"Final" or "Last" movies that actually were

[Famous Mortimer]

How many movies that have "Final" or "Last" in their titles are actually the final or last instalments of their respective franchises? Has that term ever not been a lie?

[SavageHedgehog]

The Naked Gun 33 1\3: The Final Insult, which ironically they probably had no intention of making any kind of finale.

If you wanted to be incredibly generous you could say Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare is at least the last original Elm Street film; Wes Craven's New Nightmare is set in the "real" world, Freddy Vs Jason starts off with a montage of clips from the previous films but shares no continuity or cast and isn't a sequel per say, and the remake is a remake. A half truth at very best, but better than you can say for Friday the 13th or Saw.

[mjwilson]

The Final Destination franchise found a loophole for your question.

[Mister Six]

The inverse of this is probably The Neverending Story 3.

[Shit Good Nose]

A mate of mine - an Eagles obsessive - has seen more "final tours" of theirs than regular ones in support of an album.

Just thought it was apposite to mention here, even though it's not films.

[Puce Moment]

The inverse of this is probably The Neverending Story 3.

A proper joke on CaB! Made me larf.

[Bad Ambassador]

The Last Starfighter.

[SteveDave]

The Last Detail

The Last Picture Show

[rue the polywhirl]

The Last Of The Mohicans - there has been no movie sequel as far as I am aware so that's probably the last in the Mohicans series.

[thecuriousorange]

[chveik]

The Yakuza Papers 5: Final Episode

The Last Temptation of Christ

[Inspector Norse]

The Last Movie was not what it said on the tin

[Inspector Norse]

The Last Days of Disco was rendered redundant by the 2000 revival

[Inspector Norse]

Ferngully may yet prove to be The Last Rainforest

[beanheadmcginty]

Last Action Hero

[Bad Ambassador]

Last of the Summer Wine

[phantom_power]

The Last Picture Show

There was a sequel to that, Texasville

[purlieu]

Last of the Summer Wine

They did the prequel, First of the Summer Wine, well after it had started, so in some senses, not even that counts.

[Dr Rock]

The Last Picture Show

No, there was a sequel.

[Dr Rock]

There was a sequel to that, Texasville

ffs!

[easytarget]

Last Exit To Brooklyn

[phantom_power]

The Last Boy Scout
The Last Tycoon

[Bad Ambassador]

The Final Countdown
The Final Programme

[Brundle-Fly]

The Omen 3: The Final Conflict (1981) was close but no cigar.

[Bad Ambassador]

There was a fourth Omen film for television.

[Brundle-Fly]

There was a fourth Omen film for television.

Awakening. Does TV sequels count? Psycho 4 was made for TV

[Deanjam]

Whichever Final Fantasy they make last with count.

[thecuriousorange]

The Last Jedi was anything but, however people seemed to hate the next one even more, so I imagine they'd be happy to draw a line under it.

[Blumf]

Conversely, Batman Begins was nowhere near the first Batman film.

[dissolute ocelot]

Final Analysis thankfully never spawned a sequel (although Fatal Instinct was a parody of it and others).

The Italians seem really fond of final films: Misery was known as O Capítulo Final (The Final Chapter), Armageddon was Giudizio finale (Final Judgment), and less accurately Aliens 2 was Scontro finale (Final Battle).

Arnie deserves credit for Last Action Hero, End of Days, and Last Stand, none of which seem to have had sequels. Or maybe that was just the career slump. Much better than The Bourne Antepenultimatum for sure.