20 Perfect Shots From Oscar Winning Movies

8. There Will Be Blood - "I'm Finished"

There Will Be Blood Ending
Miramax

There Will Be Blood concludes with an unforgettable scene in which reclusive oil magnate Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day Lewis) beats pastor Eli Sunday (Paul Dano) to death with a bowling pin.

The movie's final haunting shot has Plainview, back to the camera, telling his butler, "I'm finished", as some perversely upbeat Brahms plays out and we cut to the credits.

Robert Elswit's framing is superb and it's such a perfect shot to end the film on, an exclamation point on both how far Plainview has come and ultimately how deep he has sunk.

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