20 Films Which Had Endings So Bad It Ruined The Whole Movie

There's nothing worse than watching a movie only to be heavily disappointed at the ending

Rachel

• Published in Film & TV
• October 16, 2020

Some movies are good, while some movies are bad. Sometimes though, the film itself is fine, except the ending is so incredibly bad that it ruins the whole thing for you.

Whether you hate "happily ever afters" or despise when plots go unfinished, there is no denying that the last moments of a film will define whether you love or hate it. Because, honestly, if the ending sucks you aren't going to watch it again.

Mine is "Remember Me," the Robert Pattinson film with the most random ending (seriously, no spoilers but my jaw hit the floor). Leave your favourite, or least favourite, "worst film ending" in the comments below.

Why?

PersephoneXXX1209:

"The Devil Inside, the movie was basic horror everyone dies fare, but it suddenly ends after a car crash and a title card appears listing a website for more info and the movie just ends. Seriously one of the worst endings imaginable."

Not the Disney one

-valt026-:

"Frozen. And I don’t mean the Disney movie. I mean the one about the skiers stuck on the ski lift."

Probably why you should always read the book first

plsgivemethetea:

"When I was maybe 8 my aunt took me to see the boy in the stripped pajamas in theatres, not realizing at all what it would be about. She didnt read the book, so to her it seemed like a heart warming story about companionship between two boys and thought the fact that it was pg 13 would be ok. Most of the movie was fine, I didnt know what the holocaust was but I kinda got the drift. It wasn't until they got into the gas chamber at the end that my child-self started bawling bc I knew they probably died. It was the first non-happy ending I ever saw and it took me a little while to reconcile what had happened and the fact that some events are just cruel."

Even the author agrees

milutin_miki:

"Percy Jackson. Any of them. Honestly, they're completely bad.

"I'd rather pull out all of my teeth than watch that movie" -Rik Riordan, author of PJ"

I haven't been the same since I saw this movie

TheGeofoam:

"Bridge to Terabithia

Thought it was going to be a fantasy film, then discovered just their imaginations. Then the ending happened.

I heard parents were pissed because they took their kids to see a light hearted movie."

Well that sucks

that_electric_guy:

"That wolverine movie where they cut his claws off at the end. Or that wolverine movie where they have shitty no mouth deadpool at the end."

Fuming for days

wocytti:

"The Dark Phoenix. I was so stoked about the story and then the end... What stupid shit is that?? I was literally fuming about that ending for days. Full disclosure I have not read the comic, so, I suppose it’s my fault."

AND DIDN'T USE IT TO FIX HIS WAND

onemaysay:

"Deathly Hallows Part 2. Mf really broke the Elder Wand in half and got away with it."

Miss me with that

Megasdoux:

"Law Abiding Citizen

It was a solid movie and it fell flat when Jamie Foxx's character still won, despite the while movie showing that he was a part of the corrupt system. I recall reading was that the original ending was that Foxx was supposed to be arrested, but he changed it and got an ending that made it seem that being apart of the corrupt system is okay."

Nope

BlackDragonofDoom:

"Lucy. Ugh, me and my family were so pissed off by that movie. Scarlett Johanson gets awesome super powers after being made a drug mule by the same people that violently murdered her boyfriend. gets revenge, helps some scientists, is about to smash a hot cop, turns into organic computer data on a flash drive. Awesome action sequences and concepts throughout this movie and it end like:

Cop:*storms into room* "where is she? where is Lucy"

*text message on his crappy phone* "Everywhere"

Cut to black."

Yup

thewhaz:

"Any movie that ends with ‘It was all a dream.’ It’s a cop out."

No resolution.

The_Dapper_Rabbit:

"It wasn't a BAD ending, but it was way too sudden. Karate Kid. It went like this:

ok they're fighting... BANG Daniel kicks the other fella in the nose. Everyone cheers and surrounds him. The old Japanese fella nods approvingly. Aaaaand its done. That's it. Credits. No resolution whatsoever."

Sequels that ruin the first one are so annoying

big_fella672:

"Ralph Breaks the Internet. It totally disregards the message of the first. Fuck that movie."

Disney movies are not safe

Datapower:

"When I was little my mother sent my brothers and I to a "Disney movie". Safe choice right?

All 3 of us were bawling our eyes out when she picked us up after. The movie was Old Yeller"

This whole movie was bad

terific-toph-fan32:

“The last air bender” that movie deserves to be captured by azula

Lil weird

BeaversAndButtholes:

"Titanic.

Rose spends 4 days on a boat with a guy when she was 16. She spends the next 80 or so years living a full life with a man she loved, married, had children with, explored the world with, etc.

But when she dies, her last thought (afterlife) is with a teenager she had a 3-day fling with when she was a child with not a thought spent on the people she spent her life with.

Fuck you, Rose. Fuck you very much."

Magic

PianoManGidley:

"Now You See Me.

This movie combined two of my guilty pleasures: magic tricks and heist films, so I REALLY wanted to like this movie. But the "twist" at the end was SO INFURIATINGLY STUPID that it made me hate the entire movie." 

So close to being fantastic

acowsaysmoo:

"A Simple Favour.

Great beginning, great middle, rushed ending."

That's so boring

NE_Golf:

"IT 2 - I thought the movie wasn’t good at all, but watched with the family. Way too long, shit story, but then after losing their battle against this monster that can how to tremendous size and power, they are able to out smart IT and destroy it by yelling at it to “make it feel small”. What a shit ending. 3 hrs I’ll never get back."

No dog movies

pinkcandy828:

"Marley and Me. My mom had taken me, my sister, and our friends to see the movie thinking it was a comedy. It wasn't a comedy.

By the time the end came, we were all bawling. I don't watch dog movies anymore."

Which ending ruined the whole movie for you? Share in the comments below.

And read the whole Reddit thread on the topic here.

Rachel