The 8 Best Movies With Cliffhanger Endings Ranked

Some cliffhangers live forever in the minds of watchers who still wonder about what they think took place after the credits left them hanging. But most cliffhangers can feel unearned and manipulative, as though hinting at a narrative complexity that doesn’t really exist. Cliffhanger endings are popularly attributed to Charles Dickens, who started the trend with his debut novel, The Pickwick Papers. Ever since, storytellers and filmmakers across the globe have used cliffhangers to avoid cleanly wrapped endings to their tales....

April 21, 2023 · 7 min · 1301 words · Ashley Gordon
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