Best film noir endings β argue with me
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Double Indemnity
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Here's my ranked list of the best noir endings. Fight me:
1. Sunset Blvd β Norma descending the stairs. 'Mr DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.' Still the gold standard.
2. Out of the Past (1947) β Mitchum and Greer's final drive. One of them is going to kill the other. You know it. They know it. Mitchum just smokes.
3. Double Indemnity β Walter on the office floor dictating his confession. The moral center shifts in the last 90 seconds.
4. Detour β Al hitching on the dark highway. Cop car arrives. 70 minutes of fatalism delivered perfectly.
5. The Killing β the airport. The money. The wind. 'What's the difference.'
Change my mind.