Top 30 Movies RUINED by Disturbing Endings

The means don't justify the end... it's the other way around! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most notable movies that were totally ruined thanks to their unnecessarily bleak and dour endings. A major spoiler warning is in effect. Our countdown includes movies "Secret Window", "Sucker Punch", "Remember Me" and more! Did you still enjoy these films, despite their controversial endings? Let us know in the comments below!

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[WatchMojo]

Which movie ending STILL leaves you feeling unsettled? Let us know in the comments!

[kpierce]

Ruined? A lot of these endings are the entire point of the movies. Last Night in Soho's ending in particular is fantastic, but yeah I just really don't get what this video was going for. Sad movies exist and if you're left feeling empty or sad that doesn't mean it's ruined.

[davidstevens-kf]

The boy in the striped pyjamas needed the disturbing ending for its impact, and, in my view, did not detract from the horrific act of the genocide committed by the Nazi regime in the second world war.

[Me-hzfu]

This whole list is just terrible. Those endings is what made the movies. Big failure on mojo

[samuelpublio]

Last Night in Soho’s ending was just as awesome as the rest of the movie

[rubygracemoseley]

The Boy In The Striped Pajamas. I don’t know if that ending “ruins” the movie….I mean it’s a movie about the Holocaust. I doubt there’s many ways to end this movie in a good way. Even if both boys had survived it would’ve still had the tragedy of the reality of the Holocaust and all the many people that hadn’t survived. Even if only Bruno had survived and Shmuel had died you still could’ve called it tragic but it’s still somewhat expected. Because this moment is supposed to show the darkness and horrors of the Holocaust. It’s horrible that both boys died when one of them didn’t even “have” to be there but I’ve never seen it as “sympathizing with Nazi’s”. I’ve always seen it as now that the Nazi has lost his son maybe he’ll realize how truly terrible the things he has committed are. The fact that he and so many other people have killed countless innocent children, as well as their mothers and fathers and now he knows what it’s like to have your child ripped away from you and killed in a brutal way….He might understand in the smallest degree possible just how truly horrible and awful the things he’s been doing are. It might help him see that the Jews are humans too and he’s killing their children. I don’t know. I never thought that that ending was terrible. It showed the darkness and horrors of the Holocaust which…you can’t make that seem any less dark than it was. You can’t ignore how truly horrible that event was.

[dragneatudorflorin]

Last Night in Soho is one of my favorite movies, the ending shocked me I don't think it ruined the movie 😭

[chelseacanales]

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas has a sad ending because it dealt with how many people suffered during the war and how life is short for the innocent and hoping history will never repeat the tragedy again

[Rhinox-]

Dear WatchMojo:
A SAD/DISTURBING ENDING IS SOMETIMES THE POINT. Somebody please explain to these people that not all movies end with “happily ever after”.

For me, Superman killing Zod made him less of a Boy Scout, and more of a troubled soul, it made him more human.

For Butterfly Effect, the depressing ending is the whole point!

The boy in the striped pajamas is supposed to be a gut punch, and no, It doesn’t create sympathy for Nazis

[Blaqjaqshellaq]

More movies have been ruined by unconvincing happy endings...

[theaz]

Boy you really got this one wrong. Most of the list has endings that made sense to the story

[themartyflorence]

Last Night in Soho is awesome, ruined is a strong word. No it’s not just because my profile is my artwork of Anya Taylor Joy in that movie. This does not deserve to be the thumbnail 😂

[Shngamcat]

... A sad or downer ending doesn't ruin a movie. A contrived plot twist or an undeserved deus ex machina ruins the movie. The weird idea that all movies have to have some kind of upbeat/optimistic ending truly ruins movies.

[CazzleRazzle]

Completely disagree with ‘the boy in the striped pyjamas’

[SerbianMeerkat]

Does someone want to explain to WatchMojo that not every movie needs a happy ending to be considered “good”?

[robbyroba]

The ending of Woman in Black I thought was pretty good. It was the ghost's way of showing gratitude for her Radcliffe's character going out of her way to right the wrongs done to her.

[trinaq]

Last Night in Soho wasn't ruined by the ending, though some aspects are a little muddled.

[kalbai]

I'm sick of people harping on about the end of Man of Steel What was he supposed to do, let Zod kill the family? In which case everyone would be bitching about instead.

[Michaelthekiwi]

The Christopher Reeve Superman kills Zod in Superman 2. Zod's death just happens offscreen as he is thrown into a chasm in the Fortress of Solitutde.

[MysteriousPerson]

Would You Rather is a great movie, the ending didn't ruin a thing. Actually most of these movies weren't ruined by the ending, they just become bummers.