Name a great movie ending....

[Wetzelbill]

I am watching "The Shawshank Redemption" right now. Fantastic movie, I think without a flaw and it also has one of the most satisfying endings in movie history. :)

[RadiationTherapy]

1. There Will Be Blood. I dislike violence, but I loved the ending action and dialogue nt

[Shell Beau]

2. Yep that was a good ending!

[Phillycat]

3. Good Will Hunting, The Usual Suspects

In Good Will Hunting, I like how nothing is resolved, and you feel a little bit sad and a little bit happy and very pensive.

The Usual Suspects has what I consider to be one of the most surprising endings ever filmed. I know a few people who figured out the surprise before it happened, but most people, if they haven't been spoiled, are utterly shocked at the ending.

[Shell Beau]

5. Yep, that is a good one too! Usual Suspects that is!

[Wetzelbill]

9. I met the screenwriter Chris McQuarrie

Of The Usual Suspects. He was going to direct an Alexander the Great film and I went to a reading of the script when I lived in Seattle. Talked to him for several minutes afterward, got his email etc. Friendly guy. That is a great ending, great cast too.

[Dr. Strange]

4. Great in what sense?

I like the ending to Planet of the Apes (the book and both movies--although mainly the 60s movie).

[Wetzelbill]

10. just that you liked

[Midlodemocrat]

6. Air Force One has a great ending.

I LOVE Harrison Ford.

[terrya]

7. "Some Like It Hot"

It has one of the BEST endings in movie history. :-)

[Wetzelbill]

12. That's a great film all around

Outstanding cast, great script. I love that crisp fast dialogue in that era.

[bertha katzenengel]

13. Well, nobody's perfect.

;)

[XemaSab]

The Godzilla remake

It was great that it ended. x(

[Wetzelbill]

11. haha

I never could bring myself to even consider watching that film.

[wain]

8. The Natural

although it's not how the book ended..

[charlie and algernon]

14. Shawshank is my pick

That's what I thought of when I saw the title of your post before I read what you wrote.

Everything is resolved and it's the closest we get to a Happily Ever After ending.

[Wetzelbill]

15. It's still somewhat ambiguous too

but damn does it make you feel good to know those guys are free. :)

[av8rdave]

54. It lets the viewer imagine how they live out their lives

One of the all time great films, IMO.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

16. The Salton Sea.

Really struck a chord with me.

[fishwax]

17. The Godfather, Part II

The ending to the first one is great too, but the second one, with Fredo's execution (on Michael's orders) and then the fade to the flashback to when Michael tells his brothers that he's joined the Marines. It captures the whole tragedy of his arc. Fredo is the only one at the table who is happy for him, incidentally. And it's coupled with the back story of his father's experience making his way in America. He winds up sitting alone at the table after his brothers leave him there, a quick flash to his childhood with his father, and then him on the shore at the lake house, after Fredo's murder, thinking about it all. It's a great five minutes :)

[Wetzelbill]

42. yes, you see what a complex man, Michael has become

How ruthless he was. And also, how being at the top made him an island onto himself. He has everything, but he has nothing. Now his dad is gone, brothers, his wife. He still has that empire though, but he lost the old Michael and everything that he loved to get there.

[Flaxbee]

18. Seabiscuit and Love, Actually

The comeback for both characters in Seabiscuit was great, though I don't know if it followed the book. I just *loved* that movie - Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, and a good horse story.

Love, Actually - the airport scene at the end is really quite nice, too. Might be sappy, but nice.

And The Shawshank Redemption's end is wonderful.

I also like Chocolat, but it does not track the book at all.

[aine p]

33. Love Actually! Yes very good ending. Actually a ridciulously

good ending...

[Parche]

19. A Few Good Men

Not the X-rated movie, the one with Jack Nicholson.....

:woohoo: :hi:




JESSEP
Absolutely. My answer is I don't have the
first damn clue. Maybe he was an early
morning riser and he liked to pack in the
nq. And maybe he didn't have any friends.
I'm an educated man, but I'm afraid I
can't speak intelligently about the travel
habits of William Santiago. What I do
know is that he was set to leave the base
at 0600. Now are these really the
questions I was called here to answer?
Phone calls and footlockers? Please tell
me you've got something more, Lieutenant.
Please tell me there's an ace up your
sleeve. These two marines are on trial
for their lives. Please tell me their
lawyer hasn't pinned their hopes to a
phone bill.


KAFFEE
I'll ask for the forth time. You ordered--

JESSEP
You want answers?

KAFFEE
I think I'm entitled to them.

JESSEP
You want answers?!

KAFFEE
I want the truth.

JESSEP
You can't handle the JESSEP
(continuing)
Son, we live in a world that has walls.
And those walls have to be guarded by men
with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You,
Lt. Weinberg? I have a greater
responsibility than you can possibly
fathom. You weep for Santiago and you
curse the marines. You have that luxury.
You have the luxury of not knowing what I
know: That Santiago's death, while tragic,
probably saved lives. And my existence,
while grotesque and incomprehensible to
you, saves lives.










(beat)
You don't want the truth. Because deep
down, in places you don't talk about at
parties, you want me on that wall. You want
me there
(boasting)
We use words like honor, code,
loyalty...we use these words as the
backbone to a life spent defending
something. You use 'em as a punchline.
(beat)
I have neither the time nor the
inclination to explain myself to a man who
rises and sleeps under the blanket of the
very freedom I provide, then questions the
manner in which I provide it. I'd prefer
you just said thank you and went on your
way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a
weapon and stand a post. Either way, I
don't give a damn what you think you're
entitled to.

[BOSSHOG]

24. Don't call me Son

I'm a Lawyer and a Lieutenant in the United States Navy and you're under arrest you Sonovabitch.

[GCP]

20. The end of "The Graduate"

Where Dustin gets the girl - straight from the altar!

[HERVEPA]

48. And sticks the cross in the door to keep people from getting out,

And the parents and husband seen mouthing "son of a bitch".

And Elaine responding to her mother's saying "It's too late" with "not for me".

Greatest ending ever.

[scarpa43]

21. I liked the end of Cast Away

He is standing at the crossroads. Will he go to Canada, will he go to Mexico, or will he go after the girl?

[Wetzelbill]

22. I like to think he goes for the girl

:) Played by country singer Lari White too. :)

[sammythecat]

23. "Body Heat"

Satisfying, completely logical, and a total surprise. It has to be one of the greatest movie endings ever.

[BOSSHOG]

25. "The Verdict" starring Paul Newman

as a drunk attorney who sues the Catholic Church for a family over the death of a family member in a Catholic Hospital. Definitely a David v Goliath. In the end the Jury Foreman asks the judge if they can make the award bigger then asked for.

[jobycom]

27. I was talking about that movie just yesterday, but the final ending, not the courtroom ending.

My daughter and I were talking about actors, and wound up on Paul Newman, and I was trying to describe the scene where he watched the phone ring, knowing who was on it, struggling with whether to answer it, and finally deciding not to. That may not be what he got his Oscar for, but it's what he earned his Oscar for.

[BOSSHOG]

32. Ole Paul

has been my favorite actor since Cool Hand Luke. And his Salsa ain't bad either. I got the ending wrong but the juror asking the judge was a great climax especially when the mean old defense lawyer damn near choked at the question.

[jobycom]

26. "Lone Star" had a great ending, especially if you're Texan.***SPOILER***

A border town sheriff (Chris Cooper) investigates a decades-old murder that may have been committed by his hero father, while at the same time pursuing his teenage romance broken up long ago by his father and his girlfriend's mother. He's Anglo, his girlfriend (Elizabeth Pena) is Hispanic, and the whole film that tension seems to be the reason they were once kept apart, and that same tension still defines the town. Once he finds the real killer, he discovers the real reason their parents separated them. Their parents had had an affair, and she was the product of that affair, making them half-siblings.

The final scene has them sitting on the hood of a car at an abandoned desert drive-in, holding hands. Until then it's just a romance and a murder mystery, but as he says "We have to start over, we have to forget the past, forget everything that happened," she utters her final line. "Forget the Alamo."

[Orrex]

28. In The Bedroom (nt)

[ScreamingMeemie]

29. "Presumed Innocent"...Never saw that one coming.

The best ending ever, in my opinion.

[Initech]

30. Magnum Force

"A man's got to know his limitations."

[NewJeffCT]

31. Godfather

The first part with all the crime bosses being killed juxtaposed with the baptism of Michael's son and the priest's words, and then ending with Kate asking Michael if he ordered his brother in law to be killed... him saying "no"... and then her leaving, but turning back to see the other men approaching him as the godfather, and the door being closed behind her.

[Ryano42]

34. No Country for Old Men

:wtf: :freak:

But after seeing it again it seems to make more sense.

Still afraid of compressed air. :scared:

[turner52]

35. The Sting

How about the ending of the Sting?...One of the best audience reactions ever when I saw it for the first time...

[Whisp]

36. Fight Club and Usual Suspects and 12 monkeys

and I'll throw in Memento too.
:P

[Wetzelbill]

37. all awesome choices

Fight Club's ending is amazing. Fight Club is The Graduate of my generation, meaning that there are films that define a generation and FC would be mine.

[Whisp]

50. we clean your toilets, we watch over you when you sleep

we prepare your food - don't fuck with us.

powerful film, very creative and message heavy.

[ZombieHorde]

38. Videodrome, Salo, and Gozu all have great endings.

Videodrome


Salo (not for the squeamish, though much tamer than the book)


Gozu

[WCGreen]

39. Dr. Strangelove....

[loveable liberal]

40. "Grindhouse" and "Blade Runner"

[Wetzelbill]

44. which portion, the Tarantino film?

I don't know which one it ended on in theaters. I just bought Death Proof the other day.

[tedoll78]

41. I remember seeing Back to the Future II in the movie theatre..

and absolutely freaking out at the end.

1985 Doc Brown electrocuted out of our sight..
Marty McFly left in an empty field..
a 70-year-old letter is delivered..
Marty returns to the only man who can help him..
1955 Doc Brown passes out in the street..

And then the camera slowly begins to pull away to show the town square aftermath while the orchestra strikes-up.

Just superb. :)

[Wetzelbill]

43. that's great, an overlooked one

yeah that was well done.

[WinkyDink]

45. "Some...Hot"; "Witness...Prosecution"; "The Heiress"; original "Ocean's 11".

[Arkham House]

46. Chinatown

...I don't particularly "like" it--but it's unsurpassed for raw power...

[Wetzelbill]

47. That's the quintessential textbook well-written script

If you wanted to teach a screenwriting class, it wouldn't hurt to watch and read the screenplay for that film. Great structure, great arc and a powerful ending.

[charlie and algernon]

49. You can't forget the ending to Amadeus

The last 20 minutes are brilliant in that we hear his Requem in the background as he has an almost divine inspiration in writing it.

[Whisp]

51. Amadeus is a wonderful movie.

It's especially good to introduce kids to classical music, I think. Hulce plays a goofball/farter kinda funny character for the giggles and the music is so great for the serious stuff along with his checkered life and end.

I just can't recommend this one enough - one of the best ever.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

52. Modern Times. (Spoiler pic below)

[av8rdave]

53. Michael Clayton had a pretty good one