen King's best endings I must say...

[Midlodemocrat]

48. Air Force One.

When they change the call signals from Liberty 24 to Air Force One.

Awesome. And, of course, Harrison Ford is just gratuitous eye candy.

[charlie and algernon]

49. Enough is enough! I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!

[styersc]

50. "The Sixth Sense " made me say, "Just Damn".

But of course everyone knows, "Soylent Green is People!!!!"

[Lionel Mandrake]

62. Sixth Sense ending came as a big surprise,

but it explained everything. Clever as hell.

[JTG of the PRB]

53. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

The funeral scene reduces me to tears every single time, and then Leonard Nimoy doing the voice over of the mission statement as the first sunrise falls upon the newly formed Genesis planet... Oooooh, excellent ending. Gives me chills.

[DarkTirade]

67. Thanks to that movie, I can't hear the bagpipes playing 'Amazing Grace' without getting a little bit

misty-eyed.

[JTG of the PRB]

89. Same here. My mom wants that song played at her funeral, on bagpipes no less.

Gods, when that day comes (hopefully many years from now) I'll be a mess.

[Zomby Woof]

54. The Godfather

The look on Kay's face when one of Michael's henchmen closes the door on her... perfect.

[Kat45]

55. "The Usual Suspects" -- blew me away!

Another one was "No Way Out" with Kevin Costner. I got a double shock from that ending.

[elshiva]

56. Some Like It Hot

"Nobody's perfect!" :rofl:

[DarkTirade]

68. 2nded!

That was hilarious. :)

[Forkboy]

57. The Usual Suspects, Pan's Labyrinth, Godzilla vs Destroyah.

:)

[MissMillie]

58. Amazing Grace and Chuck

"Hello Amazing"

[hibbing]

59. Lost in Translation

Hi,
This is what came into my mind first. I am not sure if it was actually the very last scene, but I am thinking it was. Where he whispers into her ear and you can't hear what he is saying. I liked the open-end like that.

Interesting thread, thanks!

Peace

[lizziegrace]

90. I agree, but I've always wondered

what he said to her...

:)

[Pacifist Patriot]

103. This thread is great. I just put a hold on this movie at the library because of your post.

[Dinger]

63. Shawshank Redemption

Friggin' awesome!

[SeaLyons]

86. +1...

it was absolutely awesome....love that movie.

[Lionel Mandrake]

66. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 remake)

A shipload of pods is sailing off to another port.

Final score: Pods 1, Humans 0.

The original (1956) movie was a classic, except for the tacked-on happy ending.

Kevin McCarthy starred in the original movie and had a small part in the remake.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

69. The father's reaction in Billy Elliot. (n/t)

[MilesColtrane]

74. This one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es3gBldyR4k

[progressoid]

80. Yeah, that was good.

parts of that movie were frustrating to me but the ending sequence was very good.

[MilesColtrane]

75. City Lights

This is also greatness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpghUlfUzmQ

[JANdad]

78. Gladiator...

After disposing of Comidas...he gets to go "Home" to his family...and then his friend saying he will see him again...but not today!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAV5uKO4WxI

[Kingofalldems]

79. Pee Wee's Big Adventure

Pee Wee gets his bike back.

[mix]

98. ahh

a more innocent time...

[peacefreak]

81. Love Actually

they're all meeting loved ones at the airport & you can see how many of the people were interconnected. Then they pan out to real meeting of loved ones...

[lizziegrace]

91. That's my favorite too

:)

[Graybeard]

82. 2001 - A Space Odyssey

Kubrick had a lot of really great endings:

Dr. Strangelove

A Clockwork Orange

Lolita

Paths Of Glory

[timtom]

83. Zatoichi 2001!!

[dancing kali]

95. One of the best endings... ever

I did not see that coming, despite all the little hints throughout the movie. I loved it.

[PRETZEL]

84. I've always like the final courtroom scene

and Matthew McCounghenny in "A Time to Kill".

[Mad_Dem_X]

94. I'd forgotten about that one. Excellent scene!

[Shell Beau]

97. I love that movie.

And NOT just because it was the movie where Matthew and I fell in love. Ok, call me a stalker. :P

[RFKHumphreyObama]

85. A few

Dead Poet's Society -Where all the students stood on their desks as Mr. Keating left the room for the final time
Ghost: When Sam says goodbye to Molly and Oda Mae and goes into Heaven
Cool Runnings: The final scenes with the Jamaican bobsled team being cheered as they carry their sled to the finishing line
The ending to the Sixth Sense
The ending to Amazing Grace
The final scenes of Fahrenheit 9/11. Michael Moore's commentary at the end was very powerful and spot on and that Dumbya quote was just priceless

I'm sure there are others but those are the ones that come to mind immediately

[HERVEPA]

87. The Graduate

Ben (Dustin Hoffman) hollering "Elaine"
Elaine (Katherine Ross) finally hollering back "Ben".
Her mother (anne Bancroft) saying "It's too late"
Elaine: "Not for me"
Mother, father, and groom all mouthing "Son of a Bitch"
Ben blocking the door from opening with the cross, and Elaine and Ben sitting in the bus at the very end, people on the bus looking dumbfounded, Elaine and Ben looking happy, then enigmatic.

[mix]

88. brilliant, i love that ending too! n/t

[WinkyDink]

99. "Some Like it Hot" and "Witness for the Prosecution." And "Hoosiers." Always "Hoosiers."

[piratefish08]

100. Donnie Darko - one of those movies that spins your brain in circles - a beautiful

movie with a great soundtrack and a twist ending.....

What more can you ask for?

[Paladin]

102. "Lone Star"

Perfect ending line, if you know that "Remember The Alamo!" has been a Texas rallying cry since 1836 or so. Great flick.....