Favorite Ending's That Don't Involve A Twist

[notchreturns]

That's right, it is possible, there can be a great ending that doesn't involve a twist or some big explanation of the events that just occured.

Some of my fav's...

Being There
E.T. The Extra Testical
Apocalypse Now
Ordinary People
The 400 Blows
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

[BadCoverVersion]

*Requiem for a Dream
*Trainspotting
*A Clockwork Orange
*Secrets and Lies
*The War Zone
*The Talented Mr Ripley

And People are divided about the Shawshank Redemption...I'd consider it a twist myself, but for those who don't i'll include it here!

There are loads more...I'll just have to have a think about this one!

[A.J. Hakari]

A CHRISTMAS STORY
FARGO
FINDING GRACELAND

[Tapeworm]

The Shawshank Redemption
Ghost
Braveheart
Boogie Nights
Magnolia

[flowrchild]

Frequency
Almost Famous
Clockwork Orange
American Beauty
E.T.
Fearless

[Sylvie]

My favorite movie endings are:

1. Braveheart-inspirational!
2. Shawshank Redemption-perfect.
3. Good Will Hunting-bittersweet.
4. An Officer and a Gentleman
5. Romancing the Stone
6. Pretty Woman-3 very romantic endings
7. It's a Wonderful Life-holiday spirited.
8. Raiders of the Lost Ark-funny,frustrating and ironic.
9. Wayne's World-multiple funny endings.
10.Dead Poet Society-touching.
11.All About Eve-classic
12.The Lord of the Rings-I wanted to continue the journey-even after 3 hours.

[Buck Turgidson]

I like endings with ambiguity.

1. Five Easy Pieces
2. The Hill
3. Valdez is Coming ("We should have gone to Nogales!")
4. Foxfire
5. The Thing ("Let's just sit here awhile...see what happens.")
6. Limbo

[Jasonite]

For me Casablanca has such a perfect ending I don't know how you can improve up on it, same with Citizen Kane. I don't think Gone w/ the Wind has a twisty ending, and I'd certainly say it's ending is excellent, and the ending of the Godfather is fantastic also.

J

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[daredevil0214]

Requiem For A Dream
American Beauty
Magnolia
Almost Famous
Monster's Ball
and
Signs

[Antonio]

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
THE GODFATHER
SOME LIKE IT HOT!

[Moviefan1234]

Gladiator's ending was great but so sad.

[The Heart Collector]

2001

[QUENTIN]

Tons of great endings listed, but a few not mentioned so far that I love:

2001: A Space Odyssey (my favorite ending of all-time)
City Lights
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Do The Right Thing
Scarface
The Graduate
The Conformist
Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid (next to 2001, my favorite final frame)

*Nevermind, while I was posting Heart man posted up 2001, but I'll leave it because it's my #1 ending

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[blitzkrieg]

Titanic - Well geez, what do you THINK was gonna happen?

[Dumb-Fokker-**]

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[James Logan]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by notchreturns:

E.T. The Extra Testical
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Aw, c'mon, be nice with the alien, what'd he do to YOU, huh? http://www.joblo.com/ubb/wink.gif

[The Professional]

the endings to Bridge on The River Kwai and The Sand Pebbles are amazing.

[Goosey]

UNFORGIVEN!!!

[TheFrost]

Dumb Fokker, you are SOOO right http://www.joblo.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Tom Samborski]

Wayne's World

[paul calf]

1)butch cassidy and the sundance kid
the rest don't compare,but here are some good ones anyway
braveheart
the great escape
the godfather part 2
saving private ryan
dog day afternoon
quadrophenia
halloween
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shawshank redemption i would class the tunnel behind the poster as a major twist,come on people hands up who saw it coming,not many i bet.

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shawshank redemption i would class the tunnel behind the poster as a major twist,come on people hands up who saw it coming,not many i bet.</font>

I agree with you there Paul...I do consider the ending of Shawshank to be one of the best twists going meself...But a few Schmoes disagree about this one!

Maybe because there wasn't much of an element of "mindfuck"...I dunno!?

I'm with you 100% though!

And also good call on Quadrophenia!

[therealjohng]

Ilove the ending to Ravenous.
The way the camera slowly pulls up with that awesome music playing. An interesting ending to a quite interesting movie.

[CheekyShepherd]

Apart from those already mentioned:

Back To The Future
Crocodile Dundee
Jerry Maguire
Stand By Me

[Grebdron]

Schindler's Fucking List

and

Empire of the Sun

[the movie guy]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by therealjohng:
Ilove the ending to Ravenous.
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Agreed. There was just something I really liked about this movie, and The Edge too, especially in how they both ended.

[Bullitt]

Aside from all of the ones mentioned I think Ghost World had a great ending.

[ghostworldfan]

Ghost World was probably the most satisfying ending I had seen in a while.

[Hannibal21]

~Citizen Kane
~Casablanca
~E.T.
~Some Like it Hot
~All About Eve
~On the Waterfront
~It's a Wonderful Life

[chasingbanky]

How about THE GODFATHER(A+)?

[Jules Winnfield]

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The ending of Fargo when Frances McDormand and her husband are in their bed together, talking about the 1 cent stamp... man, that blows my mind. THAT is beauty in simplicity.

[Raoul Duke]

Fargo

John Carpenter's The Thing

Casino

Goodfellas

The Godfather pt.1&2

Taxi Driver

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Requiem for a Dream

L.A. Confidential

Platoon

Pulp Fiction

Reservoir Dogs

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Spoilers for Shawshank

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I wouldn't put Shawshank under twist. The film doesn't really end in a twist; there is a twist towards the end of the film, but it doesn't really end with Andy escpaing. It ends with Andy and Red meeting on the beach on a beautiful day. Doesn't sound much of a twist to me.


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The Shawshank Redemption
Annie Hall
Some like it Hot
Almost Famous
Citizen Kane
Dr. Strangelove
Gangs of New York
Pulp Fiction
The Grapes of Wrath
Rocky

[Narst]

Meet the Parents
Clockwork Orange
Clueless
Gangs of New York
Almost Famous
Ravenous
About a Boy
Bowfinger
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
There's Something About Mary
Remember the Titans

[zeppelin]

I can think of a whole bunch, but these 15 seem to be the best:

Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Dr. Strangelove
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Godfather
Do the Right Thing
Chinatown
Sunset Boulevard
City Lights
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Deer Hunter
The Silence of the Lambs
Rashomon
A Clockwork Orange
Apocalypse Now

[ilovemovies]

The Top 5 are:

1. Almost Famous
2. Glory
3. Heart and Souls (never fails to have me in tears)
4. Field of Dreams (also always have me in tears)
5. Contact

And the rest of the best:

The Shawshank Redemption
Daredevil
Saving Private Ryan
The Thin Red Line
The Truman Show
What Dreams May Come
Wonder Boys
The Royal Tenenbuams
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
ET
Jaws
About a Boy
Meet Joe Black

[Shockwave]

top 4=

JAWS


THE THING


HALLOWEEN


THE TERMINATOR

[Annie Hall]

~Casablanca
~Trainspotting
~The Graduate
~Say Anything...
~Breakfast at Tiffany's
~Immortal Beloved
~Pulp Fiction
~Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
~Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
~The Princess Bride
~One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
~Gangs of New York
~Almost Famous
~A Streetcar Named Desire
~Braveheart
~The Godfather Part II
~The Godfather
~The Shawshank Redemption
~Secrets & Lies
~Dancer in the Dark

...lordy, just to name a few

[maria_901]

Casablanca
Requiem for a dream
Apocalypse Now
The Truman Show
One flew over the cuckoo´s nest

[slimer]

1. Casablanca - how the hell can you beat that ending.....it has like 5 great qoutes in the span of 5 min. !

2. Schindlers List - tear jerker

3. Lawrence Of Arabia- its just awsome

4. Adaptation - because it just ends period.

[Shakamaker]

Nineteen Eighty-Four
Requiem For A Dream
Gallipoli
25th Hour
'Breaker' Morant