it is my delusion who the hell invited
you
was it all a dream and if not what
really happened welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 movies with ambiguous
endings kind of weirded out on us your
teeth well are you for this list we’re
focusing on those films whose
conclusions are open to interpretation
and as you can expect this list contains
major spoilers so spoiler alert and just
so you know we’re excluding straight-up
cliffhangers because we’ve got another
list of the top 10 unresolved movie
cliffhangers number 10
The Wrestler a lot of people told me
then I’d never wrestle again
Mickey Rourke plays a washed-up
professional wrestler who longs to
romance the ring once more Marley have
some help in here please
after initial attempts result in a heart
attack he decides to give up his dream
of a neuro ik return when his doctor
says it’ll kill him your heart Lee’s
been through a lot
it won’t be able to handle his strain
this activity heedless of his doctor’s
advice Randy the RAM Robinson makes his
epic comeback in front of fronds of
screaming fans
sadly the audience is left wondering
whether the doctor was right and if the
RAM survives his triumphant leap back
into the ring
number nine Total Recall
you’re dreaming it’s not just the ending
of this movie that’s ambiguous it’s the
entire film you’ve got to want to return
to reality when he visits a special
facility to have fake memories of his
non-existent mission to Mars implanted
into his brain Douglas Quaid finds out
those memories may already exist you’re
having paranoid delusions Quaid and the
audience then spend the movie wondering
whether that means he really was a
secret agent on the red planet whose
memories were wiped or whether recall
messed with his mind you know you’re
lying by the end
Arni’s is unsure as we are what’s wrong
which is it a terrible thought what if
this is a dream
well then kiss me quick before you wake
up number eight The Wizard of Oz Toto
have repeating we’re not in Kansas
anymore Dorothy and her dog Toto are
whisked away to the magical land of Oz
where they meet a brainless scarecrow a
Cowardly Lion and a heartless Tin Man
you’ve had plenty of time already yeah
do not arouse the wrath of the Great and
Powerful oz oz is also chock-full of
witches fairies and flying eight because
nothing that goes on in Oz is
particularly natural or even explainable
we’re left wondering if Dorothy really
did travel to us or whether she was just
concussed by a passing tornado she got
quite a bump on the head we kind of
thought that for a minute she was going
to leave us
number seven shutter island’
in order to solve a missing-persons
report
US Marshal Edward Daniels and his
partner visit a remote island populated
with all manner of crazy coups all I
know it’s a mental hospital for the
criminally insane but here’s the twist
turns out agent Daniels is a patient
himself committed for the murder of his
wife after she murdered their children
Daniel’s killed her and now he’s
reliving the past permanent measures
will be taken to ensure you can’t hurt
anyone ever again
is he still crazy or is it all an act to
get a free lobotomy you know this place
makes me wonder yeah what’s that boss
which would be worse the live is a
monster what a die is a good man number
six the road you eat whatever we go five
it’s post Apocalypse Now and things are
pretty bleak if people aren’t committing
suicide outright they’re eating those
who haven’t a man and his boy travel
across the microwaved landscape just
trying to survive long enough to find a
safe haven due to a distinct lack of
medical professionals the father dies of
an arrow wound and his boys fate is left
uncertain when a new family invites him
to travel with them you can stay here
with your papa you go with me who can
you trust in a world this desperate how
do I know you want to look at guys you
don’t you just have to take a shot
number five the thing a shape-shifting
alien creature is on the loose in a
remote Arctic base the trouble is it can
take human form which means no one is
safe how would you know if it was really
me after a series of increasingly
violent confrontations the beast is
seemingly destroyed in a decisive
explosion wait here
see what happens there’s only one
problem either two of the surviving team
members could now be the monster number
four American Psycho I like to dissect
girls did you know I’m utterly insane uh
uh great tan Marcus Patrick Bateman is
your typical Wall Street yuppie he
dresses well he takes care of his
appearance and he occasionally commits
acts of heinous violence because it’s
not just about the pleasures of
conformity
have the importance of friends it’s also
a personal statement about the band
itself hey the police soon noticed
Patrick’s behavior as his grisly crimes
become increasingly brutal it turns out
Bateman may or may not have imagined the
whole thing and might just be your
garden-variety crazy person and not a
psychotic killer my punishment continues
to elude me and I came no deeper
knowledge of myself this confession as
meant nothing number three Blade Runner
Rick Deckard is in charge of retiring
replicants to put it more bluntly he
shoots robots until they’re dead the
problem is that these robots look and
act just like humans only more murderous
in the end he tracks them all down and
retires them peacefully but why is he so
good at his job could it be that he’s a
replicant – does it matter it’s too bad
she’s over it but then again who does
number – inception it’s a dream within a
dream within a dream or is it the dream
has become the reality cop is hired to
use state-of-the-art technology to plant
an idea in a targets mind I am
addressing tragic female figures are a
common trope in Christopher Nolan films
but in Inception
Cobb’s dead wife mal keeps popping up in
his subconscious and in this world that
can spell disaster
by the end everyone’s had a good rest
and Cobb is reunited with his kids
or is he only the spinning top knows for
sure before we unambiguously reveal our
top pick here are a few honorable
mentions
I’ve told you two stories about what
happened out on the ocean in both
stories the ship sinks my family dies
and I suffer true so which story do you
prefer
number one 2001 a Space Odyssey dr.
David Bowman and friends are on a space
mission to Jupiter to investigate a
strange object because of a slight
computer malfunction the onboard AI
brutally murders the entire crew except
for Bowman you know what happened I’m
sorry Dave I don’t have enough
information alone except for the
murderous machine he confronts the
mysterious monolith and is thrown
through space and time only to become an
omnipotent space baby is he a god now or
did he just take a really good
hallucinogen the interpretation is
entirely up to you
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite ambiguous movie ending for more
epic top 10s published every day be sure
to subscribe to watchmojo.com there is
no place like
you
was it all a dream and if not what
really happened welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 movies with ambiguous
endings kind of weirded out on us your
teeth well are you for this list we’re
focusing on those films whose
conclusions are open to interpretation
and as you can expect this list contains
major spoilers so spoiler alert and just
so you know we’re excluding straight-up
cliffhangers because we’ve got another
list of the top 10 unresolved movie
cliffhangers number 10
The Wrestler a lot of people told me
then I’d never wrestle again
Mickey Rourke plays a washed-up
professional wrestler who longs to
romance the ring once more Marley have
some help in here please
after initial attempts result in a heart
attack he decides to give up his dream
of a neuro ik return when his doctor
says it’ll kill him your heart Lee’s
been through a lot
it won’t be able to handle his strain
this activity heedless of his doctor’s
advice Randy the RAM Robinson makes his
epic comeback in front of fronds of
screaming fans
sadly the audience is left wondering
whether the doctor was right and if the
RAM survives his triumphant leap back
into the ring
number nine Total Recall
you’re dreaming it’s not just the ending
of this movie that’s ambiguous it’s the
entire film you’ve got to want to return
to reality when he visits a special
facility to have fake memories of his
non-existent mission to Mars implanted
into his brain Douglas Quaid finds out
those memories may already exist you’re
having paranoid delusions Quaid and the
audience then spend the movie wondering
whether that means he really was a
secret agent on the red planet whose
memories were wiped or whether recall
messed with his mind you know you’re
lying by the end
Arni’s is unsure as we are what’s wrong
which is it a terrible thought what if
this is a dream
well then kiss me quick before you wake
up number eight The Wizard of Oz Toto
have repeating we’re not in Kansas
anymore Dorothy and her dog Toto are
whisked away to the magical land of Oz
where they meet a brainless scarecrow a
Cowardly Lion and a heartless Tin Man
you’ve had plenty of time already yeah
do not arouse the wrath of the Great and
Powerful oz oz is also chock-full of
witches fairies and flying eight because
nothing that goes on in Oz is
particularly natural or even explainable
we’re left wondering if Dorothy really
did travel to us or whether she was just
concussed by a passing tornado she got
quite a bump on the head we kind of
thought that for a minute she was going
to leave us
number seven shutter island’
in order to solve a missing-persons
report
US Marshal Edward Daniels and his
partner visit a remote island populated
with all manner of crazy coups all I
know it’s a mental hospital for the
criminally insane but here’s the twist
turns out agent Daniels is a patient
himself committed for the murder of his
wife after she murdered their children
Daniel’s killed her and now he’s
reliving the past permanent measures
will be taken to ensure you can’t hurt
anyone ever again
is he still crazy or is it all an act to
get a free lobotomy you know this place
makes me wonder yeah what’s that boss
which would be worse the live is a
monster what a die is a good man number
six the road you eat whatever we go five
it’s post Apocalypse Now and things are
pretty bleak if people aren’t committing
suicide outright they’re eating those
who haven’t a man and his boy travel
across the microwaved landscape just
trying to survive long enough to find a
safe haven due to a distinct lack of
medical professionals the father dies of
an arrow wound and his boys fate is left
uncertain when a new family invites him
to travel with them you can stay here
with your papa you go with me who can
you trust in a world this desperate how
do I know you want to look at guys you
don’t you just have to take a shot
number five the thing a shape-shifting
alien creature is on the loose in a
remote Arctic base the trouble is it can
take human form which means no one is
safe how would you know if it was really
me after a series of increasingly
violent confrontations the beast is
seemingly destroyed in a decisive
explosion wait here
see what happens there’s only one
problem either two of the surviving team
members could now be the monster number
four American Psycho I like to dissect
girls did you know I’m utterly insane uh
uh great tan Marcus Patrick Bateman is
your typical Wall Street yuppie he
dresses well he takes care of his
appearance and he occasionally commits
acts of heinous violence because it’s
not just about the pleasures of
conformity
have the importance of friends it’s also
a personal statement about the band
itself hey the police soon noticed
Patrick’s behavior as his grisly crimes
become increasingly brutal it turns out
Bateman may or may not have imagined the
whole thing and might just be your
garden-variety crazy person and not a
psychotic killer my punishment continues
to elude me and I came no deeper
knowledge of myself this confession as
meant nothing number three Blade Runner
Rick Deckard is in charge of retiring
replicants to put it more bluntly he
shoots robots until they’re dead the
problem is that these robots look and
act just like humans only more murderous
in the end he tracks them all down and
retires them peacefully but why is he so
good at his job could it be that he’s a
replicant – does it matter it’s too bad
she’s over it but then again who does
number – inception it’s a dream within a
dream within a dream or is it the dream
has become the reality cop is hired to
use state-of-the-art technology to plant
an idea in a targets mind I am
addressing tragic female figures are a
common trope in Christopher Nolan films
but in Inception
Cobb’s dead wife mal keeps popping up in
his subconscious and in this world that
can spell disaster
by the end everyone’s had a good rest
and Cobb is reunited with his kids
or is he only the spinning top knows for
sure before we unambiguously reveal our
top pick here are a few honorable
mentions
I’ve told you two stories about what
happened out on the ocean in both
stories the ship sinks my family dies
and I suffer true so which story do you
prefer
number one 2001 a Space Odyssey dr.
David Bowman and friends are on a space
mission to Jupiter to investigate a
strange object because of a slight
computer malfunction the onboard AI
brutally murders the entire crew except
for Bowman you know what happened I’m
sorry Dave I don’t have enough
information alone except for the
murderous machine he confronts the
mysterious monolith and is thrown
through space and time only to become an
omnipotent space baby is he a god now or
did he just take a really good
hallucinogen the interpretation is
entirely up to you
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite ambiguous movie ending for more
epic top 10s published every day be sure
to subscribe to watchmojo.com there is
no place like
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