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Endgame Showdown Top 20

Probably a bit obsessed with endings where a vehicle appears which shouldn't be there or with endings in which the world explodes. By the way, anyone the Takashi Miike-flick in which they blow up the planet in the final showdown? One spot is reserved for that one but I just couldn't wrap my mind around that title.
Also I moved The Great Sacrifice down a spot, because they show five posters in the preview and its a Nazi-flick, but with no ending I have experienced more tears in the movie theater, so I couldn't blend it out even though I'm ashamed of myself.
Many of these endings are classic melodrama and/or based on stereotypical gender-roles. Therefor this list can probably only be enjoyed with a strong sadomasochistic attitude of campy reception. But that's they way I love to watch my credits roll: screaming, shouting, crying, fighting, dancing...

  • Beau Travail

    1

  • La Strada

    2

  • Gone with the Wind

    3

  • A Boy and His Dog

    4

  • Pink Flamingos

    5

  • The Great Sacrifice

    6

  • Morocco

    7

  • Possession

    8

  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    9

  • Weekend

    10

  • Funny Games

    11

  • Zabriskie Point

    12

  • Donkey Skin

    13

  • Dead or Alive

    14

  • Fat Girl

    15

  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

    16

  • Melancholia

    17

  • The Wicker Man

    18

  • Jules and Jim

    19

  • Laura

    20