Warning: obvious spoilers for films throughout 2017 are present. If you're worried about spoiling anything from this past year, we implore you to proceed with caution.

If there was anything that 2017 was good for besides movies, it was climactic endings. Some of this year's best films had endings that left us breathless, finales that made us cry with happiness or sorrow, and others that just generally had us screaming a big old "what the fuck?!" In the end, ten films made us feel those very reactions, and they did so because they landed that final, crucial punch. Here now are 10 endings from 2017 that exemplify the best the market had to offer.

Alien: Covenant

The moment that Walter and David's robot fight in the third act started, there was a sneaking suspicion that the maladjusted version of Michael Fassbender that survived Prometheus was going to pull a big switcharoo. But thanks to some frantic editing, a lot of action and the pressing matter of a matured Xenomorph weighing on Alien Covenant's final act, the truth would have to wait for the very end of the film's harrowing finale. Lo and behold, the moment that Daniels was tucked into her cryopod, David revealed how he disguised himself as Walter, and went off to execute the next phase of his plan to destroy humanity. Cue the opera music and a sense of overwhelming, but well earned, dread.

Logan

Hugh Jackman promised his days as Wolverine were done past Logan, and with his character's death at the end of the film, it was all but guaranteed. Seeing Laura and her new mutant friends giving Logan the sendoff worthy of a true hero was sad enough, seeing as the crying already started when Logan bid his sentimental goodbye in his dying moments. But for the girl we know as X-23 to go on reciting some extremely appropriate dialogue from Shane, as well as fixing the cross at Logan's grave into an "X" shape? That was the cherry on top of the ugly cry sundae.

Get Out

It's true that Jordan Peele had a much different and extremely bleak ending originally in mind for Get Out's closing moments. But in his personal wisdom, and in thankful taste, the writer/director opted instead for a moment of funny denouement. Utilizing supporting character Rod the TSA agent as a comedic foil throughout the entirety of Chris Washington's journey through the Armitage family auction was a brilliant idea that paid off no matter how the film ended. However, the decision to end the film with Rod saving Chris was the right decision, allowing the film's audience to breathe a sigh of relief after a film that put its protagonist through the ringer. Remember that the next time you're making your way through a TSA checkpoint, folks.

The 10 Best Movie Endings of 2017

BY MIKE REYES

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The Shape of Water

In a year that gave us suspenseful, downbeat and even sorrowful endings, The Shape of Water has to be one of the most uplifting endings on screen in 2017. Guillermo del Toro's grown-up fairy tale sees its amphibious creature and mute human protagonists submerged in water after a big showdown. With Doug Jones's creature reviving Sally Hawkins' female love interest, her gills sprout and they kiss in a moment of true love conquering all. It's a gentle, but intensely beautiful moment that shows the world that sometimes stories do end in a way that only they could construct, and that the good guys need only have faith in their cause to make it happen.