Films That Use Curtain Calls During Their End Credits
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- 12 Angry Men: A curtain call was necessary since the characters' names are never revealed in the film.
- 1941
- Airplane!
- Born on the Fourth of July
- Chaplin This film combined images of the actors and the characters they portrayed with biographical texts regarding the fates of the real-life individuals portrayed.
- Chicago (2002 film)
- Citizen Kane: The first film to ever use a curtain call.
- Clue
- Con Air
- Dreamgirls
- Dogma
- Dune
- Finding Nemo
- Galaxy Quest
- Hannah Montana The Movie
- High School Musical 3: Senior Year This curtain call shows the "High School Musical" logo and plays the song "High School Musical"
- In and Out
- Inside Man
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
- Kelly's Hero's
- Kill Bill: Vol. 2: Characters from both films in the series are listed in order of appearance, suggesting finality.
- Many of Mel Brooks's films, including both versions of The Producers (1968 and 2005), Spaceballs, and Dracula: Dead and Loving It. (Robin Hood: Men In Tights only contains a curtain call for the cameos in the film, not for the main actors.)
- Little Big League A curtain call takes place at the end of the movie when Billy comes back to the field to a standing ovation.
- Little Shop of Horrors
- MASH: This curtain call used a voice-over (of the film's PA announcer) to announce the names of the cast instead of captions.
- Michael Jackson's This Is It The curtain call features Michael Jackson with the cast and crew of what was to be his final performances.
- Murder by Decree
- Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film) There is no curtain call during the end credits, but one of the film's final scenes highlights each cast member one at a time. Director Sidney Lumet said in an interview included in the DVD that he conceived this scene as a curtain call to highlight the film's all-star cast.
- Nixon (film)
- Not Another Teen Movie
- Notorious This film is based on the life of late gangster rapper Christopher Wallace aka The Notorious BIG. The curtain call features the cast members and photos of the people they portray.
- Platoon
- Predator
- Rock of Ages (2012 film)
- Role Models
- Seed of Chucky
- Sonny With a Chance
- Shrek 2
- Shrek the Third
- Shrek the Final Chapter
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country: Scrawled signatures of the cast are superimposed over a star field, suggesting the finality of this series.
- Shark Tale
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- The Bad Seed: A curtain call (as well as a humorous blooper) was specifically added at the request of the Production Code to reassure the audience after the intense film)
- The Blues Brothers
- The Deer Hunter: A rare occurrence for a downbeat film, which went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
- The Fighting Temptations
- The Great Escape
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Sketches of the actors' faces are presented with their names, suggesting finality in this third film of the trilogy.
- The Princess Bride
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- The Scream Trilogy
- Top Gun
- The Simpsons Movie
- Tropic Thunder
- Uncommon Valour
- Zatoichi (2003 film): This curtain call is in the form of a tap dance number.
- Cloud Atlas (film)
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