10 Confusing Movie Endings That People Still Debate Today

A movie’s final scene can affect how audiences feel about the entire story, but some endings are so confusing that they have been at the center of debates for years, or even decades. Confusing endings usually fall into one of two categories. The first category is the purposefully ambiguous ending, where audiences are left with unanswered questions about what happens next or what they have just seen, like how Rocky III ends with a freeze-frame as the fight begins. The other type of confusing ending involves a puzzling scene where the audience is left to deconstruct the meaning for themselves, like Tommy Lee Jones’ dream monologue at the end of No Country for Old Men.