# Book/Movie titles that give away the ending \[SPOILERS\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 15, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120 "2010-02-15T20:59:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/1 "2010-02-15T20:59:54Z")
My niece recently complained that whenever she watches “The Way We Were” she’s sad at the ending. My reply was “That’s why it’s not ‘The Way We Are.’” What other book or movie titles give away the ending? ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/2 "2010-02-15T21:01:59Z")
Since this thread would, by definition, contain spoilers, I’m asking a Mod to add “Contains Spoilers” to the title. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/3 "2010-02-15T21:02:05Z")
Free Willy Death of a Salesman ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/4 "2010-02-15T21:04:33Z")
Kill Bill ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/5 "2010-02-15T21:05:26Z")
Blackhawk Down. Killing Pablo. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/6 "2010-02-15T21:08:37Z")
Last Man Standing ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/7 "2010-02-15T21:29:13Z")
And Then There Were None ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/8 "2010-02-15T21:32:56Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > And Then There Were None Well, not really. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/9 "2010-02-15T21:33:40Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > Blackhawk Down. Is that the ending? I thought that happened considerably earlier in the book/film. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/10 "2010-02-15T21:34:02Z")
The Shawshank Redemption ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/11 "2010-02-15T21:35:09Z")
Titanic ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/12 "2010-02-15T21:55:17Z")
Eating Raoul ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/13 "2010-02-15T21:58:25Z")
_The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford_ ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/14 "2010-02-15T21:59:42Z")
The Return of the King ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/15 "2010-02-15T22:02:22Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > Well, not really. In the book, yes, really. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/16 "2010-02-15T22:06:34Z")
Penn and Teller Get Killed. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/17 "2010-02-15T22:19:11Z")
It hasn’t ended yet, but presumably, _How I Met your Mother_. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/18 "2010-02-15T22:24:19Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Is that the ending? I thought that happened considerably earlier in the book/film. You’re right. It actually happens fairly quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/19 "2010-02-15T22:26:54Z")
**The Empire Strikes Back** ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/20 "2010-02-15T22:50:17Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > In the book, yes, really. True. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120.md?page=2)