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I'm sort of surprised that Pulp Fiction hasn't come up. Granted, part of it depends on how you class the ending, since the last scene in the film isn't the last part of the story chronologically. However:
Vince Vega gets shot by Butch, who rides off into parts unknown. Butch himself is never able to return to Los Angeles, since that's the deal he made with Wallace. Granted, at least he survived. Jules' fate is undetermined, although he claims he's quitting his work. The only people who can really be said to have made out okay are Honey Bunny and Pumpkin, since they got the money from the diner and presumably managed to get away. Maybe not a sad ending, exactly, but certainly not a happy one either.
A.I.'s ending was a pretty big downer too. After all of his trials, the little robot boy that could only gets one day with 'mom,' and then dies. Huh.
The ending to the film version of Fight Club bugs the hell out of me -- it completely changed the meaning of the story.
I'm not going to bother with spoiler tags. It's inherent in the premise of the thread, I reckon.
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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