Best movie endings

You do have an appreciation of endings that are not neat and tidy, don't you?

Empire was the only one of the original trilogy that did not have a tidy ending, which is one of many reasons it was the best of the three.

 

White Heat

"Made it, Ma. Top of the world!"

 

Agreed. Or should I say, AGreedo.

 

Boooooooo

(Han shot first, dammit!)

 

When I first read the thread title the first movie that came to my head was "Usual Suspects." Agree on mostly everything, especially "Shawshank" and "Seven."

Some others not yet mentioned:
"Layercake"
"Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"
"The Departed"
"Unforgiven" (while the closing scene is not Clint cleaning house at the saloon, it's close enough)
"Pulp Fiction"

I'm sure there are more that I will think of later.

 

Citizen Kane

 

This one doesn't belong with most of those already mentioned.
"Independence Day." I figured the earthlings were going to win the day, but Quade's komikaze run was kinda surprising.

 

"The Vanishing". YES.

 

"Carrie." Jumped out of my seat.

"Field of Dreams," "Apollo 13" , "IAWL" and "Shawshank" are great feel-good endings.

OTOH, the end of "Return to Perdition" was a stunner.

 

I love you. (And I agree 100 percent)


A few others yet to be mentioned:

American Psycho (Love how the director makes you question the entirety of the film to that point)
Fargo (Those Coen Brothers know how to end a movie, man)
Dan In Real Life (if you turn it off before the scenes during the credits, that is)

 

"Ill make it." Hoosiers - Jimmy Chitwood's Final Shot

Rudy - Final Scene

 

Some not Mentioned,
Murder on the Orient Express - I didn't see it coming, but I was only 13 when I saw it the first time.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - the great line "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend"
and the final line of the movie, "Nothing's too good for the man who Liberty Valance"

And Forrest Gump "Is he smart, or is he like me" Gump shows more self awareness than you imagine.