20 Greatest Final Shots In Movies Ever
10. Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid (1969)
Butch (Paul Newman) and Sundance's (Robert Redford) epic journey comes to its inevitable end when the gravely wounded outlaws are pinned down by Bolivian forces with little-to-no chance of escape.
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With no other choice, the pair run out into the open, firing at the soldiers as the image freezes, leaving them forever locked in time, even if their fates are made abundantly clear by the haunting surge of gunfire that rings out.
It's a far more effective and enduring image than showing the pair actually be mowed down or even just cutting to black. It is surely the most immortal freeze-frame in cinema history, and rightly so.
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