The End: Memorable Movie Endings
By: Acerk21
Whether it be in the form of confusion, shock, depression, inspiration, or an epiphany, the type of movies I tend to enjoy are those meant to make the audience feel something at the end. Below is a list of the most memorable movie endings that I could think of. These films have always stayed with me, specifically the endings.
The Lower Depths
Il Posto
On the Waterfront
The Heiress
Sunset Blvd
Late Spring
(Favorite Type of Movie Ending: Inconclusive and Depressing)
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01Akira Kurosawa
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02Ermanno Olmi
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03Elia Kazan
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04Mervyn LeRoy
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05Roman Polanski
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06Alfred Hitchcock
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07William Wyler
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08John Frankenheimer
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09Luis Buñuel
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10François Truffaut
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11Billy Wilder
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12Werner Herzog
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13Michael Curtiz
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14Vittorio De Sica
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15Yasujirô Ozu
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16Federico Fellini
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17Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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18Woody Allen
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19Sidney Lumet
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20Woody Allen
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21Mikio Naruse
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22Roman Polanski
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23Victor Fleming
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24Isao Takahata
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25Satoshi Kon
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26Michel Gondry
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27Jean Renoir
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28Mike Nichols
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29Akira Kurosawa
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30William Wyler
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31Frank Capra
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32Wong Kar-wai
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33Wong Kar-wai
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34Elia Kazan
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35Francis Ford Coppola
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36Miloš Forman
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37Robert Ellis Miller
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38Carol Reed
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39Shunji Iwai
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40Hirokazu Kore-eda
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41Bong Joon-ho
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42Michael Ritchie
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43Max Ophüls
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44Bernardo Bertolucci
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45Lou Ye
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46Tsai Ming-liang
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47Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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48John Cromwell
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49Sam Wood
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50Raoul Walsh
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51Kim Ki-duk
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52Sidney Lumet
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53Georges Franju
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54Billy Wilder
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55Leo McCarey
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56Giuseppe Tornatore
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57Billy Wilder
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58Éric Rohmer
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59Irving Rapper
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60Mitchell Leisen
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61Mikio Naruse
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62Éric Rohmer
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63Ernst Lubitsch
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64Billy Wilder
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65Howard Hawks
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66Frank Capra
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67Michael Curtiz
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68Hitoshi Yazaki
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69Joe Wright
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70Mikio Naruse
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71David Lean
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72Sofia Coppola
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73Franklin J. Schaffner
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74Zhang Yimou
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75Danis Tanović
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76Robin Hardy
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77King Vidor
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78Elia Kazan
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79Mervyn LeRoy