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By *ea monkey OP Man
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)

On the flip side to the shitty ending thread, which film has the greatest ending in your opinion? One that fits and caps everything off and leaves you to bask in awe.

I'll start off with two classics;

Cassablanca- when he passes up on everything and makes her get on the plane.

The Shawshank Redemption- Red walking down the beach to reunite with Andy.

Over to you folks...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Notebook.

Ohhhh I cried at how beautiful it was.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Virtually all Disney movies always go out in style (and often with a jolly old sing song to boot!)

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

Se7en.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Titanic, a bit like the captain I did not see that coming

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By *ea monkey OP Man
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)

"Virtually all Disney movies always go out in style (and often with a jolly old sing song to boot!)

Not quite what I was thinking of, but OK. Sometimes I think bittersweet endings can feel more complete rather than skipping off into the sunset.

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By *ea monkey OP Man
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)

"Se7en. "

Oooh yes! Good call!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thelma and Louise

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By *erms and conditionsCouple
over a year ago

Alton

Usual suspects

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

The Graduate! Oh the ending of that is just

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Empire strikes back.

Hit them with the twist, go out in a blaze of glory for the villains.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Usual Suspects - the last 3 minutes where you start to realise that Verbal has created the whole story from the crime board in the office and that he is Keysar Soze

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fight club, the twist at the end blew my mind first time I saw it

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By *ea monkey OP Man
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)

"Usual Suspects - the last 3 minutes where you start to realise that Verbal has created the whole story from the crime board in the office and that he is Keysar Soze"

*spoilers*

But yes brilliant!

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By *ensualbicockMan
over a year ago

liverpool wavertree picton clock

The Prestige

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By *ea monkey OP Man
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)

"Thelma and Louise"

Yes, I never saw that coming!

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

The bucket list

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By *ea monkey OP Man
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)

"Empire strikes back.

Hit them with the twist, go out in a blaze of glory for the villains."

Possibly the greatest cliff hanger ever (before Infinity Wars)

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By *ty31Man
over a year ago

NW London

Warrior- that final fight scene, then the walk out of the building.

Rocky- ADRIANEEEEE!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

the machinist.

shocked me so much i bought another ticket to watch the next showing.

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By *ea monkey OP Man
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)

"the machinist.

shocked me so much i bought another ticket to watch the next showing."

That's an impressive reaction!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"the machinist.

shocked me so much i bought another ticket to watch the next showing.

That's an impressive reaction! "

the whole film is one mind fuck and then at the very end you understand why. but it leaves you numb so you have to watch it again to understand all the signs and bits you didnt see before.

bale was excellent in it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Seven, great non happy ending!

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

Jacobs Ladder.

Cinema Paradiso.

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By *ea monkey OP Man
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)

"the machinist.

shocked me so much i bought another ticket to watch the next showing.

That's an impressive reaction!

the whole film is one mind fuck and then at the very end you understand why. but it leaves you numb so you have to watch it again to understand all the signs and bits you didnt see before.

bale was excellent in it "

I'm sorry to say that I haven't actually seen it. I think that I'm going to have to remedy that

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

I suppose all the real decent classics have great ending, Casablanca has already been mentioned but how about

Taxi Driver- putting his fingers against his head

Angels with dirty faces- James Cagney breaks down on his way to the chair

Godfather Pt 2 - shooting Fredo

Apocalypse Now - completes his mission

Psycho - Norman’s smile

I could go on ...

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Predestination starring Ethan Hawke.

The movies final disclosure proved to be a complete mind fuck of epic proportions yet avoided pretentiousness in the sheer genius of it.

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

"Jacobs Ladder.

Cinema Paradiso."

Yes Cinema Paradiso (long version my favourite) the end does make me cry, great choice

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Fight club, the twist at the end blew my mind first time I saw it "

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan
over a year ago

Sussex

One that springs to mind for me is the original version of Escape from New York. One minute Donald Pleasance is taunting the gangsters as he machine guns them from the top of the wall then he is having a shave and calmly thanking his rescuers before going on live TV as if nothing were ever amiss.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sixth sense he didn’t realise he was dead

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The mist where he kills is son then the mist buggers off

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By *uckOfTheBayMan
over a year ago

Mold

"Usual suspects"

Another vote for the fooling of Agent Kujan

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"One that springs to mind for me is the original version of Escape from New York. One minute Donald Pleasance is taunting the gangsters as he machine guns them from the top of the wall then he is having a shave and calmly thanking his rescuers before going on live TV as if nothing were ever amiss. "

Amen sir! And the final wherein Snake switches the cassettes, leaving Donald Pleasance decidedly red faced in front of millions of TV viewers as Snake limps off tearing up the genuine one - classic!

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Ah ha! - Kurt Russell starring in and John Carpenter directing again, this time in, The Thing.

The ending, whilst not exactly happy by any means and additionally left ambiguously open as to the fate of the final two survivors was nonetheless entirely fitting and more the better for it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"the machinist.

shocked me so much i bought another ticket to watch the next showing.

That's an impressive reaction!

the whole film is one mind fuck and then at the very end you understand why. but it leaves you numb so you have to watch it again to understand all the signs and bits you didnt see before.

bale was excellent in it

I'm sorry to say that I haven't actually seen it. I think that I'm going to have to remedy that"

its haunting, and bale lost a hell of a lot of weight dangerously playing the lead role.

you just never see whats coming until the end. then it hits you.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

"The mist where he kills is son then the mist buggers off"

Ah that ending! So awfully sad and unexpected.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Goonies

They find the jewels and the pirate ship slips it’s moorings and sails off into the sunset.

Brings a tear to my eye every time.

And it has the Truffle Shuffle in it of course!

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By *os19Man
over a year ago

Edmonton

The Italian Job with Michael Caine the coach on the cliff top edge at the end the greatest cliffhanger of all time as far as I am concerned

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Italian Job with Michael Caine the coach on the cliff top edge at the end the greatest cliffhanger of all time as far as I am concerned "

Yes that is one of the all time great movie endings.

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By *os19Man
over a year ago

Edmonton

"The Italian Job with Michael Caine the coach on the cliff top edge at the end the greatest cliffhanger of all time as far as I am concerned

Yes that is one of the all time great movie endings.

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. Like I said greatest cliffhanger of all time literally.Could they have done a sequel ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The help.

Muriels wedding

Kill Bill 2

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Sixth Sense x

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By *ommyxyzMan
over a year ago

Crawley

"The Notebook.

Ohhhh I cried at how beautiful it was. "

Yes yes

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By *ea monkey OP Man
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)

"The Italian Job with Michael Caine the coach on the cliff top edge at the end the greatest cliffhanger of all time as far as I am concerned

Yes that is one of the all time great movie endings.

. Like I said greatest cliffhanger of all time literally.Could they have done a sequel ?"

Great films never need sequels, often they cheapen the original...

I sense another thread!

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By *os19Man
over a year ago

Edmonton

"The Italian Job with Michael Caine the coach on the cliff top edge at the end the greatest cliffhanger of all time as far as I am concerned

Yes that is one of the all time great movie endings.

. Like I said greatest cliffhanger of all time literally.Could they have done a sequel ?

Great films never need sequels, often they cheapen the original...

I sense another thread! "
. I agree although I did like like The Godfather part 2.The Godfather part 3 should never have been made as far as I am concerned.

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By *wist my nipplesCouple
over a year ago

North East Scotland, mostly

True Romance. Just adore the ending.

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

"Se7en. "

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By *r.BlondeMan
over a year ago

Chester/Wirral

Once Upon A Time In America

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

"Fight club, the twist at the end blew my mind first time I saw it "

First rule of fight club ... you don't talk about fight club!!

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

Blade Runner ... particularly Roy Batty's speech

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By *ea monkey OP Man
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)

"Blade Runner ... particularly Roy Batty's speech"

Agreed. I reference that speech all the time, especially after being in clubs...

"I've seen things that you wouldn't believe..."

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By *opsy71Woman
over a year ago

Sheffield

Bridges of Madison County

Omg when he's behind her in the truck at the lights I totally lost it n sobbed buckets

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Duel with Dennis Weaver.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Blade Runner ... particularly Roy Batty's speech

Agreed. I reference that speech all the time, especially after being in clubs...

"I've seen things that you wouldn't believe..." "

And the ending on the Final Cut version which reveals (although still disputed) that Decker is a replicant.

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By *rozacMan
over a year ago

london

Leon

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dune the dialogue with the old witch and the rest of it. Dramatic.

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan
over a year ago

Sussex

Amen sir! And the final wherein Snake switches the cassettes, leaving Donald Pleasance decidedly red faced in front of millions of TV viewers as Snake limps off tearing up the genuine one - classic!

Haha I'd forgotten about that bit! One more little exchange at the end is where Lee Van Cleefe's Prison Governor says something like:"We could use a guy like you Snake" and Kurt Russel's character replies:"My name is Plisskin" Turns his back and swaggers away...

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By *albec26Man
over a year ago

Great Yarmouth

Having read the book i knew what was coming...jay had no idea ..one of the few times he's been lost for words...even swearing ones lol xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Goodfellas has a great ending. That last final 30 minutes is incredible. The frantic, laden day in the life of a paranoid mobster, ending with his eventual arrest, mental breakdown and, in the end, realisation that he'll never have that life again.

Ending with Joe Pesci firing a gun into the camera. Brilliant.

Endings are really hard to do i think.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Escape from NY was mentioned and I wuite like how John Carpenter films end generally. Especially The Thing.

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By *olden RatioWoman
over a year ago

Buckinghamshire

Silence Of The Lambs - that phone call from Dr Lecter.

Mulholland Drive - where everything flips and you understand the real story.

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By *tace 309TV/TS
over a year ago

durham

"The Italian Job with Michael Caine the coach on the cliff top edge at the end the greatest cliffhanger of all time as far as I am concerned

Yes that is one of the all time great movie endings.

. Like I said greatest cliffhanger of all time literally.Could they have done a sequel ?"
they should have blown the bloody doors off and done a sequel

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Se7en brilliant

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By *itty9899Man
over a year ago

Craggy Island

The first SAW movie

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By *tace 309TV/TS
over a year ago

durham

"Escape from NY was mentioned and I wuite like how John Carpenter films end generally. Especially The Thing."
I bet the folk at spiney point are still watching out for the FOG to return

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By *antasticMrFucksMan
over a year ago

Taunton

Usual suspects

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Next (2007 - Nicolas Cage & Julianne Moore)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The first SAW movie "

Oh yes. Whatever you think of the sequels (saw 2 was decent in comparison to the rest), the first one was amazing.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Escape from NY was mentioned and I wuite like how John Carpenter films end generally. Especially The Thing.I bet the folk at spiney point are still watching out for the FOG to return "

Haha.

Oh this reminds me. The Mist has THE most depressing endings in film ever I think. It doesn't get better.

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Whilst I'd agree that most Disney films are cheese ridden endings - the last 15 minutes of Toy Story 3 is a rollercoaster bittersweet emotional ride that will be hard to beat in that genre

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"Escape from NY was mentioned and I wuite like how John Carpenter films end generally. Especially The Thing.I bet the folk at spiney point are still watching out for the FOG to return "

A classic! - An prime example that cheap jump scares every other second and gore galore are not requisite in a horror film when a skilled director is behind the lens; Especially one who furthermore, can effortlessly conjure and imbue such a tangible sense of dread, atmosphere, tension and claustrophobia into a movie

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Kung Fu Panda

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By *p4funCouple
over a year ago

Plymouth

jagged edge

Se7en

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By *ea monkey OP Man
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)

"Having read the book i knew what was coming...jay had no idea ..one of the few times he's been lost for words...even swearing ones lol xx"

I don't know what film you're talking about, sorry.

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By *ea monkey OP Man
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)

"The first SAW movie "

Ah yes, I'd forgotten about the original after all of the sequels but I agree, it was a very good twist

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By *ay rickMan
over a year ago

cardiff

Terminator 2.....when that hit the cinema it was so far advanced...totally amazed me

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By *antasticMrFucksMan
over a year ago

Taunton

Dead man's shoes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Inside Man...clive owen.denzel washington. You assume your watching a bank robbery..

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By *kynyrd64Man
over a year ago

Carlisle

Surprised no One has mentioned

Shawshank redemption, can watch it over and over again

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By *an_LexaCouple
over a year ago

Sunderland

I do love The Machinist too Patrick

And also Bridges of Madison County

But for me it’s always

Leaving Las Vegas, when Sera lies with Ben waiting for him to die then sits by his body admitting her love for him

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By *itty9899Man
over a year ago

Craggy Island

Shutter Island

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Thelma and Louise

Yes, I never saw that coming! "

What, women driving badly, nah never saw that either ?!

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By *ea monkey OP Man
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)

"Surprised no One has mentioned

Shawshank redemption, can watch it over and over again "

I did, read the OP...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Se7en. "

I agree

Also like back to the future

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

'The Talented Mr Ripley' - not a happy ending, but a great one nonetheless.

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