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Grave of the Fireflies (1988) – Ending Explained: Innocence, War, and the Cost of Survival

Seita and Setsuko stand together under a sky of fireflies, their faces illuminated with hope and sorrow.

Directed by: Isao Takahata
Starring: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi

Mads Mikkelsen as Lucas, solemn and isolated, in a Danish village enveloped by suspicion and snow.

Directed by: Thomas Vinterberg
Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrøm, Susse Wold

Song Kang-ho as Detective Park in Memories of Murder, peering into the camera with desperation and uncertainty.

Directed by: Bong Joon-ho
Starring: Song Kang-ho, Kim Sang-kyung, Kim Roi-ha, Park No-shik, Byun Hee-bong

Salvatore gazes up at the flickering screen in Cinema Paradiso, the projection booth aglow with nostalgia and longing.

Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore
Starring: Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin, Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi, Agnese Nano

Omar Sy and François Cluzet in The Intouchables, laughing together as they speed down a country road in a vintage car.

Directed by: Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano
Starring: François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Anne Le Ny, Audrey Fleurot, Clotilde Mollet

Ulrich Mühe as Wiesler, headphones on, listening through a wall, haunted by what he hears in The Lives of Others.

Directed by: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Starring: Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme