# Favorite final scenes/shots of movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [August 13, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-final-scenes-shots-of-movies/917940 "2020-08-13T00:23:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-final-scenes-shots-of-movies/917940/21 "2020-08-13T12:49:43Z")
Thought of another one: _The Graduate_. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-final-scenes-shots-of-movies/917940/22 "2020-08-13T12:51:25Z")
The end of **Carrie**. Not just _that part_, but Sue screaming in her bed as her mother comforts her, and you know she’ll never be right. The zoom in on the family photo at the end of **Repulsion** and the enigmatic look on young Carol’s face. The end of the strip routine in the **Full Monty.** ---
**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:** [August 13, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-final-scenes-shots-of-movies/917940/23 "2020-08-13T13:10:23Z")
That one was good. Not many people seem to remember it though. Not many people remember this one because the movie kind of sucked: [Greedy](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109936/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_9) where Kirk Douglas stands up and walks at the end. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-final-scenes-shots-of-movies/917940/24 "2020-08-13T14:08:58Z")
Patton the all glory is fleeting scene [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4_Ugso15FHc/hqdefault.jpg "Patton Clip "All Glory is Fleeting...",") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Ugso15FHc) A Better Tomorrow. A Hong Kong film from the apex of Hong Kong film making. John Woo and a stellar cast. So sentimental and so bloody. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ft_WhC6LkYI/hqdefault.jpg "Ending scene from A Better Tomorrow (1986, Hong Kong)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft_WhC6LkYI) And of course the last scene from Animal House where we learn the fate of its characters. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-final-scenes-shots-of-movies/917940/25 "2020-08-13T14:12:21Z")
_Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins_ Chiun has just run across a body of water to be with Remo. Remo says: “Chiun, you’re incredible!” Chiun replies: “No! I am better than that!” ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-final-scenes-shots-of-movies/917940/26 "2020-08-13T14:17:12Z")
[We did this back in January](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-film-shot/846764) - a lot of good examples can be found in that thread. I’ll repeat my two from that one: The last 5 minutes of _[Harold and Maude](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPqxNzhyp7w)_ The after-credits of _[Ferris Bueller’s Day Off](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRJ38y4Jn6k)_, back before it was a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-final-scenes-shots-of-movies/917940/27 "2020-08-13T14:50:39Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > [We did this back in January](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-film-shot/846764) - a lot of good examples can be found in that thread… I’ll add to my post (#66) there: _Ex Machina_ - Look closely at Ava at the end. She doesn’t step out of frame; she literally disappears into the crowd. A great ending to the film. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-final-scenes-shots-of-movies/917940/28 "2020-08-13T16:56:46Z")
Blade Runner. As Deckard and Rachel flee the apartment to make good their escape, Deckard finds the origami unicorn left outside the apartment door by Gaff. He picks it up, stares at it, smiles slightly as (it seems to me) his suspicions are confirmed. Exuent. To thunderous music by Vangelis. j The unicorn shows that Gaff knows of Deckard’s unicorn dream. Therefore, as Gaff knows his dreams, Deckard must be a replicant. A second point is that Gaff must have been there to put the unicorn in place - therefore he is letting Deckard and Rachel escape. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-final-scenes-shots-of-movies/917940/29 "2020-08-13T22:27:47Z")
The end of Monsters, Inc is the best two-second ending of any movie: Boo? Kitty! ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-final-scenes-shots-of-movies/917940/30 "2020-08-14T00:24:45Z")
“Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown.” The camera rises into the air like the eye of God as Jerry Goldsmith’s haunting theme is heard. The bad guys have won, there’s nothing anybody can do about it, and society doesn’t care anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-final-scenes-shots-of-movies/917940/31 "2020-08-14T00:37:17Z")
The end of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. “You were named after the dog?” and they all ride away into the sunset. Some Like It Hot. “Well, nobody’s perfect.” End. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-final-scenes-shots-of-movies/917940/32 "2020-08-14T01:48:07Z")
The last lines of The Apartment: C.C. Baxter: You hear what I said, Miss Kubelik? I absolutely adore you. Fran Kubelik: Shut up and deal… ---
**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:** [August 14, 2020, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-final-scenes-shots-of-movies/917940/33 "2020-08-14T04:11:22Z")
> [@digs](#): > > “Round up the usual suspects…” > > “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." Absolutely the first thing that popped into my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-final-scenes-shots-of-movies/917940/34 "2020-08-14T20:04:36Z")
Oh I loved that! They were down to holding their hats strategically, and just as they whipped them off the scene cut to the back. I saw one of the actors on The Tonight Show. He said they filmed in a real nightclub, on Tuesday mornings when the place was otherwise closed. Local women were encouraged to show up for the crowd shots.They were drinking colored water for drinks. In amazement the actor said “OMG, if they are like that on a Tuesday morning, what are they like on Saturday nights with a few drinks in them?” ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-final-scenes-shots-of-movies/917940/35 "2020-08-14T21:42:04Z")
_The Green Goddess_ (1930) – George Arliss plays an a-hole rajah who intends harm to a crash-landed married couple and their pilot before deciding to make an exception for the woman. When his plans ultimately don’t pan out, he laments: “Well, well, she’d probably have been a damn nuisance.” I think, but I am not certain, that the end of _Avenging Warriors of Shaolin_ (1979) has two of the heroes escaping while the third takes on hordes of bad guys chasing them. In order to determine who stays behind, they play rock-paper-scissors. The loser, facing certain death, then has the classic last line: “Shoulda picked scissors….” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-final-scenes-shots-of-movies/917940/36 "2020-08-14T22:10:51Z")
I’ve mentioned it before (and probably will again), but the ending scene/credit roll for _Paul_ always always puts a smile on my face. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sXe3jokuP24/maxresdefault.jpg "Closing Credits To The Movie "Paul"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXe3jokuP24) Another credit roll that I love is the end of _The Kids Are Alright_, with “Long Live Rock” playing over a montage of Who concert endings [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Lo2iPQv948c/hqdefault.jpg "The Who - Long Live Rock & The Kids Are Alright") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo2iPQv948c) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-final-scenes-shots-of-movies/917940/37 "2020-08-14T22:31:20Z")
Aguirre, The Wrath of God. Title character all alone on a raft, his only remaining crew a gaggle of chattering monkeys. ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-final-scenes-shots-of-movies/917940/38 "2020-08-15T00:50:55Z")
_Roman Holiday._ Gregory Peck’s long, sad walk away from the interview. He knows he will never see her again. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-final-scenes-shots-of-movies/917940/39 "2020-08-15T02:37:44Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > Blade Runner Deckard isn’t a replicant. Accept it. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-final-scenes-shots-of-movies/917940/40 "2020-08-15T05:14:43Z")
_The Shining_. The slow pan to the New Year’s Eve ball portrait. Best part of the movie, actually. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-final-scenes-shots-of-movies/917940.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-final-scenes-shots-of-movies/917940.md?page=3)