This is obviously pure spoiler alert because any movie on
here will have the ending be a focal point of the discourse that follows. Don't be alarmed though Kimosabi, these films
are either decades old or at the very least a few years, so really, you
should've seen them by now.
30. Bonnie and Clyde
I don't know why I'm such a fan of extremely violent endings
to movies, but seeing these two being riddled with bullets out of nowhere was
classic, even though I fell in love with Faye Dunaway in this movie and didn't
want to see her go.
29. True Romance
More Violence: I like cops pointing their guns at the
security guards who are pointing their guns at the mafia who are pointing their
guns at cops for an ending. The only downside
is Christian Slater gets away. The
perfect ending would've been letting Patricia Arquette get away with all the
money so she could find someone a little better than Christian Slater … Kiefer
Sutherland perhaps. Okay, I'll do it …
Top
6 Young Guns
6. Lou Diamond Phillips
5. Emilio Estevez (Finally! A List Where Emilio
Isn't the Worst!)
4. Christian Slater
3. Cameron from Ferris Bueller
2. Charlie Sheen
1. Jack Bauer
28. King Kong
What's not to love about a giant gorilla destroying New York City
27. The Karate Kid
The crane kick! As
annoying as LaRusso is, it's great to see him march through pretty much
everyone in the Cobra Kai dojo to victory.
A great way to ruin this series yet make it more entertaining would've
been to have him fight Mr. Miyagi eventually, maybe having one of them turn
evil at some point like it was professional wrestling.
26. One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest
Though I don't like the fact Jack Nicholson dies, I do
appreciate the large Native American throwing the thingy through the window and
running away. I don't like using terms
like Native American though. Going out of
ones way to try to be politically correct seems like an acceptance of the fact
that you see someone differently and the only way you can make up for it is
labeling them as something as vanilla as possible. If I said Indian, it's like I have nothing to
hide. Same thing for Black vs.
African-American. People who use
African-American I bet are more racist than people who just say black, they
just hide it better.
25. Inglorious
Basterds
I can't believe it took until 2009 to formulate a story in
which all the worst Nazi's are killed at once in violent bloodbath. If Steven Spielberg had more evil in him, we
could've had this years ago.
24. A Few Good Men
In retrospect, it's a little disappointing that Tom Cruise
gets over on Jack Nicholson, but Jack Nicholson's rant before he owns up to the
code red makes the rest of the movie worth it.
Col. Jessup doesn't
deserve to go to jail anymore than Downey and Dawson
23. The Player
This isn't that popular of a movie but it's the perfect
ending. The rich movie executive gets
away with murder while Julia Roberts is saved from execution by Bruce Willis at
the very last second. Love it.
22. Easy Rider
Hippies shot dead by rednecks! What's not to love? This is a liberal's greatest nightmare and
why they typically avoid the South as much as possible.
21. Fargo
Steve Buscemi is put through a wood chipper. One day soon, I'll have my most violent movie
deaths, and this one will rank veddy veddy high. Frances McDormand's scolding look and
comments after she gets the bad guy fit perfectly as well.
20. Raiders of the
Lost Ark
Melting Faces! Melting Faces! Nazi's dying violently is always a good way
to end a movie.
19. Planet of the
Apes
YOU MANIACS! YOU BLEW
IT UP! DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!!!!
Obviously, I cannot wait for Rise of the Planet of the Apes to come out on BlueRay.
18. Star Wars
Any movie in which a Death Star is blown up at the end has
to be ranked, well, except for Return of
the Jedi.
17. Reservoir Dogs
Here's another example of QT having the multiple participant
shootout. Though it's probably a fact
that Mr. Pink doesn't get away with the diamonds, I like to think that he does
and he's the only "Dog" left standing so ultimately the winner.
16. The Graduate
The window banging is indeed classic, but there's no way one
hooks up with a daughter after they've been screwing the mother unless it's a
porno.
15. Mr. Smith Goes to
Washington
Here we have the famous Filibuster scene. Perhaps the best scene in this movie though
is when Mr. Smith gets to Washington
14. Thelma and Louise
There will probably never be a more perfect example of what
happens when you take away one's reason and accountability.
Cook: I hate it when these waffles stick together
Waitress: Sticking
together is what good waffles do!
13. The Departed
Everyone dies except Marky Mark, who's the only lovable
character in the movie. For Leo haters …
Top 3 Best
Moments of Pain for Leonardo DiCaprio
3.
Gangs of New York
Aside from a luck win at the end,
Bill the Butcher beats the crap out of him which is great to watch.
2.
The Departed
Leo gets shot in the head! How perfect!
How could a Leo hater not love this movie?
1. The
Titanic
If one is really a Leo hater, I
imagine watching him freeze to death slowly is probably their favorite,
"Seeing Leo go through excruciating pain" moment.
12. Scarface
This is another example of my tendency towards violent
bloodbath endings, but who doesn't love the line, "Say hello to my little
friend!" You almost wish Tony
Montana pulls it out in the end, but there's just no way, nor does he deserve
it either.
11. There Will Be
Blood
Here we have the classic bowling pin beat down scene. Eli just doesn't know who he's messing
with. It's easy to point at the greed of
Daniel Plainview but Eli has it too, and that's what really makes this ending
so spectacular is that it has an evil man who understands he's not a good
person who destroys a preacher full of hocus pocus who doesn't understand that
he too is not a good person.
10. Gone With the
Wind
Saying "Damn" back in the late 30s on the Big
Screen was a big deal at the time. It's
basically the equivalent of someone calling Scarlett Johansson a cunt at the
end of a movie now.
9. Do the Right Thing
As far as tragic endings go, this one is one of the
best. Nothing good comes out of it at
all. The pizza shop is ruined, a lovable
character is dead, there's an awful riot, it's just horrible on every level, so
by "Great" ending here, I don't mean happy, but very very real. After all, when I grew up in neighborhoods
like this, it was like this almost every Sunday night. I didn't even take baths on Sundays, I'd just
wait for the poh-poh to come and knock me down with the fire hoses like I was
Rosa Parks.
8. Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood avenges Morgan Freeman's death and knocks it
out of the park.
7. The Godfather
Michael wacks the heads of the other families, Moe Green,
avenges his brother's death, has to kill Tessio, and assumes power of the
Corleone family. Beautiful.
6. The Usual Suspects
Without this surprise ending, this film probably wouldn't be
half as beloved as it is now. This is
one of those films where you wished you walked out of the theatre, and while
passing everyone in line for the next showing said, "Wow, I can't believe
Kevin Spacey was Kaiser Soze all along!"
5. It's a Wonderful
Life
It only loses points because it's almost too much. The swing from near suicide to realizing how
precious everything in life is sounds kind of gay for an ending, but when you
watch this film, you can't help but be moved.
4. Casablanca
The guy doesn't end up with the girl! If you've ever seen the outtakes of this film
with the alternate ending, it's just as wonderful.
3. The Godfather Part
II
I always use this film as reference to when someone asks me
if I've ever cried during a movie. It
may not be the moment when Fredo is killed on the boat, but it probably starts
then and becomes uncontrollable with the flashback scene at the end when
everyone is still alive, as if that was the families last wonderful moment
together. I hate that scene, as
beautiful as it is.
2. The Empire Strikes
Back
Perhaps what makes Empire one of the greatest films ever is
the darkness of the ending. Not only
does Han Solo get frozen, C3P0 get blown up, evil basically win, but we have
the Heart of Darkness like moment
when we find out Darth is Luke's father, after Vader whoops his ass in a light saber
fight. I'd have this be #1 except for
the fact that …
1. The Shawshank
Redemption
Exists. Let's face
it. This is a very good movie that
becomes elite simply because of the ending.
In movies like this, a happy ending seems impossible and realistically,
well, it probably is, but this movie is done so magically that even though in
real life it may not seem possible, it's not only possible here, it's reality
and you don't even have to take a leap of faith. It almost seems like this was based on a true
story, and that's why I love it so much.
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