# Forgotten movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 2, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476 "2024-01-02T02:08:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 454
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/454 "2024-03-18T12:45:03Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > another thread about unexpected endings or the good guy losing Someone mentioned it in this thread: > [@Is there a name for this kind of downer movie ending?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-kind-of-downer-movie-ending/974095): > > I watched a movie yesterday that was pretty good throughout and held my interest, but then the ending was just a huge downer. I’ve seen movies with unhappy endings before, but this was just… hard to explain why I found it so offensive. It’s like the tension was building the entire time between the protagonists and these people they met, which were gradually revealed to be creepier and creepier, and then when all was revealed near the end, the antagonists just did exactly what they planned and ki… _The Last American Virgin_ is stranger than the other films mentioned in that thread. It’s not a horror film. It’s not about the end of the world. It doesn’t have the protagonist killed. It seems to be like a lot of romance films (both comedic and dramatic ones). You expect to have the couple together at the end. Instead, the girl chooses to stick with a guy who has hurt her instead of the hero who has helped her. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476)._