The Mist. Loved the rest of it (except for the mischaracterization of Christians at the grocery store), but I hated that ending soooo much.
Castaway had the worst ending. Nothing could be worse.
Have to disagree with this one. The movie was not so hot but the ending was good.
I have to add "Country Strong" to the list. Not that it was a good movie The second half of the movie and the ending did not fit with the first half.
Ishtar ?
There was a wonderful movie called America. Unfortunately it ended horribly when a horrific Obola virus destroyed its economy and flooded the land with filthy deranged drunk drivers from Acapulco.
How about. a movie with a GREAT ending...The Shawshank Redemption.
It’s being called more and more, as time passes, ‘the perfect movie’
Mulholland Drive (2001) kinda fizzled out at the end...
OK here goes. Great list for me as a perpetual teenager but come on, no serious movies? All Sci fi?
1. Sophie’s Choice. End of discussion.
2. The Deerhunter.
As for Sci Fi - where is Matrix Revolutions? Killed Trinity, destroyed Zion and blinded Neo.
2001 Space Odyssey end is only a mystery to those who didn’t read the book.
St. Elsewhere. Not a movie but I’m still not over it.
Take Signs off that list and replace it with Topsy-Turvy...http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151568/
AI had nice ending. Stephen Kings The Stand....great till end.
Ok. Here is a big one.
Citizen Kane?
Gone Girl 2014
bfl
Back in the old days, William Holden made movies where he dies in the end. Can think of 3 off hand. Today, we have Denzel Washington. He either dies or gets busted. Some of his movies were ruined for me. Think they need a new rating. “NG.” “No Good” ending. Lead character either dies or goes to jail. With an NG rating, I won’t bother to watch. Hey! I watch movies to be entertained!
10, AI: An absolutely horrific movie terrible on so many levels. I would have walked out but was on a date so stuck to it. Turns out she wanted to walk out too so we both tortured ourselves watching this turd.
9, Ninth Gate: Sleeper. I think I had dishes to wash.
8, Signs: Could have been good, but come on. Aliens with the technology to travel billions and billions of miles can’t make a rain suit or figure out that the big blue marble they are about to land on is 3/4 water???
7, Devil’s advocate: Another snoozer.
6, 2001: The monkey scene reminds me of occupy protestors.
5, The Wolverine: Come on, it is a brain candy movie. You expected cinematic excellence with an X Man movie? But I liked it anyway.
4, High Tension: People saw that movie? It had good ‘tension’ but once the end came around it was pretty clichéd.
3, I am Legend: Another brain candy movie. I enjoyed it
2, Sunshine: I really like the movie. The end was silly with the super monster villain getting all philosophical.
1, Superman: IT’S A SUPERMAN MOVIE!!! What do you expect? Number 2 is the best. But the original 1978 version kicked the crap out of the new reboots.
The one I can think of right now is “The departed.” Pretty much the whole movie you’re rooting for DiCaprio’s character (there’s a first time for everything) and then Bam! You’re left feeling pretty robbed. Oh yea, The Outsiders was one of my favorites as a teen (Matt Dillon first crush)and I re-watched recently for old-times sake and was reminded how sad the ending is. Maybe it’s the melancholy Stevie Wonder song but I had to turn it off at the point before song played.
World War Z - really wimped out in the end.
And don’t forget the edited “Love Conquers All” version of “Brazil”.
Superman (1978) had a horrific ending, as it broke a cardinal rule of DC comics’ Superman: You cannot change the past. I would maintain that that movie was ruined when they hired Mario Puzo to do the script. They would have been better off with one of the comic book writers (Cary Bates, Len Wein, John Broome, Gardner Fox) with a screenwriter partner.