10 Deleted Movie Endings Way Better Than What We Got

In 1964, Stanely Kubrick gave us all a look at the governments of the world, and especially America, at its most farcical, inept, and flat out stupid. We only wish the real thing was just as funny. If you're a film geek of any stripe, you've probably seen this film at least once, seeing as how anything made by Kubrick is considered required viewing. Yes, even A.I., shush you.

But anyway, the ending that audiences got is considered one of the most famous endings in movie history, and when you see atomic explosions going off set to "We'll Meet Again" by Vera Lynn, it's not hard to understand why. While the deleted ending isn't quite as iconic, it definitely would've been funny.

In the deleted ending to Dr. Strangelove, the politicians, generals, ambassadors, and other various posturing old white dudes get fed up with each other enough to enact a pie fight right there in the war room. One can hardly blame Kubrick for thinking that this was going a little far in the farcical department, especially considering that this movie wasn't even supposed to be a comedy in the first place.

While the theatrical ending is fine, and definitely more striking (but then anything with atomic bombs is bound to be more striking), this one drives home the ludicrous nature of these military leaders, and how all of their macho bravado really amounts to an immature pie fight. Ironically the goofier ending is the scarier one, considering these men were the people of America in the film trusted with the nuclear codes.