Best closing shots / scene to a film
 

Probably a discussion that has been had many times before, but maybe time for a refresh.

I watched 'Blind Chance' (1987) recently, and that has to be up there...can't even discuss it for spoilers.

Any more?

Cool thread. For me definitely The Third Man (1949) would be right up there.

Yeah, this is one of those topics that is a spoilers minefield!

Still, I'd say that I love the final moments of two recent sci-fi films, Predestination and Annihilation.

From recent viewing, the final shot (and really the whole final 20 minutes) of Kanal were something else.

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The Passenger.

You took the words right out of my mouth, JDG!..;) This is my favorite, and there's not a close second. It helps to have seen the whole movie, but the final 2 minutes is powerful enough.
https://youtu.be/l64JIcG-O-k

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Andrei Rublev
A Moment of Innocence
The Piano
The Searchers
Stalker
Werckmeister Harmonies

No mention of Casablanca here?

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I agree about The Third Man. It's amazing from pretty much every aspect.


One interesting and maybe polarizing one that came to mind, Enemy.

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The end of Brazil by Terry Gilliam

Planet of the Apes '68
Fail-Safe
Inception
The Searchers
Psycho

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City Lights
Manhattan


Raiders of the Lost Ark
Ran

I am a huge fan of the final scene of No Country For Old Men.

My favorite ending.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdsCGm4bP3E

Another of my favorite movie finales:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvaWwyA-s3Q

This really was fun.

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Absolutely devastates me every time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b29hB1rcmU

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The dark knight rises

Watching that ending will tear us apart again, but we should also remember that a new order would follow to make our Monday's less blue.

The Shawshank Redemption

Planet of the Apes (1968)

The Godfather

The Thing (1982)