‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Has the Best Ending of the Year

It’s always a wonderful thing when a great filmmaker makes a new movie, and few (if any) are greater than Martin Scorsese. The man has given us films like Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, and Mean Streets over his 50-plus year career, and his latest film, Killers of the Flower Moon, is one of his very best. The film, based on the book of the same name by David Grann, follows the systematic murders of the Osage people in the 1920s, who were killed for their money and their land, which included oil deposits.

The film is incredible, spanning a whopping 206 minutes, though it feels half as long. It’s shaping up to be a major player at the Oscars, including likely nominations for Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and the absolutely phenomenal Lily Gladstone, who plays Mollie Burkhart, a wealthy Osage woman. But what’s truly exceptional about Killers of the Flower Moon isn’t how well-paced, how wonderfully performed, or how brilliantly edited it is—it’s that showstopping, unforgettable ending.

(Warning: Spoilers for the ending of Killers of the Flower Moon ahead!)

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