Movies that have really really satisfying endings!

[LynneSin]

Mine would be "Runaway Jury" with Dustin Hoffman, John Cusack and Gene Wilder. The movie is based on the John Grisham book about a lawsuit against a gun company. The woman who loses her husband due to a random gun violence at his office decides to sue the gun manufacturer. The movie is about the jury and how people go about buying off the jury in order to get the verdict. In comes Gene Hackman who absolutely rules as this very repuke like guy who sets up juries in favor of those who hires him, which in this case is the gun manufacturer. I don't want to give away too much from the ending but in a nutshell Gene Hackman gets his comeuppance and when that smug gets wiped off his face you're just so damn happy about it.

So what other movies have really really satisfying endings?

[GOPisEvil]

1. The Shawshank Redemption

[Ilsa]

2. The two of them on the beach in Mexico, plenty of cash, and the

warden dead and the guard in handcuffs. Very satisfying.

[Wetzelbill]

32. No way...... I was going to type this.... this isn't right.....

Am I you or are you me right now..... I lost track.

:silly:

[Ilsa]

3. Now that's interesting...

because The Rainmaker by Grisham didn't have a satisfying ending at all.

[tjdee]

4. His endings are kind of predictable.

Oh my god, I think I've read every one of his novels.

Um, I need some time alone. :cry:

But the Rainmaker's ending was kind of bleh.

[sandnsea]

8. Perfect ending

Better than what usually happens, somebody gets millions and the company just keeps screwing people. Bankruptcy and prison, that's the way all these kinds of cases should end.

[Ilsa]

22. Who got millions in Rainmaker? Or did I misunderstand

your response? I was thinking no one got the big payoff, except the attorney for the insurance company.

[Ruffhowse]

5. A Few Good Men

It was great to see Jack Nicholson's "all spit and polish" military character be lured into admitting his guilt at the end and do the perp walk.

[nytemare]

6. Somewhere in the * administration, there is a Col. Jessup.

All he needs is a little egging on to admit he was part of the country getting fucked over.

[TheDebbieDee]

13. I've never seen "A Few Good Men". Whenever I see that

it's on, I start flipping the channel.

I'll probably never see this movie because it's got three actors that I can't stand watching: Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise and Demi Moore.

[Ilsa]

24. I know what you mean.

I'm worn out on Jack being in so many movies, then I have to see him during basketball season when my beloved Spurs play the Lakers.

Demi, to me, is marginal, and her voice sounds like she always has a bad allergy working.

Cruise. Mostly blech. I keep thinking I see the came old cocky character in every movie he's in. He must think his character's name is Tom Cruise.

[Ilsa]

26. I felt sorry for the younger of the two Marines in trouble, so to me,.

I was left unsatisfied. He really seemed to be clueless and witless, and someone should have been taking care of him just like they should have been taking care of the victim that didn't belong in the USMC.

[XemaSab]

7. Shallow Grave

n/t

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

9. A Captive in the Land

when the American and the Russian are rescued.

[moof]

10. Usual Suspects

[Yogi]

11. The Grapes of Wrath

n/t

[Capn Sunshine]

12. Fargo

two words: Tree shredder

[Ilsa]

23. Okay:

[Montauk6]

14. As an anti-spoiler public service, I'll just name the movies

"Some Kind of Hero"

"The Piano"

"King of the Gypsies"

"Enter The Dragon"

"A Family Thing"

[Capn Sunshine]

15. Did "The Piano" have a satisfying ending?

All I remember was screaming "Thank Fucking GOD!!!!" in relief that it was over.
I guess, in a way, that is satisfying.

[Montauk6]

16. Again, in deference to the Anti-Spoiler Bill, I decline to answer.

;)

[Bucky]

25. PeeWee's Great Adventure

Tied up all the loose ends. And, man, how could anyone not know the Alamo doesn't have a basement!

[TheDebbieDee]

29. "A Family Thing"...The scenes of the labor and birth.....

had me in tears. And I almost NEVER cry about anything!

[gmoney]

17. Primal Fear, Casablanca, Manchurian Candidate (n/t)

[Capn Sunshine]

18. The original "War of the Worlds"!

I haven't seen the remake.

[Montauk6]

31. If you mean the one on radio with Orson Welles, I concur!

[Kali]

19. Dark Star

:P

[Lautremont]

20. Irma Vep

Watching that movie, I thought at a certain point "these people would be geniuses if they ended the movie RIGHT HERE, but of course they never would in a million years."

And then the movie ended! Playing over the end credits was the Luna version of Serge Gainsbourg's 'Bonnie and Clyde.' One of the most satisfying viewing experiences of my life, I have to say.

Oh, and the movie Birdy, with Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage, had a similar thing going on.

[manic expression]

21. Hotel Rwanda........The Count of Monte Cristo

Hotel Rwanda was bittersweet, but gives a lot of hope in the end.

Monte Cristo was in a sort of Machiavellian way, I guess.

Also, The Borne Identity, but they screwed up the series with the second (I won't spoil it!).

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is 1/2 satisfying and 1/2 empty.

Oh, and ALL the Bollywood movies EVER (they don't really count, though).

[tinfoilinfor2005]

27. The Rise and Fall of the bush Empire: The Documentary

The last scene where junior and jebby are shipped to Iraq and dropped off in the streets in their tighty whities is especially heartwarming.

[kevsand]

28. RoboCop

Because they didn't resort to any maudlin "humanity overcoming programming" crap. His programming remained intact, the story remained internally consistent, and the bad guys still lost.

[MiniMandaRuth]

30. Jaws

Dunno why, and I'll never tell.

[Wetzelbill]

33. Giant, Traffic, The Godfather,

But, my version of satisfying is probably more ambiguous then most.