What is your favorite last scene of a film or TV Show?

[IrishEyes]

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My favorite is the last scene in The Apartment.

Bud: [playing cards] I love you, Miss Kubelik...Did you hear what I said, Miss Kubelik? I absolutely adore you.

Fran: [smiling] Shut up and deal!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I love the closing scene in "The Shawshank Redemption."

Red gets off the bus and sees our hero in the distance, sanding a boat. He walks out to greet him and after he drops his bag, they hug.

It doesn't sound like much, but after all the trials and tribulations of the story, it was very satisfying.

[TexasBushwhacker]

57. I LOVE that movie

I'm so glad it found a second life on video. It didn't do well at the box office. Most think it's because of its title. It just doesn't tell you anything about the movie.

[LonePirate]

2. Heat (1995, Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino)

[edbermac]

3. "Well, nobody's perfect"

[Stuart G]

30. ...............?????????????????.....forgot that one......Some Like it Hot...

[Hoyt]

4. I have two, same actor. Not really "favorite," but more most impactful.

And why the heck it's this actor, I have no idea.

1. Robert Blake playing Perry Smith in "In Cold Blood." Scene where he's about to be executed and it looks like he's crying in the reflection in rain covered window.

2. Robert Blake playing a police officer shot on his motorcycle in the last scene and it goes on for minutes as he tumbles down highway -- Electra Glide in Blue.

Today, I wouldn't watch anything with Blake after he shot his girlfriend.

[CurtEastPoint]

5. Not a movie, but the closing of the series Six Feet Under. Just stunning.

[Initech]

8. Breaking Bad's ending was amazing.

And so was the end of the episode leading up to it:

[yellowdogintexas]

16. Bets Ending Ever.

Second best: the ending to the second Bob Newhart show, where he wakes up in bed with his wife from the first show and tells her about the dream he had about a bed and breakfast in Vermont.

[bigwillq]

29. Such a great song by Sia (nt)

[flying_wahini]

46. This was the first one that came to mind.. Loved that show!

N/t

[spiderpig]

58. Hands down the best. First thing that came to mind.

Heartbreaking, tear-jerking, funny, endearing, hopeful.

I loved that show, and my friends agreed it had The Best Finale Ever.

[CurtEastPoint]

59. It truly was. I have goosebumps right now thinking of it!

[Initech]

6. I am Iron Man.

[Initech]

7. A recent favorite - Kingsman: The Secret Service

[Skittles]

9. Body Heat

the acting, the music, the story.....haunting

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. I love that movie! One of my all-time favorites.

[trof]

10. Maybe Casablanca.

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"Louis? I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."

[Stuart G]

28. YES.............................!!!!!!! Casablanca...

[TDale313]

60. Yep, that's one of mine as well. n/t

[First Speaker]

11. Chinatown, and The Usual Suspects...

...both knocked me right out of the ring. Just stunning. Chinatown is maybe the biggest downer ending ever, and could only have been made in the 1965-77 Golden Age. It certainly wouldn't have ended like that if made today...but it is astonishing, and for once the evil interfering director got it right over the screenwriter. As for The Usual Suspects--what can I say? Just a delicious, perfect ending...LOL...

[catbyte]

12. The Sting

[yellowdogintexas]

17. Definitely

"It's not enough"

" It never is"

[NewJeffCT]

13. The baptism scene in The Godfather

where you have Michael and the baptism of his newly born son juxtaposed with all of the other heads of the 5 Families being killed off.

[sarge43]

14. Godfather II

Extreme close up on Michael's face. His eyes are black pools with no light left in them.

[surrealAmerican]

15. Sunset Boulevard ...

... which is a real feat, considering that we know from the start that we're seeing this through the eyes of a dead man.

[IrishEyes]

37. I love that movie

Everything about it is great. William Holden and Gloria Swanson were well cast. Billy Wilder directed so many great films.

[closeupready]

41. +1. That's where I got my DU screen name from.

[NobodyHere]

18. I'm sorry everyone

But Monty Python beats everyone else hands down (or tied up)

[IrishEyes]

36. Great song.

Now that song will be in my head all day.

[Trailrider1951]

20. Stanley Kubrick was a genius

Dr. Strangelove:

and

Brilliant!

[Upthevibe]

21. The two that came to mind right away were Six Feet Under and Shawshank Redention.

Also one of the most iconic scenes in a movie is of Andy Dufrane (? on sp.) (Tim Robbins) after he just made it out and he has got his arms stretched up to the sky with the rain falling on his face...my God...that is the perfect movie. It's perfect in every way.

[pinboy3niner]

22. Another good one...the 1978 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers

[NanceGreggs]

23. This one - bar none.

The last scene of NYPD Blue.

Andy Sipowicz was one of the most compelling characters ever written for TV. We watched him change and grow over the years - and we witnessed WHY he struggled with change, and what joys/heartaches led him to finally realize who he was, and who he could still be.

[DarthDem]

27. That Is A Great, Great Scene

But it's not the last scene of the series. However, the last scene of the series is an all-time great and my personal favorite final TV scene ever.

[malthaussen]

31. I wes going to cite the ending of Hill Street Blues...

... in which Mr Franz also featured. It was so satisfying to see somebody finally punch the Chief in the face. And kudos to Jon Cypher for portraying a character it was impossible not to hate.

-- Mal

[Va Lefty]

42. Awesome series! Excellent acting and writing.

[A HERETIC I AM]

24. "Being There", the last movie Peter Sellers made.

The final scene shows Chance, The Gardener, the role Sellers plays, walking on water, and is meant to demonstrate how pure a soul he was;

Extended version (4:47 long);

[Night Watchman]

25. Return of The Jedi

Yeah, it's sugary, but I don't care.

[Paper Roses]

26. Movie: Planet of the Apes. TV: Bob Newhart show. n/t

[malthaussen]

32. Really too many good ones to choose.

Some endings make you just stand up and applaud, even when watching a DVD at home. There are some books like that, too.

Surprised no one has cited the last scene of MASH yet.

All-in-all, I'd go with the last scene of "Oh, What a Lovely War."

-- Mal

[Pendrench]

33. From the 4th Black Adder series....

[pressbox69]

50. This may be

my favorite TV ending.

[Number9Dream]

34. Cinema Paradiso, The Illusionist, Casablanca, A Christmas Carol (Alastair Sim)

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Cinema Paradiso:

The Illusionist: Paul Giamati thinking about how the illusion was accomplished.

Casablanca: You all know that one.

A Christmas Carol (Alastair Sim): "He knew how to keep Christmas well..."

Many others...

[hunter]

35. So what. Big Deal.

Buckaroo Banzai.

[Tom Kitten]

38. I'll never forget this

[Mendocino]

39. The phone ringing

on the jetty in Local Hero.

Butch and Sundance freeze frame, then fading into sepia.

The Bridge on the River Kwai "Madness!"

American Graffiti, the fates and futures are spelled out, then All Summer Long by the Beach Boys plays.

TV-Breaking Bad

[closeupready]

40. One of the reasons I love Kiarostami's first film,

"Where is My Friend's Home" is the last scene - if you finish that film with a dry eye, then you are a zombie.

[Va Lefty]

43. Angel--"Not Fade Away"

"Let's go to work"

[Zorro]

44. Lots of great last scenes from movies and TVs

Godfather I and II, A Clockwork Orange, Frasier, The Shield...

I just watched Redford in "All is Lost". I thought that last scene was profoundly moving.

[hibbing]

45. Lost in Translation

When he says something to her, but it is obscured by traffic noise and unintelligible, so it let's the viewer decide for themselves.


Peace

[betsuni]

47. "Rear Window"

Especially when Miss Torso, the dancer who "juggles wolves" but isn't interested in those handsome city slicker men, opens the door to welcome home her short, stout boyfriend (in his army uniform) and they both go straight to the fridge because they're good eaters. I sense their favorite is cold fried chicken. Then there's Grace Kelly who, when she sees that Jimmy Stewart is asleep, puts down the travel book she's been reading to please him and picks up a fashion magazine and her face lights up.

[sakabatou]

48. Legend of Korra

No dialogue, just images. Heh, I don't feel like spoilng people.

[ThoughtCriminal]

49. For TV series, the end of "Babylon 5"

[pressbox69]

51. Because the whoule world wants to know but only we the audience are shown what it is.

[Beaverhausen]

52. St. Elsewhere series finale

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Anyone remember that ?

[csziggy]

53. I kind of like the endings of Men in Black and MIB2

[Tikki]

54. The ending of James Jarmusch's "Stranger Than Paradise'...

I, also, like the ending of "Lost In Translation" and an obscure movie called "Slam Dance."



Tikki

[FSogol]

76. I love Stranger than Paradise. Great film. n/t

[Still Blue in PDX]

55. My personal favorite is Newhart.

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[Rhiannon12866]

56. You are so right! That was brilliant!

Unfortunately, no one told our local CBS affiliate (Albany, NY) that the series finale would be running a little longer and they made the huge blunder of cutting off the (very important!) end of the show. It became a big news story and they never heard the end of it...

[Still Blue in PDX]

63. LOL - I see what you did there! n/t

[WinkyDink]

61. Comedy: "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels." Thriller: "No Way Out." Mystery: "Witness for the

Prosecution."

Drama: "The Heiress."

[Still Blue in PDX]

64. Excellent choices!

In honor of Miss Melly's 100th birthday I need to re-watch "The Heiress." She was so un-Melanie Wilkes-like in that brilliant film. And "Witness for the Prosecution" is wonderful as well.

I also like "Primal Fear." It had a little bit of a "Witness for the Prosecution" feel to it, I thought.

[WinkyDink]

73. OMGracious, "PF," yes! I was totally shocked by the ending! About "Wiitness": I went as a kid to the

movies to see this. A bit later I found that my father had the book, and it was Katy, bar the door! From that point to this, over 1/2 a century, I have been a Christie addict, the highlight of which obsession was seeing "The Mousetrap" in London!

[Still Blue in PDX]

75. Oh, wow . . . To see "The Mousetrap" in London. How cool is that!!

[narnian60]

62. Avatar.

When Jake's beautiful eyes pop open and that powerful music starts up. Looking forward to the sequel.

[BarbaRosa]

65. Quigley Down Under.

"I said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it."

. . . RIP Alan

[AngryOldDem]

66. Six Feet Under

Touching and really well done.

[Upthevibe]

68. Primal Fear! OMG. That was amazing. Still one of my favorite movies. N/T

[Sherman A1]

67. Tomorrow

[ailsagirl]

69. The very last scene of Hitchcock's "Frenzy"

Well-done, Hitch!!

Of course this won't make any sense if you haven't seen the film but I'm including a clip anyway.

[IgelJames4]

70. The final scene in Bonnie and Clyde

Where the officers observe the bodies of Bonnie and Clyde after the shooting. Very powerful.

[miyazaki]

71. The Last Emperor.

Easy one.

[ashling]

72. O Brother Where Art Thou?

seer on RR pumpcar

[kairos12]

74. The end of L.A. Confidential.

[FSogol]

77. How about the last scene of "Silent Running?"

With the little robot watering the last earth garden in space with a toy watering can.

Judge for yourself:

[Rabrrrrrr]

78. The last scene of Friends - because it meant that abomination was finally off the air.

Kind of like when Bill Hicks was asked "Who's your favorite New Kids on the Block?" and he said, "The first one that dies."