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If you want a teary-eyed, heart-felt, moving ending, try any of the episodes of The Waltons before Richard Thomas left. That, or Little House on the Prairie. There is always some stagecoach turning over on that very sappy show. Dramatic ending, try something from Stargate SG-1. I like the time Col. Carter was in a space suit hanging onto a Supergate, and a fleet of Ori motherships suddenly come though it and surround the Odyssey, and she just floats there watching everything. Again, avoid the long, drawn-out "NOOO!", and if a sequel is not planned, don't do anything that would lead one to think there will be one. Also avoid the question mark at the end, as that is now becoming overused. For suspense/open-ended, I like the ending to the first Spy Kids movie. We know they are going on a mission, but it allows us to imagine what happens next. For a cheesy/corny ending, I can't find something that beats the Batman 1966-1968 series. The Caped Pipers of Gotham lead robot mice into Gotham Harbor and play until they splash into the water. When one didn't make it, Batman gets on the ground and plays his little flute until he is finally able to move it into the water. Heh, that entire episode is cheesey. There is so much cheese, even the mass amounts of robot mice would not be able to blow all the cheese into pieces. Avoid endings that leave the audience scratching their heads saying "...Wha...?" Example: the ending the the original B&W The Day the Earth Stood Still. The movie itself was good for its time, but the ending failed. "Join us, and your plant will be spared. Don't join us, and face utter destruction." The alien walks into the space ship, and files off. I was expecting something better than that. For a happy ending, a combination of anything of the things that you should use would work.