Top 10 Movie Endings That Made Us Question Everything

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Ultimately, these endings made us reconsider right and wrong. For this list, we’ll be looking at films with endings that made us question who were the heroes and villains. Our countdown includes “The Silence of the Lambs”, "Sicario", "The Godfather", and more! Did we miss any of your favorite film endings? Let us know in the comments below.
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[@WatchMojo]

FX’s The Old Man. All New Thursdays on FX. Stream on Hulu.

[@adamhoward1408]

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[@ablemagawitch]

Film list with time stamps. That Hero comment you want but seldom make for others. 10 0:55 "Silence of The Lambs" (1991) 9 2:22 "OldBoy" (2003) 8 3:47 "A Clcokwork Orange" (1971) 7 5:20 "Gone Girl" (2014) 6 6:52 "Watchman" (2009) 5 8:25 "Seven" (1995) 4 9:59 "Sicario" (2015) 3 11:29 "There Will Be Blood (2007) 2 12:59 "No Country For Old Men" (2007) 1 14:34 "The Godfather" (1972)

[@bubmario]

Man, putting 7 in the middle is borderline criminal. That ending shocked culture at the time. You had to be there.

[@ARIXANDRE]

That "what's in the box???" ending for Seven just stuck with me as the best twist ending ever.

[@Poloassassin828]

I imitate that line so well

[@ronmonroe7637]

My favorite movie of all time #Seven

[@azulineamphisbaena9997]

My favorite ending ever. John Doe was right about it being studied and puzzled over forever.

[@z3rocool187]

I barely saw that movie like 2 years ago and it's one of my all time favorites now. Idk how I went so long without seeing it

[@Jenifer_R_]

@@azulineamphisbaena9997 You should look up Cracked After Hours' take on Seven. They REALLY study it. Let's just say, once you start pulling at one thread, it all comes unravelled.

[@LukeKetchum7003]

EXCUSE ME!!!! Aren't you forgetting something? Number One: "You Met Me At A Very Strange Time in My Life." - Fight Club (1999)

[@Vindix007]

The ending of The Usual Suspects, also made us question everything in the movie.

[@kingdominican6817]

What about the ending to American Psycho

[@liam2386]

yeah... what was that??! lol

[@zahrinmukhriz2846]

Don't forget the ending for Joker (2019). It left me with goosebumps and chills.

[@SensationalBanana]

Yeah, what a movie, what a performance. I'm so glad they didn't incorporate it into the reboot of the Batman franchise!

[@sameerahmed-gx8js]

lol

[@netto6681]

The ending of Joker is inevitable, it doesn't come as a surprise which would qualify it for this list.

[@storytimewithunclebill1998]

Seven really was a great movie and the ending was all that. You will not see it coming and the All Star cast played the hell out of their roles. All the ending were awesome. Was fun to watch. Great video

[@efraincedeno3465]

The Others. A Nicole Kidman movie. That ending was like omg what just happened.

[@Jaime.Lannister]

No country for old men has one of the most realistic endings though Chigurh's character may feel very fictional. The fact that evil mostly gets away with little to no consequences regarding their actions, makes this one of the best movie endings in history.

[@bandgeek89]

You forgot the movie The Gift, with Jason Bateman and Joel Edgerton. The movie literally ends with you not knowing who was the bigger villain

[@jamesmendonca2900]

In a lot of movies, there are no heroes and/or villains. Just people who fail to be heroes and those we root for the wrong reasons.

[@dochester8420]

The ending of Primal Fear had me messed up for a while. It blew my mind, hardcore.

[@TheCleaner76]

Movies when the bad guy wins are a great plot twist. Se7en Primal Fear Saw Arlington Road

[@ma53jg]

@@TheCleaner76 , Arlington Road is so underrated. What a movie.

[@mikespearwood3914]

@@TheCleaner76 The Usual Suspects

[@racheltootle104]

Yes! He played everyone so good!

[@jakubsawczuk6392]

I had the same feelings but "Primal Fear" as well as mentioned "A Clockwork Orange" gave us just nice and chilling plot twists but not made us "question everything". Edward Norton's facial microexpressions in the end of "Primal Fear" was just perfect. Actually this should be the last scene in the movie leaving us with feeling "did he actually grin then or not?".

[@BoyZelen]

Inception? Was it all real? Did the Spinning toll twitch? Did it stop?! Im questioning reality here!

[@fulcrum0756]

Definitely

[@sameerahmed-gx8js]

again we're talking about moraly ambiguous ending not mind bending ending

[@michaelflores9384]

the no country for old men ending reminded me of the ending of issue 1 of Batman: 3 Jokers, where joker no. 3 is killed in front of Batgirl by Jason Todd, and nobody seems to win. and to keep up the Batman analogies, the godfather ending reminded me of the ending of The Long Halloween, where the Falcone mob is dismantled, the supervillains take over the city, Harvey has fully become Two-face, and Alberto has essentially taken over for his father by becoming bigger than him

[@deathtime5288]

I wouldn't call it as nobody won thier As The Batman Won as always by proving joker wrong as joker main objective has always been to die by The Batman's hand with his full consciousness which have never happened and it's kind of beyond impossible to find an analogy like The Batman as He May Be the only Human Being In The World Remaining who does everything for others and never blame others for anything at all, etc as for The Long Halloween it's sequel clearly showed that Alberto may have taken the business but it has already been fallen and he is not capable to handle it at all and all the supervillains are fallen the moment they rise because the caught up in The Batman's War On Crime and It only ends as The Batman Wants!

[@mikhail5428]

*The no country for old men, is what you call a No ending, they try to show what real life is, the ending was as the brining, like the snake eating itself, and continues the cycle*

[@SamanthaN92]

Daniel Day Lewis's performance in There Will Be Blood... Easily one of the greatest performances in film history 👍👍👍

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

“I. Drink. Your. Milkshake! I drink it up!” That’s such an iconic line, NGL.

[@eldudereno204]

Definitely a good movie, at a certain point in the movie. I thought he was going to kill his son.

[@sharonsmalls6846]

It was a good movie.

[@bheast86]

@@sharonsmalls6846 not remotely as good as Upton Sinclair's source novel OIL!

[@bheast86]

The killing at the end was pretty undramatic: They just wanted to give Plainview something loud and messy to do. And there wasn't even much blood at all in the movie - set in an era where a quarter of the people working in the US oil industry would be killed or maimed

[@pino7791]

The mist and Brokeback mountain. I cry every single time with Ennis’s last line. RIP Heath. ❤️

[@colleenross8752]

Jack I swear

[@pino7791]

😭

[@Poloassassin828]

I am so sick of people saying "Clockwork Orange" has an ambiguous ending. Clearly he was not cured, it's spelled out in his smile and ending monologue, duh!

[@lacrartezorok4975]

Or more accurately Alex is cured FROM the cure, so he go back to his old self.

[@gc6096]

Ikr ugh

[@mikhail5428]

*People still doesn't understand the ending, the question you needed to ask is, who's the bad guy, the criminals that torture the couple or the doctors who torture the criminal in order to "Cure" him*

[@travissmalley4349]

There was never any cure for Alex. He was always evil. He was always a monster. The ending simply was the madness of Alex. Alex wasn't ever supposed to be cure. He was just a awful person who dispite of his awfulness I still love this rapist murderer which is the ending we should be asking about ourselves

[@Poloassassin828]

@@travissmalley4349 Yeah, but they make him just so lovable 🤗 ❤️ I have the Funko Pop of him, it is very cute.

[@LeonardoKlotz]

WATCHMEN forever changed my life and the way I used to see the world I even made short films to display that

[@krisfrederick5001]

I watched Se7en once. That's all I needed. It felt like a led blanket on my soul. Honorable mention: Home Alone, they were all assh*les to Kevin, he had it good alone.

[@switcher_7678]

He hated being alone though. He was scared and found appreciation for his family. That is the point of the film

[@adriengray3332]

I didn’t know about that

[@justapeacefulmanwhosbornin7291]

Famous film actor Al Pacino did an amazing job playing Michael Corleone in the whole film franchise.

[@JamesBrown-vt9kr]

9:32 Why people think that putting a criminal in the ground and not behind bars is you becoming just like him? When he killed he did because he loved it while you putting him in the ground is you ridding the world of an irredeemable evil.

[@AlanOfficialBoi]

A movie ending that made me question a lot was the Truman Show. I love the movie and its a great ending but I finished watching just questioning everything about my life for a couple of days

[@joermnyc]

There’s actually a mental disorder called “Truman Show Syndrome” where a person will truly believe their life is a TV show.

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

That whole movie confused and weirded me out. I didn’t even know what was happening half the time

[@Gmaster1000]

The ending to 1995’s “Ghost in the Shell” made me question humanity

[@w1ndgeneral226]

Here's an idea for a future video: *Top ten weirdly good KZbin animations.*

[@karimm2]

Where is Fight Club? I still don't understand what the fk happened in that movie and that ending was crazy

[@ma53jg]

I'm pretty sure Ed Norton's chronic insomnia caused him to disassociate & become Brad Pitt, the person he truly wants to be. Brad Pitt is only real to Ed Norton; Norton is Tyler Durden. He realizes this near the end of the film. If you enjoy reading, I recommend the book.

[@106andie]

The Godfather’s ending is my favorite of any movie I’ve seen 🙌🏼

[@llanelli14]

The ending of "The Silence of the Lambs" doesn't make anyone question anything - it's a 'cliffhanger' ending. It's designed to make the viewer wonder what will happen next NOT to doubt the veracity of what we've been watching up to then.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Ah Watchmen. The ending most people only know because they heard Steve Jobs got ligma.

[@KaineAlpha]

The ending of Uncut gems made me realize how easily you can lose your life and everything in it

[@joermnyc]

The end of Watchmen: Rorschach had dropped his journal off at a newspaper, his last entry implicated Ozymandias in the events around everything going on. So it’s ambiguous as to how long the peace would last.

[@OkieAllDay]

Glad you gave Watchmen some love. After Dark Knight and Man of Steel it’s my favorite superhero movie

[@rhiannamutyaba6461]

The 2010 film Incendies I highly recommend one of the best plot twists I've seen and left me speechless with the ending.Also La Haine,The Holy Mountain,Pi and Enemy I'd add to the list those films left me wondering after the ending.

[@yol_n]

I loved the Morbius cameo in that movie! He even said the iconic line!

[@Mon67ica]

Please check out “Murder In The First”.

[@dudenotsoperfect9366]

Incendies was incredible. One of the greatest twists and movies of all time

[@seraphimsforge-master5433]

Some from Love Death + Robots

[@davidhansen1311]

That's not a movie it's a show

[@justapeacefulmanwhosbornin7291]

50 YEARS of ‘The Godfather.’ 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@shabladooo]

this is like a greatest hits of some my favorite endings in all of cinema

[@kma6881]

Guess Kevin Spacey wasn’t pretending to be a monster in “Se7en.”

[@pino7791]

I love the content every time ❤️

[@Zyuemperoryoutubecreators.]

That is the question

[@aceofpittsburgh]

The departed is so amazing. Loved that movie.

[@CashelOConnolly]

You should watch the original movie Infernal Affairs

[@lacrartezorok4975]

In the original Work orange book (the UK version). Alex chooses by himself leave the crime life and try to make a normal one (like in Trainspotting). The author's point was that Alex grew up and saw how pointless his life was, the movie (and US version of the book) is that Alex is an irredeemable monster.

[@malinda4963]

Lol... I've been watching "There will be Blood" & "No Country for Old Men" so many times and couldn't figure out wth it meant lol. Thank you for explaining it to me lol. Makes more sense now lol.

[@nogginbonker76]

Sicario. 2 Words, FUCK YES. What a ride that movie is.

[@St.Linguini_of_Pesto]

Hannibal Lecter _isn't_ sinister, he's just looking for -friends- lunch. Totally worth waking up for this video.. all ten films on this list are easily on my personal top 💯, same in regards to respective casts, directors & writers. Some of the greatest films _ever_ made. Couldn't get any better than any of these. 💗

[@stevenpotts2752]

Memento and Let the Right One In deserved mentions.

[@billmurray7473]

Shakespeare said "All's well that ends well. " Old Bill never got to see these movies.

[@manoftheusajones5147]

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[@danielferrieri7434]

Top Ten Worst Cliffhangers

[@gfrost7146]

I think shutter Island should have been on this list.

[@Jmillyrock]

The Netflix movie “Fractured”

[@JGoldy03]

Gonna need an apology video for why Inception wasn’t on this list.

[@wr41th69]

I really expected American Psycho to turn up

[@trippyboi91]

Bro, AMY ELLIOT DUNNE is THEE villain of the century in my book. Her game was fierce AND she won. I do not feel she gets enough credit imo. the pop culture commentary tho, specifically dealing with how Nick is viewed would be viewed if he left, I think is absolutely pitch perfect and the main reason as to why he stayed. I love this book and movie so much.

[@ericbaek3706]

Anthony Hopkins played the roll perfectly.

[@St.Linguini_of_Pesto]

I'm not certain if others would agree with me, but the film _Mother!_ had thrown me onto a loop-de-loop and I was awed when that ending really sank its teeth in.. like Dr. Lecter "having an old friend for dinner".

[@ParisianPrince02]

The Killing Joke… Did Batman choke Joker to death?

[@Laveluvcrew]

Why do people keep making the mistake of the ending of Gone Girl? The baby is NPH. She clearly let's him finish before she finishes him, and then she performs a move that keeps certain fluids from leaving her. Even his sister questions if its really his.

[@Sam-Fisher]

Nice video

[@alvischarles9893]

It's funny how they would say "no spoilers" but bring up the same movie from almost their every list😂😂😂

[@brandonscott5544]

Sad movies 🎬 ending 😢 thank you watchmojo

[@jakubsawczuk6392]

Probably "Memento" should be mentioned. "Fight Club" as well. "Usual Suspects". "Sixth Sense". "Shutter Island". "The Village". "Identity" (the one with J. Cusack). "A Beautiful Mind". "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood". Somehow "Brasil" would go too. "The Others". "Dark City". "The Matchstick Men". "Prestige".

[@jakubsawczuk6392]

BTW. "A Clockwork Orange" should not be there as this is obvious in the end Alex is not "cured".

[@dustinkopperman2928]

No we didn't not miss any of my favorite films or film ending or endings on Hulu or on Netflix or on the DVDs or on Disney Plus like Lecter Goes Free The Silence of the Lambs and Forgetting The Past Oldboy and Alex Is Cured A Clockwork🍊 and The Dunnes Stay Together Gone Girl and Heroes or Villains Watchmen and What's In The Box Seven and Kate Signs The Paper Sicario and Plainview Gets His Revenge There Will Be Blood and Nobody Wins No Country for Old Men and Michael Becomes Don The Godfather and

[@Hilz28]

Spacey or not, hauntingly disturbing performance

[@sallymay24]

I really didn’t like a clockwork orange

[@Wellch]

Singing In The Rain.

[@kennethferrari5232]

My favorite is a little known movie called Kolobos. At the end of the movie you still do not know whether Kyra is the victim or the killer. WHile it does not quite fit in with this theme, one of the best movies with an ambiguous ending is Contact. You do not know for sure whether Ellie visited another planet or if it is just a figment of her imagination.

[@laustcawz2089]

Movies with endings, climaxes or conclusions you may find disconcerting, or that may make you think, or may have you questioning everything you thought you knew or thought was true. All of these are either documentaries or are otherwise fact-based/from true events: "The Last American Virgin" (1982) "Shattered Glass" (2003) "Fat Head" (2009) "Spotlight" (2015) "The Founder" (2016) "The Red Pill" (2016) The selections below are fictional, but seem ominously close to reality & are also disturbing &/or thought- provoking: "Coma" (1978) "Flowers In The Attic" (1987) "White Man's Burden" (1995) "Extreme Measures" (1996)

[@thespicemelange.1]

Just like every hero, they either die a legend or live long enough to become what they're fighting against.

[@peterbowman5358]

"There will be blood", south park parodied it when Wendy kicked Cartman's butt! "I'm finished!"

[@peterbowman5358]

I've not seen it but when he was hovering there I said to myself, "I'm finished!" And he said it!

[@llanelli14]

THE movie that necessitates the viewer to "question everything" is surely "The Matrix". An ending with a twist "Sicario" is not the same as an ending that questions 'everything' - "Colossus: The Forbin Project". I think WatchMojo needs to enrol in 'Psychology 101' or recruit a few more 'Gen X-ers'.

[@MilkTheGoat]

Watch MOJO never disappoints

[@rmannayr2129]

THE ENDING WAS SO CONFUSING!!!!!!!!!!

[@tHeHorroraddress]

How does nobody win in No Country for Old Men (2007), when Chigurh clearly goes free, with nobody to oppose him?

[@waittillfamewtf2385]

🛠️ "X-Men Last Stand" (2006) 🤖 "Terminator Salvation" (2009) 🌹 "Salt" (2010) 🏞 ️"Shutter Island" (2010) 🎭 "Split" (2016) 🚞 "The Girl On The Train" (2016) 🚂 "The Communter" (2018)

[@EDsavant]

80 percent of this list are bad films.

[@waittillfamewtf2385]

@@EDsavant I love bad movies

[@EDsavant]

@@waittillfamewtf2385 I do to but when I saw girl on a train that was just mind numbingly dumb

[@TheCleaner76]

Movies when the bad guy wins are a great plot twists. Se7en Primal Fear Saw Arlington Road

[@natehernandez9352]

I Hate "SAW" And I Hate "Arlington Road". Worst Films Ever!

[@TheCleaner76]

@@natehernandez9352 Why ?

[@natehernandez9352]

@@TheCleaner76 First Of All, "Arlington Road" Why In God's Name Did The Villain Get Away With Blowing Up The Protagonist And Then Smiling At The End Like An Evil Bastard. Damn Unnecessary Ending! And Second Of All, "SAW" What The Actual F**k? Damn It I Hate It So Much, It's Ugly And It's Disgusting. It Should Be Banned 🚫

[@TheCleaner76]

@@natehernandez9352 😂😂😂

[@natehernandez9352]

@@TheCleaner76 Go Ahead, Laugh It Up 😠 But You Know What I Mean By When I Say "Ugly" & Disgusting". I'm Serious, Dead Serious.

[@nixistin]

Twin Peaks: Return. David Lynch says it's a movie.

[@Adonis7Belguim]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME‼️💯 $EVEN7 SHOULD BE #1😈

[@intothefrayyo]

What's in the box!! 😫🥴😩

[@Keym78]

The thumbnail says it all...buckle up

[@Bringthewinter]

The worst ending that made us question everything is Kevin Spacey’s acting roles.

[@taishaortega6652]

“What’s in the box !!!! What’s in ….. the box !!!!!!!!” Even us as kids who did see it were all saying what’s in the box !!!!!!!! Come on man ! What’s in the fucking box !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He was the last sin . The crime scenes always reminded me of saw ! Because hey it was an amazing movie

[@soonersciencenerd383]

"no country for old men" (i think) is about tommy lee jones telling (his wife) about his most difficult case he ever dealt with., and just as he is about to retire. (he also calls his deputy "winston" or "wendel".

[@Lotsolov4u]

Infinity War, Benjamin Button and Disaster Artist did that for me!

[@harveywong7292]

the prestige and the departed had great ending plot twists

[@shannond7437]

Game of Thrones should be at the top of this list despite being a tv show.

[@SensationalBanana]

I preferred the American remake ending to Old Boy for this very reason.

[@AJ-xc4qe]

Do one for TV shows!!!!

[@Cacuofa]

Prisioners and the bearly sound of the whistle?

[@truthspreader1996]

What about "A Cure for Wellness" anybody finds that ending slightly odd?

[@kjjanhan419]

How about magnolia?

[@kraigowaffles2110]

Silence of the Lambs is far from an ambiguous ending. It's part of series that was already written and published before the film was made. We already know what happens later to Lecter.

[@yanyansalvilla958]

Cmon he talked about the film wherein people havent read the book.

[@nixda9326]

whats with Shutter Island, Inception or Sucker Punch?

[@nkling02]

Wow, I only see 20 seconds and Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, is this a Kevin Smith movie or what

[@josh72456]

I'm not sure of Country with No Men's ending though I think There Will Be Blood is well-made it's ending I'm not sure of either. Sicario is one also ending I had a problem with. I remember watching Watchmen with my brother he wasn't sure of the ending. I mean Clockwork Orange again well-made but there are scenes I know are part of the plot but it's disturbing. I mean Oldboy and Seven are similar though is mostly disturbing throughout their twist endings were well-done. The Silence Of The Lambs is disturbing but well crafted. Gone Girl surprised me and The Godfather is a good film with a good ensemble cast groundbreaking also.

[@saccaball]

I think Memento should be on this.

[@Joe90MC]

Crash..aside from Usual suspects, Seven and No country for old men

[@antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617]

I'm usually one for keeping an adaptation at least 60% accurate to it's source but No Country For Old Men followed the book too closely mainly in 2 parts, Having Josh Brolin (i can't remember his name for some reason i think it's Llewellyn though) make the extremely stupid decision to take water to the guy hrs later(though i know if he didn't do that they almost certainly would've followed that tracker that he probably wouldn't have found or even looked for with it being 1980) and having the shootout that kills our main character happen off screen...there really was no excuse for that

[@erinwinter4996]

The breaking bad ending was so goood

[@TheRealKevLarDaDon]

So still no mention of Primal Fear!!! WatchMojo, please do not try to tell us that ending wasn’t 🤯🔥

[@christinetracy4829]

Can someone explain to me how Hannibal was the "real" villain all along and behind everything?

[@norahamlin5791]

Right? Hannibal Lecture is my favorite fictional character. In, Silence of the Lambs, I do NOT see him as the real villain.

[@christinetracy4829]

@@norahamlin5791 I know!! I find myself defending him haha! Can the creator of the video comment on this? I'm curious abt that point of view. I feel like they did not get the movie quite right, but maybe it's me? 🙂

[@norahamlin5791]

Well, if you've read the books, there is a reason he kills certain people. Some deserve it. The show Hannibal was so much better that the movies. It's a littleweird, but closer to then the movies.

[@christinetracy4829]

@@norahamlin5791 interesting.

[@christinetracy4829]

@@norahamlin5791 ima watch the TV version. Thank you.

[@jayderrick5628]

Top 10 one shot scenes in movies???