Movies With Disturbing Endings

[Chu Gai]

Two movies that come to mind where the good guys don't win are Arlington Road and The Talented Mr. Ripley.

What are some others?

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Solvent Green, House of Sand and Fog , The Mechanic (1972 not 2011), Memento, Trainspotting , Death of the butterflies, One Hour Photo, Requiem for a Dream, Mr. Brooks

Some of the especially depressing, don't watch with kids most of these.

 

[Big Jake]

Not a movie, but the recent mini series on tv, 'Wayward Pines', the conclusion was on last night and I thought it was very disappointing, even lame, like they ran out of money and/or ideas.

 

[Bizarro_Stormy]

Ooooh Booooy...The Mist... the ending is simply devastating...

 

[shadyJ]

Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors. LQ Jones' A Boy and His Dog. Swimming With the Sharks. Igmar Bergman's Cries and Whispers. Those are some movies with some really dark endings.

 

[markw]

Gone Girl - One of the most unsatisfying endings I think I've ever seen.

And I agree about that Wayward Pines finale but, with M Night Shamwhatever in charge, I should not be surprised.

 

[3db]

Two movies that come to mind where the good guys don't win are Arlington Road and The Talented Mr. Ripley.

What are some others?

The Titanic ...

 

[Chu Gai]

Yup. I was stunned when she dropped that diamond into the water thinking only of herself when she could have provided for her family.

 

[markw]

The Titanic ...

Well, we got to see Leonard DiCaprio die so it wasn't totally sad.

 

[slipperybidness]

Pan's Labrynth!

 

[3db]

Well, we got to see Leonard DiCaprio die so it wasn't totally sad.

Yeah.. although he did awesome in "Wolf of Wallstreet"

 

[Steve81]

Million Dollar Baby comes to mind for this genre.

 

[Chu Gai]

Million Dollar Baby comes to mind for this genre.

Well yeah, but I didn't see it as a disturbing ending. I saw it as an act of love by someone that respected her sane, at least my POV, desire to end her life with a measure of dignity and on her own terms.

 

[Steve81]

Well yeah, but I didn't see it as a disturbing ending. I saw it as an act of love by someone that respected her sane, at least my POV, desire to end her life with a measure of dignity and on her own terms.

I'm not referring to that particular act, so much as her overall plight at the end of the movie.

 

[agarwalro]

 

[Irvrobinson]

Knowing. The Nicholas Cage movie. Really dumb, but somehow engaging nonetheless.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448011/

 

[shadyJ]

Knowing. The Nicholas Cage movie. Really dumb, but somehow engaging nonetheless.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448011/

Knowing basically has a happy ending. I would not call that a disturbing ending. If you want a disaster movie which simply has a depressing ending, watch Testament or Threads. Either are far more bleak than Knowing.

But for 'disturbing', give me a movie where evil genuinely prevails. Here are a few more doozies: John Frankenheimer's Seconds, The Vanishing (original, not remake), Martyrs, and Inside.

 

[gene]

Saw ex Machina last week. Though that movie had a disturbing ending though it was great overall!

 

[Irvrobinson]

Knowing basically has a happy ending. I would not call that a disturbing ending. If you want a disaster movie which simply has a depressing ending, watch Testament or Threads. Either are far more bleak than Knowing.

But for 'disturbing', give me a movie where evil genuinely prevails. Here are a few more doozies: John Frankenheimer's Seconds, The Vanishing (original, not remake), Martyrs, and Inside.

You've got to be kidding, Shady. "Everyone Else" except a few kids... remember?

 

[Chu Gai]

Does The Devil In Miss Jones qualify?