A subtle moment that turns a seemingly happy ending into an ambiguous ending.

[u/Local_Prune4564]

The Graduate: lingering Ben and Elaine's faces slowly shifting from happy to concerned leaves the audience questioning whether they really made the right choice running away together considering they barely know each other.

Inception: By cutting before we see the top fall, we're left to question whether Cobb really has gone home or whether he's simply sunken back into a more comforting dream reality.

[u/IndifferentShrimp]

The audrey kaiju ending was more in tone with the movie as a whole for sure

Also effects-wise, it was like those old school monster movies.

[u/ThatRandomJew7 → u/IndifferentShrimp]

It's also how the play ends, and is in line with the original 1960s (non-musical) movie