Best Closing Scene in a Movie (1 Viewer)

[The General]

Watched randomly the movie ”Traffic” on a flight yesterday. The movie was good and held up well I thought for the most part.

I don’t expect many to remember but the ending has Benicio Del Toro’s character sitting in the ballpark he got built in Tijuana watching a game being played. His character did everything the right way and we got the payoff as an audience with these scenes as the credits came up. BrIan Eno “An Ending” playing. Was really great.

 

[Charlie Steiner]

Hey...Dad? You wanna have a catch?

 

[bigbottom]

Best ending ever (into the rolling credits):

The Last American Virgin (1982) Ending

A very sad ending :(

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Damn you Diane Franklin!!!

 

[rustycolts]

Ending - The Usual Suspects *spoilers* Best scene ever

The Ending of Usual Suspects when agent Kujan finds out who Keyser Soze is. One of the best scenes from the previous decade.

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[Charlie Steiner]

Best ending ever (into the rolling credits):

The Last American Virgin (1982) Ending

A very sad ending :(

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Damn you Diane Franklin!!!

Enough time passed between seeing when I saw that movie and Better Off Dead that I forgot she was in the former and thought she actually was French.

 

[fruity pebbles]

I love the ending to Shawshank Redemption

 

[bigbottom]

I love the ending to Shawshank Redemption

Oh boy, here we go!

 

[Dr. Octopus]

The Shining

 

[TheAristocrat]

The Usual Suspects is up there.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Raiders of the Lost Ark

 

[Dr. Octopus]

The Sixth Sense

 

[Gally]

Maybe not the best ever but Primal Fear had a great ending

 

[Keith R]

Take a guess.

Here's the Seinfeld parody

Seinfeld - Kramer the Godfather impression

Greatest Godfather parody everFrom Season 5, Episode 5 "The Bris"

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[Parrothead]

"the one thing I always hated about living in Santa Carla.. all the damn vampires!"

 

[fruity pebbles]

My favorite ending and it gives me goosebumps no matter how many times I watch it is…….Last of the Mohicans. From the music starting as they follow the captured women to the final showdown.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Apocalypto had one of the most powerful endings I can remember and such a clever way to end the film.

 

[Charlie Steiner]

They're basically the same thing, so I'll mention the endings of Animal House and Stripes, where we learn what happened to the characters after the movie ended.

Douglass Niedermeyer: shot by his own troops, Vietnam.
Senator and Mrs. John Blutarsky, Washington, D.C.

Win a dream date with Ox!
Ziskey on the Russians: They're pussies!

 

[Keith R]

They're basically the same thing, so I'll mention the endings of Animal House and Stripes, where we learn what happened to the characters after the movie ended.

Douglass Niedermeyer: shot by his own troops, Vietnam.
Senator and Mrs. John Blutarsky, Washington, D.C.

Win a dream date with Ox!
Ziskey on the Russians: They're pussies!

Not quite the same but I really liked the rundown of all the great characters at the end of Kill Bill Vol. 2

 

[Sand]

Dead Poet's Society - absolutely stunning

Platoon - on the other hand, completely gutwrenching

 

[CGRdrJoe]

Heat

 

[The Z Machine]

Heat

That was mine. Two great actors putting in great performances before they got ancient.

 

[The General]

They're basically the same thing, so I'll mention the endings of Animal House and Stripes, where we learn what happened to the characters after the movie ended.

Douglass Niedermeyer: shot by his own troops, Vietnam.
Senator and Mrs. John Blutarsky, Washington, D.C.

Win a dream date with Ox!
Ziskey on the Russians: They're pussies!

I do love when movies or shows do this.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Last of the Mohicans (The Gael)

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Reservoir Dogs

 

[HellToupee]

Chinatown
Notorious
Casablanca
Inception
The Prestige

 

[Charlie Steiner]

They're basically the same thing, so I'll mention the endings of Animal House and Stripes, where we learn what happened to the characters after the movie ended.

Douglass Niedermeyer: shot by his own troops, Vietnam.
Senator and Mrs. John Blutarsky, Washington, D.C.

Win a dream date with Ox!
Ziskey on the Russians: They're pussies!

I do love when movies or shows do this.

How about threads?

The General: Won Bob Costas lookalike contest, used prize money to start insurance company.

 

[Runkle]

The Mist

 

[The General]

They're basically the same thing, so I'll mention the endings of Animal House and Stripes, where we learn what happened to the characters after the movie ended.

Douglass Niedermeyer: shot by his own troops, Vietnam.
Senator and Mrs. John Blutarsky, Washington, D.C.

Win a dream date with Ox!
Ziskey on the Russians: They're pussies!

I do love when movies or shows do this.

How about threads?

The General: Won Bob Costas lookalike contest, used prize money to start insurance company.

and his Indiana Hoosiers finally hung another banner :andscene:

 

[Ilov80s]

The Third Man
Beau Travail
The Parallax View
Silence of the Lamba

 

[Klimtology]

Escape from Alcatraz

 

[Quint]

There Will be Blood

 

[Enderdog]

No Way Out

 

[AAABatteries]

She wouldn’t even harm a fly.

 

[Ghost Rider]

The Usual Suspects and Dead Poets Society are two great calls.

Too many others to list, but Apollo 13 is up there. I know what’s going to happen, but it’s awesome every time.

 

[AAABatteries]

The Usual Suspects and Dead Poets Society are two great calls.

Two of my favorite movies ever.

 

[matttyl]

Charlie Wilson’s war. When they dub in the sound of the plane flying over, I get chills.

 

[dkp993]

So many excellent examples so far but my vote is for Momento. The black and white and color versions coming together at the same moment in time (the shot subtly shifting to color) while we also learn he’s making himself loop and chase. Mind blowing.

 

[The General]

Adding scenes from "Traffic"

The setup that takes place in middle of movie

Final scene after everything played out and nothing really made any difference except they now have a ballpark in TJ

 

[Galileo]

Penn and Teller Get Killed

 

[Payne]

Primal Fear was the only time (in a movie theater) where the majority of the crowd gasped at the twist.

 

[El Floppo]

The Third Man

This in a landslide for me

 

[titusbramble]

Fight Club

 

[El Floppo]

Silence of the Lambada

Close 2nd for me

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I can't remember if it was the closing scene but I did enjoy it when the Titanic sunk.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I can't remember if it was the closing scene but I did enjoy it when the Titanic sunk.

Spoilers!

 

[Drunken knight]

seven

sixth sense

jagged edge

fallen

 

[foxco]

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 version)

No Way Out

And freaking Rocky

 

[Dr. Octopus]

seven

Surprised it took this long to get to this one. Brilliant ending.

 

[opensourcebeer]

The Thing.

 

[Ilov80s]

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 version)

No Way Out

And freaking Rocky

Yeah they butchered the end of the original Body Snatchers when the stupid studio made then tack on a somewhat hopeful ending