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  • čas přidán 14. 01. 2024
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  • @pkmcburroughs
    @pkmcburroughs Před 4 měsíci +32

    The ending of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) absolutely scared the beejezus out of me when I was a kid.

    • @waynechapman9823
      @waynechapman9823 Před 3 měsíci

      As much as I like the original film, the ending of the remake is so much better.

    • @travis1143
      @travis1143 Před 3 měsíci +2

      One of my favorite parts of that film is Leonard Nimoy gaslighting the hell out of everyone. Funny to see Spock doing that.

  • @move_i_got_this5659
    @move_i_got_this5659 Před 4 měsíci +19

    'One That Flew Over the Coo Coo's Nest' is a therapeutic movie.
    A lot of people could relate to that movie.
    They are trapped in their own hospital and they can leave anytime they want but
    they are too scared to, they are broken.
    The movie received a standing ovation at the Oscars and for a long time was considered the greatest MOTY winner.
    Roger Ebert initially didn't like it but later gave it the top rating it deserves.
    This movie melts a lot of hearts.

    • @Mr.Goodkat
      @Mr.Goodkat Před 3 měsíci +1

      Ebert always liked it, he said so in the very first episode of his show with Siskel and give it a positive review. At that point in time it was the greatest best picture winner of all time but I don't think that was such a consensus, a lot would have said godfather 1 or 2, both had won by that point.

    • @move_i_got_this5659
      @move_i_got_this5659 Před 3 měsíci

      @@Mr.Goodkat he didn’t give it a 4 star review on his initial review.
      I forgot the details but he is known for not liking many great movies like Diehard.
      The Siskel and Ebert show has a huge list of classics that one or the other didn’t like.

    • @Mr.Goodkat
      @Mr.Goodkat Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@move_i_got_this5659 Yeah he didn't like die hard, die hard isn't a great movie anyway. He did like Cuckoo's Nest though.

  • @upwardnn1208
    @upwardnn1208 Před 4 měsíci +29

    I feel like the ending of "Nights of Cabiria" is one of the most touching and powerful moments in the history of cinema: the music, the wonderful acting of Giulietta Masina, the framing of the camera, the parade...everything perfectly comes to an end in a single instant, and the moment she smiles the meaning of the entire movie is laid bare.

    • @chrisboerger465
      @chrisboerger465 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Agreed. Also When a Woman Ascends the Stairs which seems almost an homage to the Fellini film.

    • @meesalikeu
      @meesalikeu Před 4 měsíci

      yes its one of the classic film finales

    • @filmbuff2777
      @filmbuff2777 Před 3 měsíci +1

      La Strada is also a great ending. Scorsese's introduction on the Criterion release sums it up perfectly.

    • @gammaanteria
      @gammaanteria Před 3 měsíci

      Love the ending to "Nights of Cabiria" and everything (the editing, the music, etc.) seems almost perfectly in sync...

  • @AnthonyGuerrino_aka_TonyMoro
    @AnthonyGuerrino_aka_TonyMoro Před 3 měsíci +19

    Terminator 2 STILL makes me cry by the end! A movie about KILLER ROBOTS, and I still get tears in my eyes when John is hugging the T-800 before he lowers himself into the lava. Man tears every time! No joke!

    • @Skrenja
      @Skrenja Před 2 měsíci +1

      Greatest action movie of all time.

  • @schoolofrockcary6625
    @schoolofrockcary6625 Před 4 měsíci +15

    "Unforgiven" by Clint Eastwood. The WHOLE movie building up to that crescendo gunfight in the bar...that is literally jaw dropping. Then the movie epilogue is like "And then he went on his way". Legit awesome

    • @antondalemma5484
      @antondalemma5484 Před 2 měsíci

      Agreed. Bits of authentic representation of "west", dying livestock, illiteracy, abandoned children, horror of killing/death and so many other little bits culminating in a shootout matched only by comical ending in "Going South". Guns so inaccurate at almost any distance and last man standing is the one so despondent, so utterly surrendered, his own possible death not even factored into equation.

    • @pedroV2003
      @pedroV2003 Před 2 měsíci

      Agreed and the music theme 'Claudia's Theme' helped immensely.

  • @shinycheeto5779
    @shinycheeto5779 Před 4 měsíci +17

    Blow Out has a devastating ending. I also like the one in Mulholland Dr. The searchers a classic one to.

  • @alcoholicgoat
    @alcoholicgoat Před 4 měsíci +12

    Heat has a really solid ending

  • @rajaghosh2073
    @rajaghosh2073 Před 4 měsíci +12

    Casablanca. The ending is the “beginning of a beautiful friendship”.

  • @davidmenke7552
    @davidmenke7552 Před 4 měsíci +13

    Maggie is one of the best film critics/reviewers on CZcams. It's a crying shame she doesn't have more subscribers. I see Maggie as the Tori Amos of CZcams celebs---incredibly talented, almost to a genius level (listening to Maggie just talk is an experience in itself) but only known to a select few fans:) Love everything she has to say, AND I love that she hasnt changed her background in years!

  • @supermoviefan829
    @supermoviefan829 Před 4 měsíci +45

    Solaris (1972) has one of the greatest endings of all time. I was left speechless by the end of it that it became a masterpiece. It’s an ending that will stick with you forever.

    • @dsmyify
      @dsmyify Před 4 měsíci +1

      The whole movie is something else the first time watching it. Such a great movie.

    • @thewebstylist
      @thewebstylist Před 4 měsíci +1

      I’ve never seen but just looked up on RT and 90% critics review, will checkout thnks

    • @dankairgadam8841
      @dankairgadam8841 Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@thewebstylistYou’re in for a treat. I’ve seen that movie twice and I still only understand about 75% of it.

    • @nl3064
      @nl3064 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Great choice. One of the all-time great closing shots. The last shot of Nostalghia is also haunting and dreamy.

    • @meesalikeu
      @meesalikeu Před 4 měsíci +2

      the solaris novela is even better than the movie. 🎉

  • @GA-1st
    @GA-1st Před 4 měsíci +7

    For me, the ending of "Roman Holiday" continues to resonate literally decades since I've seen it. Wyler's refusal to give it a Hollywood finale was a gutsy move, and brought an ultimate truth to the film one doesn't see coming. Brilliant.

  • @damonzap8659
    @damonzap8659 Před 4 měsíci +14

    Always enjoy the ending of John Carpenter's The Thing. Most recently the ending of Mandy by Panos has got me watching that film repetitively 🎥

  • @foregonebooks
    @foregonebooks Před 4 měsíci +16

    City Light by Charlie Chaplin is my favorite movie ending. It's totally killer emotionally.

    • @waynechapman9823
      @waynechapman9823 Před 3 měsíci

      I’m right with you on that! That was my pick as well.

  • @PitchfordStache
    @PitchfordStache Před 3 měsíci +4

    Tár was so damn good--probably my favorite release since Parasite.

  • @bencarlson4300
    @bencarlson4300 Před 3 měsíci +5

    There Will Be Blood and Harakiri are the two that came to my mind first, they’re both the perfect explosive conclusions to incredible and devastating films. The lead characters… get what they want in a way at great cost.

  • @BrandonHamaguchi
    @BrandonHamaguchi Před 4 měsíci +7

    One of my favourites endings is The Swimmer (1968) ❤

  • @bowman05
    @bowman05 Před 4 měsíci +6

    I came across this description from drdavid1963 here on youtube about the ending of Lawrence of Arabia and it so well describes what I have also felt about it.
    The ending of Lawrence of Arabia is a beautiful summation of the movie. We know he is heading home to his death (having seen it at the beginning). So, when the officer says, 'going home, sir' we feel its irony because this complicated man has felt more at home in the desert, the site of so many of his great adventures. And the appearance of the motorbike (we first hear the sound of the motorbike over Lawrence's non-reaction to the officer) as it overtakes the jeep, throwing up dust as we cut to the windshield through which we see Lawrence slowly obscured by the rising dust. It's cinematic storytelling at its finest. And very moving.

  • @LemonCups
    @LemonCups Před 3 měsíci +2

    Lost Highway. Takes you from scratching your head to banging it against the wall by the end. Love love love it.

  • @rics1883
    @rics1883 Před 4 měsíci +5

    Thank you for discussing TAR. Love watching you discussing movies.
    I feel the ending resonated with her opening interview, where she boasts how she controls the time in orchestra. But in the end, she wears headphones implies how this cancelled maestro is not above it. At end she truly sublimated, humbled to the music. This dense movie studies hollowness of genius. Kudos to Todd Field & Cate Blanchett for this masterpiece.

  • @briangronberg6507
    @briangronberg6507 Před 4 měsíci +10

    Billy Wilder’s “Some Like it Hot” and “Double Indemnity” have phenomenal endings. In terms of more recent films, PTA’s “The Master,” Sofia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette,” and Rawson Marshall Thurber’s “Dodgeball” are some of my favorites.

    • @nathandensley9104
      @nathandensley9104 Před 4 měsíci +1

      And Sunset Blvd. "I'm ready for my close up Mr Demille."

    • @briangronberg6507
      @briangronberg6507 Před 3 měsíci

      @@nathandensley9104, absolutely!

    • @maybeltr39
      @maybeltr39 Před 3 měsíci +1

      And Witness for the Prosecution. I absolutely love Billy Wilder

    • @ichidome
      @ichidome Před 2 měsíci

      and the apartment

  • @waynechapman9823
    @waynechapman9823 Před 3 měsíci +3

    My favorite movie ending goes all the way back to 1931. It’s “City Lights,” and that exchange between the Tramp and the Flower Girl is so profound despite its simplicity.
    Tramp: “You can see now?”
    Flower Girl: “Yes, I can see now.”
    I’m getting weepy just thinking about it!

  • @realDialFforFilm
    @realDialFforFilm Před 4 měsíci +9

    Your viewers always give interesting picks, and I love hearing your responses to them. One of my personal favorites is "Being There" (1979). I won't spoil it for anyone reading who hasn't seen it, but it casts a spell over the film that makes us question everything. I still read so much into the closing image about life and death, ideology, and human nature. Having shown it to friends recently, I can say it still generates profound discussions.

    • @taliamason7986
      @taliamason7986 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Coming Home the year before also has a great, very powerful ending. Hal Ashby was truly one of a kind and his music choices would never cease to disappoint. 😊

    • @darrylgreen5655
      @darrylgreen5655 Před 4 měsíci

      In subsequent viewings one can see hints throughout Being There which culminates to that final scene.

    • @Mr.Goodkat
      @Mr.Goodkat Před 3 měsíci

      @@darrylgreen5655 Such as?

    • @darrylgreen5655
      @darrylgreen5655 Před 3 měsíci

      @@Mr.Goodkat As one in the school of thought that Chance is the Second Coming, aside from him walking on water, examples include:
      1. He is a gardener (as in the Garden of Eden); the nurturer of living things (as when he removes the dead branch to allow the sapling to grow)
      2. MacLaine's character's name is Eve, who is a good soul but is evidently subject to being wayward.
      3. Political operatives plot to use Chance as a political tool, which coincided at the time the film (and the film's book) was made when religion and invoking God began to be common practice in making political appeals.
      4. Chance always spoke in simple, virtuous proverbs where people misread or misused his messages; just as people often misunderstand and misuse religious tenets.
      But, perhaps the film was intentionally a cinematic Rorschach test where we are left to make our own interpretations, but I think Jerzy Kosinski had the above in mind.

  • @andykang6469
    @andykang6469 Před 3 měsíci +3

    I always thought that ending of The Conversation is just perfect.

  • @kedemberger8773
    @kedemberger8773 Před 2 měsíci

    Love your channel. Tar is loosely constructed according to Mahler's fifth symphony in that the first 3 movements have no closure ending in midair, the 4th movement is a beautiful slow movement, actually Mahler's marriage proposal to Alma, that's Tar going back to her roots and her 'mentor', Lennys concerts on VHS, and the last movement of the symphony throws everything to the winds in an ironic twist.

  • @recommendacious8026
    @recommendacious8026 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Greed, City Lights, Close-Up, Cries and Whispers, Sunset Boulevard,
    Bicycle Thieves, Umberto D, 2001, Red, Easy Rider, The Ascent, Stroszek...the list goes on

  • @TheClebes
    @TheClebes Před 4 měsíci +5

    I love the ending of the original "The Gambler" starring James Caan. Such an intense ending. I also love the ending of Takeshi Miike's "Graveyard of Honor".

  • @philipdavis7521
    @philipdavis7521 Před 4 měsíci +5

    The end of Kurosawa’s Sanjuro must surely be one of the best - even if it was somewhat accidental (it was never intended to be quite so bloody). It’s certainly the best ending to a sequel. On the subject of Kurosawa, I’ve always thought his ending of Stray Dog is the best ending for any detective noir - it shifts in tone from a thriller to something metaphysical.

  • @alfredo4053
    @alfredo4053 Před 4 měsíci +5

    Beau Travail, at least among films that I have seen more recently.
    It was so unexpected that it compelled me to watch the whole film a second time. Until that point I had struggled to identify a strong theme in the narrative, now I think it's one of my 10 or 20 favorite films ever

  • @Shah-of-the-Shinebox
    @Shah-of-the-Shinebox Před 4 měsíci +9

    Big Night from 1996 has the sweetest, most heart-warming endings.
    The two brothers and their busboy, in complete silence, cooking an omelette and comforting each other is so wholesome.
    Other great, touching endings i love: City Lights, Harold and Maude and A Matter of Life and Death.

    • @scottburch3178
      @scottburch3178 Před 4 měsíci

      Big night is one my favs. King of Queens reenacts the end scene in the episode where Doug wants to open a sandwich shop.

    • @thewebstylist
      @thewebstylist Před 4 měsíci

      I’ve never seen or even heard of but just looked up and wow 97% Fresh critics on RT so will checkout

  • @Sude1089
    @Sude1089 Před 3 měsíci +2

    The ending of The Shawshank Redemption. I get choked up every time Morgan Freeman talks about wanting to see his friend and shake his hand. Also the ending to Thief... So badass and what a great song they play called "Confrontation".

  • @purefoldnz3070
    @purefoldnz3070 Před 4 měsíci +3

    best ending of course goes to John Wayne in the Searchers, which is definitely the most iconic.

  • @janhvezda9086
    @janhvezda9086 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Some Like It Hot - "Nobody's perfect" has to be the greatest final line ever.

  • @AnthonyGuerrino_aka_TonyMoro
    @AnthonyGuerrino_aka_TonyMoro Před 4 měsíci +19

    It’s A Wonderful Life has the GREATEST and most emotional ending, ever!
    You gotta review that film!

  • @AdAstra78
    @AdAstra78 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Leon the Professional: "This is from...Matilda"

  • @badinfluence3814
    @badinfluence3814 Před 2 měsíci +1

    '... Cuckoo's Nest' deservedly won best picture in '75, and the nominees were Nashville, Barry Lyndon, Jaws and Dog Day Afternoon. Has there been a stronger year of contenders? Nicholson's performance is perfect imo.

  • @davidellis5141
    @davidellis5141 Před 4 měsíci +5

    " You're Working For Me Now " - To Live & Die In LA

  • @SidV101
    @SidV101 Před 3 měsíci +2

    My interpretation differs from the director’s, but the ending of Pan’s Labyrinth clobbered my soul in the best possible way

  • @StaticBlaster
    @StaticBlaster Před 3 měsíci +2

    E.T. has a phenomenally astounding ending especially with John Williams' sweeping crescendo.

  • @mrburger
    @mrburger Před 3 měsíci +2

    The ending of Take Shelter always jumps immediately to mind. Jessica Chastain looking at her fingertips, then at the camera, before saying, "Okay."

  • @westcoaststrangler
    @westcoaststrangler Před 4 měsíci +3

    "The last American Virgin" has one of the best endings, especially since you dont expect it from an 80s rom com. I wonder how ahead of it's time it was, like other critically acclaimed movies or shows but they did it first. Might be one of the few to do that ending.

    • @ultrahighgain412
      @ultrahighgain412 Před měsícem

      Wow. I came here to say that. It's a repackaging of an Israeli film called Lemon Popsicle.

  • @nl3064
    @nl3064 Před 3 měsíci +4

    Many great movie endings that come to mind.
    Magnolia (1999) - love the final shot as the camera pushes in on Melora Walters and "Save Me" starts playing.
    Fight Club (1999) - Cue "Where Is My Mind" at the moment the buildings start to come down.
    Gangs of New York (2002) - again, great needle drop moment, "The Hands That Built America" blaring as New York changes over the years makes it one of the most grandiose closing shots.
    The American Friend (1977) - they drive all night, drive the ambulance onto the beach in the morning, Dennis Hopper lights the ambulance on fire and Bruno Ganz finally ditches his crazy ass. 'He never did bring the Beatles back to Hamburg.'
    La Dolce Vita (1960) - they party all night, they wander down to the beach in the morning.
    Nostalghia (1983) - that shot is straight out of a dream - bloke sits in front of a cabin overlooking a pond - camera slowly pulls back to show the whole thing is inside a giant cathedral.
    The Quiet Earth (1985) - the last epic shot of our character transported to an alien beach, and watching a matte painting of Saturn gigantically rising in the background.
    Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004) - that last looped shot of them running on a snow-covered beach.
    Edit: oh, and Enemy (2013). Random left-field ending. And I love it.
    And of course, I totally forgot Down By Law (1986) - that final long take when John Lurie and Tom Waits part at the fork in the woods. Man.
    And who could forget Being There (1979)? Peter Sellers, as he walks off across the water? "Life, is a state of mind" (Sellers even had that line inscribed on his memorial plaque).

  • @amosperrine1909
    @amosperrine1909 Před 4 měsíci +4

    You are so right on Tar, it, Todd and she got robbed, but bear in mind the Oscars is a popularity contest that sometimes rewards art, just enough to keep you watching. BTW, it’s ending was also genius, she goes back to what made her feel about the music in first place, it’s the music, it’s the work that counts. I can see how some folks think it represents how low she has gotten, but I see a deeper meaning, it’s bringing your genius to the music, no matter where that is. BTW, the key to the picture and the character is a throwaway line where she says that she’s a “Uhaul lesbian.” At first I thought it was there to establish Fields’ bonafides, but by the movie’s end it represents her emotional immaturity, or lack of emotional depth that comes with having relationships based primarily on convenience which eventually leads to her downfall. BTW, besides being a huge movie buff, head of several film fests and a couple of film fellowships, I am an attorney whose speciality is sexual harassment and discrimination.

  • @robmann400
    @robmann400 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Four Of My Favourite Horror Film Endings...
    Black Christmas (1974)
    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
    Carrie (1976)
    Poltergeist (1982)
    My Favourite Horror Film Ending Of All Time...
    Sleepaway Camp (1983)
    Thanks for making videos eh.

  • @matttorrence2900
    @matttorrence2900 Před 3 měsíci +3

    I like the ending of An American Werewolf in London.

  • @DeanH92
    @DeanH92 Před 3 měsíci +3

    I met Christopher Lloyd last year and asked him about Cuckoo's Nest. Not often you get to ask someone "What was it like working with Jack Nicholson?"

  • @michaelgrife6964
    @michaelgrife6964 Před 3 měsíci

    BEAUTIFUL REVIEW. THANK YOU.

  • @johnaslover
    @johnaslover Před 4 měsíci +2

    I love ambiguous/abstract endings. My favorite of the last ten years is The Florida Project. It’s such a surreal crescendo, in response to all the heartache that led to it. And I love a clever final line… a couple good ones from recent years are Honey Boy: “I’m gonna make a movie about you,” and Barbie: “I’m here to see my gynecologist.” Those left solid last impressions.

  • @phealy02
    @phealy02 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Planet of the Apes (original) - seeing the Statue of Liberty was a great moment in cinema.
    Ran - the blind character left on the hill felt so sad.
    Chinatown / Falling Down - I admire the courage to end a film so bleakly.

  • @danielbarrero8665
    @danielbarrero8665 Před 4 měsíci +3

    I’d love to see you make a video on the Best TV Finales! Nathan Fielder’s The Curse recently had a pretty polarizing ending and it’s honestly now one of my favorite endings to any show ever

  • @jacotromp59581
    @jacotromp59581 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Fear is the one emotion that stays with me a lot longer than happiness, sadness or joy. The Summer of '84 is the only movie in my entire life that scared the absolute crap out of me. It's so real. It has one of the scariest antagonist for me. I couldn't stop thinking about it for weeks. Not sure why it got such a grip on me, as I have been watching scary movies since I was 5 when my dad took us to the drive-in and we saw Jaws and the original Firestarter.

  • @83aber1
    @83aber1 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Terminator 2 had a great ending. Robocop as well.

  • @westonlong
    @westonlong Před 3 měsíci +1

    I love the ending of To Die For. It's up there with the best for me.

  • @83aber1
    @83aber1 Před 4 měsíci +4

    The first Dumb & Dumber had a great ending.

    • @ikmor
      @ikmor Před 4 měsíci +2

      You'll have to excuse my friend.. He's a little slow.

  • @chadwilson-smith8662
    @chadwilson-smith8662 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Have not watched the trilogy in years, however I still think of the pusher 2 ending. Very bittersweet, uncertain and hopeful at the same time. Love it

  • @deanedge5988
    @deanedge5988 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I know you love it and have covered it extensively but the end of Noce di Cabiria. I can honestly say that even having seen it dozens of times it always leaves me in tears. I'm going to watch Tar (I have seen the rest ) thank you. Happy New Year.
    PS Have you seen Ciao Federico? A Doco about the making of Satyricon - the full version is now available on YT. Its a terrible work technically (everyone was stoned) but also (almost because) an amazing insight (not always comfortable) into how the puppet master genius worked....and finally Sharon Tate captured in all her transcendental beauty visiting Cinecitta with Polanski just months before returning to Cielo Drive.

  • @anthonychobotdoespopcultur7762
    @anthonychobotdoespopcultur7762 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Sleepaway camp and rocky 2 have the best endings

  • @tukolo5408
    @tukolo5408 Před 4 měsíci +3

    The Usual Suspects, Rocky, the 6th Sense.

  • @alexanderkilcullen4247
    @alexanderkilcullen4247 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I remember when I saw this film in theaters as a young teenager and the crowd that I was a participant of damn near filled the theater, now I can't attest for the other audience members but I know I wasn't the only individual who was weeping heavily at the end of this film because when the credits started rolling a mighty applause lit up the entire room. Now having revisited this movie several times and with the admittance that it is not without its flaws and can be cliched, whilst some of the circumstances of the films final moments can be a lil farfetched and having narrative points left open-ended, the ending nonetheless closes this story on an emotionally gut wrenching note that shatters my heart and leaves my face wet every time. It is the 2011 film Warrior starring Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, and Nick Nolte.

  • @Avioto
    @Avioto Před 4 měsíci +4

    For me it's Enemy. Still have nightmares about it sometimes 😫

  • @biffsorenson693
    @biffsorenson693 Před 4 měsíci

    keep up the good work.

  • @NaughtyVampireGod
    @NaughtyVampireGod Před 2 měsíci

    John Boorman's Zardoz and Excalibur both have extraordinary endings. In each one the name of the main character is yelled repeatedly: "Zed!"; "Arthur!"

  • @darrylgreen5655
    @darrylgreen5655 Před 4 měsíci +2

    The ending of Antonioni’s Blow Up (1966) stands out since it inspires a contemplative viewer to ponder the deeper meaning of what they had watched.

    • @meesalikeu
      @meesalikeu Před 4 měsíci

      not to mention zabriskie point where it does actually blow up literally at the end, or at least in the character’s imagination anyway - & to pink floyd. rad af. 🎉

  • @antondalemma5484
    @antondalemma5484 Před 2 měsíci

    Almost exclusively devoted to political content, your site is mildly addicting. Honest and intelligent. Btw After reading few comments, I thoroughly separate "twists" from endings that are so stunning they leave one musing deeper meanings about life, death, love, human condition ... etc. Love to see one of your takes on best opening scenes.

  • @realDialFforFilm
    @realDialFforFilm Před 4 měsíci +3

    Another great aspect of the ending to "Come and See" is how Flyora points the gun toward the viewer. The original title of the film was "Kill Hitler," which Klimov says was meant to represent killing the Hitler within ourselves. So, Flyora shooting his gun at the audience is the film killing the evil that can lurk within anyone.

  • @neonvandal8770
    @neonvandal8770 Před 2 měsíci

    Mad Max 2 for me - Once it was revealed that the narrator is actually the feral kid as an old man, and also the offhand way he say's that it was the we ever saw of max as the camera pulls back into smoke and darkness - Just killed me dead when i saw it as a kid! Never forgot it- Brilliant! 👌

  • @gammaanteria
    @gammaanteria Před 3 měsíci +1

    Some of my favorites:
    The Long Good Friday- very effective and creative
    Obsession- Bernard Herrmann's soaring, eerie waltz gives the final scene a visceral wallop. I watched it over and over again the first time I saw it.
    Once Upon a Time in America
    Army of Shadows- bleak but powerful
    Cinema Paradiso- maybe too sentimental, but I don't mind
    The Last Temptation of Christ- love the beautiful accident of them running out film creating that weird light effect, combined with the wail from the soundtrack

  • @Mr.Goodkat
    @Mr.Goodkat Před 3 měsíci +1

    The Good, The Bad & The Ugly is easily the greatest movie ending imo, cinematography, acting, editing and score during those final 22 mins is perfection, even the scenery is fantastic, it's got both very dramatic moments and funny moments and stays true to the characters all the way whilst ending so satisfyingly. Other greats include -
    One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
    The Wicker Man (1973)
    City Lights
    A Clockwork Orange
    It's A Wonderful Life
    The Usual Suspects
    Saw
    Manon Des Sources
    Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
    Inglourious Basterds
    American Beauty
    Requiem For A Dream
    Bicycle Thieves
    The Bridge On The River Kwai
    Rocky V
    Jaws
    Whiplash
    Primal Fear
    Ferris Bueller's Day Off
    Scent Of A Woman
    Scarface
    Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978)
    The Plague Dogs
    Of Mice And Men (1992)
    Lucky Number Slevin
    25th Hour

  • @ericvuillemey2135
    @ericvuillemey2135 Před 3 měsíci +1

    1) City Lights (and it is not even close).
    Then in no particular order.
    Planet of the Apes (Charlton Heston)
    Brokeback Mountain
    Star Wars (New Hope)
    On Body and Soul (2016 Hungarian masterpiece).
    Past Lives

  • @user-lq4np9qw7y
    @user-lq4np9qw7y Před 2 měsíci

    Considering your love for Klimov and Tarkovsky, I was surprised to see no reviews for Alexei German, who, though less known, is my favorite Russian director. "Khrustalev, My Car!" has my favorite movie ending of all time. Experiencing late German's work is something you owe to yourself as a fan of the medium; there really is nothing like it. I would recommend starting with "My Friend Ivan Lapshin," as it's more approachable, before diving into the madness of "Khrustalev, My Car!" and "Hard to Be a God."

  • @breadboard4538
    @breadboard4538 Před 3 měsíci

    I have subscribed to this channel and turned on the notification bell for its new videos, yet sometimes I get notified, sometimes I don't... What is up with that? Especially considering I always look forward to your content! Anyway, keep up the good work!

  • @tylerolsonfilms
    @tylerolsonfilms Před 4 měsíci +4

    For me…The Man who knew too much, its a wonderful life, braveheart, last samurai, to kill a mockingbird

    • @2003Cpayne
      @2003Cpayne Před 4 měsíci +1

      The Man Who Knew Too Much....good one!

    • @taliamason7986
      @taliamason7986 Před 4 měsíci

      Which one. The original 1934 classic or the 1956 remake?

    • @tylerolsonfilms
      @tylerolsonfilms Před 4 měsíci

      @@taliamason7986 the 1956 remake w/ Jimmy Stewart.
      BEN: “I’m sorry we were gone so long, but we had to go over and pick up Hank.“
      Just perfection

  • @Starkardur
    @Starkardur Před 3 měsíci +1

    a recent film that had an amazing ending was The power of the dog. Didn't care much about the movie but that ending was amazing.

  • @avatarname0008
    @avatarname0008 Před 2 měsíci

    A scanner darkly the ending of that one got me good especially at the very end where pkd lists his friends who couldnt make successful comebacks after being addicts

  • @4eversmokey
    @4eversmokey Před 4 měsíci +1

    It's a Wonderful Life and Field of Dreams are my favorite endings. I cry everytime

  • @fredleggett923
    @fredleggett923 Před 16 dny

    Shaolin Soccer from 2001. It might be just a goofy kung-fu soccer flick, but it has a wonderfully perfect ending that also makes total sense given the film's context.

  • @RWIsaac-lk5mj
    @RWIsaac-lk5mj Před 4 měsíci +2

    I hereby submit The Cremator, Au hasard Balthazar, Woman in the Dunes and Whistle Down the Wind. I also agree with everyone who said Blow Up, Beau trevail, Dr. Strangelove, and Nights of Cabiria.

  • @THATGUYTALKSMOVIES
    @THATGUYTALKSMOVIES Před 4 měsíci +2

    How the HELL is 'SE7EN' NOT mentioned!!!??? I mean, as far as movie endings go...it ranks easily as one of the TOP of all time. Period. I'd like to add 'The Usual Suspects' as well.

  • @Advent3546
    @Advent3546 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Burning by Lee Chang-Dong shook me with its ending. I felt physically upset by it. The whole movie hangs on the ambiguity and mystery for so long and to have it so violently torn away from me almost felt too much to handle.

  • @MaunderMaximum
    @MaunderMaximum Před 4 měsíci +5

    Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners.

  • @thedude3853
    @thedude3853 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Yi-Yi and The Human Condition: A Soldier's Prayer have two of my favorite endings. Both are very haunting.

  • @JT-rx1eo
    @JT-rx1eo Před 4 měsíci +1

    La La Land.
    When an ending like that, that irritates most viewers but enhances the poignancy of the movie to such a degree, it wins the best movie ending award.

    • @Elephant2024
      @Elephant2024 Před 3 měsíci +1

      At first viewing, I was in the WTF was that category when seeing how the story was advanced four years rather than keeping it in the present. But upon multiple viewings, I believe that the ending was absolutely brilliant like the rest of the movie. Rather than opting for one definitively stated conclusion, we were shown what Mia and Sebastian's (presumably married) life would have been like had they stayed together, as opposed to the reality of them splitting up. Professionally, they both accomplished their dreams and seemed to be in a contented place. But personally, we are left to imagine how their lives would have turned out had they stayed together. Something we could all relate to. Envisioning how things might have worked out had we selected an alternate course. Anyway, La La Land was/is a great movie. A term I do not use loosely or recklessly.

  • @chalkandcheese1868
    @chalkandcheese1868 Před 4 měsíci +3

    One of the best things about One flew over the cuckoo's nest was it's humour, mixed with the tragedy. Kirk Douglas would have been a disaster in that movie, and Michael Douglas knew it.

  • @Demiwemi2k
    @Demiwemi2k Před 3 měsíci +1

    The ending to a quiet earth has to be my favorite, simply because i wish that was me.

  • @shaneschoeppner2868
    @shaneschoeppner2868 Před 3 měsíci

    I love the ending of Daniel Petrie's Resurrection. Ellen Burstyn is astounding in that movie.

  • @pepeye
    @pepeye Před 3 měsíci +1

    Don't forget about the ending of Runaway Train. Pretty powerful stuff.

  • @Mark6435bz
    @Mark6435bz Před 4 měsíci +2

    Seven. The Godfather. The Apartment (and pretty much anything by Billy Wilder). Black Narcissus (and just about any film by Powell and Pressburger). Taxi Driver. The Epilogue card at the end of Barry Lyndon is also superb.

  • @taliamason7986
    @taliamason7986 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I personally love the ending of Hal Ashby's Coming Home. The powerful speech Jon Woight's character makes that is cross-cut with the impending suicide of Bruce Dern's character and Tim Buckley's masterpiece 'Once I Was' that plays in the background.

  • @dashx1103
    @dashx1103 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Fight Club had a great ending. Substantially different from the book, but somehow it was perfect for the movie. Cue the Pixies.

  • @labguru7628
    @labguru7628 Před 3 měsíci

    Lost in Translation: Bob wispering something in Charlotte's ear (that the audience can't hear) prior to them kissing goodbye forever is one of my all time favorite endings.

  • @artestra
    @artestra Před 4 měsíci

    WHIPLASH! HELL YES! Happy New Year, guys

  • @todd8398
    @todd8398 Před 3 měsíci

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Because it seems obvious what the outcome must be, yet there is that glimmer of possibility...
    Prisoners. The Usual Suspects. The Prestige. The ending flips the whole movie around. Since it's Nolan, honorable mention here to Memento as well.
    Lake Mungo. Often placed in the Horror genre, it's a slow methodical movie where not much actually "scary" stuff happens (until the climax anyway). But the end does something else that make the rest of the movie really "creepy" in hindsight, in a way that sits with you for weeks afterward (I last watched it months ago and I'm getting chills just thinking about it now)
    Aguirre the Wrath of God. Monkeys, madness and death.

  • @CLFmoto87
    @CLFmoto87 Před 3 měsíci

    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. So many of the HP movies end on a bittersweet or purely melancholy note but Chamber is a truly happy ending.

  • @SimonMeyborg
    @SimonMeyborg Před 3 měsíci +1

    Best one in recent history is Saint Maud. That final shot - oh dear.

  • @seanuio
    @seanuio Před 2 měsíci

    Off the top of my head... these movies (and their endings) come to my mind.
    - There Will Be Blood
    - I Stand Alone
    - Taxi Driver
    - Fat Girl
    - Tar
    - AI
    - Phantom Thread
    - Incendies
    - Der freie Wille (The Free Will)
    - 2001
    - In The Bedroom

  • @BrandonHamaguchi
    @BrandonHamaguchi Před 4 měsíci +1

    Hi! YT tip: to create the actual chapters in the timeline of the video you should add a eg "0:00 INTRO" at the beginning of the list on the description. Hope can help.

  • @larshansen1978
    @larshansen1978 Před 2 měsíci

    I find Whiplash to have a rather tragic, although logical ending. He sacrifies everything to become his teacher and his his view on life as a struggle with pain.

  • @sandorx4
    @sandorx4 Před 4 měsíci +2

    The only good thing about the ending in Tár. is that the ordeal was finally over.
    The two greatest endings in film history can be found in Jancsó's The Round-Up, and Resnais' Les Herbes Folles.

    • @flowerfaeri
      @flowerfaeri Před 4 měsíci

      I never made it to the end of Tar... after 45 excruciating minutes, I couldn't take any more of it. I just didn't care about anyone or anything in it.

  • @bryce3066
    @bryce3066 Před 3 měsíci

    really hope u eventually review the zone of interest and the holdovers

  • @drewhunkins7192
    @drewhunkins7192 Před 3 měsíci +1

    The ending to "Splendor in the Grass" is one of the biggest gut punches ever.

  • @kapner2104
    @kapner2104 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Trainspotting
    Renton walking across the bridge, with V.O. “Truth is I’m a bad person, but thats going to change, I’m going to change.” As the picture turns fuzzy and out of focus, just like Renton’s idea of getting clean and “choosing life”
    Obviously doesn’t coincide with the sequel. But that was always my interpretation of the ending