All-Time Great Movie Endings

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No, I'm not talking about the predictable and wonderfully inspirational climatic ending you could see coming after the first five minutes into the film.

What movies have you seen in which the ending shocked you, terrified you, thrilled you or surprised you the most? You did not see it coming until the very ending or even in the closing credits.

Here are a couple of my favorites:

The Grey Fox, 1983

This wonderful Canadian Western/Love Story staring Richard Farnsworth and Jackie Burroughs won seven Canadian Genies including Best Picture. Siskel and Ebert raved about this film and it received a very rare !00% rating from the Rotten Tomatoes film rating website.

The ending might be one we all hoped for but came as a surprise only after the film was finished and the closing music and credits were about to appear. A very classy and artistic touch in closing a simple but marvelous movie, a must see.

A Boy And His Dog, 1975

An offbeat, oddball, black comedy starring Jason Robards and Don Johnson. The movie is set in 2024 after a nuclear holocaust. This plot is so wierd but inventive I don't want to ruin it for you. No space ships and ray guns here. Just human nature with its inherent lust and a PITA organization that is torn apart deciding whether to condone our condemn this moive.

It might be relevant to note that this movie was during the height of the Women's Liberation Movement, which flourished during the 1970s. Simply one of the greatest endings of all-time. I actually watched this in an artsy/foreign flick type movie theater in Seattle. At the end all the guys were laughing and clapping wildly and all the gals were storming out with looks of disgust. (couldn't they take a joke?)

Any other movies with surprise endings?

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