# Movies that cop-out in the end

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [January 27, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-cop-out-in-the-end/1027099 "2026-01-27T18:16:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-cop-out-in-the-end/1027099/77 "2026-01-28T16:53:56Z")

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Here’s a related thread from 2017 (contained therein is a link to an even older thread).

> [@BAD Movie Endings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-endings/803062):
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> I’m sure this has been discussed before, but after I watched the movie The Dinner this weekend on Netflix I felt compelled to rant about the worst ending EVER of a movie. I’ve seen bad endings before but this was something I’ve never experienced before. I won’t go into details just in case someone might want to watch this piece of crap. It stars Richard Gere, Steve Coogan & Laura Linney. So I thought it should be pretty good. HA! Has anyone else seen this movie? What other movies would you…

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