The 10 Worst Movie Endings of All Time

6. ‘No Country For Old Men’

Call this a personal problem. In spite of the fact that the Coen Brothers’ rumination on the nature of good vs. evil is freaking beautifully executed, their conclusion is wholly depressing. Essentially, the film sets up a Western-style narrative that should be leading up to a showdown between the dastardly Chigurh and the exhausted Sheriff Bell. Of course, that never happens. Instead, Chigurh murders his quarry, recovers his money, and then heads on out of town to murder a totally innocent loose-end. And Bell, our hero, shrugs his shoulders, retires, and basically says that the march of evil is something no aging hero can do anything about. In fact, it seems the Coen Brothers’ conclusion is that the whole Universe is totally random and inexplicable, as the movie’s conclusion — in which Chigurh is horribly injured in an unforeseen car crash — seems to hint that there’s no such thing as good vs. evil, only happenstance. It’s pretty darn bleak.