21 Movie Endings That Are So Good, People Are Still Thinking About Them

These movie endings are too good.

Many spoilers ahead!

A Twitter thread from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences asked, "What’s the best movie ending ever?" and the fantastic answers inspired even more great responses from our BuzzFeed Community. Here's a look at other movies with the best endings:

1. Billy Elliot

Working Title Films

"When Billly leaps, the father gasps, and we cry."

—purplepaperplane

2. Clue

Paramount Pictures

"I loved how in Clue you get the alternate ending and then they're like, no, let's do this ending, nope, let's try this one..."

—matthewschonmorgan

3. To Sir, With Love

Columbia Pictures

"I always get choked up at the last scene of To Sir, With Love. Sidney Poitier is amazing."

—StephMPLS

4. Get Out

Universal Pictures

"As a Black person, I would say the best movie ending for me was Get Out."

—arielnbussey

5. Psycho

Universal Pictures

"When Norman says, 'Why, she wouldn’t even harm a fly' and looks right into the camera. BOOM. Anthony Perkins is also amazing."

—StephMPLS

6. The Color Purple

Amblin Entertainment

"Shug gets redemption and her father's forgiveness, Albert (Mister) does right by Celie and Nettie, and Celie is finally reunited with Nettie and her children."

—leannesfitbit79

7. Pan's Labyrinth

Tequila Gang

"'He won't even know your name.' CHILLS! I love how Del Toro left it ambiguous too so you're not sure if everything Ofelia experienced was real or if she just retreated into her imagination."

—CosmicMangoBear

8. Atonement

Universal Pictures

"The end of Atonement always makes me cry."

—aerylbailey

9. Almost Famous

Columbia Pictures

"All the reunions at the end."

—hcat33

10. Parasite

CJ Entertainment

"Came here to make sure someone said Parasite."

—richarda49e48b510

11. First Wives Club

Paramount Pictures

—rdplaty

12. Million Dollar Baby

Warner Bros.

"He helped her with assisted suicide and then just...left. Left his whole passion behind. He couldn't do it anymore after her. I was devastated."

—hotchickennugget

13. BlacKkKlansman

Focus Features

"Getting that racist cop arrested by secretly wearing a wire. Plus, the KKK wife getting killed. It ended with a great big 'fuck you' to all the assholes."

—KristiRene

14. Fight Club

20th Century Fox

—quaramcturner

15. The Terminal

DreamWorks

"It’s not exactly a big, explosive, exciting ending or anything but I’ve always loved the ending to The Terminal, when he gets in the taxi and says he’s going home. I just like the fact that they didn’t end the film with some boring romantic reunion storyline or anything. Subtle but perfect."

—39230aj

16. Jojo Rabbit

TSG Entertainment

"The dancing was A+, the war was over, and we had been waiting for that moment for ages. Bowie's song suited the scene perfectly."

—EW6381

17. Shutter Island

Paramount Pictures

—adamssjessica

18. The Sixth Sense

Hollywood Pictures

—GigiMomster

19. Annihilation

Paramount Pictures

"It has the craziest ending of any movie I've ever seen. Trippiest movie."

—oliviastrowbridge

20. Roman Holiday

Paramount Pictures

"The subtle acting between Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck gets me teary eyed every time. The ending is bittersweet and as much as you want it to end well, you know that it can’t."

—pl711

21. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

New Line Cinema

"All 7,432 of the endings."

—pennyguide