10 Most Infuriating Movie Cliffhangers

1. Inception

Here's a cliffhanger that got everyone talking; I fondly remember sitting in the cinema watching Inception for the first time, and as Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) placed his totem on the table, people in the audience began to lean forward in anticipation, clearly realising that something epic was about to happen. Would the totem continue to spin, suggesting that Cobb was still in the dream world, or would it fall over, letting us know that, indeed, he finally made it back to his kids?

In a classic moment of flipping the bird at the audience, we never find out; the totem wavers as though it's about to fall (which some believe to be proof enough that he isn't dreaming), but we never see it fall - Nolan instead cuts to black and leaves us all left to ponder for eternity what happened.

However, it's of course important to remember that whether it fell over or not really isn't the point of the film; the point is that Dom didn't care anymore and just accepted the reality with which he was presented. Still, it's one of the most annoyingly fascinating mysteries in recent cinema history.

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