14 Alternate Endings You Literally Won't Believe

Get the Full StoryTitanic almost blew it, tbh.

This alternate ending to I Am Legend, in which it's revealed that the creatures have feelings and see Will Smith's character as a monster.

"The scene stays true to the book. It could have changed the entire tone of the movie and added real depth. But noooo, they had to go with an action-y blow-'em-up ending." —k44793e71a

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Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story would've actually been a true underdog story, had the movie ended with their defeat like in this alternate ending.

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As Jordan Peele put it, "it doesn't go as well" in this alternate ending of Get Out.

"Maybe it’s more realistic ... but I like the original. " —PHM8

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Sweet Home Alabama's alternate ending features Jake Josh Lucas interrupting the reception to announce that Melanie Reese Witherspoon is dead except she's not. Great joke, though!

—ashleycanterburyv

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In the original ending for My Best Friend's Wedding, Julianne Julia Roberts doesn't dance with George Rupert Everett , but instead a rando wedding guest played by John Corbett.

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Here's an uncut extended ending of Donnie Darko which shows a dead Donnie : .

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There are multiple alternate endings to The Butterfly Effect, but the director's cut ends with Ashton Kutcher's character taking his own life while still in the womb heads up, it's pretty disturbing.

"It's really bizarre and intense." —devonr4fea7c22e

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In this alternate ending for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Scott Michael Cera ends up with Knives Ellen Wong .

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This 50 Shades Of Grey

alternate ending, which shows what happened after the elevator doors closed in the theatrical release's ending.

"I was shocked this ending actually made me feel for Christian Grey and showed the love he felt for Ana. I’m a sucker for flashbacks and 'Say You Love Me' playing the background. I loved this scene more than I liked the movie." —samanthat4f057b784

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Things did not end happily ever after for Audrey and Seymour

in the original ending of Little Shop Of Horrors.

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This Bourne Identity alternate ending, which features quite the makeout sesh!

"The alternate ending for the Bourne identity was so much better. Beautiful cliff, Joseph Arthur, definitely swoon worthy."—meg11

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In this alternate ending to The Lion King, the fight scene goes down a bit differently between Simba and Scar.

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This alternate ending to The Proposal, which features Niecy Nash as a flight attendant.

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And finally, people have a lot of strong feelings about this alternate ending to Titanic, in which everyone tries to stop Rose from dropping The Necklace into the ocean.

"it is possibly the worst alternate ending in movie history. It totally cheapens the film. I'm so glad it was never chosen to be in the movie!!"—angelissac

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