My list:
1. Allied
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_(film)
The female lead turns out to be a Nazi spy and shoots herself. The ending of this movie so infuriated me I wanted to melt down every copy of the film.
2. Alien 3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_3
The aliens finally kill Ripley and her only redemption is to take one of them with her. They should have ended the series with this one.
3. No Country For Old Men
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Cou...Old_Men_(film)
It doesn't end so much as just stop. All we know is that the bad guy survived and the cop chasing him retired and likes to tell about his dreams.
4. The Mist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mist_(film)
The main character thinks things are hopeless and kills all the others with him to save them from a horrible death. Then the mist clears and he realizes they would have been okay.
5. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_T..._Wrath_of_Khan
I grew up on the original Star Trek series. Star Trek: The Motion Picture was mediocre, but I excused it because I allowed for the fact that it takes actors, producers, writers, etc. some time to regain their sea legs when reviving a show that was canceled over a decade before. So along comes Wrath of Khan. Bringing back a villain from the original series was a pretty good idea, but then the writers did the unthinkable. Not only did they kill off Spock, they also left an opening to bring him back to life. Either kill a character or don't. Don't cheapen a main character's death by bringing him back through some technological hocus pocus. It cheapens the death to begin with by making it "not such a big deal."
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