The 30 best movie endings of all time, ranked

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Chinatown Paramount

Paramount

"Chinatown."

Movie endings can leave you with a sense of satisfaction or make you want to throw your chair at the screen.

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Every filmmaker strives for the former, and in some cases they manage to pull off something that will be remembered forever.

Whether it leaves you happy, sad, or has a visual or line of dialogue that just brings everything together, movie endings can make or break how you feel about the story you just watched.

From "Gone with the Wind" to "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Chinatown," here are 30 of the best movie endings of all time, ranked (spoilers galore, obviously):