Top 30 Movies RUINED by Disturbing Endings

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  • @WatchMojo
    @WatchMojo  2 месяца назад +40

    Which movie ending STILL leaves you feeling unsettled? Let us know in the comments!
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    • @SarahOliver-m7u
      @SarahOliver-m7u 2 месяца назад

      Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

    • @geeshep4836
      @geeshep4836 2 месяца назад

      Night of the Living Dead (1968) When Ben Got Shot in The Head mistaken him for a zombie.

    • @bigfootwalker5399
      @bigfootwalker5399 2 месяца назад +1

      "Man of Steel" 0:22 wasn't ruined by its bad ending, because it was already a bad movie!

    • @ma53jg
      @ma53jg 2 месяца назад

      The Mist
      Some movies have unhappy/disturbing endings, which is fine. But this film's ending was unnecessarily harsh/cruel.

    • @bigfootwalker5399
      @bigfootwalker5399 2 месяца назад +1

      @@ma53jg "The Mist" did have a cruel ending, but that didn't ruin the movie. Far from it, in fact it was the best part of "The Mist"!
      A slow burn approach to building a sense of despair can work really well if done in an interesting way, but unfortunately most of the movie is rather boring. But the ending was great, and is the best part of an otherwise disappointing movie!

  • @kpierce1111
    @kpierce1111 2 месяца назад +633

    Ruined? A lot of these endings are the entire point of the movies. Last Night in Soho's ending in particular is fantastic, but yeah I just really don't get what this video was going for. Sad movies exist and if you're left feeling empty or sad that doesn't mean it's ruined.

    • @FHL-Devils
      @FHL-Devils 2 месяца назад +37

      Agreed, and I have never heard anyone say Boy in the Stripped Pajamas is "contrived" or "sympathetic to the Nazis".

    • @AnthonyVassallo
      @AnthonyVassallo 2 месяца назад

      Most of these just seem to suck and I have no interest in watching any of them other than Striped Pajamas

    • @hoppizz
      @hoppizz 2 месяца назад +8

      Last night in soho is the reason why i clicked on this vid, cuz i saw it when hovering over the video and i liked that ending. Funny enough i recommended that movie to a friend litterly yesterday. But i also didn't per se dislike the endings of 'truth or dare' and 'would you rather' either.

    • @baileeridenour8947
      @baileeridenour8947 2 месяца назад +5

      Yeah out of 30 of the movies I agree about 2 ruined it and some were bad but not ruining, and some weren’t bad just sad.

    • @johnyang1731
      @johnyang1731 2 месяца назад +1

      @@kpierce1111 for to love adding movies to the list that had the same endings as books. Did they expect a change for the sake of a happy ending?

  • @davidstevens-k6f
    @davidstevens-k6f 2 месяца назад +405

    The boy in the striped pyjamas needed the disturbing ending for its impact, and, in my view, did not detract from the horrific act of the genocide committed by the Nazi regime in the second world war.

    • @melissagrant4178
      @melissagrant4178 2 месяца назад

      So they both died in the end, then again major of Jew were kill in those camp

    • @Oble_Noceda
      @Oble_Noceda 2 месяца назад +7

      Agreed.

    • @briannastultz1468
      @briannastultz1468 2 месяца назад +31

      They obviously haven’t read the book because that is how the book ends. The only difference is that in the book the parents didn’t know what happened to their son, while in the movie they figured it out right away.

    • @bizzaroblake2519
      @bizzaroblake2519 2 месяца назад +1

      Plus wasn't there a dark ending either the boy dying from grenade shrapnel?

    • @petercafrancisca4569
      @petercafrancisca4569 2 месяца назад +3

      Think it is based on a book so we had already an idea how it will end. Edit Checked and it ends worse, they enter the gas chamber and just his clothes are found. They keep searching for him and his father finds after an year the hole in the fence

  • @samuelpublio4356
    @samuelpublio4356 2 месяца назад +178

    Last Night in Soho’s ending was just as awesome as the rest of the movie

  • @l.b.1974
    @l.b.1974 2 месяца назад +80

    VERY Important note: It is NOT "murder" when you are defending yourself or other innocents.

    • @TheKarishi
      @TheKarishi 28 дней назад +8

      Also, did we forget what happened to Zod in the previous movie he shared with Superman? Oh yeah, that's right, Superman killed him.

    • @JohnSmithIlIlIlIl
      @JohnSmithIlIlIlIl 26 дней назад +1

      @@TheKarishi Yeah lol He didn't even need to k*ll them either! He removed their powers!

    • @MrAjmay1
      @MrAjmay1 21 день назад +4

      Correct... it was as justified a homicide as could ever be possible, clearly in defense of others after exhausting all options and giving Zod tons of chances. A lot of this video is way off the mark.

    • @Jmonkeh
      @Jmonkeh 20 дней назад

      No. Murder is murder. Society punishes some forms and not others, but it doesn't magically transform when you do it to stop someone else from doing it. There's philosophical debate to be had about reasons and justifications, but murder is murder.

    • @Olikiscrazy
      @Olikiscrazy 16 дней назад +1

      @@Jmonkeh Murder is the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another. Keywords being "unlawful" and "premeditated". You might be thinking of homicide. Homicide can be lawful and/or not premeditated. Even permitted as in the case of self defense or during wartime.

  • @samr2332
    @samr2332 Месяц назад +31

    The ending to 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' explains the reason why Bond does not let any Woman 'in' (so to speak). This was repeated in Casino Royale (Daniel Craig) but George Lazenby did it first and set the tone for the rest of the Bond films (as in the Books). Not 'Ruined', just misunderstood.

  • @dragneatudorflorin9944
    @dragneatudorflorin9944 2 месяца назад +146

    Last Night in Soho is one of my favorite movies, the ending shocked me I don't think it ruined the movie 😭

    • @motor4X4kombat
      @motor4X4kombat 2 месяца назад +4

      it didn't shock it was friggin ovious that old lady was sadie, "this is london, people die all the time!" like come on!

    • @Jackattack359
      @Jackattack359 2 месяца назад +3

      @@motor4X4kombatyou done yet?

    • @motor4X4kombat
      @motor4X4kombat 2 месяца назад

      @@Jackattack359 you?

    • @Jackattack359
      @Jackattack359 2 месяца назад

      @@motor4X4kombat yeah, you

    • @isaacslingerland451
      @isaacslingerland451 12 дней назад

      I’m with you 100% on that.

  • @Me-hz3fu
    @Me-hz3fu 2 месяца назад +217

    This whole list is just terrible. Those endings is what made the movies. Big failure on mojo

    • @johnyang1731
      @johnyang1731 2 месяца назад +5

      Correct. No Mist on the list either.

    • @Corvy952
      @Corvy952 2 месяца назад +4

      What do you expect it’s watch mojo. Nothing of actually quality comes from here

    • @AgentOccam
      @AgentOccam 2 месяца назад +3

      Nah, it's a mixed list with some very dumb calls (Superman does not even commit murder, for example), but some of these endings were dumb.

    • @evanprince3875
      @evanprince3875 Месяц назад +2

      @@AgentOccamhe literally snaps Zods neck. That's killing someone, which can also be called murder. But I agree the list sucks though has a few good points.

    • @DerpDevilDD
      @DerpDevilDD Месяц назад +7

      @@evanprince3875 When you kill someone in defense of yourself or others, it's not considered murder. People use the words kill and murder interchangeably, but while all murders are killings, not all killings are murders.
      Besides, Clark killed Non in Superman II back in the 80s.

  • @Chicken-x6q6d
    @Chicken-x6q6d Месяц назад +3

    Man of Steel? I'd say that Superman killing possibly thousands of innocents by destroying half the city was more disturbing than the ending to be fair.

  • @shadowchu419
    @shadowchu419 2 месяца назад +136

    This video was written by someone who doesn’t understand that good storytelling doesn’t always need a happy ending.

    • @AgentOccam
      @AgentOccam 2 месяца назад +2

      That's not what they're arguing. Many of their picks are poor or ill thought out, but many are correct. It's case by case, but they aren't saying ALL movies with less than happy endings don't work. They are right abut The Butterfly Effect directors cut for example. It's just goofy.

    • @shadowchu419
      @shadowchu419 2 месяца назад +2

      @@AgentOccam are absolutely nuts. That is literally the best part of the butterfly effect. It is the whole point of the entire movie and to try and say that that wonderful ending that perfectly done ending was something that made it goofy or bad is just asinine and most critics agree with me. It is absolutely what they are arguing here and it absolutely laughable almost every single movie on this list is made better by its ending not worse. Whoever wrote this video needs to be fired immediately!

    • @jamirianspencer2838
      @jamirianspencer2838 Месяц назад +2

      But it does get old literally every horror film can't be original. The monster/ entity always has to pop back up at the end.

    • @avamartin9376
      @avamartin9376 Месяц назад

      THANK YOU

    • @ivanlagrossemoule
      @ivanlagrossemoule 12 дней назад

      This list was made by a channel that needs to keep making lists after all the interesting and good ones have been made already. And of course increasing engagement by making people argue or angry is the cherry on top.

  • @Sh1n1gam1cat
    @Sh1n1gam1cat 2 месяца назад +68

    ... A sad or downer ending doesn't ruin a movie. A contrived plot twist or an undeserved deus ex machina ruins the movie. The weird idea that all movies have to have some kind of upbeat/optimistic ending truly ruins movies.

    • @CatGamer-wc2ij
      @CatGamer-wc2ij Месяц назад +2

      Or predictable ending, like Would You Rather.

  • @Frohock
    @Frohock Месяц назад +10

    I was able to get a sneak preview of Remember Me and the entire audience groaned out loud and boo'd when they revealed the date on the chalk board

  • @aysada
    @aysada 2 месяца назад +45

    Sunshine did not disappoint. You disappoint.

    • @jsmalls9575
      @jsmalls9575 2 месяца назад +7

      I love it so much I have the dvd. The part where the ship tells them there’s not enough oxygen to support them all and they discover that they picked up a new passenger was creepy as hell.

    • @Eleanor_Burnley_2023
      @Eleanor_Burnley_2023 2 месяца назад +2

      @@jsmalls9575 Completely agree.

    • @thomasinajones6684
      @thomasinajones6684 Месяц назад +3

      Sunshine is one of my favorite movies from start to finish. I watch it regularly.

  • @ProfArmitage218
    @ProfArmitage218 Месяц назад +15

    "The Box" should have used the endings from either the original short story or the "Twilight Zone" adaptation.
    "If you push the button, someone you don't know will die."
    Short story: Husband dies. "Do you really think you knew your husband?"
    Twilight Zone: The man reclaims the box and tells the wife he'll make the same offer to "someone you don't know", implying that each person kills the previous person who pushed the button.

    • @qtshel68
      @qtshel68 7 дней назад +1

      Such a great Zome episode! :)

  • @LizzyLovesGames
    @LizzyLovesGames 2 месяца назад +34

    The boy in the striped pajamas had a “great” ending in that it really got you thinking, it shocked the heck out of me, and it has stuck with me ever since I saw it.

    • @mustlovebooknerd
      @mustlovebooknerd Месяц назад +2

      The problem I've seen discussed with the ending of TBITSP is that we're meant to believe it's a tragic ending not because all of these Jewish people were murdered but because they also accidentally killed an "innocent" German boy.

  • @rubygracemoseley8144
    @rubygracemoseley8144 2 месяца назад +76

    The Boy In The Striped Pajamas. I don’t know if that ending “ruins” the movie….I mean it’s a movie about the Holocaust. I doubt there’s many ways to end this movie in a good way. Even if both boys had survived it would’ve still had the tragedy of the reality of the Holocaust and all the many people that hadn’t survived. Even if only Bruno had survived and Shmuel had died you still could’ve called it tragic but it’s still somewhat expected. Because this moment is supposed to show the darkness and horrors of the Holocaust. It’s horrible that both boys died when one of them didn’t even “have” to be there but I’ve never seen it as “sympathizing with Nazi’s”. I’ve always seen it as now that the Nazi has lost his son maybe he’ll realize how truly terrible the things he has committed are. The fact that he and so many other people have killed countless innocent children, as well as their mothers and fathers and now he knows what it’s like to have your child ripped away from you and killed in a brutal way….He might understand in the smallest degree possible just how truly horrible and awful the things he’s been doing are. It might help him see that the Jews are humans too and he’s killing their children. I don’t know. I never thought that that ending was terrible. It showed the darkness and horrors of the Holocaust which…you can’t make that seem any less dark than it was. You can’t ignore how truly horrible that event was.

    • @mustlovebooknerd
      @mustlovebooknerd Месяц назад

      The problem I've seen discussed with the ending of TBITSP is that we're meant to believe it's a tragic ending not because all of these Jewish people were murdered but because they also accidentally killed an "innocent" German boy.

    • @rubygracemoseley8144
      @rubygracemoseley8144 Месяц назад +3

      @ But that’s what I was saying. Realizing that they killed their own son might make at least this small family realize how terrible and dark what they’re doing is. The sadness and pain they feel they have caused that sadness and pain to so many other people. Maybe they’ll start thinking differently, start treating the Jews as people because they realize just how terrible they’ve been treating them now with the fact that their son was accidentally killed the same way that they’ve been killing the Jews

    • @CassandraY
      @CassandraY Месяц назад +6

      @@rubygracemoseley8144 I agree. The ending showed that some people need to learn these lessons the hard way. They have to lose something near and dear to them before they understand their place in the misery.

  • @Jeremiah_Rivers76
    @Jeremiah_Rivers76 2 месяца назад +195

    Henry Cavill’s Superman’s scream, having realized he’s the last Kryptonian alive with Zod’s death he himself carried out, was a redeeming quality to the movie’s end.

    • @ellnats
      @ellnats 2 месяца назад +16

      yeah true, but couldn't he have done anything else to prevent that family from getting fried?

    • @jonw8694
      @jonw8694 2 месяца назад +20

      @@ellnats like...what exactly? It's like saying cops should try to shoot a gun out of someone's hands when he's pointing it at someone. Easy to say, almost impossible to actually do.

    • @ForrestFox626
      @ForrestFox626 2 месяца назад +10

      ​@@jonw8694Have the family be smart enough to move

    • @ellnats
      @ellnats 2 месяца назад +1

      @@jonw8694 couldn't he try to fly him out of the area? im just asking a question

    • @thedevilsrockstxr2309
      @thedevilsrockstxr2309 2 месяца назад +9

      ​@@jonw8694fly up...not fight in the city....things multiple heroes have done but thts wht u get when u get Snyder's usual nihilism

  • @galahad695
    @galahad695 27 дней назад +1

    the butterfly effect ending was great. because earlier in the movie we learn his mom and multiple miscarriages, and him "going back to kill himself, could mean every single one of her kids, did have the power and ended up doing the exact same thing.

  • @arni7662
    @arni7662 2 месяца назад +27

    Glad to see on the comments that most people agree that Last Night in Soho should not be on this list.

  • @solesoulsorrow
    @solesoulsorrow 2 месяца назад +23

    30.) Man of Steel 0:22
    29.) Knowing 1:10
    28.) Sunshine 2:04
    27.) Would You Rather 2:58
    26.) Mother! 3:39
    25.) Spring Breakers 4:25
    24.) On Her Majesty's Secret Service 5:16
    23.) Beau is Afraid 6:12
    22.) Last Night in Soho 7:16
    21.) The Butterfly Effect 8:11
    20.) Glass 9:04
    19.) 47 Meters Down 10:11
    18.) Serenity 11:11
    17.) Truth or Dare 12:16
    16.) The Son 13:26
    15.) The Entity 14:26
    14.) The Number 23 15:29
    13.) The Box 16:38
    12.) The Woman in Black 17:33
    11.) The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 18:38
    10.) Secret Window 19:31
    9.) Sucker Punch 20:09
    8.) Knock Knock 20:51
    7.) Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension 21:28
    6.) The Descent: Part 2 22:19
    5.) Remember Me 23:02
    4.) Splice 23:41
    3.) High Tension 24:27
    2.) The Life of David Gale 25:10
    1.) Pay It Forward 26:04

    • @AfroAtze
      @AfroAtze Месяц назад

      YOu are doing the Lord's work

  • @Blaqjaqshellaq
    @Blaqjaqshellaq 2 месяца назад +73

    More movies have been ruined by unconvincing happy endings...

    • @johnturtle6649
      @johnturtle6649 День назад

      How about just bad or lazy endings? regardless of happy or not?

  • @robbyroba
    @robbyroba 2 месяца назад +37

    The ending of Woman in Black I thought was pretty good. It was the ghost's way of showing gratitude for Radcliffe's character going out of his way to right the wrongs done to her.

    • @DerpDevilDD
      @DerpDevilDD Месяц назад +4

      Gratitude? By killing him and his son?

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq 2 месяца назад +33

    Last Night in Soho wasn't ruined by the ending, though some aspects are a little muddled.

  • @chelseacanales8763
    @chelseacanales8763 2 месяца назад +58

    The Boy in the Striped Pajamas has a sad ending because it dealt with how many people suffered during the war and how life is short for the innocent and hoping history will never repeat the tragedy again

    • @mustlovebooknerd
      @mustlovebooknerd Месяц назад +2

      The problem I've seen discussed with the ending of TBITSP is that we're meant to believe it's a tragic ending not because all of these Jewish people were murdered but because they also accidentally killed an "innocent" German boy.

    • @stacysnarky9111
      @stacysnarky9111 8 дней назад

      @@mustlovebooknerdwhy do you feel the need to post the same comment multiple times?

  • @themartyflorence
    @themartyflorence 2 месяца назад +118

    Last Night in Soho is awesome, ruined is a strong word. No it’s not just because my profile is my artwork of Anya Taylor Joy in that movie. This does not deserve to be the thumbnail 😂

    • @motor4X4kombat
      @motor4X4kombat 2 месяца назад +4

      look im an anya simp just like the next guy, but man that ending was insanely predictable... seriously the director made hott fuzz the movie that mocks the obvious suspect trope in mistery film and this movie went with the most obvious reveal since shot one, i think a scooby doo episode would have a better pay off than that

    • @frankd9945
      @frankd9945 2 месяца назад +3

      ​@@motor4X4kombatnot to mention the horrendous CGI that felt so out of place on such an otherwise beautiful shot film

    • @robertdominicceasarsalvill2221
      @robertdominicceasarsalvill2221 2 месяца назад +1

      Its only you who find it okay tho lol

    • @Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming
      @Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming 2 месяца назад +3

      I thought it was a very good movie. Some class music and styling. Definitely not ruined.

    • @vanessaglohde9082
      @vanessaglohde9082 2 месяца назад +5

      The premise of the movie was great, but the twist at the end was lame and unoriginal. I would have liked it better if Sandy had in fact been murdered and Ellie had solved her murder, bringing her soul peace and her murderer to justice.

  • @daynechastant
    @daynechastant Месяц назад +14

    For "Knock Knock," an alternate ending had been created: Reeves' character, after his life went to Hell, tracked down his dog with a GPS tracker. He followed it to the house where another man was being tortured in the same way, with one of the girls holding the dog.
    He puts on leather gloves, then walks up to the door and knocks. The girls, startled by the unexpected visitor, look to the front door and nervously ask, "...Who's there?"

  • @davidlance5310
    @davidlance5310 2 месяца назад +8

    Beau is Afraid’s ending explains the opening shot. It makes the whole film come full circle. Also though it costs him his life, if you listen very closely before the credits roll, you hear his mum break down in tears knowing she can never experiment with her son again. Also mother!’s ending was on point about humanity & what would you rather? Them leaving the house & Him finally listening to mother????? Have a look at the state of the world

  • @scxiao
    @scxiao Месяц назад +5

    What made the ending to The Butterfly Effect so great is that when Evan and his mother visit the fortune teller, she tells them that Evan should have never been born. His mother later explains that she had three failed pregnancies before he was born. In the very end of the movie, we hear a voiceover of the mother saying that she's had four failed pregnancies, showing us that her life goes on despite Evan dying in the womb and the cycle continues.

  • @TheBaltimoreMovieTrailerPark
    @TheBaltimoreMovieTrailerPark 2 месяца назад +9

    Most of these entries are supposed to be disturbing endings! The Son and The Boy In The Striped Pajamas are dark movies and they’re supposed to have gut-punching endings, they’re not meant to be feel-good endings! Jeez, WatchMojo, you’re blowing it!

  • @Nenernener123
    @Nenernener123 2 месяца назад +4

    THANK YOU for not spoiling the entire movie with the intro/title to each number on the list! 🙌🏼

  • @mrdean2539
    @mrdean2539 Месяц назад +1

    Honestly, the ending of Pay It Forward was not a twist. It was an inevitability. And, personally, made the entire film less than it should have been.

  • @AJARyan-yn2uv
    @AJARyan-yn2uv 2 месяца назад +2

    Isn’t the ending of The Entity meant to say that the psychological trauma of being raped will always haunt the victim?

  • @directedbyxanderjones8329
    @directedbyxanderjones8329 Месяц назад +1

    General Zod is my favorite super villain. That being said, I didn't mind that Superman killed him off. He did it because it was necessary.

  • @evelynblackwood4362
    @evelynblackwood4362 2 месяца назад +6

    For Truth or Dare, she should’ve dared the entity into ending the game and leaving them alone

  • @imperialbeautee
    @imperialbeautee 2 месяца назад +18

    FINALLY The Mist was not mentioned. Watch Mojo is obsessed with that film lol. Yes we know the guy shot all those people in the car for nothing....

    • @GemmaHentsch
      @GemmaHentsch Месяц назад +2

      That was an intentional part of the tragedy of the plot...

    • @DeborahEdwards-u8x
      @DeborahEdwards-u8x Месяц назад +1

      The ending was heartbreaking 😢

    • @martinedwards2004
      @martinedwards2004 27 дней назад +3

      It doesn’t matter if you’re tired of hearing about The Mist. The fact is that it needs to be on this list. In fact it should be #1. It was a gutsy but unnecessary plot change from the book.

  • @MysteriousPerson1991
    @MysteriousPerson1991 2 месяца назад +55

    Would You Rather is a great movie, the ending didn't ruin a thing. Actually most of these movies weren't ruined by the ending, they just become bummers.

    • @ForrestFox626
      @ForrestFox626 2 месяца назад

      Except all the characters are idiots

    • @MysteriousPerson1991
      @MysteriousPerson1991 2 месяца назад +1

      @@ForrestFox626 No? Not really.

    • @ForrestFox626
      @ForrestFox626 2 месяца назад +1

      @@MysteriousPerson1991 The guy who cheated on his girlfriend didn't have to take a dare. He could have picked truth

    • @MysteriousPerson1991
      @MysteriousPerson1991 2 месяца назад +3

      @@ForrestFox626 Oh, you're talking about that movie. I thought you were talking about Would You Rather. Yeah, Truth or Dare had really dumb characters. I agree.

    • @ForrestFox626
      @ForrestFox626 2 месяца назад +1

      @@MysteriousPerson1991 Oh. My bad, wrong movie

  • @kalbai4
    @kalbai4 2 месяца назад +39

    I'm sick of people harping on about the end of Man of Steel What was he supposed to do, let Zod kill the family? In which case everyone would be bitching about instead.

    • @multitudeofidols
      @multitudeofidols 2 месяца назад +5

      Well, he could have flown Zod away, covered his eyes, superspeed jumping in front of Zod's heat-vision blasts, told the family to run away in the clearly open space, etc.

    • @djpegao
      @djpegao 2 месяца назад +3

      Agreed, too many options to chose from and he chose the worst one​@@multitudeofidols

    • @illson2019
      @illson2019 2 месяца назад +1

      You act like it really happened. Snyder was supposed to write a story that actually portrays the character. Not write the character to fit into the dark and brooding world because that's the only kind of movie you can make.

    • @DarkForceUs3r
      @DarkForceUs3r 2 месяца назад +2

      Agreed, plus it was Superman's first real fight against other super beings. He was working on instinct, not strategy.

    • @boohankins2993
      @boohankins2993 2 месяца назад +2

      Zod would never have stopped and it made Superman less boring

  • @karlwaage1823
    @karlwaage1823 Месяц назад +3

    The entire point of Boy in the Striped Pajamas ending is to show the horror of the Holocaust. The ending could not have been LESS of a gut punch if it wanted to convey this properly.

  • @Rhinox-89
    @Rhinox-89 2 месяца назад +96

    Dear WatchMojo:
    A SAD/DISTURBING ENDING IS SOMETIMES THE POINT. Somebody please explain to these people that not all movies end with “happily ever after”.
    For me, Superman killing Zod made him less of a Boy Scout, and more of a troubled soul, it made him more human.
    For Butterfly Effect, the depressing ending is the whole point!
    The boy in the striped pajamas is supposed to be a gut punch, and no, It doesn’t create sympathy for Nazis

    • @Oble_Noceda
      @Oble_Noceda 2 месяца назад +1

      True

    • @GruffyddFO4
      @GruffyddFO4 2 месяца назад +6

      It did make Superman those things. And that's the point. Superman is not those things. If you want troubled, human, morally grayer characters, there are plenty of them out there. Some early Marvel characters like Spider-Man were specifically created as a departure from characters like Superman, and for those characters it works. Changing Superman to be that way negates the character.

    • @Rhinox-89
      @Rhinox-89 2 месяца назад +2

      @@GruffyddFO4 oh no they made Superman…..interesting🤣
      If they hadn’t, every viewer would have been bored

    • @GruffyddFO4
      @GruffyddFO4 2 месяца назад +1

      @Rhinox-89 There are some great ways to make Superman "interesting" that don't make him Not Superman. They didn't bother coming up with any of them, because Snyder has no idea what to do with a superhero who isn't dark, edgy, or morally ambiguous.
      For a great example of a really good story that features Superman done right, check out Kingdom Come.

    • @jackturner214
      @jackturner214 2 месяца назад

      @@GruffyddFO4 Superman actually does kill General Zod, Quex-Ul and Zaora in Superman 22; did that also make him "not Superman"?

  • @kiah9085
    @kiah9085 24 дня назад +1

    I’m not going to say the box is a perfect film but the ending is what MAKES IT. The man offers someone else the box at the same time she dies and it shows it was always a cycle of violence fandom greed

  • @Michaelthekiwi
    @Michaelthekiwi 2 месяца назад +34

    The Christopher Reeve Superman kills Zod in Superman 2. Zod's death just happens offscreen as he is thrown into a chasm in the Fortress of Solitutde.

    • @GruffyddFO4
      @GruffyddFO4 2 месяца назад +1

      Nope. They survive, and are led away by police (who somehow get to where the FoS is, but that's a different issue). In the theatrical version, this happens off-screen, and we never know. But in the extended version (not the Donner Cut, that's a third version where they never die because they were never released from the PZ because time travel) we see it happen in the background after the climax.
      Sure, you can claim that the theatrical version is the "real" version, and since we didn't see them hauled off it didn't happen. But if you insist that anything we don't see didn't happen, then they didn't die in the theatrical version either, because we have no idea how deep the "chasm" is. Maybe it's basically just a holding cell, we don't know.
      So, our three options are 1) We don't know, 2) Hauled off to prison, 3) Time travel. Since 3 is such the odd duck out, we can dismiss that as canon. So what's left? We don't know, and hauled off. Only one of those is definitive.

    • @deeesher
      @deeesher Месяц назад

      Between the novelization, the televised version, and the original script, the three kryptonians were never killed. I mean how deep do you think the Fortress of Solitude is? I always knew they were thrown into a snow drift and jailed later.

    • @Curu82
      @Curu82 Месяц назад

      @@GruffyddFO4 If you're gonna go by canon, Superman has killed. Specifically General Zod, even. And he killed Mister Mxyzptlk back in the Silver Age era, and Doomsday in the infamous "Death of Superman" comic. Then there's the creatures he's killed, like the Kryptonian dragon.
      So while Christopher Reeves' Superman may not have killed anyone (except his corrupted self in Superman 3 and Nuclear Man in Superman 4), the idea that Superman never kills is simply not true. He just doesn't do it as a general rule.

    • @GruffyddFO4
      @GruffyddFO4 Месяц назад

      @@Curu82 I've addressed this in other comments, but I guess you didn't see them. Superman *when written properly* does not kill *people*. Yes, he's killed creatures on rare occasions (I'd count Doomsday among these, as it was written during that terrible 4-issue gimmick story). But almost every time he's killed a person it's been either an "Elseworlds" story, or they were about to reset the universe the next issue. For example, when he kills Mxyzptlk, he then out of remorse depowers himself with gold kryptonite, and then the universe resets. With Zod, if it's the story I think you're referencing, he doesn't actually kill him because Quex-ul kills him before the kryptonite can when Zod tries to throw him under the bus, but that's splitting hairs. The issue was terribly written, another gimmick story. The only reason he kills them is to give a reason for his "I will not kill" code in the post-Crisis universe. And it was utterly unnecessary. He kills them because without powers and without anyone else to interact with they *threaten* to find a way to get their powers back and come to his world to keep killing. That is what is called an empty threat.
      When properly written, Superman - the Big Blue Boy Scout - finds other ways.

    • @Curu82
      @Curu82 Месяц назад

      @@GruffyddFO4 Even if you argue that he didn't kill Zod (but as you said, splitting hairs), he also killed Quex-Ul and Zaora.
      Though executed is more accurate, which was the entire point. He takes on the duty of being the judge, jury, and executioner because there is no one else who can. That IS him being Boy Scout Superman; doing what duty dictates and he has to, even if he doesn't want to.
      Same with Mxyzptlk.
      When it comes down to it, he will set aside his own principles for the good of others.
      That the universe resets, or whether you consider them gimmicky or poorly written, is irrelevant to the argument. Canonically, Superman does kill when necessary.
      And if the Snyderverse is considered to be outside main continuity (and I'd say it is), he definitely kills.

  • @TheMaximusKane
    @TheMaximusKane 2 месяца назад +8

    IDK why people had a problem with Superman having no choice but to kill Zod in order to save people from being killed.
    In the comocs over the years, Superman has killed 19 times. Some of those he has killed include: Dr. Light, General General Zod, Quex-Ul, and Zalora. Also, Mister Mxyzptlk, Doomsday, Joe Chill, Kalibak, his father Darkseid, Wonder Woman, The Joker, Green Arrow, The Black Canary,Captain Marvel (Shazam) and Batman. Just for reference, Superman has been killed by Wonder Woman, and no surprise Batman.

  • @SerbianMeerkat
    @SerbianMeerkat 2 месяца назад +24

    Does someone want to explain to WatchMojo that not every movie needs a happy ending to be considered “good”?

  • @CazzleRazzle
    @CazzleRazzle 2 месяца назад +32

    Completely disagree with ‘the boy in the striped pyjamas’

    • @mustlovebooknerd
      @mustlovebooknerd Месяц назад +2

      The problem I've seen discussed with the ending of TBITSP is that we're meant to believe it's a tragic ending not because all of these Jewish people were murdered but because they also accidentally killed an "innocent" German boy.

  • @dondee5439
    @dondee5439 2 месяца назад +10

    The film NEVER CRY WOLF (1983) has a bummer ending but it works.

  • @hayeonkim7838
    @hayeonkim7838 2 месяца назад +3

    Thanks for so interesting and valuable video as always ❤❤❤

  • @DevilMaster
    @DevilMaster 2 месяца назад +8

    I wholeheartedly disagree about Man of Steel. Finally, a Superman who SOLVES PROBLEMS!

  • @theaz78
    @theaz78 2 месяца назад +32

    Boy you really got this one wrong. Most of the list has endings that made sense to the story

  • @Nawalanasfictionaltools
    @Nawalanasfictionaltools 2 месяца назад +6

    Ruined? I don’t think the movies were ruined, I think it’s just that a lot if people think that all movies, have to have a cookiecutter happy ending. Witch is BS.
    I loved the directors cut of The Butterfly effect, it makes sense.
    Life is not always sunshine and roses, so I don’t think films should be that either.

  • @BreakfastML
    @BreakfastML 2 месяца назад +1

    The butterfly effect ending it’s great; it’s the most hopeful they could’ve got. Yeah it’s bittersweet but Evan wanted her to grow up happy and be free of trauma; he also got to have a life without pain.

  • @BlackHatCinephile
    @BlackHatCinephile 2 месяца назад +25

    Killing in defense of others is not murder, it's justifiable homicide, and it's something they should give medals for. If Superman let Zod kill people when he can stop it, he's basically an accomplice.

    • @pohjanakka4992
      @pohjanakka4992 2 месяца назад +4

      Yep, I was about to say the same. Whatever you may think of that scene it most certainly does not show Superman committing a murder.

  • @laura121684
    @laura121684 2 месяца назад +5

    Whoever wrote the script must've just learned the word "dour."

  • @ericad8616
    @ericad8616 2 месяца назад +1

    A bad ending can ruin a movie, but a controversial and/or so called unhappy ending is not necessarily a bad one. Conversely, a film that ends happily isn't always the right ending for a film. The original Planet of Apes from 1968 had a heartbreaking conclusion, but it was absolutely brilliant and has become legendary. it appears as though the films referenced in this video had some or unhappy or even tragic resolutions, but that quite a few of them actually worked better than some Disneyesque end where everything's wrapped up in a neat little bow and everyone lives happily ever after.

  • @BillyEast-t3g
    @BillyEast-t3g Месяц назад +1

    if you are a die hard superman fan you wouldn't have had an issue with Superman killing Zod, its been done a few times in the comic past

  • @crystalshaw8744
    @crystalshaw8744 Месяц назад +1

    I'm glad you had number 11 on your list. Although VERY sad, it is truthful and one of my favorite movies.

  • @Excanda
    @Excanda Месяц назад +1

    I hate Pay it forward due to it's unnecessary ending, but it is a confusing ride due to it taking place in two different times. Time 1 is that the boy starts and time 2 is Pay it Forward is halfway across the US and a reporter tries to find the origin. Spoiler ending the reporter finds the boy getting killed on the school playground.

  • @mortenriisberg
    @mortenriisberg Месяц назад +1

    Danny Boyle's film "Yesterday" should be added to this list, an apparently good idea they didn't know how to end.
    Also add "Get Out" - especially knowing how Jordan Peele initial and more relevant ending got scrapped!
    I was very happy to see both "Splice" and "High Tension" on this list, complete nonsense final plots.
    I do however really like the ending of James Bond "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", it shows how he's a human like anyone else, and also can experience loss, it was tragic but this ending made it stand out from all the other predictable Bond movies.

  • @phroz3n
    @phroz3n Месяц назад +2

    I don't give a fuck what some people say, I loved the horror element in Sunshine. That movie goes hard.

  • @timeflys3248
    @timeflys3248 2 месяца назад +2

    On her Majesty's Secert service wasn't ruined by the ending. It's the best bond ending there is.

  • @donaldmacarthur
    @donaldmacarthur 2 месяца назад +8

    I don't feel Would You Rather was ruined by the ending. That was the point... she was put through Hell for her brother and it was all for naught

  • @rhiannonyoung8962
    @rhiannonyoung8962 2 месяца назад +13

    'Knowing' & 'Man Of Steel' Weren't Ruined By Their Endings Though. 🤷🏻‍♀

    • @Oble_Noceda
      @Oble_Noceda 2 месяца назад +2

      Nor was the stryped pajama. For it and man of steel, it actually elevated the film.

    • @rhiannonyoung8962
      @rhiannonyoung8962 2 месяца назад

      @@Oble_Noceda True - Elevated The Stories.

    • @Alice15210
      @Alice15210 2 месяца назад

      Mother too. I mean the whole movie was disturbing as it goes on.....

    • @rpsyco
      @rpsyco 2 месяца назад

      Yeah, Man of Steel was ruined by a lot of stuff, not just the ending.

  • @JeremyRedus
    @JeremyRedus 2 месяца назад +2

    Didn’t Superman kill the bad kryptonions including General Zod at the end of Christopher Reeves’s Superman 2

  • @fizzysodapoppop
    @fizzysodapoppop 2 месяца назад +3

    i wouldn't use ruined for these endings . some of these are the best part of the movie

  • @Xxxero42
    @Xxxero42 Месяц назад +1

    I have seen most of the movies on this list, and disagree that the ending ruined them. Tho I hated the ending of Glass, It wasn't because it was "disturbing" it was because it was pointless.
    Ok, Truth or Dare was a cop out.
    ok, High Tension is stupid. not disturbing, tho.
    I'm convinced you just don't like some endings.

  • @Rogue0257
    @Rogue0257 2 месяца назад +1

    If some of these were considered bad, some people are too nitpicky.

  • @TazzyTazzington
    @TazzyTazzington 2 месяца назад +1

    For the woman in black, the ending is true to how the original play ends. Though in my opinion, the play is way more scary amd suspenseful. The film uses music that gives away jumpscares. But is still very faithful to the play.

  • @spacedoutgaming
    @spacedoutgaming Месяц назад +1

    Started with Man of Steel which has been explained to death, with Last Night in Soho being on the thumbnail. Not everything needs a happy ending, cause that's how life is, it didn't ruin these movies

  • @alexbuchholz7072
    @alexbuchholz7072 2 месяца назад +1

    The End of The LIfe of David Gale is brilliant.

  • @guyarthurorigin
    @guyarthurorigin Месяц назад +1

    Number one should be The Mist!!

  • @markmaioli4
    @markmaioli4 2 месяца назад +29

    So basically, any movie with a downer ending is "ruined" ... typical

    • @jsmalls9575
      @jsmalls9575 2 месяца назад +2

      Yeah, I’d say forcing every movie to have a super happy ending ruins a lot of movies.

    • @robertbouley7697
      @robertbouley7697 2 месяца назад

      Like loading all your food with corn syrup - might taste yummy but not actually what’s best for you.

  • @pluck8913
    @pluck8913 Месяц назад

    You know, I don't like Superman. I have always thought he was a terribly written character. But sorry guys. He did NOT commit murder. That was justified homicide. It is legal to kill in defense of yourself or others.

  • @johavyflores7482
    @johavyflores7482 2 месяца назад +1

    At least this is something animated films had that live action couldn’t achieve. Anxiety, uncertainty, and doubt.

  • @CandiceVidito32
    @CandiceVidito32 2 месяца назад +8

    The Evil Never Dies Scene From The Grudge (2020)

  • @mustlovebooknerd
    @mustlovebooknerd Месяц назад

    Most of these movies had perfectly well executed endings and the person who made this video just personally didn't like them. Whatever, I guess they got our clicks and that's all they care about.

  • @kasscade8527
    @kasscade8527 13 дней назад +2

    "Last night in Soho is Edgar wrights first foray into horror". So, we're just ignoring Shaun Of The Dead, and to some extent Worlds End and Hot Fuzz?

  • @CaptainSpauld1ng
    @CaptainSpauld1ng 11 дней назад +2

    Spring Breakers had great fan service, but still was a horrible movie.

  • @TheThunderbirdZero
    @TheThunderbirdZero 4 дня назад +1

    I'm actually surprised that My Girl, Snowpiercer, and Krampus aren't on this list.

  • @GarlicRubOnMeats
    @GarlicRubOnMeats 2 месяца назад +5

    Shout of that singer Sandy. I don’t agree with her actions but I totally UNDERSTAND. 😅

  • @CommanderBohn
    @CommanderBohn 2 месяца назад +4

    Reminder in the comics Supes, while not proud of it, executed an alternative dimension Zod after the latter and his cronies genocided humanity in their home dimension.
    Supes simply exposed them to kryptonite and left them to a slow death.

    • @multitudeofidols
      @multitudeofidols 2 месяца назад

      The difference is that it was a regret of his he swore never to utilise again, even forcing him in a bad situation with the xenomorphs in _Superman/Aliens._ In _Man of Steel_ he seems unphased after the scene is over. What should be a heartbreaking moment has no lasting implications for the Big Blue Boyscout.

  • @PhantomBones101
    @PhantomBones101 2 месяца назад +2

    Oh c'mon "Would You Rather?" was perfect

  • @ingeborggu2
    @ingeborggu2 2 месяца назад +4

    ending of would you rather is superb

  • @CreepyBlueAnimals84
    @CreepyBlueAnimals84 2 месяца назад +1

    Despite the controversial endings, I loved Last Night In Soho, The Woman in Black and Pay It Forward (although, rooting for Spacey when he punched out a child rapist is incredibly ironic.)

  • @AlexHaile-t1c
    @AlexHaile-t1c 4 дня назад +1

    I'm still shocked how many people think the ending of Man of Steel was bad because "Muh Superman wouldn't do that" and call it murder, when it's clearly not.

  • @SGTBacon99
    @SGTBacon99 2 месяца назад +1

    I am shocked that The Mist didn't make this list......

    • @AfroAtze
      @AfroAtze Месяц назад +1

      The Mist wasn't ruined by the ending.

  • @dinocha0s
    @dinocha0s Месяц назад +1

    These are what make some movies different, not everybody wants to live in fantasy land and imagine how the good guys always beat the odds at the end.
    Sometimes it reminds us to count our blessings.

  • @eddiebrock2803
    @eddiebrock2803 Месяц назад +1

    On Her Majesty's Secret Service was one of the BEST Bond movies, with an INCREDIBLE ending! It really showed Bond actually being a HUMAN for once, even though he sort of was 'bought' into the whole deal with his soon-to-be-wife, but really DID care about her as he got to know her. A man with a 'licence to kill', suddenly being normal...
    ...and then it's STOLEN away by vengeful villians.
    It sets the tone for later Bonds, whom is more callous, violent, and much more womanizing.

  • @aljcorbin
    @aljcorbin 8 дней назад

    Man you hit two of the movies that I like best. High Tension was another movie that I really liked.

  • @ROCKONplaceboforever
    @ROCKONplaceboforever 2 месяца назад

    Last night is Soho was so good , some of these endings added to the movies they didn't ruin them

  • @yaoi4evandnevayuri
    @yaoi4evandnevayuri Месяц назад +1

    For these types of videos is it possible to get a numbered list in the comments or in the description that way we can watch the videos first and then come back? Or even a chapters thing throughout the video? Thank you for reading. :)

  • @JOSH-lw2jv
    @JOSH-lw2jv 20 дней назад +1

    I would say the ending of *"OHMSS"*
    (1969) was ruined by the fact that
    the DVD & Blu-Ray's 5.1 mix - for
    whatever reason - added the sounds
    of chirping birds in the background,
    whereas the film's original Mono mix had none whatsoever.
    That's why I prefer to watch the first
    nine James Bond films in their original
    Mono mix.

  • @jacobdrolet4262
    @jacobdrolet4262 2 месяца назад

    Amazing video Rebecca from watch mojo of disappointment ending that probably ruined there movies,fantastic job. I really enjoyed somewhat like the twisted ending in truth or dare movie.

  • @mattbarry8213
    @mattbarry8213 Месяц назад

    Honestly after the stupidity of Man of Steel, I stopped watching. Superman killed in the comics. It also was completely justified self defense case.

  • @markalexander3659
    @markalexander3659 2 месяца назад +9

    These movies were NOT ruined. A lot of the endings were great. And a "disturbing" ending does not ruin a movie...
    WatchMojo REALLY missed the mark with this video

  • @malk9244
    @malk9244 Месяц назад

    Last Night in Soho is perfection though 💜

  • @KT-gl1fi
    @KT-gl1fi Месяц назад

    Most dark endings to movies are really appropriate, for a shock factor or for something for the audience to think about. To make it memorable. If people don't like the ending, then the whole movie is ruined. But the films you listed, all of them are really good. The Secret Window in particular (because I am a writer) is really good because it truly shows how we as writers can get lost in our own worlds. For me, my characters are very real just like that. After my father died, I definitely had a break just like he did.

  • @jettblade
    @jettblade Месяц назад

    I do agree with some of this list. Final rug pulls or twists do tend to cheapen and ruin endings. Seen several endings where they needed to end like two minutes before and it would have been satisfactory, this tends to happen in horror movies when they try either sequel bait or that last twist. One movie this happened in is The Cave. It was a decent movie but had that last second twist that made zero sense which ruined it but in a really dumb way, seriously it is so stupid.

  • @KimsHauntedGraveyard-p6y
    @KimsHauntedGraveyard-p6y Месяц назад

    As for the ending of the Entity, it paints the picture that it moved with her to her new location which is what she claimed to have happened it real life.

  • @VeteranGamerDad4Christ
    @VeteranGamerDad4Christ Месяц назад +1

    how is it murder ? Superman stops the villain from ending a family but doesnt note how many others have died because of all the other stuff
    sheeple this isnt murder

  • @Qyndra
    @Qyndra 2 месяца назад +1

    Can't agree on the boy with the striped pyjama's. If you think that movie got ruined by that dark ending, imagine living that darkness for real. Those movies usually don't get a happy ending.

  • @fangsup93
    @fangsup93 2 месяца назад +1

    I loved the twist in Sunshine, it elevated it for me. Same with the end of SoHo... idk ruined is a strong word