Whatever be the genre, some movies out there are just so well-made that they keep you at the edge of your seats and constantly make you question what is to come.
However, what happens when we don't get all the answers? What happens when the movie ends and we are left with more questions that the movie refueses to answer?
Movies with open ending might annoy some while they may pull some into their magnetic and twisted storytelling. Regardless of your personal opinion, you can't help but deny that there's something extremely fun about watching movies that make us think even after the runtime is over.
The last scene of this famous movie showcases a terrible but oddly hopeful ending between Oh Dae-su and Mi-do. Although one might take this ending to be quite final, it's the look in Dae-su's eyes that indicate something more beneath the surface, leaving us questioning what lies for these two people.
Guy Pearce's Leonard drives off into the sunset but this is far from a happy ending, indicating that the protagonist's hunt for revenge will never really end. Christopher Nolan's neo-noir thriller keeps you guessing what's to come, thanks to the brilliant out-of-order storytelling that constantly keeps you guessing.
In the end of Black Swan, Nina is surprised to find herself stabbed but goes through with her performance only to end up bleeding on the mattress. The movie, until then a thrilling and dark exploration of Nina's psyche, leaves us with many questions about her future and mental health after all this.
This Stanley Kubrick film ends with a zoom into a very old picture of party revelers at the Overlook Hotel in July 4, 1921, with Jack standing in between them as our derranged protagonist sits outside in the snow and freezes to death. No explanations and perfectly open-ended about what it all means.
Bong Joon-ho's thrilling exploration into class and caste divide takes us into a gruesome ending wherein Kim family patriarch, Ki-taek, stabs Park Dong-ik, eventually taking us to the bunker, where Ki-taek now resides, sending signals in Morse Code. Does Ki-taek get out? Does he face the consequences of his actions? Many such questions haunt us long after the movie is done.