10 Most Perfect Final Shots of the 20th Century, Ranked

It's easy to argue that the final shot of a film is its most important. It's the final impression a film can make on an audience, but there are plenty of masterpieces that end with very mundane shots. Some shots are even misremembered as final ones because they've become more iconic than those that are. Almost everyone remembers the penultimate shot of Norman Bates at the end of Psycho, a skull superimposed over his face, but it's often forgotten that the actual final shot is one of Marion Crane's car being pulled out of a swamp. The fact is that not every final shot is the most memorable or the most perfect, but there are those that absolutely are.