Had mixed feelings about this as a thread idea, but ultimately thought it might be intriguing or provoke curiosity to check out some good movies further, so let's give it a shot.
GROUND RULES: 1) It has to be the very final scene or moment of the movie--not a climax or great scene that comes near the end but is not the final scene (e.g., The Wild Bunch).
2) It has to be a concise clip (i.e., don't post a clip that is the last 10-15 minutes of the movie that happens to have the ending in it).
3) Identify the links with at least the movie name. The very nature of this thread gives away a movie's ending, so the potential for Spoilers should be an obvious warning, but at least by identifying the link, those who haven't seen the movie yet and don't want to know its ending will be forewarned and know they click at their own risk.
Okay, then:
100. OBSESSION (1976), dir. Brian De Palma: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gemxwHsA1T0
Would this scene be the same without Bernard Herrmann's crazy beautiful score? I think not. Also love the contrast between Bujold and Robertson's dazed expression. And the pulsating airport lights in slow-mo (an accident, I think De Palma said).
99. NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (1957), dir. Federico Fellini http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F86ZscT_kLw
One of my favorites.
98. THE THIRD MAN (1949), dir. Carol Reed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es3gBldyR4k
― Joe, Thursday, 31 January 2008 01:26 (eighteen years ago)
97. The Lives of others http://youtube.com/watch?v=n92DZWbJ7SM
― dave 2¼, Thursday, 31 January 2008 02:17 (eighteen years ago)
96. INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978), dir. Philip Kaufman http://youtube.com/watch?v=na2W38tLp_Q
(Crap quality on that clip, sorry.)
― Eric H., Thursday, 31 January 2008 02:21 (eighteen years ago)
damn, finding movie endings on youtube is turning out to be downright impossible
― Eric H., Thursday, 31 January 2008 02:34 (eighteen years ago)
95. GIRLS GONE WILD: FREAKNIK EDITION (1996) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqkyR0IuQew&feature=related
― sanskrit, Thursday, 31 January 2008 02:41 (eighteen years ago)
94. 25th Hour, not on youtube I guess
― milo z, Thursday, 31 January 2008 02:49 (eighteen years ago)
93. DEATH PROOF (2007), dir. Quentin Tarantino http://youtube.com/watch?v=-9WIxeh6l6c
― Eric H., Thursday, 31 January 2008 02:50 (eighteen years ago)
92. BIG NIGHT - (frying the egg scene) ..can't find it on youtube...
― dave 2¼, Thursday, 31 January 2008 02:56 (eighteen years ago)
If you can't find it on YouTube, you can't really put it here, right?
91. IRREVERSIBLE (2003), dir. Gaspar Noe http://youtube.com/watch?v=2gsz_sPTshk
― Eric H., Thursday, 31 January 2008 02:59 (eighteen years ago)
I wanted to post the endings of THE FURY and THE TENANT but couldn't find YouTube videos for them.
― Eric H., Thursday, 31 January 2008 03:00 (eighteen years ago)
(Actually this is the real ending of IRREVERSIBLE.)
― Eric H., Thursday, 31 January 2008 03:02 (eighteen years ago)
I could get all J-Ro on this thread, but I'll refrain from eating up too many slots on stuff like AI and TASTE OF CHERRY.
― Eric H., Thursday, 31 January 2008 03:07 (eighteen years ago)
90. The Godfather
― wanko ergo sum, Thursday, 31 January 2008 03:07 (eighteen years ago)
OK NEVERMIND that's in spanish, i had it muted as i'm listening to mah Kansas Jayhawks get beat
― wanko ergo sum, Thursday, 31 January 2008 03:09 (eighteen years ago)
89. Melora Walters' smile in the last second of Magnolia (not on youtube)
― peepee, Thursday, 31 January 2008 03:11 (eighteen years ago)
Guys, no video no deal, seriously.
― Eric H., Thursday, 31 January 2008 03:12 (eighteen years ago)
then ignore #89, seriously
― peepee, Thursday, 31 January 2008 03:14 (eighteen years ago)
the frogs were better anyway
― Eric H., Thursday, 31 January 2008 03:21 (eighteen years ago)
89. Breathless (3 different translations)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfr-qUXjl80
― sydz, Thursday, 31 January 2008 04:31 (eighteen years ago)
88. The Train
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1-u3uYmSpkg
Fantastic ending. I actually saw this bit of the movie before I watched the rest, but it hooked me enough to go find the DVD.
― Millsner, Thursday, 31 January 2008 04:52 (eighteen years ago)
87. L'Eclisse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o0DODeO_sM&feature=related
― negotiable, Thursday, 31 January 2008 04:58 (eighteen years ago)
one of the things i love about Irreversible, and Cloverfield, is the way they use different chronological tricks to magically turn bleak endings into happy ones. clever bastards.
― Cosmo Vitelli, Thursday, 31 January 2008 05:02 (eighteen years ago)
86. 8 1/2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzSh3Ijrc6U
85. SE7EN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzAIZN9HuFg&NR=1
― negotiable, Thursday, 31 January 2008 05:17 (eighteen years ago)
84. Bonnie and Clyde http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzeYb_StdBU
couldn't find any good less famous ones
― abanana, Thursday, 31 January 2008 05:20 (eighteen years ago)
83. Lilya 4-ever
(only because the last scene of 'fucking amal' was not available)
― remy bean, Thursday, 31 January 2008 05:21 (eighteen years ago)
also, many youtubers have not learned about the whole aspect ratio / stretching issue yet
― abanana, Thursday, 31 January 2008 05:22 (eighteen years ago)
82. blade runner
― remy bean, Thursday, 31 January 2008 05:24 (eighteen years ago)
84. Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.
― Cosmo Vitelli, Thursday, 31 January 2008 05:25 (eighteen years ago)
alas, there is no youtube of the ending of dead man
― remy bean, Thursday, 31 January 2008 05:27 (eighteen years ago)
84. 24 Hour Party People
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5JfXzvCrn9c
83. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VD7_7SXsHU8
Shame the uploader didn't include the montage of atomic explosions (which, I suppose, are the truly final scene in the movie).
― Millsner, Thursday, 31 January 2008 05:29 (eighteen years ago)
Er, 80, 79.
78. Cabaret http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opi1da2FzbE
― abanana, Thursday, 31 January 2008 05:31 (eighteen years ago)
77. Umbrellas of Cherbourg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqUGjlwWiu0
― sydz, Thursday, 31 January 2008 05:36 (eighteen years ago)
no marriage of maria braun, either
― remy bean, Thursday, 31 January 2008 05:37 (eighteen years ago)
76. Here's an obscure little scene with the pixies, explosions, and a spliced-in penis
― Cosmo Vitelli, Thursday, 31 January 2008 05:38 (eighteen years ago)
75. LOLST IN TRANSLATION
― wanko ergo sum, Thursday, 31 January 2008 05:44 (eighteen years ago)
74. SEXTEEN CANDLES
― wanko ergo sum, Thursday, 31 January 2008 05:50 (eighteen years ago)
73. Before Sunset
― Cosmo Vitelli, Thursday, 31 January 2008 05:53 (eighteen years ago)
72. La Strada
― wanko ergo sum, Thursday, 31 January 2008 06:04 (eighteen years ago)
71. Stalker
http://youtube.com/watch?v=dNiVFCWMrqI
― clotpoll, Thursday, 31 January 2008 06:12 (eighteen years ago)
I was gonna do Before Sunset, but didn't want to get accused of indie wankdom et al.
― Eric H., Thursday, 31 January 2008 06:15 (eighteen years ago)
70. Heat
― wanko ergo sum, Thursday, 31 January 2008 06:16 (eighteen years ago)
69. Teh Holy Mountain
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oBGKSmjbOes
― Choose Leif, Thursday, 31 January 2008 06:17 (eighteen years ago)
Shoot, I was hoping that was the other Heat, the one where Sylvia Miles botches the end to Sunset Boulevard and scowls "Shit!"
― Eric H., Thursday, 31 January 2008 06:20 (eighteen years ago)
The Third Man is my answer, even though obv it was one of the first things listed.
― kenan, Thursday, 31 January 2008 06:36 (eighteen years ago)
I was disappointed that it was snatched up in the first post, too. Best ending ever, and the first one I thought of when I saw this thread title.
― Millsner, Thursday, 31 January 2008 06:40 (eighteen years ago)
yep.
― kenan, Thursday, 31 January 2008 06:45 (eighteen years ago)
but i am an indie wanker, so i don't see what the problem is. And that scene slightly kills.
― Cosmo Vitelli, Thursday, 31 January 2008 06:46 (eighteen years ago)
68. Life of Brian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1loyjm4SOa0
― Millsner, Thursday, 31 January 2008 07:10 (eighteen years ago)
some of these are killing me, i feel like a spammer, sorry!
― wanko ergo sum, Thursday, 31 January 2008 07:38 (eighteen years ago)
Couldn't find The Long Goodbye... but here's
67. The Long Good Friday http://youtube.com/watch?v=VbcwYje4cc8
― sydz, Thursday, 31 January 2008 08:09 (eighteen years ago)
^ classic
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 31 January 2008 08:29 (eighteen years ago)
^otm
― Ned Trifle II, Thursday, 31 January 2008 09:36 (eighteen years ago)
66. The Conversation http://youtube.com/watch?v=NZDt60bqKno
65. Aguirre http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZDlra8SsuXc
64. Mouchette (alas badly cropped) http://youtube.com/watch?v=NSeIlQHthJI
63. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me http://youtube.com/watch?v=W7L0ZYUBJkM"> http://youtube.com/watch?v=W7L0ZYUBJkM
― sydz, Friday, 1 February 2008 08:43 (eighteen years ago)
No Hidden no cred.
― Ned Trifle II, Friday, 1 February 2008 10:48 (eighteen years ago)
That's youtube, not this thread which is otm.
62: City Lights, C. Chaplin, 1931:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kpeiPbjDlDs
(this is so great, it gets me every time)
― Pashmina, Friday, 1 February 2008 10:54 (eighteen years ago)
Classic depression-era downbeat ending:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1qR7EtTdLbU
"Gold Diggers of 1933", (er, 1933)
― Pashmina, Friday, 1 February 2008 10:58 (eighteen years ago)
Good one. And Jean Blondell is great.
― Ned Trifle II, Friday, 1 February 2008 12:28 (eighteen years ago)
I mean Joan Blondell obviously. Who Jean Blondell is I have no idea.
― Ned Trifle II, Friday, 1 February 2008 16:48 (eighteen years ago)
60. Simon of the Desert (dubbed into Italian) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74pi2ZTNta8
― sydz, Friday, 1 February 2008 19:08 (eighteen years ago)
59. Kiss Me Deadly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IksupwUvhq4
― abanana, Friday, 1 February 2008 21:06 (eighteen years ago)
This thread is hard work!
Bresson's Pickpocket (no subtitles)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zmLLoXRj0Q
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 23 February 2008 22:23 (eighteen years ago)
The Passenger:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3EO6DS6IRQ
(I think its the whole, there might be a few seconds missing..)
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 24 February 2008 00:15 (eighteen years ago)
56. Smiles of a Summer Night http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnntJWW1174
― sydz, Sunday, 24 February 2008 15:03 (eighteen years ago)
Screwball: just as unfunny in Swedish.
― Eric H., Sunday, 24 February 2008 15:11 (eighteen years ago)
55. North By Northwesthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmsE9g-0xmYlast 30 seconds
54. Rear Windowhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h5AsKKSnDQlast 45 seconds
latter requires context of movie a little more but both are as gloriously satisfying as any ending i've seen - NXNW's is one of the greatest and cheekiest narrative conceits in film
― Do the english boil pizza? (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 19 January 2010 17:01 (sixteen years ago)
Was NxNW's train-in-tunnel already a cliche in '59?
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 19 January 2010 18:41 (sixteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU9IatFLdOU
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Monday, 1 October 2012 03:18 (thirteen years ago)
52. The Departed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDdqQOYAEEo
― Norah Jones Protest Vote (Eazy), Monday, 1 October 2012 03:24 (thirteen years ago)
51. Trouble in Mindhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqVjnDh8hCg
― Norah Jones Protest Vote (Eazy), Monday, 1 October 2012 03:29 (thirteen years ago)