Great Endings
Whether they shock, delight, or inspire, the final sequences in these films all leave a lasting impression.
| Spine # | Title | Director | Country | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 |
|
The Silence of the Lambs | Jonathan Demme | United States, | 1991 |
|
Full Metal Jacket | Stanley Kubrick | United Kingdom, | 1987 | |
|
The Shining | Stanley Kubrick | United Kingdom, | 1980 | |
|
2001: A Space Odyssey | Stanley Kubrick | United Kingdom, | 1968 | |
| 821 |
|
Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | Stanley Kubrick | United States, | 1964 |
| 538 |
|
Paths of Glory | Stanley Kubrick | United States, | 1957 |
|
20th Century Women | Mike Mills | United States, | 2016 | |
|
C’mon C’mon | Mike Mills | United States, | 2021 | |
|
The Love That Remains | Hlynur Pálmason | Iceland, | 2025 | |
| 1317 |
|
It Was Just an Accident | Jafar Panahi | Iran, | 2025 |
| 1311 |
|
Sentimental Value | Joachim Trier | Norway, | 2025 |
| 61 |
|
Monty Python’s Life of Brian | Terry Jones | United Kingdom, | 1979 |
| 1302 |
|
Killers of the Flower Moon | Martin Scorsese | United States, | 2023 |
| 1300 |
|
Network | Sidney Lumet | United States, | 1976 |
| 339 |
|
Yi Yi | Edward Yang | Taiwan, | 2000 |
| 1293 |
|
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure | Tim Burton | United States, | 1985 |
| 51 |
|
Brazil | Terry Gilliam | United Kingdom, | 1985 |
| 716 |
|
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | Jacques Demy | France, | 1964 |
| 140 |
|
8½ | Federico Fellini | Italy, | 1963 |
| 501 |
|
Paris, Texas | Wim Wenders | Germany, | 1984 |
| 422 |
|
The Last Emperor | Bernardo Bertolucci | China, | 1987 |
| 1218 |
|
Anatomy of a Fall | Justine Triet | France, | 2023 |
| 1210 |
|
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed | Laura Poitras | United States, | 2022 |
| 1202 |
|
Lone Star | John Sayles | United States, | 1996 |
| 1195 |
|
The Others | Alejandro Amenábar | Spain, | 2001 |
| 248 |
|
Videodrome | David Cronenberg | Canada, | 1983 |
| 1187 |
|
One False Move | Carl Franklin | United States, | 1992 |
| 490 |
|
Wings of Desire | Wim Wenders | Germany, | 1987 |
| 336 |
|
Dazed and Confused | Richard Linklater | United States, | 1993 |
| 1161 |
|
WALL·E | Andrew Stanton | United States, | 2008 |
| 147 |
|
In the Mood for Love | Wong Kar Wai | Hong Kong, | 2000 |
| 1134 |
|
Raging Bull | Martin Scorsese | United States, | 1980 |
| 1123 |
|
Mr. Klein | Joseph Losey | France, | 1976 |
| 44 |
|
The Red Shoes | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | United Kingdom, | 1948 |
| 1073 |
|
Memories of Murder | Bong Joon Ho | South Korea, | 2003 |
| 1054 |
|
Parasite | Bong Joon Ho | South Korea, | 2019 |
| 1042 |
|
Beau travail | Claire Denis | France, | 1999 |
| 45 |
|
Taste of Cherry | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran, | 1997 |
| 1035 |
|
Come and See | Elem Klimov | Soviet Union, | 1985 |
| 1025 |
|
The Grand Budapest Hotel | Wes Anderson | United States, | 2014 |
| 1012 |
|
All About My Mother | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain, | 1999 |
| 1005 |
|
Cold War | Paweł Pawlikowski | Poland, | 2018 |
| 700 |
|
Fantastic Mr. Fox | Wes Anderson | United States, | 2009 |
| 724 |
|
All That Jazz | Bob Fosse | United States, | 1979 |
| 939 |
|
A Matter of Life and Death | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | United Kingdom, | 1946 |
| 888 |
|
Stalker | Andrei Tarkovsky | Soviet Union, | 1979 |
| 484 |
|
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles | Chantal Akerman | France, | 1975 |
| 867 |
|
Woman of the Year | George Stevens | United States, | 1942 |
| 856 |
|
The Before Trilogy | |||
| 76 |
|
Brief Encounter | David Lean | United Kingdom, | 1945 |
| 133 |
|
The Vanishing | George Sluizer | France, | 1988 |
| 668 |
|
The Big City | Satyajit Ray | India, | 1963 |
| 414 |
|
Two-Lane Blacktop | Monte Hellman | United States, | 1971 |
| 138 |
|
Rashomon | Akira Kurosawa | Japan, | 1950 |
| 157 |
|
The Royal Tenenbaums | Wes Anderson | United States, | 2001 |
| 35 |
|
Diabolique | Henri-Georges Clouzot | France, | 1955 |
| 259 |
|
Fat Girl | Catherine Breillat | France, | 2001 |
| 113 |
|
Big Deal on Madonna Street | Mario Monicelli | Italy, | 1958 |
| 466 |
|
In the Realm of the Senses | Nagisa Oshima | Japan, | 1976 |