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Post by TylerDeneuve on Jan 13, 2024 5:17:03 GMT
Mostly to complement this thread, but also inspired by our discussion of The Blair Witch Project a few days ago. Please do share some of your choices! I'll start... |
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Post by sophiefox on Jan 13, 2024 9:27:59 GMT
i recall that the ending of The Asphalt Jungle (1950) was fucking wild!!! pure chaos mayhem also The Misfits (1961)'s ending is oddly chilling given that Gable and Monroe passed away shortly after the film was completed. the final scene with these two just breaks my heart every time i see it, bc all i can think of is that it's the final film for each of them – two giants driving off into the night, lost to us forever       sigh |
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Post by ibbi on Jan 13, 2024 12:41:14 GMT
All 3 Godpappy movies (the third one in its original form) the second one over all.
Others that come immediately to mind - The Searchers, Good Bad Ugly, Night of the Living Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Days of Heaven, Ran, Unforgiven, Taste of Cherry, Monsters Inc, Before Sunset. Those shots of the houses in Halloween.
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Post by mhynson27 on Jan 13, 2024 13:33:47 GMT
The Graduate
Inception
Captain Phillips
The Dark Knight
Sicario
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Post by JangoB on Jan 13, 2024 14:32:29 GMT
The Fabelmans
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Only Yesterday
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Post by PromNightCarrie on Jan 13, 2024 14:52:35 GMT
I always loved the flawless ending to Goodfellas. "And now it's all over..." *Sid Vicious starts blasting*.
And then two great ones that left me unexpectedly speechless for different reasons: Chinatown and Three Days of the Condor.
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Post by dazed on Jan 13, 2024 15:26:24 GMT
children of men
zodiac
social network
blue valentine
war for the planet of the apes
no time to die
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Post by pacinoyes on Jan 13, 2024 15:31:26 GMT
Man, I hate the ending of Goodfellas and Coda THe Death of Michael Corleone has a better ending (and is a better movie) that the OG Godfather Part 3 ......but anyhoo: Did we just meet Tyler? If there's one thing people can say about pacinoyes is he loves any movie with a great ending even if the rest is awful (um) - and a sad ending is totally his thing.........although I suppose you could also say he's annoying and a pretentious know it all because that's fair too I guess  All my favorite movies come down to their ending(s) - Chinatown (last line "Get off the street!" NOT "Forget it Jake it's Chinatown" btw - just sayin), The Conversation, Oldboy, Memento, Spoorloos, Aguirre Wrath of God, Jean De Florette/Manon of the Spring) - also the unforgettable fnal shot in the towering meisterbrau Doomed Love (1978) - the GOAT love story (fight me!)............................. and this unforgettable one where the hero doesn't merely NOT save the day, America loses and celebrates like clueless dumbfucks, the movie itself mocks (the movies) horror, and in the words of Mick......"Murder...it's just a shot away")   |
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Post by themoviesinner on Jan 13, 2024 15:35:15 GMT
Salo, Or The 120 Days Of Sodom (1975)
Alexander The Great (1980)
The Lovers (1994)
Taste Of Cherry (1997)
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Post by TheAlwaysClassy on Jan 13, 2024 16:12:18 GMT
Jeanne Dielman
La Haine
Underground
Shame (the Bergman one)
Dr. Strangelove
That seems like a good five.
Edit: Through the Olive Trees! Maybe my favorite ending ever and I forgot about it...
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Post by ibbi on Jan 13, 2024 16:51:26 GMT
Three Days of the Condor. Yessssssssssssss! I'd throw Parallax View in there also. |
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Post by Lord_Buscemi on Jan 13, 2024 17:23:24 GMT
Best ending of a recent first-time watch:
Not only is the score a jazzy, prog-rock banger and Hoskins perfect in his versatility, but I was also like "aw, I didn't realise the Michael Clayton ending was a reference to another film".
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jan 13, 2024 17:41:28 GMT
I've struggled to come to terms with my dislike for Gangs of New York ever since first watching it in parts on youtube 15 years ago (and seeing it a couple more times since then). Its anachronistic soundtrack and punk rock energy with that incoherently-staged first battle scene make it a bizarre entry in Scorsese's canon and one of the most peculiar historical epics made at that budget and with *that much* incredible production value. The result is messy and IMO lacks a strong emotional core, and for all U2's lyrics about the "hands that built America", it feels like most of those sweeping ideas got lost in the nitty gritty of a basic revenge plot. BUT... that ending with Leo's closing monologue and the New York skyline timelapse when that U2 kicks in never fails to send shivers down my spine. It left an indelible mark on my film journey and every so often I have to go back and watch it again.
I really am a sucker for these kinds of existential endings that confront the inevitability of time and becoming lost in history. Mohicans does the same thing and is every bit as moving.
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Jan 13, 2024 17:41:37 GMT
I obsess over endings, and these are some of the ones that have a hold on me. E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialCity LightsCloud AtlasInception2001: A Space OdysseyUnited 93The Last Temptation of ChristCome and SeeParis, TexasTitanicThe Sixth SenseBefore SunsetBefore MidnightToy Story 3Phantom ThreadTaxi DriverElephantCasablancaMoneyballRockyMunichPersonaEyes Wide ShutStalkerBeau TravailSome others I thought of but couldn't find a good video for: Oppenheimer, 25th Hour, Cléo from 5 to 7, A.I. Artificial Intelligence. |
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jan 13, 2024 17:52:15 GMT
@ mikediastavrone96 the Moneyball ending absolutely wrecks me. After everything Beane accomplished at Oakland he's still haunted by past failures and unable to take that next step. |
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jan 13, 2024 17:56:47 GMT
^^this. the way the camera slowly pulls in on Mike's face as he seems more confident in his memories, and then that haunting final line and cut to black with "Hurdy Gurdy Man". Truly one of the best ending ever. I get goosebumps just thinking about it |
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Post by ThisIsNotAnID on Jan 14, 2024 6:05:15 GMT
This is too hard so I'll go with In Bruges, a film I hated whose ending blew me away. Death suddenly foreclosing all possibility of contrition, and the sense of loss and regret in those final moments really hit me.
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Post by Nikan on Jan 14, 2024 15:24:19 GMT
Just from the stuff I watched last year and not #1 among them but it's still chilling if you're in the mood...
(from 4:13)
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Post by Nikan on Jan 14, 2024 18:24:00 GMT
Also, the best closing line for me from last year...
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Post by dadsburgers on Jan 14, 2024 19:16:38 GMT
Some other final moments that come to mind for various reasons:
The Lobster
The Prestige
Call Me By Your Name
Saw
And from TV, The Curse has just dropped one of the greatest endings of all time.
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Post by pacinoyes on Jan 14, 2024 19:36:33 GMT
Some other final moments that come to mind for various reasons: And from TV, The Curse has just dropped one of the greatest endings of all time. I just watched it for the 2nd time just to blow what's left of my mind  ..........I don't know if I want to see a 2nd season or just have it be this perfect whole 10 episode thing as is ........ |
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Post by MsMovieStar on Jan 15, 2024 9:24:12 GMT
  Oh honeys, I'll never forget the ending of this, so completely unexpected, but provoking thought and tying the whole movie together. |
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Post by TylerDeneuve on Mar 27, 2024 0:52:36 GMT
Unbearable heartbreak is beautiful when it's written on the faces of Julianne Moore and Heath Ledger... Just thinking of these endings can cause my eyes to well.  |
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Post by dazed on Mar 27, 2024 0:57:47 GMT
la la land
aftersun
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Post by futuretrunks on Mar 27, 2024 4:01:18 GMT
The Empire Strikes Back
Inception
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..........I don't know if I want to see a 2nd season or just have it be this perfect whole 10 episode thing as is ........
