Via Isaac Chotiner, I see The Times’ movie critics have compiled a list of the “Top 20” movie endings of all time. Isaac is more enamoured than I am of the list, which concludes thusly:
5.Chinatown
4. E.T.
3. Casablanca
2. Butch Cassidy
1. Carrie
Well, fine. But what about, in no particular order: The Lavender Hill Mob, The Great Escape, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Brief Encounter and, last, but by no means least, the brilliant ending to the best (British) movie of them all, The Third Man. It don’t get better than this:
UPDATE: Andrew Stuttaford agrees with me.
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