Top 10 Movies with the Worst Ending

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

As much as I love The Lord of the Rings trilogy and think this film is amazing, I have to admit the ending drags a bit.

War of the Worlds (2005)

Till the end of the movie, I was waiting for the twist to turn to a "happy ending," and at the end, I was happy it would be a sad ending movie. Then, bam! He found a method! Sad movie.

Star Wars Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

I didn't think the original ending was powerful enough. I mean, it's just them at a bonfire, and Luke meets up with the ghosts of Anakin, Yoda, and Obi-Wan. That's it.

The Devil Inside

The movie ends with a link to a website that has the movie's ending. However, due to the studio not wanting to pay for the domain anymore, the site now no longer exists. And now, you have a movie with an ending that will never be revealed.

They crash the car and then... a website link. Two hours of my life I'll never get back.

Planet of The Apes

The movie never explained how the ending came to be. Maybe there will be a movie to explain this.

It's like they left a whole movie out.

It was basically just a worse version of the ending to the original movie.

Sunshine

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

I know, I thought they were going to make a third installment until it was canceled and the franchise was rebooted again.

The Abyss

This movie was well on its way to becoming one of Cameron's best, with a brilliantly realistic depiction of the undersea world. The Ed Harris/Elizabeth Mastrantonio scene where they die and return was stupendous. However, ending the movie with an alien encounter and everyone doing the Spielberg look of awe destroyed what came before. And I won't even mention the end appearance of Chris Elliott, a funny man, in such a deadly serious film. Ridiculous.

Epically bad ending to an otherwise good movie. Perhaps the biggest drop-off of all time.

Titanic

Such a boring, predictable lump of crap. All the people died on the boat, and nobody gave a damn. It was so self-centered on the two main characters. One of the cheesiest American remakes ever!

Three hours of horribly boring drivel, only to leave us with the most predictable, clichéd ending of all time.

Let's just get this straight: there was enough room for two, come on!

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

This is the worst Star Wars movie ever. Rey and Kylo Ren should not be kissing - it's totally not acceptable. Rey should not be lying about her last name. She is a Palpatine, not a Skywalker.

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Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

The ending was just absolutely disgraceful. There could have been so many great ways to end the Tales of Arcadia franchise, such as Jim having a future with Claire and building a statue in honor of Toby. But instead, Jim decides to alter the timeline where Toby becomes the Trollhunter (which basically also alters the lives of the rest of the population) just to resurrect him and others he loved who died, which honestly just makes him look selfish and immature, as it shows he can't move on and grow from his losses, and it undermines the character development and events in the franchise. Literally all the emotion, sacrifices, and everything that happened in the franchise, for that matter, was all for them to be erased, with only Jim remembering it all. I should also mention there was an episode in Trollhunters that had the exact same concept, where Jim had also gone through an alternate timeline, but learned there's a reason he was picked as Trollhunter, so this also throws out the window what he learned in that episode. I go by Jim's words in that episode, "I'm the Trollhunter, amulet or not."

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

While knowing it had a bad ending, I mean, really. Okay, Spalko's eyes blowing up was cool. But...

I just have one thing to say about this one. Aliens!?

What the heck, man? Seriously, that Russian died from the dumb Ark.

Lady In The Water

All I've got to say about the ending: We've just been Shyamalaned!

The Village

Scooby-Doo man in a costume ending, but that's not even the twist.

They pretty much gave it away with like 20-30 minutes left.

I'm surprised this isn't in the top 5.

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The Mist

A complete waste of time. The hopeless ending, racist leanings, and stereotyping all people of faith as lunatics pretty much sums it up. But go ahead and watch it. It was fun watching the looks on people's faces when they left the theaters back when it was running. A couple of them even puked in the parking lot, but that might have been the beer they smuggled in.

The ending was awful. The main character kills everyone, including his own son, because he thought they were going to die. Moments later, the mist clears up. It leaves a huge sick pit in my stomach knowing that if he had only waited a few minutes longer, they would have all survived.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2

Was it an ending? Another part must be coming...

Seriously, it was all just a vision?

No Country for Old Men

This movie was perfect for the first three-quarters. However, the fact that they skipped over the big climax that finished a major character's arc almost ruined the whole thing. Even though the book did the same, what works in a book doesn't work the same in a movie, and NCfOM is the best example.
Also, why would Return of the King be #2? That's probably my all-time favorite movie. So what if it had five endings? The more, the merrier.

Really, the murderer gets loose? At least have him bleed out after suffering for a month.

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Vanilla Sky

The Dark Knight Rises

Ocean's Eleven

Color of Night

The Matrix Revolutions

I cried my eyes out for literally nothing. The main and best characters died pointlessly, ruining my day. I wouldn't care too much if it wasn't my favorite movie ever, but since it was so good, that ending really hurt.

Pay It Forward

This defeated the whole purpose of the underlying message: Help others out, and you'll get hurt.
Great ending. *Sarcasm*