Not exactly the best movie ever made, but the ending was in a category of its own. The hunt for the final dragon is nicely suspenseful and the running scenes of the group splitting up are beautifully shot. With Denton Van Zan's final leap off the tower, axe in hand, head first into the dragon, and Quinn Abercromby's arrow shot that explodes the beast, throwing Quinn backwards, comes an ending that left audiences saying “holy [insert explicit here]!”

V for Vendetta

The buildup with the domino scene, the rallying of the people and the final fight just screamed “epic ending.” The musical score is excellent the entire way and builds up the scene with plenty of emotion and excitement. The explosion of the Big Ben to the 1812 overture by Tchaikovsky made jaws drop around the theater, and is only topped with the unmasking of the people along with Evey's final words describing V as the man in “all of us.”

Scarface

Who can forget one of the most quoted lines in all of movie history? With his end coming closer and closer, Tony Montana tries to defend the empire he worked so hard to get. Everyone knows he will die, but there's no doubt that it will be one crazy fight. With enough drugs in his body to fill the pool he falls into so tragically, Tony has a shoot-out of the ages, and left movie goers saying “Say hello to my little friend!” for over two decades.

Gladiator

This winner of Best Picture had one of the most epic endings ever, and this is partway due to the fantastic soundtrack. Maximus and Commodus's final fight is incredibly intense and gripping, and Commodus's last breaths (or, should I say, gurgles) are bittersweet as Maximus falls alongside him. But the last scene - Juba's final lines, filled with grief and hope, along with Hans Zimmer's “Now We Are Free” soundtrack - fills the viewer with plenty of goose bumps, and is one of the most inspiring, touching, and epic endings in a movie.

The Matrix

There comes a movie every now and then with an incredible story and revolutionary special effects, and The Matrix is one of those movies. Whether you liked the sequels or not, the ending to this movie is perfectly epic in that it concludes the movie with perfect execution (resulting in satisfaction) yet it leaves the viewer excited and wondering what could happen in a future installment. From the building shootout, to the helicopter rampage, to Neo and Smith's final fight, the action never lets down and only gets increasingly better. The final act, with the rebirth of Neo as “The One,” the death of Agent Smith, and the take off of Neo into the sky with “Wake Up” by Rage Against the Machine playing in the background is legendary, and arguably the most EPIC conclusion to a movie ever made.