# Best closing scenes in movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-closing-scenes-in-movies/723917 "2015-06-30T23:21:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-closing-scenes-in-movies/723917/121 "2015-07-09T14:54:15Z")
> [@FUTBOL!](#): > > ISTR some eerie atmospheric sound (music?) during this finale. > > ETA: Turns out Terry “The Toad” actually faked his own death. The drone of the airliner’s engines as Kurt flies away. As to whether or not Toad made it out of Vietnam alive, we can only speculate. Pvt Cacciato he wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-closing-scenes-in-movies/723917/122 "2015-07-09T15:18:24Z")
> [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](#): > > The takeaway I had from that closing shot was that Jack was now a permanent resident (ahem… ghost) of the Overlook. It fits with the book as well since he was obsessed with the history of the hotel. I agree, although I’m torn as to whether we’re supposed to think he’d always been in the picture, e.i. Grady’s line “You’ve always been the caretaker”. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-closing-scenes-in-movies/723917/123 "2015-07-09T15:24:16Z")
[Sue Snell brings flowers to Carrie’s grave](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD4BIUBEYJw) ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-closing-scenes-in-movies/723917/124 "2015-07-09T15:43:58Z")
**Animal House** : “Senator & Mrs. John Blutarsky, Washington, DC”. Also, **The Last Emperor** _could_ have had a great final scene: Puyi finds his old cricket cage hidden in the dragon throne, hands it to the little boy who opens it and a cricket emerges, little boy looks up and Puyi has vanished. However, they ruined it by tacking on the scene of the tour groups milling around the throne - a scene that seemed to be added just to pass on the date of Puyi’s death. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-closing-scenes-in-movies/723917/125 "2015-07-09T16:21:17Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > Also, **The Last Emperor** _could_ have had a great final scene: Puyi finds his old cricket cage hidden in the dragon throne, hands it to the little boy who opens it and a cricket emerges, little boy looks up and Puyi has vanished. However, they ruined it by tacking on the scene of the tour groups milling around the throne - a scene that seemed to be added just to pass on the date of Puyi’s death. Actually, I thought that was great. Everything that had happened and now it is just a tourist attraction. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-closing-scenes-in-movies/723917/126 "2015-07-09T16:34:40Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > [_The Shawshank Redemption_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfjpi9P2Uiw) +1. Zihuatanejo. Hope. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-closing-scenes-in-movies/723917/127 "2015-07-09T17:34:18Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > +1. Zihuatanejo. Hope. I enjoyed the Family Guy parody of the final scene. PETER’S NOTE: Do you remember the name of the town in Mexico I told you about? CLEVELAND: _thinks about it_ **DAMMIT**! Cut to Peter in Zihuatenejo, working on his boat, looking up every few minutes hoping that Cleveland is coming. ---
**Author:** ![TheseGoToEleven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/848f3c/32.png) [@TheseGoToEleven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheseGoToEleven)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-closing-scenes-in-movies/723917/128 "2015-07-09T19:56:50Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > And I’m not sure anything, anywhere, any time has had the sheer mindblowing power of the ending of _The Quiet Earth_. +1 A stunning ending to a thought-provoking, highly underrated and under-watched movie… ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-closing-scenes-in-movies/723917/129 "2015-07-11T13:33:35Z")
> [@amaguri](#): > > A generally underrated movie _The Upside of Anger_ has a great ending. I remember thinking it was a pretty good movie overall but the closing scene made it unusually memorable for me. Oooh, good one! I forgot about this one. All that time wasted fueling rage . . . this movie teaches a complex and important lesson. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-closing-scenes-in-movies/723917/130 "2015-07-17T02:10:58Z")
**Schindler’s List** - incredible sense of closure after after one of the most gut-wrenching movies ever. Bawling in my seat… ---
**Author:** ![Dante\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-closing-scenes-in-movies/723917/131 "2015-07-17T13:12:26Z")
Lots of good ones mentioned already. I’ll list more… The Matrix - Neo hangs up phone and flys up into the sky as Rage Against the Machine kicks in. Good Will Hunting - “I gotta go see about a girl.” ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-closing-scenes-in-movies/723917/132 "2015-07-17T13:51:16Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Actually, I thought that was great. Everything that had happened and now it is just a tourist attraction. I thought it was a good ending too. The tourists showed that Puyi and the Chinese Empire had faded into history. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-closing-scenes-in-movies/723917.md?page=6)