15 Movie Endings Rewritten By Us

Endings are a really tricky thing. They're also pretty nerve-racking when you think about it. There you are, sitting in a dark movie theater or curled up at home on your couch, watching a movie that you are super into. You love the characters, the storyline is totally captivating you, and you don't see any of the twists and turns (and even if you do, they are still satisfying so it's all good). But then the movie ends, the credits roll… and you're left wondering why that had to happen. You had your own ideas for how the movie should end, and you just aren't happy about what actually went down. Sure, you still loved the movie and tell your best friends to see it ASAP. And sure, you still re-watch these movies all the time. But you still can't help but wonder what could have been and how they could have ended instead.

We're totally here for you. Here are 15 movie endings rewritten by us.

15 'Home Alone'

Remember this classic children's Christmas movie? You probably grew up with it and can't even recall the amount of times that you've watched it. Maybe it was an annual tradition for you to watch it (along with the second one since that's awesome too). Maybe you saw the third and fourth and fifth movies, but if you don't want to consider them in the same group as the first two, no one would blame you. After all, Kevin's not in them. But although you love Home Alone, you probably wished there was a different ending, right? It wasn't super satisfying. Sure, Kevin's family realized that they had left him at home, and they returned so they could all be together. But did they really seem that sorry? Did they really seem like they would never do that again? Well, no of course not, because then the sequel happened.

Here's our new ending: Kevin goes on a trip of his own. He finds a destination that would be his fave holiday ever (maybe somewhere warm with a beach) and leaves his entire family behind. Then they could see what it really felt like. Amazing.

14 'The Notebook'

Is there a sadder ending that exists? No, we don't think so. There also probably isn't a sadder movie, either, so you might say that the two go together, but we're not okay with that. You've seen this movie way too many times to count, and yes, you totally sob through every single viewing. You just can't help it. When Allie and Noah both die at the end of the movie, you just lose it. You can't even with this movie ending. It's so unfair that they have to die. Sure, people act like this is totally fine and it's even technically a happy ending to the movie since they get to pass away together. That's not how we see it, though. Not at all.

Here's our new ending: Noah and Allie don't die. Nope. In fact, their love is so magical and so amazing and so wonderful that they're never actually going to die. Yes, it makes them immortal. Wouldn't that be so much better? After all, they missed so much time together because he wrote her all those letters that she never saw. Now he writes her a new letter every single day. Yes, we like this ending so much better.

13 'A Walk To Remember'

Sure, you could argue that the entire point of this story is that Mandy Moore's character Jamie has cancer and is dying, and she teachers Shane West's character Landon how to be a better person. But that could happen if she never died at all, couldn't it? We all loved this movie so much that we were pretty much obsessed with it. We still like to indulge in a little Nicholas Sparks nostalgia every once in a while, and yeah, this movie is always a tear jerker. That just goes without saying, though. It's pretty crazy that just as soon as Landon and Jamie fall in love, she tells him that, oh yeah, she neglected to mention that she doesn't have much longer to live.

Here's our new ending: Jamie doesn't die. Nobody dies. Instead, they get married, go off to college together, and live a new life. Landon still becomes a better man, but instead, he convinces all his ex-best friends to become better people, too, and soon everyone from the popular crowd is the best person ever. Yup. We like that a whole lot more.

12 'Like Crazy'

Remember this indie film back in 2011? It stars Felicity Jones and the lovely and late actor Anton Yelchin (RIP… so sad). This film was super popular and trendy at the time. It follows the story of two college students, Anna and Jacob, who fall totally and crazy in love in L.A. The only problem? She's British and gets sent back. While you think that they are star-crossed lovers, while they are apart they seem to commit to other people. In the end, of course, Anna is finally allowed to go back to the U.S. The sad thing is that although she moves in with Jacob right away, she had an amazing job as a magazine editor in London and now she would be starting from the bottom and might even have to take a marketing job instead. The final shot is pretty depressing: Jacob and Anna taking a shower, realizing that their love hasn't survived the miles and miles between them and that maybe this was one big mistake.

Here's our new ending: Anna never leaves London. She realizes that sure, she loves Jacob and maybe she even loves him a whole lot. But she can't possibly give up her career. So she dumps Jacob, allows him to be with the adorable Jennifer Lawrence (because they were really cute together, let's be real) and keeps rising through the ranks at her magazine. She is a total success and meets a new guy who will be her one true love. She loves him even more than Jacob and all is well. Plus she gets it all: her journalism career and a love story.

11 'Mean Girls'

Yeah, we all love this movie. It's a total classic and it's completely beloved. But is the ending really satisfying? That would be a huge no. In the end, the Plastics are totally over, sure, but did they really learn their lesson? Everyone is off in their own worlds now -- Karen now reports on the weather for the high school, Regina becomes a lacrosse player -- but that's just not good enough for us. Sure, Cady realized that she made a huge mistake by wanting to be popular and wanting to be one of the Plastics. But we still think we can come up with a better ending on our own.

Here's our new ending: Cady starts a massive anti-bullying campaign that takes off. It makes her a national anti-bullying star and she starts her own foundation where she helps kids who have been tormented and helps them become who they are truly meant to be. Doesn't that sound so much better?!

10 'I Still Know What You Did Last Summer'

Remember these 90s horror movies starring Jennifer Love Hewitt? The first one also starred Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prince Jr. (word on the street is that's how the happy couple met) and Ryan Phillippe. In the sequel, Julie and her former love Ray head off to a tropical vacation. Of course, things don't go as planned since this is a horror movie, and soon there are a number of terrifying things happening on the island. Oops. Maybe not the best vacation destination. In the end, Julie and Ray think they are totally and completely safe. They think that Ben Willis, the guy that they originally ran over in the first movie and who has been tormenting them, is gone and that it's all good now. The two of them get married and move in together, ready to start their new and happy life. Of course, in the final seconds of the film, Julie notices that something is weird about a teddy bear on her bed. Then she's pulled under the bed by a hook. Goodbye, Julie.

Here's our new ending: Julie doesn't die. Of course. How can she possibly die after everything that she has been through? Her high school and college years have pretty much been totally ruined by this guy. How could he really find her in the end? Instead, Julie and Ray move far, far away. Like another country. Maybe somewhere fun and dreamy and romantic like Paris. They really do live happily ever after.

9 'Brokedown Palace'

This sad and tragic 90s film starred Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale as two best friends who went to Thailand… and found that their lives were not only changed forever, but they were totally ruined. It wasn't exactly the vacation that they were looking for. They get caught at the airport with drugs in their bags, which, of course, they had no idea were there. But since no one cared that they were set up and they were in a foreign country, they were sent to jail. Claire Danes' character Alice ends up staying in jail because she felt that she had to make a deal in order to let her BFF Darlene go home. The idea is that Darlene will find a way to let Alice be released as well, but the reason this story is so sad is that we just know that was never going to happen. Alice was totally doomed.

Here's our new ending: both girls go free at the same time. How could they not? They are best friends and even more, they are the kind of BFFs that are practically sisters. It's really important that they both get out at the same time since, of course, they never smuggled drugs in the first place. But instead of just living normal lives since that would seem impossible at this point, they become completely devoted to saving young girls from the same fate. They become social justice lawyers and fight to let those who are wrongly imprisoned go. Yeah, we think that's a much more inspirational and happy ending.

8 'Clueless'

There isn't a girl out there who doesn't love Clueless. We all do. We love Cher and Dionne and Murray and every single character in that film. We love the fun fashion, the hilarious quotes, the ditzy yet lovable tone, and the whole message that if you help others, you become a better person. Well, at least that's half of the message. At the end of the movie, Cher realizes that she has been totally and completely in love with Josh, her kind of stepbrother (played by the adorable Paul Rudd, of course). They kiss, they're now totally together, and all is well in Cher's world. It's like everything that she has been working toward has led up to this moment.

Here's our new ending: Cher doesn't end up with Josh. Nope. She instead learns to be totally happy all by herself with her friends, her family, and her life. She doesn't need a guy in order to be happy and becomes more of a feminist character than she ends up. Yup, that's what we wish we could have seen (as much as we love Paul Rudd).

7 'Post Grad'

This movie stars Alexis Bledel, aka Rory Gilmore, and Zach Gilford, aka Matt from Friday Night Lights, so you knew that you would love it. It's a very sweet, cute movie about graduating from college and realizing that, oops, you're not super close to your dream job. In fact, you're not really close to any job at all. Real life is much harder and more stressful and scarier than you thought it was going to be, and you just had no idea. Maybe someone could have warned you, but hey, here you are and you're on your own and it's just weird. In the end, Beth does get her dream job. She moves away and seems to be on the right path. But then something crazy happens: she realizes she loves her best friend Adam and moves back home in order to be with him. Um, what?!

Here's our new ending: she doesn't do that. Nope. Beth realizes that she can totally have the dream job and the boy. Instead, she convinces Adam to move in with her instead, and so he uproots his life. It's no big deal for him because he knows that her job means a lot to her and that this is what she has been waiting for. Why was this not the original ending?

6 'The Break-Up'

This adorable comedy starring Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn takes an honest look at how funny and crazy it can be to break up with someone. We get to watch this couple dismantle their relationship and try to figure out who they are apart. While we do get the feeling that they still care about each other, we don't exactly think that they're meant to be together. However, the ending seems to prove that they were meant to be together all along and definitely hints at the possibility of the two of them resuming their relationship. They bump into each other on a busy crowded street and start chatting and we just know they will get back together.

Here's our new ending: the break-up sticks. We know, we know, what a crazy concept for a movie called The Break-Up. But really, if you're going to have a movie examine how nuts a break up can be, you kind of have to commit to that. We would love to see each character falling in love with other people. We just think that would be more realistic.

5 'He's Just Not That Into You'

Ah, the book (and movie) that started it all. We all know all about this advice book that seems to teach us all about how to tell when a guy really likes us… and when there is no hope at all of us ever dating him. The film is from back in 2009 and had a star-studded cast including Ben Affleck, Drew Barrymore, and Jennifer Aniston. It makes sense that a romantic comedy would end with every couple in the movie realizing how totally in love with each other they are. But it doesn't make sense to us that this would happen when this movie is supposed to give realistic relationship and dating advice.

Here's our new ending: no one ends up together. Yes, really. We know it's a pretty crazy idea for a rom-com ending but we're sticking by it. It would be so amazing and so realistic to see characters end up single. This happens all the time in real life, after all, and just once, we would love for our movies to show us what is really going on. Sometimes people are single for a bit. It's no big deal.

4 '500 Days Of Summer'

Oh, we love this movie. We totally do. It's pretty clear that Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character was never going to end up with Zooey Deschanel's hipster dream girl. It's the entire point of the movie, after all, and it's what makes this film so artistic, so brilliant and so original. We wouldn't have it any other way. However, we take issue with the ending and we don't think we're alone here. Tom is interviewing for a job and meets -- wait for it -- a girl named Autumn. Since Autumn appears after the summer season, we're led to believe that this is his new girlfriend, one true love, soulmate and probably even his future wife. But it's just so cheesy.

Here's our new ending: sure, Tom falls in love again, but she needs to have a different name. That's all we ask. We're not super picky about the actual name. But here's what we do want to happen: Summer runs into Tom and his new girlfriend at a restaurant (or a hipster bar). She is totally jealous and realizes that he was the one who got away. We just really need for this to happen because she's so ridiculous and has no clue how adorable and sweet and amazing Tom is.

3 'Pretty In Pink'

This film is one of the most beloved made by the late and great John Hughes, and we're not saying that just because we wanted a different ending that we don't love it. We do. We adore it. We watch it all the time. And no, we don't want an ending where Andie and Ducky end up together, because we're not convinced that should ever happen, either. What we do think is there should have been more of a focus on Andie coming of age and really and truly becoming who she is meant to be, since so much time is spent on her brilliance at designing her own clothes.

Here's our new ending: Andie becomes a famous and successful (and, yes, wealthy) fashion designer. She pulls herself out of poverty, she realizes her dream, and she helps her lovely dad live a better life. That's a much better ending than her kissing the popular boy who is really a jerk. Ugh.

2 'Remember Me'

This is a super tragic movie, but what's so crazy about it is that it doesn't seem sad at all. Sure, the main characters Tyler and Ally meet cute while dealing with their respective issues, and it's obvious that they're not the happiest campers around. But as we all know, Tyler (Robert Pattison) ends up tragically dying. We just were not prepared for this moment and we have never, ever gotten over it. We just don't think that we ever will. The movie is framed around Tyler and he seems like the main character, so it's super surprising that he ends up passing away and we see Ally at the end of dealing with her childhood trauma and growing up.

Here's our new ending: Ally dies instead. We just think it would make more sense. Then Tyler, aka the main character, would learn from that and become a better person. We just would be more comfortable with this idea because we didn't want the adorable Tyler to die.

1 'Breakfast At Tiffany's

Oh, Breakfast At Tiffany's. This is totally our all-time favorite movie and it's hard to find someone who doesn't absolutely adore it. It's such a fantasy and it's just amazing. We love Audrey Hepburn and we want to be her in this movie. We want to live a fabulous life in a fabulous apartment. And we want to look fabulous all the time, too. But the truth about this classic film is that it's actually a romantic comedy in disguise, and that's something that we can't really get behind. Especially since that probably wasn't the intention of Truman Capote's original novella (which was a whole lot darker and more insightful than the film, let's be honest here).

Here's our new ending: Holly does not end up with Paul. Nope. Not even a little bit. There's no big end of the movie kiss. There's no Hollywood ending at all. Instead, she finds happiness all by herself. Yeah, we think that's a better ending, and we're sticking to it.