Thought of another one: The Graduate.
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.
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 where Kirk Douglas stands up and walks at the end.
Patton the all glory is fleeting scene
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.
And of course the last scene from Animal House where we learn the fate of its characters.
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!”
We did this back in January - 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
The after-credits of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, back before it was a thing.
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.
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.
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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.
The end of Monsters, Inc is the best two-second ending of any movie:
Boo?
Kitty!
“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.
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.
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…
Absolutely the first thing that popped into my mind.
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?”
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….”
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.
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
Aguirre, The Wrath of God. Title character all alone on a raft, his only remaining crew a gaggle of chattering monkeys.
Roman Holiday. Gregory Peck’s long, sad walk away from the interview. He knows he will never see her again.
Deckard isn’t a replicant. Accept it.
The Shining. The slow pan to the New Year’s Eve ball portrait. Best part of the movie, actually.