Best Movie Endings III

1:00 TAR
4:18 COME AND SEE
6:35 APOCALYPSE NOW
9:15 ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST
11:52 WHIPLASH
13:50 BURN AFTER READING

[pkmcburroughs]

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

[upwardnn]

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.

[AnthonyGuerrino_aka_TonyMoro]

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!

[shinycheeto]

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

[GA-st]

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.

[supermoviefan]

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.

[LemonCups]

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

[davidmenke]

Maggie is one of the best film critics/reviewers on YouTube. It's a crying shame she doesn't have more subscribers. I see Maggie as the Tori Amos of YouTube 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!

[rajaghosh]

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

[PitchfordStache]

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

[rics]

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.

[realDialFforFilm]

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.

[janhvezda]

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

[andykang]

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

[bencarlson]

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.

[dashx]

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

[damonzap]

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 🎥

[Uncommon_Senze]

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.

[nl]

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).

[brandonhamaguchi]

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