Movies where the last 20 minutes just cook

[coolhandgopher]

After watching the Woman in Cabin 10 (not bad!-low bar of expectations and it cleared it) on Saturday night, I wasn't ready to go to bed but also didn't want to start even an hour long TV episode, so as I was flipping through the Netflix options and The Last of the Mohicans popped up, I fast forwarded to the last 20 minutes or so and enjoyed the epic finish of a great movie. It got me to thinking, which movies, from fair to middling to all-time classics, finish things with a flurry of greatness? Here's a few that come to mind, in addition to LotM:
The Godfathers I & II
Dazed & Confused
Die Hard

I know I'm missing a lot. What do you got?

 

[Ope3]

Top of mind, at whatever point Andy Dufresne's jailbreak to the conclusion of Shawshank Redemption is pretty amazing.

 

[Slim Tubby]

"The Usual Suspects" with the unveiling of Keyser Soze.

 

[GophersInIowa]

A few that quickly come to mind for me are Field of Dreams, Fight Club and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (the ending scene at the cemetery might be one of my favorites of all time).

 

[coolhandgopher]

Animal House
What’s Up, Doc?
The Sting

 

[Donovan]

The Matrix
The Silence of the Lambs
Sicario
I haven't seen this in many years, but I remember Michael Clayton having a great ending.
And one that had me on the edge of my seat was Nightcrawler:

 

[upnorthkid]

Last 20 is a tough time frame, but I’d throw the inglorious bastards ending

 

[coolhandgopher]

Back to the Future
Mad Max: Thunder Road (TBH, that whole movie zips by in what feels like 20 minutes)
Terminator 2

 

[Bad Gopher]

Good question! I'll have to go through my library, but the two that come to mind immediately are Star Wars and Toy Story.

 

[Ogie Ogilthorpe]

Animal House
What’s Up, Doc?
The Sting

Agree 100% on The Sting. One of my favorite older movies.

Primal Fear would be up there as well for this category for me. I'd have to think too hard to come up with more good examples

 

[Slim Tubby]

My Top 10

1.The Usual Suspects ('Verbal Kint...the man with a plan.")

2. Se7en ("What's in the box?!?!?")

3. The Shawshank Redemption ("Get busy living, or get busy dying.")

4. Stir of Echoes (Great ending...and who doesn't love Bacon?)

5. The Sixth Sense ("I see dead people" but never saw the twist coming.)

6. Planet of the Apes (1968) ("You maniacs! You blew it up. Damn you. Goddamn you all to hell!")

7. Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood (Cliff Booth takes down the Manson Family.)

8. The Departed ("Colin...laying low is not what I do.")

9. The Lost Boys ("One thing about living in Santa Clara I never could stomach...all the damn vampires.")

10. Saw (Jigsaw was in that room the whole time???)

 

[stocker08]

A bunch mentioned already that I'll echo: The Departed, Fight Club, Sicario, Nightcrawler

I'll also offer: Heat, Man on Fire, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Casino

 

[Full Speed Ahead]

Maybe a bit different from everyone else's lists, but I'll add 2001 Space Odyssey. It wraps the entire movie into the future.

 

[Ope3]

A bunch mentioned already that I'll echo: The Departed, Fight Club, Sicario, Nightcrawler

I'll also offer: Heat, Man on Fire, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Casino

Heat. Good one.

 

[LakevilleBro]

John Carter. A very underrated movie, with a great ending.