Common wisdom will likely tell a filmmaker that they should take their time ending a story.

Therefore, it definitely deserves a stop on the list.

This anxiety-inducing drama is guaranteed to have audiences on the edge of their seats up until its ending.

Anton Chigurh from No Country for Old Men

Image by Federico Napoli

The ending certainly contributes to the film’s reputation as amongAlfred Hitchcock’s best movies.

Reverend Ernst Toller looking intently ahead in ‘First Reformed.'

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Heather, illuminated by a flashlight, cries into the camera in The Blair Witch Project

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Adam Sandler in Uncut Gem’s as Howie holding a gold furby necklace in his jewelry shop.

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Thomas Jane stands next to his jeep looking into the mist

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Brad Pitt as Chad Feldheimer dancing in Burn After Reading.

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Jean-Pierre Léaud as Antoine Donel standing on a beach in The 400 Blows.

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R.J. MacReady (Kurt Russell) freezing by a fire in ‘The Thing’

Image via Universal Pictures

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A close-up of Tommy Lee Jones as Sheriff Bell in No Country For Old Men

Image via Paramount Pictures

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The Birds - 1963

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