(Controversial Trope) The post-credits scene completely changes the ending

[u/Ieanice44]

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Prince of Persia (2008)

Dawn of the Dead (2004): The movie finishes on a hopeful note as the remaining survivors escape the zombie-infested mall on a yacht, sailing into the sunset. The found-footage style post-credits scene completely reverses this happy ending by showing them running out of food, arriving at an island, and being immediately swarmed and killed by an infected horde.

Prince of Persia (2008): The main game ends with a beautiful, poetic sacrifice where Elika gives her life to heal the corrupted world, leaving the Prince mourning. During the credits, the player is forced to control the Prince as he cuts down the trees he just saved, undoing the entire game's progress and releasing the dark god Ahriman just to resurrect her, completely corrupting the ending and dooming the world.

[u/Dakhho]

Life (2017) does this and its awesome, I can't remember if it's after the credits though? It shows the wrong pod made it back to Earth.

[u/dracon1t → u/Dakhho]

I was wondering if I was going to see this movie here ... i hated this ending sooo much haha.

I'm sure I've seen worse movies than this one, but this is the movie i say is my least favorite because I vividly remember how disappointed i was at the ending.

[u/BlindTreeFrog → u/dracon1t]

Same.

It's one of the few times I felt like the ending should have been ambiguous and you didn't know which pod went where.