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Seemingly Happy Movie Endings With Unhappy Consequences According to Ranker

"Unless you're a glutton for punishment who spends your days watching joyless films like Dancer in the Dark, you like your movies to have happy endings. A lot of successful films end on a positive note - even dark movies - to send the audience out of the theater smiling; however, just because your favorite movies have happy endings doesn't mean they lack unsettling consequences. The unspoken consequences of seemingly happy movies are obvious once you think about them. Most Steven Spielberg plots would thrust their main characters into some much-needed therapy, and even action films that close with the main character overcoming adversity don't deal with the collateral damage and reams of paper work to be dealt with by some hapless, bureaucratic pencil-pusher. Romantic comedies surely lead to acrimonious breakups by the very couple that charmed you.
Life is quicksand, dragging us all down to a pit of despair, and even movies with happy endings can't do anything about it." - ranker.com
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The Jungle Book (1967)
The Jungle Book (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
2
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
3
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
4
Avatar (2009)
Avatar (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
5
Something's Gotta Give (2003)
Something's Gotta Give (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   72%
6
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
7
Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
8
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
9
True Romance (1993)
True Romance (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
10
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
11
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
12
Groundhog Day (1993)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
13
Taken (2008)
Taken (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   59%
14
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
15
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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