10 Best Movie Endings of All Time - A CineFix Movie List
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- In case titling a video “10 Best Movie Endings of All Time” wasn’t enough, here’s the BIGGEST SPOILER WARNING OF ALL TIME! We’ve looked at how movies begin, so this time we’re digging into all the ways they can end. They can twist or offer catharsis, they can wreck you with sadness or overwhelm you with joy. And how many otherwise good movies have been sullied by a less than stellar ending? And because they say there are only two important parts to a movie, the ending and everything else here are our picks for the 10 that have done it the best.
From bittersweet happy endings like Shawshank Redemption, Amelie or Charlie Chaplin’s greatest hits, to sweet-bitter sad endings like Portrait of a Lady on Fire or Call Me By Your Name, to an ambiguous, top spinning ending of Inception or a cathartic full circle tied-in-a-bow ending from Martin Scorsese like The Last Temptation of Christ, filmmakers have many tools to choose from when wrapping up their movies. There are even non-ending endings like Silence of the Lambs or Ex Machina. Endings that happen too fast like Monty Python and the Holy Grail or Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Each kind of ending has it’s own risks and rewards, and the films that do it best end in a way that’s satisfying, fresh and also seeming somehow inevitable. It’s hard to narrow it down to just 10!
The Picks:
00:00 Intro
00:25 Happy - Cinema Paradiso (1988) dir. Giuseppe Tornatore
02:46 Sad - Dancer in the Dark (2000) dir. Lars von Trier
05:18 Abrupt - Sword of Doom (1966) dir. Kihachi Okamoto
07:33 Gentle - In The Mood For Love (2000) dir. Wong Kar-wai
09:38 Twist - Psycho (1960) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
11:56 Ambiguous - A Separation (2011) dir. Asghar Farhadi
14:05 Catharsis - 8 ½ (1963) dir. Federico Fellini
16:12 Non-Ending - Come and See (1985) dir. Elem Klimov
18:03 Breaking the Frame - Waltz with Bashir (2008) dir. Ari Folman
20:20 Poetic - Beau Travail (1999) dir. Claire Denis
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I like to think of myself as a cinephile, but every time I watch one of these videos I'm reminded of how many more films I've yet to experience. Excellent video as always.
Check out Arlington Road with Jeff Bridges.
Superb Twist Ending.
It's a totally 'formula' movie up to that point.
@@StudioDaVeed just so you know "twist ending" IS a spoiler.
@Eoin O Connell I've seen a bunch of the hm's but I skipped way too many category finalist. Cinefix - IGN Movies and TV has given us homework, again!
Sort of like me with videogames you name it I probably most likely haven't played it
Yeah, sometimes I think, “I can’t believe I didn’t know this film existed?!” My list grows every time I watch them. But then, that’s at least partly why I watch.
Their No. 7 pick, the, “Putting the movie to bed,” pick, overlooked The Madness Of King George, where the King and, “Mrs King,” literally tuck themselves to bed and review their recent experiences, the state of their country and their family, and ultimately decide they’ve had pretty good lives and that their love made most of it worth while.
@@StudioDaVeed : Perhaps you could have said, “awesome ending,” or, “great ending,” or even posed it as a question, like, “What do you think of the ending?” Telling people there’s,a twist is quite the spoiler in itself. But, don’t blame you for your enthusiasm. ✌️
My typical progression through a Cinefix list:
“This should be fun”
“Oh I like those movies”
“That’s my favorite movie!”
But our pick for this category is…
“What the fuck?”
Bro wants to be super edgy haha. But seriously this dude knows his shit about film/movies.
That sounds about right.
Facts
Every list they make puts some pretentious film as number one.
It's not just Clint who picks
The movie ending that I want to watch over and over again is from Cinema Paradiso. It is a two minute homage to lost love, youth, nostalgia, regret, and catharsis all rolled together. Combined with the emotional score by Ennio Morricone it brings tears to my eyes every single time I watch it.
“Did we leave out any of your favorite endings? We must have. A lot of movies have endings”
That might be my favorite video ending.
''Feel bad ending to a feel-awful movie''
That's Lars von Trier alright.
Melancholia would've worked well here too
Wasnt there a lot of on-set animosity too for Dancer in the Dark? I know Bjork accused him of sexual harassment on set in a pretty detailed manner
@@Katt1721 oh yeah there was. Lars is real piece of shit. Maybe the weird Nazi defense at Cannes was a giveaway.
@@Advent3546 “Ok, I’m a Nazi.”
Yeah I was like "ooh a new Cinefix video!" and when the second winner was Dancer in the Dark I just started crying. They're not wrong in that it was such a perfect answer to that category but ye gods. A good movie that I've never ever had the right frame of mind to re-watch.
This has to be Cinefix's most depressing list
Why?
@@FreakieFan Love the profile
It’s up there. And it was a terrible one, at least compared with others they’ve done.
It seems as though they were trying to use more movies that don’t usually get mentioned, or hasn’t been on countless other lists.
@@brandoalberga1762
Thanks
Marcello Mastroianni was great! Like a real sophisticated type of guy.
"In The Mood For Love" is approaching "The Mirror" in terms of the number of lists it is on...
Somehow neither of those two movies are on iTunes
deservedly
Its ending made the whole movie, for me.
Wong Kar Wai is one of the best directors of all time and he is finally becoming more recognized name, of course they're gonna start mentioning him more
I have always preferred the ending to Fallen Angels better than In The Mood For Love. From the way the ash on Michelle Reis' cigarette is too long, the slight smirk she gives when she pulls her bangs out to the clip, to the final quote "The road home is not very long, and I know I will be getting off soon, but at this moment I am feeling such lovely warmth" and the slow motion short coming out of the tunnel, it just works for me. I think the end surpasses the film itself.
Also props for hitting the Korean cinema hard. 3 Iron, Memories of Murder, Parasite, I Saw the Devil, Mother
Cinema Paradiso is probably my favorite film, and the ending makes me cry every time I watch it. It is incredible, and Morricone’s score touches my soul. RIP.
Yes. Ugly cry. Every time.
At 1:58 the projectionist was Giuseppe Tornatore, the director
as someone who almost never cries over any movie, I SOBBED at the end of this, everytime i watch it
Well, it's good to see the move to IGN hasn't changed CineFix. In an episode about the 10 greatest movie endings, they showcase 1 happy one and 9 sad/confusing ones.
In my movie club that focuses on art house and none-mainstream films we have the unofficial motto of "If you are looking for a happy time, look elsewhere".
I kinda wish there could be at least one more slot for a happy ending since it was so drastically unbalanced but lol I guess it wouldn’t be Cinefix then haha
@@Katt1721 happy endings arent just as Good lol
not sure. some endings were just the sort, that revealed, what happened before. what is going on in Pscho for example is dense and irritating. the end is revealing. not per se sad. I still would need to rewatch the list and see the movies, but one can tell, not funny or happy is not per se sad. because maybe, what happend before the ending tells what the ending means.
@@karlsandstrom Sounds like your club would 'enjoy' The War Zone. Yeesh, I don't think I'll ever be able to watch it a second time.
Any movie list with Cinema Paradiso on it, it's a good list. Oh god, that scene still gets me :'(
I totally agree with you. Cinema Paradiso has one of the best endings ever. I saw this movie for the first time when it was re-released in cinemas in 2002. I went in knowing nothing about the movie, all I knew was the hype. I saw the movie for the first time and I was blown away. I cried like a baby in the theater during the last scene. Strangers seated next to me gave me a smile because they understood the emotions. I was so emotionally moved by the ending. And this movie is now my favorite movie of all time. It's a real love letter to cinema.
It would've been better if the movie cannister contained a porno compilation. And instead of the dude crying in the audience, you see vigorous arm motion implying self love.
I went to see it once in a condemned independent theatre as one of their last screenings. That was something else.
Anyone remember renting this from Netflix (DVD) and getting the uncut ending? I am so glad that that was cut and wasn't even mention here.
Agree! The story tells that the original cut was seen by Fellini (Which in the movie, appears in the end as the technician who projects the film) that told Tornatore that in what probabely was a crap film a real beauty was hidden. So a new cut was done (probably by Fellini himself) and that is the genius beauty we have now. In fact the original cut was released many years later, with the 2 teenage lovers meeting as grownups and it was awful.
Out of the thousands of movies i've seen in my life, no ending blew me away more than The Usual Suspects. I can still clearly remember screaming "NO WAY!!" so loud late at night it woke my family. I had never been so completely shocked like that, that I forced my family to watch the movie the next day so they could experience what I did when that reveal happened.
That movie was soooo boring to me, but the ending, the ending man was such a 'holy fuck' moment!!
The reveal 0f wh0 Kayser S0ze really is, is mindbl0wing. 0ne m0re mindbl0wing fact is that this was directed by Bryan Singer.
One of the best twist endings of all time for sure
The ending that is burned into my brain is Grave of fireflies. I saw it once years and years ago and I can still feel how destroyed I was the first time I watched it.
Goodness, yes! I watched it with my daughters, and I was openly sobbing just 5 minutes into the movie! But it WAS a spectacular movie; we're due for a re-watch soon.
There's a list of movies you can only see once, and that is definitely one. The others being obviously: Come and See, Dancer in the Dark, and Schindler's List.
@@mrrodriguezHLP I've seen "Schinder's List" about 5 times; my older daughter & I are due for a repeat. As a matter of fact, there's only been one movie that I liked that I could only watch once, and that was "Revolutionary Road".
@@mrrodriguezHLP That's alist waiting to happen; Top ten movies that people love but only watch once.
@@mrrodriguezHLP requiem for a dream
The ending if The Lighthouse (2019) always gets me. It's a perfect twist, but at the same time it makes me feel like "yeah there was nothing else that could have happened"
I'm curious your interpretation?
@@DJGamingSmash I don't think there's one correct answer. But I particularly like the one that suggests that the state Thomas Howard is in at the end is actually the state he is in for the whole film. And the events of the movie is his soul being judged in purgatory.
Ah, the Lighthouse. My favorite film of the year. Our local film reviewer, Mick LaSalle, said he hated it. Films that fascinate and leave a mystery intact but get you close to power are usually short films. Experiments not relying on commercial success. It's the tremendous release of energy that comes with discovery and realization. Yours. It's the last 2 minutes of Miles Davis's Live Evil double album.
he was dead and the lighthouse was a kind of limbo or purgatory.
Yup he’s serving his punishment in hell at the end, receiving the same curse that Thomas Wake gave him in his curse.
Its hard to define, but the ending when it feels like the track ends and you just go flying off the rollercoaster with no warning.
Whiplash is the first one that comes to mind
Eraserhead also does this, but in a completely different way.
Most inspirational for sure.
Whiplash has one of the greatest endings I've ever seen. I love how it plays it off as a triumph, but is secretly a dark, unhappy ending
Flying off the rollercoaster with no warning? That'll always be An American Werewolf In London for me
Whiplash is definitely a cathartic ending
The ending of "Paths of Glory" will always be one for me the most perfect, heartbreaking scene of all time
CineFix is THE best film related CZcams channel - period. You can feel the care and love for the cinema in each and every video. I'm a film buff, but you guys keep surprising me with new ones and giving me a bunch of movies to watch and re-watch. Thanks for all your content. Love
Definitely the best!
By far.
Cinefix once again proving they have better taste than 99% of the film CZcams community.
Well, it's certainly more pretentious. Always count on them for that.
Damning with faint praise
@@RevJ7 one day, you'll enjoy films
True that.
@@kostajovanovic3711 Lmao what. Are you braindead. One day YOU might enjoy films ... with color.
The ending of come and see is soul crushing. They enter the forest young teenagers, they slowly merge into tired old men as all the colour on screen drains away...
I've never experienced anything quite like that shooting hitler montage on a sensory level. It left me feeling genuinely dizzy and physically nauseous, not even from the content, but just because of the sheer sensory overload of how it was delivered.
Come and See is by far one of the most terrifying films ever
Hey guys - have you seen Threads (1984)?
@@Shah-of-the-Shinebox One of the greatest *
Why has this movie been so hyped up recently
Nobody knew it existed 5 years ago
Three of my favorites not mentioned in the video:
Whiplash - A 10-minute drum solo is used to depict the consummation of a toxic relationship. It seems triumphant, but it is not a happy ending.
A History of Violence - The movie ends with a wordless scene about family. It's flawless.
Michael Clayton - Totally a cathartic ending. Then ends with an extended close up of Clooney as he processes what just happened, much like The Graduate and Call Me By Your Name.
Also, I imagine the ending of Another Round will age well. It's somewhat similar to the #1 film on this video.
Haven't seen the other two but History of Violence is very underrated
Good call on Michael Clayton. People don’t talk about that movie enough in the years since it was released.
@@DarthEd77 Michael Clayton was released in such a strong year: No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, Juno. I think that’s why it got lost in the shuffle, which is a shame.
@@ReverendMeat51 check ‘em out. Whiplash is outstanding-JK Simmons is incredible in it. Michael Clayton is an amazing legal thriller.
I love the sad ending of Roman Holiday
The ending of Dead Poets Society always makes me cry (especially since Robin Williams' passing). There Will Be Blood has the most abrupt ending and Boyhood's ending is quite meditative.
Still waiting for the day Shrek takes a top spot in a video like this
Soundtrack is pretty perfect for the tone of the movie
Shrek 2 could definitely take a no.1 spot
@@LucianoThePig nooooooooooooooooooo Shrek 1 :-)
Maybe, just maybe , you should get to watch mojo instead ,lol.
Not gonna happen.
Can't wait for next weeks "10 Best Movie Everything Elses of All Time"
10 best movie middles.
There’s quite a few possibilities:
Best inciting incident.
Best turning point.
Best Point of no Return
Best Climax (kinda done but)
As a Hong Kong Chinese, in the mood of love really got me, this ending also contains the personal reservation of the tradition Chinese personal character, introverted, unable to share feelings to people and to bury the emotion in own soul, it was so beautiful.
Uncertainty ending for me is eternal sunshine in a spotless mind for me
A happy uncertainty though as they're willing to try again
Not one mention of Whiplash. I’m not sure which category it would have fallen in, but I found myself thinking it could fit in multiple. But the reason I love it is because I had no idea where the story could go after Terrence seemingly “won” and Andrew walks off the stage. From a writing stand point, I felt like there was no where the story could go. Like they had written themselves into this horrible ending. But then he walks back out on the stage and I still have no idea what’s going to happen, until the literally unimaginable happens. Like I actually couldn’t imagine it in my wildest dreams that he just starts the song on his own.
The best part is it's not a happy ending. Sure, the kid finally unlocked his full potential, but he'll never be happy, all the while enabling JK Simmons's abusive behavior.
Great movie.
also Lalaland
Not that great like on this list
JK Simmons kind of won though too, bc his whole purpose for being abusive towards his students was to inspire absolute excellence, which he did
No one ends a movie like Bong Joon-ho; Mother, Snowpiercer, Parasite and, my personal all time favourite, Memories of Murder
You should check out Park chan wook the creator of Oldboy. ....he's probably the best Korean filmmaker
Memories of Murder should have been on the list!
Parasite ruined me. Sooo good
@@sameerahmed-gx8js Park is absolutely great. But at least for me, Bong has overtaken the top spot by now.
Lol calm down, snowpiercer? Parasite? Those endings aren’t even that great, MoM had a great one though
Ex Machina a non-ending hey? Domhnall Gleeson screaming and pounding on the glass and eventually starving to death begs to differ
It's a non-ending in the sense that we don't know what Ava's intentions are past that point. You spend the entire movie questioning what she really wants, what she is and if she herself even knows. It ends on her clearly being more than she has led on but leaves us with the questions of what that actually is and what she plans to do now that she is out there. The initial question, is Ava alive and what does she want, is never truly answered.
One of my friends complained that there were almost no American movies on the winner list. I, meanwhile, think that's wonderful, because these movies are ones I would sadly not see on my own, so it's a great opportunity to learn! Thank you!
Enemy had such a wonderful 'wtf' ending
That ending was a damn jump scare for me the first time I saw it haha
Still has problems with comitment
@@Hut153 And the character's reaction is not a shock but a shrug. Brilliant.
Bonnie & Clyde might have been surprised by their ending but everyone else knew what was coming.
I knew how the story ended but I was still so surprised how violent it was lol
This made me think of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, where I felt a sense of dread the entire film, only to have my expectations completely subverted.
Kind of like watching Titanic and being surprised that the ship sinks
@@johntabler349 It does?!?
That's not the movie's fault
I remember when I saw Beau Travail for the first time almost five years ago... I was studying cinema, first year, and I told to my audiovisual language professor about the story and that weird but funny ending. He just said "You don't understand the movie, you should watch it again" I rewatched it and after that my vision about cinema totally changed, it was a crucial stage in my life.
I remember being shown the ending in one of my film school classes and not getting it at all. I thought it was absolute crap.
It was fun to revisit it for this list and see it with very different eyes.
whiplash is my favorite movie ending of all time. always gives me chills
Beau Travail had the most WTF ending I've seen in recent memory.
Father of Another Round movie ending...
But also the best
Hey. It is French cinema after all. What'd you expect?
if WTF as in, "how awesome was that," then - yes
If an ending is average , the show is remembered for the Journey but if the ending is Legendary , the show is remembered for the Ending.
*looks at Game of Thrones*
...what?
@@Snoogms look man, I clearly said "average" not literal garbage. Check ur facts please ,thank you!
@@theyato4374 Legendary doesn't mean good, though. The ending of GoT was legendarily bad, so you're still right.
Kinda the opposite of sex
Thus, the twist. The 6th Element.
Someone never saw Apu Sansar, and it shows.
"Not to have seen the films of Satyajit Ray is to have lived in a world without a sun, moon, and stars." - Akira Kurosawa
I watched Pather Panchali multiple times as a kid as my mom used to watch it every time it was on TV. My mom used to say how it's a treasure for our culture and that there are no films made like that anymore, but I never used to understand much, just used to watch the beautiful imagery captured by Satyajit Ray.
But rewatching it after growing up, I realized how it's one of the greatest cinema ever created
The first film that came to my mind was cinema paradiso. I was 19 at the time, so it wasn’t my usual type of movies. I watched it because it had beaten Jesus de Montréal at the Oscar. Wow after so many years, I am still touch by this movies.
Am I the only one that thinks that they got the Cinema Paradiso ending wrong?
The cuts shown in that final scene were not simply the "happy endings", they were not even necessarily endings at all. Those were the kiss scenes that the town priest had censored but that the young kid stole and kept in a tin box in their film form.
That final movie of cuts were the beautiful moments that were stolen from the Cinema Paradiso, which had an enourmus importance in various ways over the whole movie.
I respect CineFix a lot but I was surprised to see them seemingly get this scene completely wrong.
The ending of Waltz with Bashir is just overwhelming. I was expecting it to be the pick for the devastating category, since it leaves mě petrified and once you saw the movie you are actually dreading the ending, the moment when everything you just witnessed becomes real.
Completely agree. After the film ended I just sat in the darkness of my living room for a decent 20 minutes.
Just THIS CLIP with accompanying explanation nearly made me break down, having not even seen the movie.
yes, when i watched the movie i knew it was based on a real life story and basically a documentary but somewhere along the movie my mind still bought the lie that this is just a movie. The final scene shattered that facade. Such a great use of animation for a documentary and not just a gimmick.
I didn't see any tears on those women, they are pretending to cry, crocodile tears they call it.
That means they are heartless animals.
@@move_i_got_this5659 Um, who shat on your Wheaties?
I can't describe how happy I am to see Cinefix's lists back on track.
100%
One CineFix video is a million times better than a modern Oscars ceremony because it actually embraces and celebrates the spirit of cinema. 👏
13:21 'reverse Sophie's choice'!! Oh my god! That's so brilliantly put!
My favorite movie endings:
10 - 2001: A Space Odyssey
9 - Mommy (2014)
8 - The Elephant Man
7 - A Short Film About Love
6 - Brazil
5 - Synecdoche, New York
4 - Oldboy (2003)
3 - La Haine
2 - Apocalypse Now
1 - Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive's ending is also its beginning.
@@kojikicklighter371 Not really. You might be confusing it with Lost Highway perhaps?
#4 old boy? NEVER Talk out loud to myself, did more in the 30 min of that movie than i will my whole life!!!
Silencio
This dude has the greatest voice...half the time I’m not even paying attention to what’s on screen, just taking in the sound of his voice. DONT BE WEIRDED OUT!
It is. To be blessed with a great voice is something that people can't change. I wish all cineflix clips were just Clint haha
Thank god. Thought it was just me.
The Mist is one of my favorite endings of all time, the hopelessness of it all just hits you straight on and its horrible in all the right ways!
Great video as always, it was weird to see a lack of M Night Shyamalan in the "twist" category, though. The Sixth Sense is iconic.
Surprised there isn't even honourable mention of the ‘End of Evangelion' ending.
That's one of the most horrid beautiful imagery in cinema!
@Brique Zallivamhe mentioned my neighbor totoro dumbfuckinass!
Sad mindset u have!!!
@Brique Zallivam Its an animated movie, and an incredibly important one at that.
@Brique Zallivam akira isn't cinema ?
The one ending I can think of that I'm surprised didn't even get an honorable mention is Big Fish
A requiem for a dream comes to mind when thinking about awful endings that make you feel bad
Your lists are beautiful and so well put together.
Beau Travail's ending moves me to tears everytime.
Every time I watch it “Rhythm of the Night” sneaks its way into my listening rotation for the ensuing week.
I've never seen it, but was almost moved to tears just watching this brief analysis
Wonderful list. I just subscribed - looking forward to more of this!
THANK YOU for segmenting this out in your description. Now I can watch some of the ones I missed without being completely spoiled!
The ending of A Separation was one of the most incredible that i ever saw
I saw it for the first time here, and I couldn't help but clap when the credits start rolling.
That montage of happy movie moments to recover from Dancer in the Dark’s ending had me dying
Love this channel. As a movie fan it gives me a great starting point to discover so many movies I’ve never heard of. Thanks.
Well, you set a new record for movies I’ve never seen (or even heard of in a lot of cases), but that’s one of the reasons I watch your channel.
I think one of the most poetic endings is the Godfather 3, with the last scream and the death of Michael Corleone being alone.
Man, had me crying like a damn baby
You needed a spoiler warning haha
they said his scream was so sad that coppola had to mute it
I believe Tarkovsky’s The Mirror is the most poetic and hard to argue.
The ending is pretty much the best thing about The Godfather part III. Its effective
Trainspotting (1996) had an amazing ending
Yi Yi: A One and a Two. Best closing monologue ever, which ties so many strands together. And utterly heartbreaking every time I hear it.
Very interesting video, good remarks and observations...thanks CineFix - the best movie channel on youtube
Thank u bro for mentioning lagaan. I'm Indian and proud of Lagaan movie. I enjoy watching ur videos.
Love from India
'The Lives of Others' had a great ending.
yeah it gets me, i did not see that coming
That was AMAZING! BRAVO. BEST VIDEO EVER. Sorry for shouting. The caps were on and I went for it. Great upload dudes. You've had some really good ones before, but this was the best compilation to date.
I'm so glad that u included 'Come & see'. Such masterpiece & yet doesn't get much of the credit. The ending montage really makes it a thing to remember.
Dancer in the Dark's ending is the only film to ever make me cry real tears. After all that she went through, even though you know it's coming - it's that song she sings that is so haunting. She sings all the way up to her hanging. The hanging happens and it truly hurts. One of my fave films of all time.
The celebration of life at the ending of 8½ is so goddamn beautiful, it makes me cry every time. One of my top 3 favorite films of all time. Also, it feels so good to have watched 9 out of these 10 films, so I didn't need to skip the video because of spoilers. :)
I agree. The ending was goddamn beautiful.
Always love cinefixx brilliant work as always. Always wait for the listss
I saw Cinema Paradiso in theaters when it came out and it made me cry like crazy and yearn for my youth and I was 10 years old!! That’s how powerful this movie is, it makes you long for something it hasn’t even happen yet!
To me, "Dangerous Liaisons" has one of the greatest extended close-up endings of all time, and this shot alone should absolutely have won Glenn Close that elusive Oscar.
The last scene of Phoenix (2014 German movie) wins for the category of “endings that knock you to the back of your chair like you’re in a G-force simulator.”
I thought I was a film nerd cinephile, but this channel is on a whole 'nother level. Never seen so many European recommendations from an American content creator.
Every video you make reminds me profoundly how much I love cinema. Thank you very much
Se7en.
The movie was good, but Brad Pitt's "What's in the BAAAAAAHHHX???" pulls me right out & makes me laugh. It kills the ending for me.
Pyscho, In The Mood Of Love, Waltz With Bashir, A Seperation and The Sword of Doom are my favorites with amazing endings.
Years ago, I took two actor friends, male and female, to the New Beverly in Hollywood to watch The Third Man, which neither of them had even heard of before. The movie ended, we were outside, and I was enthusiastically talking about Trevor Howard, Valli, Joseph Cotton, the soundtrack, the cinematography, Welles’ appearance in the doorway, the sewer... and both of them just smoked, staring at the sidewalk until I shut up. They looked at each other, and one said, “The ending.” And the other said, “I kept waiting for the credits to roll... and they never did. It was the most tense, saddest moment I’ve ever seen in screen. You can’t make that ending today.”
Yous guys got me feeling a lot of emotions this morning. What a list
Nice to see Enter the Void being mentioned!
I'm still watching those movies. I wanted to include V for vendetta. I was frustrated not knowing how he looks. Now that I think about it, it was not important.
Thank you for putting the time stamp and which movie is being spoiled in the Description box. Much appreciated 🙏🏼👍🏽
This channel is better than any film appreciation/history class you will ever take.
Ooh man, for that No. 10 spot I knew it couldn’t make this list, but as a kid, the ending to Homeward Bound without fail always made me cry. SHADOW :(
This is the most international list ever! And that shows the author's appreciation and deep knowledge in films around the world
This is a great list. I just subbed.
Love you guys. Keep up the good work
holy grails ending both pissed me off and made me laugh so damn hard.
Last time I watched Grail I kept expecting them to burst through a set piece and appear on a Hollywood back lot and was confused when that didn't happen-- turns out I was confusing it with Blazing Saddles lol
I think everyone hates the ending the first time through, but loves it every time after. It's such a good troll ending. My first time I sat through the music that played over the black screen for several minutes before accepting it was over.
It's a literal 'cop-out'
Paris Texas ending is a big emotional yet delicate ending. Happiness and sadness merge to perfection. Not to mention one of the best and geniusly filmed dialogues of all time, just before.
I love your work. The joy of film just pours out of them.
I haven't seen any of these movies but my compliments about the Editing. Beautifully as always. Well done!
Missed the end of Big Fish. At least should have mentioned. The classic bittersweet ending with a sim reconciling with his father in a poetic way
I’m so happy you mentioned the ending of It’s Such a Beautiful Day. For a long time I was really terrified of death and this film basically cured me. Although the ending sequence of that film makes such a simple point about existence and one that everyone’s heard a million times, it tells it in such a poignant and quaint way that it will literally change your outlook on life. It did for me at least. I watch the scene almost every night because it’s so therapeutic, never loses its power. Fantastic movie, a must-watch for anyone who feels the same way I did.
P.S: no Once Upon a Time in America?!
Thanks for such a thoughtful and informed video. My favourite is Pierrot le Fou. You do really wonderful lists.
Never in a history of youtube timestamps were more necessary than in this video... But I still love you guys and your movies.
3- Iron!!! I have loved that movie since I was 13. Great movie
Super underrated film. I wish more people knew about it.
I love that movie!
The ending to The Prestige was what I thought as an absolute masterpiece.
As a Vietnam combat vet I don't cry. But I did shed a tear at the end of Grace Is Gone (2007). You knew it was coming and when it did it was heartbreaking.
One of your best lists IMO. Almost all of your choices and a lot of your honorable mentions are in my own top 100 films list :)
Surprised Brazil didn't make its way onto any of these.
Other endings I'd have liked to see on this list: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Night on the Galactic Railroad, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Peeping Tom, Titanic, Hero, The Last Unicorn, Clue (because of the unique nature of multiple endings), the Godfather parts I and II, Watership Down, and Close Encounter of the Third Kind.
For me, the saddest ending is GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES...
This is a very good study. Thanks.
Great video! Waltz with bashir is so underrated