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

Everyone loves a happy ending to a film. Why wouldn't you? Unless you're going into the movie screen to be informed about something, no one really wants to walk out feeling worse about themselves. And over the years the lines between happy and morbid ending have become blurred.

A film that focuses on a tough and upsetting subject would feel strange if it wrapped up with a nice neat bow around it, but we seem to be seeing that more and more and it's certainly a good thing.

Even a film like Titanic (which was decades ago to be fair), ends on a relatively happy note despite being centred around a horrific tragedy. The same goes for films like Saving Private Ryan, in which the goal was achieved it was bittersweet and there was definitely some negative emotions flowing when the credits started rolling.

While a bummer of an ending is a surprise, it's not what we really want in a film. I'm sure you'd agree that a film ending on something of a high note would be received more positively than the opposite? So let's take a quick look at twelve films that had surprisingly happy endings, even if the subject matter was emotional or not.

For the purpose of this list, we'll be looking at films that could have ended a hell of a lot worse.

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.