12 Movies With Way Happier Endings Than You'd Ever Expect

12. Warrior

You might be forgiven for thinking that Warrior was just an MMA melodrama. But five minutes into the movie, you're watching a film about the family dynamics of two feuding brothers and their recovering alcoholic father. There are some truly heartbreaking moments in Warrior; and the performances of the three main characters sells the movie at every turn.

As the two brothers, Tommy (Tom Hardy) and Brendan (Joel Edgerton) fight their way through an MMA Tournament for a cash prize, audiences might find themselves torn as to who to root for. The emotional turmoil both men go through, and how their father (Nick Nolte) watches from the sidelines foreshadows tragedy for one of the two.

But it all comes to a shocking, but uplifting conclusion in the end when Tommy submits but is still supported by Brendan.

Anyone who has ever had a fight and then reconciled with a sibling will relate to the moment Brendan and Tommy relent and embrace one another. Whatever past differences they had before are put aside, and even though Tommy awaits a court-martial for his abandonment of the US Army, it's clear Brendan is going to stand by him from here on.