Just watched The Shawshank Redemption and it got me wondering whether any other film has a better ending?
Was about to post that. That is probably my favourite. Godfather Part II's ending is excellent also. Other great ones: Dr. Strangelove A Clockwork Orange Reservoir Dogs Pulp Fiction The Graduate Chinatown
I think Incendies has the best ending I've seen. It sends your mind reeling. l'appartement is pretty good too.
Se7en Fight club The Game Donnie darko Not necessarily the same feeling as SR but all giving you plenty to think about
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest for me too. But then it's the best film ever made for me so i would say that.
Most of the great movie endings seem to be either depressing or have the bad guys come out on top. Another few great ones: Inglorious Basterds The Empire Strikes Back Psycho Planet of the Apes (the original, not that Tim Burton horseshit) The Killing Apocalypse Now (probably my second favourite ending after The Godfather) Monty Python and the Holy Grail The Shining
Zulu. One of my favourites and the last film I saw in London before departing the UK for South Africa in the mid-60's. A year or so later I went to visit the location where the film was made- it wasn't Rorke's Drift!