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The Top 50 Movie Endings of All Time...Ultimate SPOILER ALERT!

filmcritic.com — We spent literally months brainstorming and corralling the 50 films with the absolute best endings we've ever seen. We're not talking about the last half hour. We mean the last minute of movie. You know, the ending. Needless to say you can consider this entire article one monster SPOILER ALERT

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  • beean45, on 10/12/2007, -5/+57No Se7en?!?
  • euphemizeme, on 10/12/2007, -0/+31No Debbie Does Dallas?!?
  • elzilcho, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21Snape kills Dumbledore!
  • sronbheatha, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17I think The Usual Suspects should be higher. Dr. Strangelove is a classic though.I'm currently on a capaign for everyone to see that movie.
  • Nougat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13http://filmcritic.com.nyud.net:8090/misc/emporium.nsf/95a45e26914c25ff862562bb006a85f2/394a496e465c4f38882571b900114dc5
  • KuntaKinte, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11no naughty nurses 7? does the patient die, or does he bang the nurse?
  • rockforever, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Dr. Strangelove is the best. When people tell me Kubrick's masterpiece is Clockwork Orange, I slap them.

    You can't fight here, this is the war room!
  • KatieBee, on 10/12/2007, -6/+16was this list was compiled by my grandparents??
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9"As always, apologies in advance for the ones we stupidly forgot (and we know you'll be writing to let us know -- yes, Jaws, The Sixth Sense, Seven, Carrie, we're sorry!)."

    Wow Sixth Sense and Seven is my top 2, and they're not even on the list. If you know you F up, then fix it.
  • Roger, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9You're kidding, right?

    Ocean's 12 sucked and the ending was terrible.
  • elementfire, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9No 300? This is madness.
  • Bara, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Yea wtf? That movie had an amazing ending and should definitely be in the top 10.
  • MurderMystery, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6How is Dr. Strangelove film noir?
  • devilbody, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6FTA: "As always, apologies in advance for the ones we stupidly forgot (and we know you'll be writing to let us know -- yes, Jaws, The Sixth Sense, Seven, Carrie, we're sorry!)."
  • davidsmero, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Lucky Number Slevin and The Departed should be on the list of awesome endings.
  • macdaddydwj, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of The Ooze

    Super Shredder was fricken crazy!
  • r00t3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The Game is not even mentioned and should probably be #1.
  • Nougat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4@zinite (#6291460)
    Yeah, that got three of them.
  • fantasmacanino, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Oh wow, no Se7en, no Shawshank Redemption, The Six Sense, The Prestige, The Others, Psycho, Planet Of The Apes, et cetera. Not a very good list, in my opinion.
  • HunterTV, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Just because the lighting is dark doesn't make it film noir.
  • nreynolds, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3i'm pretty sure he bangs the nurse. wait #7? That one fooled us all...
  • childprey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3WHERE'S SOYLENT GREEN?
  • WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+31. the butler did it
    2. he dies at the end
    3. they never see each other again
    4. the whole sh*t blows up.
    5. they are both impeached and convicted of treason.
  • unclejesse0, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4"We must not have a mineshaft gap!"
    Dugg for that quote from Dr. Strangelove.
  • Vrail, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Two Words:

    Shawshank Redemption.
  • SuperiorKarsch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Dugg for Fight Club.
  • McBassMan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Its good to see that "Being There" is on the list. Peter Sellers was great in everything that he did, that's why "Dr Strangelove" was number one.
  • Namco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You sir are sadly mistaken. And when I say sadly, it's sad for filmcritic.com.
  • deejqu1k, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Without Sixt Sense this list has no credibilty. That one twist has allowed M Night Shamaylan to make 4 bad movies. Gotta get it up there. Also underrated ending... Arlington Road.
  • CrazyElf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Good list, but where's Soylent Green? No one saw that ending coming!
  • burkay, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Prestige had to be there.
    And it had to be in top 3.
    Or alternatively you didn't understand its ending.
  • damonlab, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2What about Easy Rider?
  • fraew, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2my vote would go to Midnight Cowboy; i think Dr Strangelove is a great choice though.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2No Spoorloos ??
    Just a question, because duggmirror is listing three only.
    Still not on top.
  • billsandhill, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1How old does a movie have to be to lose the "spoiler alert" rule?
  • chromie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"I was drugged and left for dead in Mexico and all I got was the stupid T-shirt"

    Great movie. Better ending.
  • openyoureyes17, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1ya..still nothing. thanks though
  • Roger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Great movie, disturbing and depressing ending.
  • Tabako, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Usual Suspects should definatly be higher, i had to rewatch that ending 5 times when i saw it for the 1st time.
  • Roger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Real Genius has the best ending ever.
  • zwilliams, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Why the hell is the Blair Witch Project on that list at all? That movie was the very definition of crap. It wasn't scary at any part of the movie and there was nothing redeemable about it besides the fact that we could get up and stop watching it.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Frank White is the King of New York
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Better men can differ.
  • bightchee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1No Oldboy?

    Spoiler: he was locked up 15 years for pirating movies.
  • McBassMan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"I can walk!"
  • PsypherX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@fantasmacanino

    Planet of the Apes was listed at No. 17.
  • bioskope, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Buried for no "Adventures of Yellow Dog"
  • shinynew, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Alright so I was reading the description for Night of the living dead
    It went something like this
    Night of the Living Dead (1968) - *looks away for a second*
    One of the most unexpected endings in cinema history. Mark Wahlberg's faded porn star stand in the mirror and yanks his penis out....

    that was rather unexpected...
  • R22W13, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Um, yeah...already read this list...last July. Another double Digg:
    http://digg.com/movies/The_Top_50_Movie_Endings_of_All_Time

    It's the same list. I thought maybe Filmcritic would have added, I dunno, The Sixth Sense, but no dice.

  • perfnorm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Clearly the makers of this list never heard of "A Boy and his Dog" - one of the best endings imaginable for an American movie.

    Especially if you like dogs.
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