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Sep 15, 2016 · This is a list of final scenes, which means it contains some of the best films ever made. Perhaps to no one’s surprise, many of the best films of all time also happen to have great endings. Still, there are some films on this list that would not be obvious inclusions on most “best of” lists.
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- 'Cinema Paradiso' (1988) With the help of a powerful Ennio Morricone score and a moving montage that serves as a tribute to love, movies, and a love of movies all in one, Cinema Paradiso's ending is one for the ages.
- 'Whiplash' (2014) Whiplash sees a fierce and emotionally taxing battle between a determined young drummer (Andrew) and a tyrannical perfectionist of a bandleader (Fletcher) play out for much of its runtime.
- 'Casablanca' (1942) Casablanca is a romance set during WW2, focusing on Rick and Elsa, two people who shared a brief but passionate affair before fate drove them apart.
- 'La La Land' (2016) La La Land is a film about picking your passions and the fact you can't ever give yourself 100% to everything in life. That's the central tension between the two lead characters in the film.
Oct 1, 2020 · Nothing beats a great movie ending. Here we rank 33 of the all-time best. Find out where favorites like "Inception," "Avengers: Infinity War," and "Casablanca" end up on the list.
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- 2,630 VOTES. The Sixth Sense. From Redditor u/islandhopper39: 2,630 votes. More The Sixth Sense. Dig Deeper... Behind The Scenes, ‘The Sixth Sense’ Was A Weird Underdog Story.
- 1,065 VOTES. Primal Fear. From Redditor u/USSanon: Norton’s turn was great! 1,065 votes. More Primal Fear. #13 of 250 on The 200+ Best Psychological Thrillers Of All Time.
- 1,068 VOTES. The Usual Suspects. From Redditor u/svtcobrastang: From Redditor u/baddereend: My father forced me to watch this with him, resulting in me trash-talking the movie up until the final scene.
- 1,415 VOTES. Seven. From Redditor u/copperblood: The movie is brilliant from its first scene, but that ending solidifies the movie as one of the best of all time.
- Citizen Kane (1941) On a surface level, Orson Welles's masterpiece Citizen Kane would seem to have an extremely simply, if tragic, ending. Welles's doomed tycoon Charles Foster Kane utters a dying word, Rosebud, and later the audience is shown that the word referenced the sled Kane played with as a boy just before his life was thrown into upheaval.
- Casablanca (1942) We tend to think of "Hollywood endings" as universally happy things, particularly when it comes to romance, but Casablanca—one of the most recognizable classics from Hollywood's Golden Age—has been flouting that conventional perception for decades.
- Psycho (1960) Alfred Hitchcock's ability to assemble perfect thrillers is the stuff of legend, in part because he always seemed to know exactly how to end a film in a way that his audience wouldn't be able to get out of their heads.
- The Apartment (1960) Billy Wilder told a lot of great love stories in the course of his career, but The Apartment remains the most emotionally complex.
Jul 5, 2022 · The 25 best movie endings of all time, from Casablanca to Avengers: Infinity War. The final scenes of a movie can make or break an entire picture. However good the previous couple of...
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Our countdown includes movies “The Shawshank Redemption”, “Field of Dreams”, “Chinatown” and more! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most successful scenes that end a film. This list doesn’t include animated movies, but it does feature lots of spoilers.
