37 Final Movie Lines So Good, They Have Gone Down In History As The Best Ever
Recently, we asked the BuzzFeed Community what their favorite final lines of movies are. Here are some of the agreed-upon best of all time!
1.Babe
4.Some Like It Hot
"No contest."
5.Jaws
8.Casablanca
9.Fight Club
10.Toy Story 3
"WHY DID THEY END IT LIKE THAT?!"
11.Avengers: Endgame
12.The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2
13.Silence of the Lambs
"Iconic."
14.Shutter Island
—Jess
15.Se7en
16.Stand by Me
"A great movie that leaves you numb and nostalgic. Sticks with you for a long time."
17.Sky High
18.Kill Bill Vol. 1
"I planned on only watching the first Kill Bill that night, but I literally HAD to rent the second film immediately with a fantastic cliffhanger line like that."
19.The Shawshank Redemption
20.It: Chapter 2
"I cry every time. It’s a horror movie and I’m sitting just sobbing!"
21.Chinatown
22.The Lost Boys
"Epically hysterical ending line/scene."
23.Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure
24.Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
25.Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men's Chest
"All the Black Pearl's crew looks toward the staircase as they hear the thud of heavy boots while the music swells. The mysterious 'captain who knows those waters' comes into view. It's the magnificent Geoffrey Rush's Barbossa. 'So tell me, what's become of my ship?' *Yaaaarrghing and general swashbuckling intensifies🤩🤩*"
26.The Italian Job
27.The Crow
28.Avengers: Infinity War
"'Oh god.' Steve Rogers in Infinity War. I got chills in theaters the first time I saw the ending. The gravity of what happened seemed to hit Captain America in that moment. It was perfect."
29.The Hunt for Red October
"Far too underrated a movie, IMHO."
30.Before Sunset
"The two characters spend the whole movie talking about how they can't spend too long hanging out because Jesse has a plane to catch. Then, in the last scene...
"Celine: 'Honey, you are gonna miss that plane.'
"Jesse: 'I know.'"
31.Gone With the Wind
"Though Rhett says arguably the most famous line in film history ('Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn'), Scarlett gives us one of the finest closers (and mantra to millions for generations)."
32.The Apartment
33.Army of Darkness
34.Pirates of the Caribbean
35.Secret Window
"I know it's not a super-popular movie, but I love it. The last scene of Secret Window, with Mort (Johnny Depp) quoting the line from his original story ... as the camera pans outside to a bunch of cornstalks, then down through the ground, basically confirming that's where the dead bodies were. Such a great movie; definitely worth watching."
36.Fallen
"This is kind of controversial because I know not a lot of people like this movie, but I loved it."
37.And Finally, The Prestige
"A little longer than a last line, but I LOVE the last portion of The Prestige."
"Goddammit, I love this movie! The way he says 'fooled' at the very end...amazing."
What closing lines didn't make the list? Let us know in the comments!
Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.