Favorite Endings Based on Screenplays —>Good Will Hunting

I’m not really the biggest Matt Damon, Ben Affleck fan, but this is a terrific screenplay through and through. I love that Will uses what Sean said to him earlier on about his wife. And for an overall pretty dramatic movie, I was really happy with a light, feel good ending even though it is a bit cheesy, I admit. Also I just love how everyone in the ending sort of just smiles to themselves like they all just get it.

Favorite Endings Based on Screenplays —> Black Swan

So this isn’t really one of my favorite movies, but this ending is so good. It was perfectly in tune with the rest of the movie. I love how she just sort of whispers to herself, “I was perfect” then dies with a smile. It’s also the first time in the movie where Nina is legitimately happy with herself. Dedicated until end. 

Favorite Endings Based on Screenplays —> Juno

I love how everything about this scene just seems to be part of a typical suburban day. There was no big ‘i love you now we should spend the rest of our life together scene.’ In some ways, it feels like the real start of their relationship. I love how everything is just so casual especially the kiss at the end, which is so small and masked by the suburban setting. And the song is just so perfect for this scene, and I love how it’s them who sing it, and they don’t sound like recording artists or real singers, but just regular people. This is just a regular scene set in a regular setting featuring regular people. This may sound weird, but its the whole ‘unremarkable and lacklustre’ vibe of the scene, which makes it so great for me. 

Favorite Endings Based on Screenplays —> Into the Wild

I just love this ending so much, because the way he dies is just so beautiful. This is honestly one of my favorite books, and it is just translated to screen so wonderfully. The way the camera just zooms out, and by the end we can only see his bus as a speck is genius. It’s like saying, sure his life was just a speck in the spectrum of the universe, but he still lived the shit out of it anyway. I also love the fact that they put a picture of the real Chris McCandless, and the final shot of the shooting star/planelike thing taking off is just so wonderful. 

Favorite Endings Based on Screenplays —> The Darjeeling Limited

This scene is awesome in so many ways, but the best thing about it is the song Les Champs Élysées playing during the credits. It’s a pity gifs don’t come with sound just for this. 

Favorite Endings Based on Screenplays —> 500 Days of Summer

Ok, I know this scene is cheesy, but I just like the message behind it. It’s kind of like life goes on like the seasons. After summer comes autumn, and so on. Plus, I love the (500) to (1) change at the end. Life goes on and starts again.  

Favorite Endings Based on Screenplays —> Toy Story 3

I think this goes without saying that this is one of my favorite movie endings of all time. I’m sorry, Harry Potter movie franchise, but this is the perfect culmination to 11 years of my childhood. I would change nothing about it. Literally nothing.

Favorite Endings Based on Screenplays —> Never Let Me Go

So actually this screenplay is different from what is actually said in the movie, but anyway, the sentiment is still there. The best thing about this scene is really Carey Mulligan’s acting. She is just so perfect in this scene, I can’t express how much I love her for this. In the screenplay, I love how the part about the abandoned plastic bags, and how it translates so well on the screen in this scene. The setting is so wonderfully translated from script to screen. This scene is just so beautiful. 

Favorite Endings Based on Screenplays —> Blue Valentine

I have to admit, I didn’t like the start of this movie. I thought it was a little bit dragging at first, but by the end I loved it. The storytelling through the use of flashbacks is so well done.
So yeah, this one of my favorite endings. Actually I love the whole ending sequence starting from Dean and Cindy’s wedding. I loved how they were shown at their happiest and their saddest. The parallels of them kissing, crying, embracing, then exiting at the two extreme points in their life is genius. Then how they both go their separate ways, but they are still linked together by their child, who is basically a symbol of their complicated love. Plus I love the credits of this movie because its just so beautiful.