Top 10 Worst Ways to End a Movie

These are some of the worst ways I can think of to end a movie.

The Top Ten

1 Cutting off a sentence and cue the credits

It's a pretty lazy way to end any movie.

This is why I kinda hated KKTV - TeamRocket747

Fant4stic and Age of Ultron - MegaSoulhero

2 Killing off the main characters

Depends on the execution of the character's(s') death. Gladiator is a good example of the (SPOILER) main character dying and still maintaining a satisfying ending/ - CrimsonShark

I actually disagree. This isn't overused to the point of it being a big cliche, and not all movies have to end all happy - Phillip873

Oh, I don't know...Even though Misery only had two main characters, somehow I didn't feel cheated when Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates) was killed off. - Britgirl

Even though it's not a movie, Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans is a great example of how killing off the main character at the end can ruin something. - PerfectImpulseX

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3 Ending it on a cliffhanger

Especially if a sequel will never be made.

Well hope they don't make Half life movies then - EliHbk

Unless there's a sequel - PeeledBanana

So you hated the ending of Iron Man? - MegaSoulhero

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4 Making a terrible pun before the end credits appear

I actually laughed out loud just from reading this because I could totally picture that. I feel it would work if Simon Pegg did it.

Reminds me of that movie about a phone. Oh yea. The emoji movie - TeamRocket747

'Emoji Movie' - Drawbox

5 Using a cheap jumpscare to scare the audience

Done to death in horror movies especially Unfriended...

Cheap as all hell. - mattstat716

Yup. - TeamRocket747

6 Making the plot convoluted for no reason other than to quickly end the movie

This explains itself.

Yup - TeamRocket747

7 Dance party ending

While the Shrek movies mostly used this method a lot when concluding their movies, it's been done to death in many other animated movies. Most of the time, I'm fine with it if it's relevant to the plot or it's well-executed, but other times, it just feels tact on and more like kid-pandering. That means you, The Emoji Movie... - ModernSpongeBobSucks

Lets dance baby (cues dance song) - Neonco31

This has been done to death. - egnomac

I don't really mind these, unless there is absolutely no reason for it to happen (-coughemojimoviecough-) - Phillip873

8 Having it all be a dream

One of my least favorite cliches, this is just a cheap way to pull an ending to a movie out of your ass. - Phillip873

That's stupid, I hate that stuff - EliHbk

This has been done to death...

So boring - TeamRocket747

9 Making the main character learn nothing at the end

Protagonists learn and change like normal people and if they don't learn or improve then they're terrible protagonists.

If this happens in a movie, you know you screwed up. - Phillip873

The Little Mermaid - MegaSoulhero

Almost all movies use this - TeamRocket747

10 Making the screen go static

No movie I can think of has done this yet but still it would be a cheap way to end a movie.

Cheap way to end a five nights at Freddy gamw - TeamRocket747

The Contenders

11 Explaining the entire plot while the viewer already understands it

Imagine that you're watching a movie, and you understand the plot before the movie ends. Then, the movie ends with a 10-minute monologue explaining the entire plot, while giving you the exact same information that you already found out yourself during the movie.

I hate this - EliHbk

I hate it - TeamRocket747

12 Having a generic plot twist that's predictable to end the movie

AKA: Every M. Night Shyamlyn movie ever.

Yup - TeamRocket747

13 Unexpectedly changing the plot, tone and setting of the movie for no reason

I hate these - TeamRocket747

14 Random scene with no purpose.

I so agrew - TeamRocket747

15 Happy ending Happy ending

Some movies do deserve an ending where the protagonists achieved what they set out to do and are rewarded. Many great stuff like "The Shawshank Redemption", "The Lord of the Rings" and many of the Mario games have happy endings and wind up praised.

Yes, there are darker endings that do work as well, but happy endings are sometimes deserved depending on what genre a fiction is based upon. - CrimsonShark

16 Ending it with a cheap explosion

There's been enough Michael Bay movies like that.

Michael Bay confirmed. - PeeledBanana

Michael gay. - TeamRocket747

17 Characters split up

Like what happens in every Disney sequel from Wreck it Ralph 2 onwards. Even Frozen 2 had this.

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