The folks over at Filmcritic.com have compiled a highly debatable but still fun list:
The Top 50 Movie Endings of All Time. Of course, it's a calvacade of spoilers, but if you're reasonably film literate you'll have seen most of these and can see if your take on movie clilmaxes syncs up with the site's editors.
Here's one I very much agree with (although Ferrara's
Bad Lieutenant might have made my list too):
King of New York (1990) - After facing the last (and oldest) cop of the four that stalked him, crime lord Christopher Walken sits in a cab, letting the bullet in his gut take its final resting place. Abel Ferrara's crime sonata ends the idea of the great overblown gangster ending, seeing Scarface as an aging villain who can't say anything else, feeling the only thing left for him to do is silently drift off to death amongst the dazzle of the city he loves.
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posted by Scott Macaulay @ 7/29/2006 09:18:00 PM
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SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994)
One of the most beloved movies by its fans, thanks to one of the most satisfying ends in film history. The reunion of two friends; the hull of a boat and an endless horizon - a sort of heaven for these two soul mates. Not even Stephen King could write this ending.
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posted by @ 7/30/2006 2:05 PM
