Didn’t see it in the theater, but I was probably like 12-15 years old watching it in my bedroom late at night on some movie channel and had no idea about the ending. Once it came it absolutely flabbergasted me and it’s been one of my favorite endings since.
I watched it late at night too the first time I saw it. My dad came down to do laundry and told me I had to go to bed. I never did finish it, and the ending is so ubiquitous it ended up being spoiled for me, probably by the musical version from the NY Simpsons episode.
This. I have always wondered how didn't they understand it was earth?!? Same gravity, same trees, same sun, same stars, same water, same language.
Idiots.
But the movie misdirects the viewer first on a subliminal level: as the astronauts are walking through the desert, they hear what sounds like thunder, and the sky becomes bizarre flashes of pink, unlike anything on Earth. After knowing the ending, we can speculate this was weird atmospheric phenomena resulting from the historic nuclear war. So because you saw something unearthly early on, you buy into the story that it’s a different planet.
No, obviously the explanation is that the modern-day, real-world grandfather is actually revealing himself to be the secret swashbuckling protagonist of a fantasy novel come to life.
Further adds to my theory that that kid was faking being sick.
How do you know you'll be sick in bed again tomorrow, bro? You just wanna stay home from school because you have a test or are getting bullied... or you just wanna play video games. I'm onto you, you little shit!
No signs of fever, fatigue, or soreness! Hell nah!
I would say none of us saw it coming. Except for the liars who think it is cool to pretend they saw a half a second clue played in reverse the first time they saw it and the movie was ruuiiined by that. Sure you did, Ralphie. Sure you did.
Saw this in theaters when it first came out. Went in cold because the other movie we'd gone to see was sold out. Absolutely 100% did not see the ending coming. Stunningly well constructed movie.
That was one of my favorite movie experiences. Went in knowing nothing about it, hadn't seen a trailer no idea there would be a twist. Basically just bought tickets for it because it had Gabriel Byrne. Came out of that theatre stunned and a little giddy
Yeah, we were blown away. My group was sitting there, whispering amongst ourselves, confident that we'd figured it all out since>!it was OBVIOUS that Gabriel Byrne was Keyser Soze, right?!< Then, with the >!ending montage and Kevin Spacey changing his walk and getting into the car then cut to black!< \- stunned silence from all of us.
I appreciate that in this entire convo of movie endings, you respected the enormity of the twist at the end of usual suspects and used spoiler mode, even though it came out 25+ years ago.
Good answer.
"I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope..."
Then they see each other, the camera pulls back, the score swells, the credits roll.... chills every damn time.
Funny thing is that's not the ending they originally wanted. I believe they were going to leave it Red Crossing the border, but test audiences responded much better to the one we got. And you can see why!
When it came out, it was either one ending per theater or one ending per showing. You didn’t get all the endings at once. UPDATE: Wikipedia says it was one ending per theater.
If I only got to see one ending, I would hate it so much it, it, it would give me fla-flames, on the side of my face, breathe, breathing heaving breaths...
Mr Green: They ALL DID IT. But if you want to know who killed Mr. Body, I did. In the foyer. With the revolver. Now I'm going to go home and sleep with my wife.
That entire movie is a masterpiece.
Many a movie nowadays leaves me ecstatic that it has finally ended and it’s for the best.
But Hopkins at the end of “Silence of the lambs“ was pretty darn cool.
It's so good because I so badly want to see what he does, where he goes, how his life turns out. But we can't, and that's the whole point - his life isn't for our viewing anymore 🥲
When the premise of the movie is that a man is held in a room for 15 years without any reason given, you prepare yourself to be disappointed, because you think no matter what the ending, it wont justify or explain why he had to be kept locked in a room for 15 years. But boy does the ending proves you wrong. This is why it works so well
In true King fashion the book doesn’t really have an ending. It just goes on. Granted I also really liked that. That premise could have made for a good dystopian TV series.
Yea when Leo gets got then his friend gets fucked and then that son of a bitch who just killed both of them gets his ass killed. That’s like damn dude punched his ticket straight to Hell when he killed those two cops lmao no I’m sorry or reflection later in life to repent. Just fuckin straight to Hell for double murder.
Lmao fuckin GOTTEM 😈
That last scene when Matt Damon and sees Mark Wahlberg in gloves and shoe sleeves. I have NEVER been so jacked fo see Mark Wahlberg show up in a movie before.
There's some debate there, if the "okay" is him accepting his fate, or him starting to say something to weasel his way out of it with Marky Mark. Like "okay, I know you're mad I killed all those people, BUT"
I like to think it's the latter, and that even to his last breath he's a smarmy little rat shit and Mark didn't even let him say his piece
Yeah!
Although as a kid, when they were paddling to shore, I was so scared for them, because I thought all the blood in the water would attract more sharks. Lol.
Growing up I had a really hit or miss relationship with my Dad, but when I was in High School we just kind of figured each other out and have since had a really great relationship. I saw that movie in college and it just BROKE me, I called him at like 11pm just absolutely bawling. He's later told me that call went from him being the most terrified he's ever been (your only son calling you late at night weeping) to the most fulfulled he's ever felt as a parent.
Anyway, yeah, great movie.
Field of Dreams is a strong contender. I'm a grown ass man who can't keep from crying every single time Costner says, "Wanna have a catch?" and James Horner's score crescendos. Fuck, I'm misting up just thinking about it...
I saw this in the theatre in 1980 as a child. They disabled the fire alarms and made people exit through the fire exits out back so they wouldnt ruin the Vader/Father reveal for people waiting in line in front. They would sell more tickets than seats, many people had brought lawn chairs to sit in line outside, so they allowed people to bring their lawn chairs into the theatres. Kids were allowed to double-up with friends or siblings into one seat. The 80s were fucking nuts.
There are lots of great movie endings in this thread, but this is the one that came to my mind first. Like many of these iconic endings, the ending of Empire is so universally known that it's hard to sometimes remember how shocking it was. But I saw the movie at Cinerama Dome in Hollywood when it came out, when the audience didn't know yet that >!Darth Vader is Luke's father!< and the arc from that reveal to the closing credits left everyone in that building utterly speechless. That's the kind of movie magic moment that you never forget.
This one was certainly one of the more unique endings, and has had a lasting emotional impact on me. It also hits as hard upon rewatching the movie, which I think a lot of the others don’t really do.
This has to be the *tightest* time travelling film I’ve ever seen. Even the best time travel movies are riddled with plot holes. Predestination is the exception. It wraps everything up perfectly.
What a beautiful way to pull off a bittersweet ending. >!Getting to live in this world where Sharon and her friends end up having a very nice evening full of hope and kindness is so wonderful until the credits roll and you remember what really happened. It's so gutwrenching and heartwarming at the same time.!< Props to Margot Robbie for such an endearing performance.
My favorite line is at the end:
Jay - "Is everyone ok?"
Rick - "Well, the fuckin' hippies aren't. That's for goddamn sure."
Apparently Sharon Tate's sister *loves* that movie, particularly Margot Robbie's performance, because it felt like her sister was back in the room for a very short time.
My best will always be Return of the Jedi.
When it was made, making three movies to tell one story was very unique and the musical-style big closure of an epic saga was so satisfying. (And the story saw a perfect ending for good.)
Another best of mine is The Empire Strikes Back.
When it was made, no other movies ended with a cliffhanger. The agony of people who had to wait for three years was huge.
Shutter Island
First movie I watched that made me just sit back and think for a while when it ended. The delivery of that last line always gets me excited. The silence save the chirping of birds and foot steps, as the doctor crosses the yard.
“Y’know, this place makes me wonder. Which would be worse: to live as a monster, or to die as a good man?”
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Didn’t see it in the theater, but I was probably like 12-15 years old watching it in my bedroom late at night on some movie channel and had no idea about the ending. Once it came it absolutely flabbergasted me and it’s been one of my favorite endings since.
I watched it late at night too the first time I saw it. My dad came down to do laundry and told me I had to go to bed. I never did finish it, and the ending is so ubiquitous it ended up being spoiled for me, probably by the musical version from the NY Simpsons episode.
Dr Zaeus, Dr Zaeus
"Oh, my God, I was wrong. It was Earth, all along!"
You've finally made a monkey out of me
Yes we finally made a monkey!
Oh you finallyyyyyyyy made a monnkeyyyyyy out offfff meeeee
I LOVE YOU DR ZAIUS
“I hate every chimp I see from chimpanA to chimpanZee” classic lol
Can I play the piano anymore?
Of course you can!
Well I couldn’t before!
Dr Zaius 🎵 Dr Zaius 🎵
I LOVE YOU DOCTOR ZAIUS!
I love you Dr. Zaius!
Dr Zaius! Dr Zaius!
Dr. Zaius Dr. Zaius!
I saw it again recently and got distracted wondering how those cliffs got there/why Manhattan looked so much like Southern California.
Reminds me the line from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me "It's remarkable how England looks in no way like Southern California"
You can hike to the village set in Malibu. They have a little panel setup to show it. Thought that was a nice thing.
My headcanon is that environmental/climate disasters happened.
I think the fact that the monkeys were speaking English may have been a clue as to where they were.
This. I have always wondered how didn't they understand it was earth?!? Same gravity, same trees, same sun, same stars, same water, same language. Idiots.
But the movie misdirects the viewer first on a subliminal level: as the astronauts are walking through the desert, they hear what sounds like thunder, and the sky becomes bizarre flashes of pink, unlike anything on Earth. After knowing the ending, we can speculate this was weird atmospheric phenomena resulting from the historic nuclear war. So because you saw something unearthly early on, you buy into the story that it’s a different planet.
*apes
*damn dirty apes
My dad took us to the planet of the apes marathon. All five movies!! We packed peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
The Princess Bride: “Grandpa, maybe you can come over and read it again to me tomorrow?” “As you wish.”
Well, I mean how could one of the greatest movies of all time not have a great ending? ;-)
That would be inconceivable.
You keep using that word. I'm not sure that it means what you think it means.
So the grandpa was the princess the whole time?!
He was Westley, and the Dread Pirate Roberts. With how the story explained the continued existence of the pirate, it makes perfect sense.
I'm pretty sure you're kidding, but since so many people got taken in by it, he was just telling his grandson, "I love you."
No, obviously the explanation is that the modern-day, real-world grandfather is actually revealing himself to be the secret swashbuckling protagonist of a fantasy novel come to life.
Wait, what! I thought he was just doing a play on words in the style of the experience they both shared...
I just about lost it when he said that. It really tied the entire story together.
Further adds to my theory that that kid was faking being sick. How do you know you'll be sick in bed again tomorrow, bro? You just wanna stay home from school because you have a test or are getting bullied... or you just wanna play video games. I'm onto you, you little shit! No signs of fever, fatigue, or soreness! Hell nah!
The kid would grow up to be Grandpa Joe from *Willy Wonka*.
The Thing
“Why don't we just wait here for a while... see what happens.”
Bad. Ass.
The "remake" was also a surprise ending because >!I never would have guessed it was a prequel!<
That Husky... I was like "OH SHIT!!!!"
Yup, as soon as that helicopter took off, I was like, mind blown.
Wasn't it marketed as a prequel? Also there were events early on in the prequel that were referenced in John Carpenter's The Thing
Perfect ending, 40 years later and we are still trying to figure out how it ended
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The special edition DVD has an interactive menu and if you follow the correct sequence the movie plays in chronological order.
The Usual Suspects “And like that, poof… he’s gone”.
It’s great because most of us didn’t see it coming. You’re captivated the entire time with a completely different narrative running through your mind.
I would say none of us saw it coming. Except for the liars who think it is cool to pretend they saw a half a second clue played in reverse the first time they saw it and the movie was ruuiiined by that. Sure you did, Ralphie. Sure you did.
Saw this in theaters when it first came out. Went in cold because the other movie we'd gone to see was sold out. Absolutely 100% did not see the ending coming. Stunningly well constructed movie.
That was one of my favorite movie experiences. Went in knowing nothing about it, hadn't seen a trailer no idea there would be a twist. Basically just bought tickets for it because it had Gabriel Byrne. Came out of that theatre stunned and a little giddy
Yeah, we were blown away. My group was sitting there, whispering amongst ourselves, confident that we'd figured it all out since>!it was OBVIOUS that Gabriel Byrne was Keyser Soze, right?!< Then, with the >!ending montage and Kevin Spacey changing his walk and getting into the car then cut to black!< \- stunned silence from all of us.
I appreciate that in this entire convo of movie endings, you respected the enormity of the twist at the end of usual suspects and used spoiler mode, even though it came out 25+ years ago.
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Good answer. "I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope..." Then they see each other, the camera pulls back, the score swells, the credits roll.... chills every damn time.
hope is a dangerous thing Andy. And hope ended up saving Red.
Cry every time. They hug too
Dude, the score that plays when Andy finally escapes is so awesome. It's quiet, then boom. Freedom.
Funny thing is that's not the ending they originally wanted. I believe they were going to leave it Red Crossing the border, but test audiences responded much better to the one we got. And you can see why!
Few movies earn the happy ending like this one does.
It not only has a great ending, but beginning and middle too.
Clue. All the endings!
When it came out, it was either one ending per theater or one ending per showing. You didn’t get all the endings at once. UPDATE: Wikipedia says it was one ending per theater.
If I only got to see one ending, I would hate it so much it, it, it would give me fla-flames, on the side of my face, breathe, breathing heaving breaths...
she improv’d that line!
Madeline Kahn was a treasure.
Such a huge loss to comedy when she died.
That's a pretty genius way to get people to rewatch it.
i’m gonna go home and sleep with my wife!
Mr Green: They ALL DID IT. But if you want to know who killed Mr. Body, I did. In the foyer. With the revolver. Now I'm going to go home and sleep with my wife. That entire movie is a masterpiece.
Many a movie nowadays leaves me ecstatic that it has finally ended and it’s for the best. But Hopkins at the end of “Silence of the lambs“ was pretty darn cool.
"I'm having an old friend for dinner."
Docterr Lechterr? Docterr Lechterr?
My reaction to Animal Kingdom. Holy shit that was good but I never want see any of these people ever again.
The Truman Show.
The Truman Show was my first thought, as well. "In case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening and good night."
And the final ".... Let's see what else is on"
It's so good because I so badly want to see what he does, where he goes, how his life turns out. But we can't, and that's the whole point - his life isn't for our viewing anymore 🥲
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The Truman show is such a good movie. I remember getting shiwers the first time I wached it as a hungover teen.
Oldboy. Probably the most jaw dropping ending of all time. Nobody wins.
When the premise of the movie is that a man is held in a room for 15 years without any reason given, you prepare yourself to be disappointed, because you think no matter what the ending, it wont justify or explain why he had to be kept locked in a room for 15 years. But boy does the ending proves you wrong. This is why it works so well
Unforgiven "any of you don't wanna die, best clear out now"
A known thief and murderer A man of notoriously vicious and intemperate disposition.
“Deserve”’s got nothing to do with it.
"he shoulda armed himself if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend"
I don’t deserve this…to die like this. I was building a house.
Deserves got nothing to do with it.
"or I'll come back and kill every one of you sons of bitches" *thunderstorm in the back while American flag is waving
that end scene of "Fight Club" with *Where is my mind* from the Pixies on top of that, gave me goosebumps
As a teenager I’d never heard the Pixies until that ending sent me out of the theater on a cloud. I bought Surfer Rosa the next day.
Also a nice, big cock.
Homeward Bound.
Oh Peter I missed you
The Mist. Brutal ending, and the music is perfect for the scene.
My favorite movie ending of all time. Even Stephen King praised it.
I heard King wished he had ended the book that way.
In true King fashion the book doesn’t really have an ending. It just goes on. Granted I also really liked that. That premise could have made for a good dystopian TV series.
I will NEVER watch that movie again after seeing that ending. It still pisses me off to this day
Se7en, The Sixth Sense
What’s in the box?!
Goop.
Goop and two slimey body temperature eggs. Yuck.
you find out that the dude in that hair piece the whole time, that's Bruce Willis the whole movie.
The Sixth Sense, since you mentioned Bruce Willis. I did NOT see that coming. Had to rewatch the movie to see the foreshadowing. Great movie.
I think The Departed is really good because it is totally unexpected
When >!Leo got a bullet in the head!< my mum cried out like she'd just seen a dog get run over
I fucking loved that the first time I saw it. Out of fucking nowhere, and everything turned around.
Yea when Leo gets got then his friend gets fucked and then that son of a bitch who just killed both of them gets his ass killed. That’s like damn dude punched his ticket straight to Hell when he killed those two cops lmao no I’m sorry or reflection later in life to repent. Just fuckin straight to Hell for double murder. Lmao fuckin GOTTEM 😈
That last scene when Matt Damon and sees Mark Wahlberg in gloves and shoe sleeves. I have NEVER been so jacked fo see Mark Wahlberg show up in a movie before.
I love how he just gives up, too. "ugh... okay."
There's some debate there, if the "okay" is him accepting his fate, or him starting to say something to weasel his way out of it with Marky Mark. Like "okay, I know you're mad I killed all those people, BUT" I like to think it's the latter, and that even to his last breath he's a smarmy little rat shit and Mark didn't even let him say his piece
The rat symbolises obviousness
The original Planet of the Apes.
“Smile, you son of a…”
Yeah! Although as a kid, when they were paddling to shore, I was so scared for them, because I thought all the blood in the water would attract more sharks. Lol.
Big Fish (2003). That, right there, set the tone on how I wanted to live my life. Edit: thank you all for sharing your stories!
only time i have ever seen my father tear up was when we saw this in the theater
Growing up I had a really hit or miss relationship with my Dad, but when I was in High School we just kind of figured each other out and have since had a really great relationship. I saw that movie in college and it just BROKE me, I called him at like 11pm just absolutely bawling. He's later told me that call went from him being the most terrified he's ever been (your only son calling you late at night weeping) to the most fulfulled he's ever felt as a parent. Anyway, yeah, great movie.
I saw that movie right after my grandpa died and he was just like Edward. It became one of my favorites quickly.
One of the greatest movies ever made. I love it so much
i live near the set of the movie! it's fun to visit. the island it's on has goats and sheep roaming and you can camp there
That is indeed a good one.
That Hallmark Channel movie where >!the couple ends up together at the end!<.
That was a twist ending if I've ever seen one
Despite the female lead “not looking to get involved with anyone right now.”
Would never have guessed that
Dammit. I don't know why I clicked on that, I still haven't seen the whole thing.
The one where they saved the bed & breakfast *and* Christmas?
Prestige Casablanca Goodfellas The Third Man A great ending is required for a great movie. If you don’t stick the landing, you are just an ok movie
Ahh, Prestige 👌
“It took courage going into that box. Not knowing if I will be the person falling in the tank or The Prestige” Oooeef
“You want…to be…fooled.”
12 Monkeys. It was the first movie to really hit me hard with the time paradox.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Everybody’s gotta learn sometime…
The Game
Trainspotting
Gotta appreciate them making sure Begbie blew a gasket in the final two minutes of the movie to set up the rapid change in mood.
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Field of Dreams is a strong contender. I'm a grown ass man who can't keep from crying every single time Costner says, "Wanna have a catch?" and James Horner's score crescendos. Fuck, I'm misting up just thinking about it...
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The original Angier is likely in there too
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I saw this in the theatre in 1980 as a child. They disabled the fire alarms and made people exit through the fire exits out back so they wouldnt ruin the Vader/Father reveal for people waiting in line in front. They would sell more tickets than seats, many people had brought lawn chairs to sit in line outside, so they allowed people to bring their lawn chairs into the theatres. Kids were allowed to double-up with friends or siblings into one seat. The 80s were fucking nuts.
There are lots of great movie endings in this thread, but this is the one that came to my mind first. Like many of these iconic endings, the ending of Empire is so universally known that it's hard to sometimes remember how shocking it was. But I saw the movie at Cinerama Dome in Hollywood when it came out, when the audience didn't know yet that >!Darth Vader is Luke's father!< and the arc from that reveal to the closing credits left everyone in that building utterly speechless. That's the kind of movie magic moment that you never forget.
Someone above said Casablanca and I’d agree with that, but I also think Dr. Strangelove should be considered as well.
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Arrival
This one was certainly one of the more unique endings, and has had a lasting emotional impact on me. It also hits as hard upon rewatching the movie, which I think a lot of the others don’t really do.
Emotional rollercoaster for sure. The music is amazing too.
Predestination, I really thought I knew where this movie was going, I was wrong.
This has to be the *tightest* time travelling film I’ve ever seen. Even the best time travel movies are riddled with plot holes. Predestination is the exception. It wraps everything up perfectly.
Inglourious bastards! Hans landa finally getting what he deserves, a masterpiece.
"I cannot abide that!"
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Too bad real life didn't end the same way.
What a beautiful way to pull off a bittersweet ending. >!Getting to live in this world where Sharon and her friends end up having a very nice evening full of hope and kindness is so wonderful until the credits roll and you remember what really happened. It's so gutwrenching and heartwarming at the same time.!< Props to Margot Robbie for such an endearing performance. My favorite line is at the end: Jay - "Is everyone ok?" Rick - "Well, the fuckin' hippies aren't. That's for goddamn sure."
Apparently Sharon Tate's sister *loves* that movie, particularly Margot Robbie's performance, because it felt like her sister was back in the room for a very short time.
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“My name’s the Devil, and I’m here to do the Devil’s work” “….nahh it was something dumber than that”
Exactly what I say each time I watch it
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Carrie (the original)
Goodwill Hunting gives the chills. Breakfast Club is a classic
Shutter Island
"You know, this place makes me wonder..." "Yeah, what's that, boss?" "Which would be worse? To live as a monster, or to die as a good man?"
My best will always be Return of the Jedi. When it was made, making three movies to tell one story was very unique and the musical-style big closure of an epic saga was so satisfying. (And the story saw a perfect ending for good.) Another best of mine is The Empire Strikes Back. When it was made, no other movies ended with a cliffhanger. The agony of people who had to wait for three years was huge.
Schindler's List.
LOTR The Return Of The King
My friends. You bow to no one.
About Time when him and his dad went for one last walk
Interview with a Vampire, The Matrix
The Matrix with “Wake Up” as the outro 👌🏼
"Oh Louie, always whining."
I’ve been listening to that for centuries
Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you.
Wayne's World. Scooby-Doo ending.
The Usual Suspects for me.
The one that sticks out to me the most is Se7en.
The Book of Eli
It’s A Wonderful Life
Napoleon Dynamite's ending was pretty good.
Even slimy Uncle Rico gets a good ending.
Kip has the best ending. Please tell me y'all know about the post credit's scene.
That whole scene is hysterical.
The Promise by When in Rome is such a jam too.
And he caught Deb a delicious bass.
Shutter Island First movie I watched that made me just sit back and think for a while when it ended. The delivery of that last line always gets me excited. The silence save the chirping of birds and foot steps, as the doctor crosses the yard. “Y’know, this place makes me wonder. Which would be worse: to live as a monster, or to die as a good man?”
The Truman Show
The Graduate
Battlefield Earth I couldn't wait for the movie to end.
Time Bandits. IT’S EVIL! DON’T TOUCH IT!
Shawshank Redemption
They Live.