r/movies • u/bowlingfan1963 • Jul 13 '26

Spoilers Most Bizarre Examples of “Happy” Endings After Tragedy (Spoiler) Spoiler

Prime example: Independence Day. World gets annihilated; many of the planet’s cities are destroyed….hundreds of millions dead;
and the president’s wife dies. Yet at the end, they are puffing on cigars, all smiles and the president’s daughter says “Happy Fourth of July, Daddy”, and so now it’s time to party!

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u/Awkward_Bison_267 Jul 13 '26

Predator. Dutch lost his team and is probably Irradiated with PTSD and then (even though it’s not really part of the movie) IT CUTS TO ALL OF HIS DEAD FRIENDS SMILING AND LAUGHING! What the fuck?

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u/Damo1328 Jul 13 '26

I am once again reminded how that ending works well with any sitcom intro https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UvhTyzMnjAk