My vote would be shawshank redemption. A close second would be citizen kane.

Ass to ass

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Took exactly one post for this thread to train wreck.

Sixth sense

Shawshank is good. Also,
Casablanca
The usual suspects

Was I wrong?

Inception

Not one of the best but one of my favorites. Kurt Russell and Stacy Keach.

Vanilla Sky.

Usual Suspects.

Planet of the Apes.

Unforgiven.

I don't even have to name the movie, if you've seen it you'll recognize them right away...

Stephen King's THE MIST
THE GODFATHER
GONE WITH THE WIND
(The material leading up to it was lame but 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
THE USUAL SUSPECTS
RAGTIME
DO THE RIGHT THING

Maybe not all-time best, but I loved the ending of Memento.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid



Bonnie and Clyde



Little Big Man

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I've been a movie watcher since the late 1940s and these are some good endings I remember seeing.

Spoilers ahead!!!!











Best movie ending: "The Bridge on the River Kwai."

Spectacular explosion and train wreck as a climax. Plus, did Sir Alec Guinness (as the colonel) realize how mistaken his effort to so efficiently build the bridge was before he died, falling on the detonator......or not?


Most satisfying understated movie ending: "Fargo."

Prodigiously pregnant Marge, the police chief, shows she is smart, capable, brave and devoted to duty as she solves crime and faces violence in snowy South Dakota. Norm, her stay at home husband, cooks, keeps house and paints while she's on duty and she's always on call. After she completes working an involved and dangerous case, she waddles home late after a particularly eventful day and her husband's waiting up for her in bed. She gets in too. He mentions that his artwork has been chosen for a postage stamp and she is very proud. No discussion about the bad guys, the murders, the fraud, the arrests or those wh***s from the neighboring town. Using the broad Midwestern accent with which they speak. Simple, supportive and loving, Perfect. Ya.



Most surprising and iconic move ending: the original "Planet of the Apes" starring Charlton Heston.

After this whole movie takes place in a strange new world where apes talk and dominate over humans, the film ends with our manly hero riding horseback on a beach until he comes upon the ruin of the Statue of Liberty. Pretty good sci fi effects, story, exposition and finish for 1968.



Other memorable endings:

"Easy Rider."
"Seconds.''
"Rosemary's Baby."
"The African Queen."
"The Godfather."
"Night of the Living Dead, "original.
"The Wicker Man." original.
"Some Like It Hot."
"Chinatown."
"The Taking of Pelham One Two Three," original.
"Fight Club" with the Pixies' song.
"Shane."
"Invasion of the Body Snatchers," original.
"Sunset Boulevard."

LOTR: Return of the King
Lost in Translation
The Royal Tenenbaums
Moulin Rouge
No Country for Old Men
Boyhood

Halloween
Planet of the Apes
Fight Club
The Sixth Sense
Jaws

Fargo is a great choice. Never really considered how perfect that ending is.

Swingers is my favorite.

Shawshank
Se7en
It's a wonderful life
Arlington road
The mist
Man on Fire
Scent of a woman
Karate kid
Secret life is Walter Mitty
The Professional

Not even a question to me:



Starting from the beginning of the scene (them arriving at the airport), through Rick and Ilsa saying goodbye (We'll always have Paris), to the killing of the Major (Major Strasser has been shot. Round up the usual suspects) to the last line (Louis, I believe this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship), movie endings don't get any more perfect than "Casablanca."

a few others not listed yet

American Beauty
The Breakfast Club

What's this one?

I think one of the most complete movies is Lucky Number Slevin. The ending is great as well.

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Shawashank Redemption

agree with several that are listed:
Shawshank Redemption
Sixth Sense
The Usual Suspects
Plane of the Apes the original
The Godfather
Se7en - ugh...just painful but sooooo good

unmentioned yet:

Silence of the Lambs - having an old friend for dinner
Boogie Nights - Dirk Diggler talking himself up for a scene and whipping out the goods
Goodefellas - breaks the 4th wall and then Pesci shooting the viewer
Dr. Strangelove - riding the bomb
Pulp Fiction - cafe scene

The Sting

The original ending of Dodgeball.

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Not one of the best but one of my favorites. Kurt Russell and Stacy Keach.

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I preferred the walking away tearing up the cassette tape ending of the first.

Of course I don't understand why he couldn't just give the space again

Planet of the Apes
Shawshank
The Godfather
Goodfellas
Sixth Sense
Inception
The Human Centipede

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Shawshank
The Godfather
Goodfellas
Sixth Sense
Inception
The Human Centipede

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Dafuq?

Layer Cake. Great movie, awesome ending.

witness for the prosecution

NSFW

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LOTR: Return of the King
Lost in Translation
The Royal Tenenbaums
Moulin Rouge
No Country for Old Men
Boyhood

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Which ending in particular though? It had six. (I'm kidding I love that movie and all its many endings).

Can't believe this one hasn't been mentioned:

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Planet of the Apes
Shawshank
The Godfather
Goodfellas
Sixth Sense
Inception
The Human Centipede

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Dafuq?

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