And The Adventure Continues / Live-Action Films

• 1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns ends with Holmes describing a young blonde women he deduces is a prostitute who is going to be his next client. Winslow corrects him by saying that the outfit he described is the uniform of a 49ers cheerleader.
• 22 Jump Street ends with a montage of Schmidt and Jenko being sent on more infiltrations to schools that grow increasingly bizarre and ridiculous (ranging from med school and art school to "2121: Jump Street in Space"), going through every single Sequelitis trope as the Jump Street series becomes a Franchise Zombie.
• Spoofed in Almost Heroes when the characters finally reach the Pacific coast but propose to keep going to find the land route to Asia.
• The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ends with Peter donning the costume again and battling Rhino.
• AmeriGeddon: On defeating the UN troops attacking them, the heroes acknowledge that the war to free the US has just begun. The film ends after this.
• Backdraft: The firefighting crew are seen to be taking another call just before the credits roll.
• Back to the Future ends this way. The Bobs tell us that the ending was meant as a joke, with no sequel ever planned. But the film unexpectedly became a hit. The popularity guaranteed that a sequel would be created — if not by them, by someone else employed by Universal. So they followed up with Back to the Future Part II and Back to the Future Part III, which were produced back-to-back, completing a trilogy with a definite ending.
• Bedknobs and Broomsticks ends with Paul pulling out the eponymous enchanted bedknob, and suggesting to Charlie and Carrie that they continue using it to visit different places.
• Biggles: Adventures in Time ends with Ferguson suddenly snatched from his wedding by Time-lightning into a new adventure with Biggles and chums which seems set to start with an escape from a lost subterranean tribe...
  Biggles: For God's sake, get us out of here before they figure out you're not a god, you're just an American...
• Towards the end of Black Hawk Down, the last we see of Hoot is him grabbing a bite to eat, grabbing his gear, and heading back out into the city to search for the pilot who was taken prisoner earlier in the film. He even casually remarks that it's Monday, the start of a whole new week.
• The Blade Trilogy movies tended to end in this manner. Like in the first one, after the defeat of Big Bad, Blade is offered a cure for vampirism. "There's still job to be done. You want to help? Make me a better serum." The original planned ending for the third one was going to be this as well. The idea was that they had wiped out the vampires...and now were going to deal with werewolves instead.
• Bullshot ends with a photo montage of the Comedic Hero marrying the Damsel in Distress while the Narrator fills in the audience that this wasn't the last of Bullshot's adventures. "But that is another tale" he concludes over the final photo, which shows the Not Quite Dead Big Bad is disguised as their wedding chauffeur.
• Captive State: The film ends with Mulligan revealed to be a mole in the collaborationist government and launching a suicide attack on the aliens, while Gabriel is implied to aid the Resistance. It's also shown that the Resistance extends across the US (and likely the world), with a montage of attacks and protests seen.
• Casablanca ends with Rick and Captain Renault going off to join up with the Free French in Brazzaville to continue to help the fight against the Nazis.
• The Circus ends with The Tramp not getting the girl and leaving the circus.
• Come and See ends with Flyora and other young boys marching out with the partisans. The horror that he and those boys have gone through is just the beginning.
• Conan the Barbarian (1982): "And this story shall also be told..." The sequel completely ignored the planned story arc, though.
• Conan the Destroyer: At the end, Conan's allies choose to stay with Jehnna as members of her court, but Conan himself turns down her offer to rule by her side, saying he will find his own kingdom. The final scene of the film ends with him sitting in a darkened room:

  Narrator: So it was that Conan mourned his lost Valeria. At length, he sought adventure in distant lands and trod the jeweled thrones of the earth beneath his sandaled feet, until at last he found his own Kingdom and wore his crown upon a troubled brow.

  Caption (With Dramatic Music): But That Is Another Story...

• The Con is On ends with Harry and Peter on a plane flying to Brazil, wondering what they're going to do for money. Harry spots a woman a few rows back wearing a valuable necklace and starts plotting a whole new con.
• Cooties ends with the outbreak still in full swing, and the group headed off to somewhere "where kids won't go". Doug seems to believe that, should they travel to the source of the infection, there's a good chance he'd be able to develop a cure to the virus, so it's at least somewhat hopeful.
• Dance of the Dead sees Jimmy, Lindsey, Jules, George, Jensen, Dave and Coach Keel surviving a prom full of zombies, rescuing the surviving students and blowing up the school. Jensen then suggests making sure that the power plant responsible for the outbreak is shut down, to which Keel responds by recruiting all the students for the task...but not before treating them to pancakes while they discuss battle tactics.
• The Dark Knight Rises seemingly ended with Bruce Wayne dying, until Alfred spotted him in Italy with Selina Kyle. The final shot has Robin Blake standing in the batcave, implying that the Dark Knight will return.
• The Dawn Patrol, if aerial combat against the Germans in World War I can be considered an adventure. The last scene ends with Scott, having succeeded to command of the squad after his buddy Courtney is shot down and killed, giving another morning briefing. The trope is emphasized by the sudden Fade to Black right in the middle of Courtney's speech.
• DC Extended Universe:
  • Justice League ends like this. Bruce Wayne and Diana start planning to convert the derelict Wayne Manor in a new headquarters for the League, with "room for more" members, and Clark, now Back from the Dead, resumes being the Man of Steel, the final shot of the film being him doing the iconic shirt rip, before flying off the save the day.
  • Zack Snyder's Justice League also ends with the "Room for More" scene, with the addition of the Martian Manhunter joining the League because of the incoming threat of Darkseid. Superman rips his shirt with the black suit underneath, but doesn't take off. Aquaman meanwhile pulls a Refusal of the Call to Mera and Vulko, preferring to return to his father.
  • Wonder Woman: The film ends with Wonder Woman getting ready to continue her mission. Fittingly, Wonder Woman herself named the trope in Justice League Unlimited.
• A villainous example in Den of Thieves. The movie ends with Donnie and his real crew in London, laying the ground work for a new heist at a diamond exchange.
• Desperado ends with the Mariachi and Carolina driving off to the next town. He leaves his guitar case on the side of the road but comes back for it "just in case".
• Dick Tracy ends with the protagonist finally proposing to Tess, but still having to run off to handle a bank robbery in progress, showing that his job is likely never done.
• Dick Tracy, Detective ends with Tracy and Tess about to go out for their long-delayed dinner. As they are about to leave, Pat dashes in and tells Tracy a taxi driver has just been murdered. As Tracy and Pat rush out to investigate, Tess mutters "Here We Go Again!".
• At the end of the 1975 Doc Savage adaptation Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze, our hero returns to his office to find an alarming message left on his answering machine by one of the Fabulous Five, causing him to race off in his car. We're then told that Doc will return in Doc Savage: The Arch Enemy of Evil. Due to the mediocre response to the movie by both critics and audience, he didn't.
• Escape Room (2019): ends with Zoey and Ben preparing to go after the shadowy organization that created the escape rooms, while the organization themselves prepare for their arrival.
• Escape Room: Tournament of Champions: Zoey, Ben, and Amanda escape from the game safely, with staff from Minos apprehended and everything going smoothly afterward. Zoey then asks Ben to fly back with her. Unfortunately, this is all a ruse as the plane converts to another room and the credits roll.
• Explorers: The aliens send Ben, Wolfgang, and Darren a new dream... and Lori has joined them. Ben asks, "If this is all a dream, what happens when we wake up?" Darren answers, "I don't know, but I can't wait to find out."
• Fast Color: At the end, Ruth and Lila escape in their truck, on the way to Rome where they'll connect with other hidden women who have superpowers.
• Final Girl: Veronica kills the four murderous boys, then William picks her up (apparently having been monitoring the action with a sniper rifle, and he could have intervened at any time) to congratulate her on finishing her training before they head off to find more slashers to kill.
• The Final Sacrifice: Hinted at by Zap driving into the sunset in his beat-up pick up truck.
• Future World (2018): The film ends with Ash riding off alongside Lei after saying she wants to find other androids, with a detour to take down Big Daddy Love Lord.
• "And now, back again after 18 years: The New Adventures of Galaxy Quest!" With a brand new Plucky Comic Relief!
• Gleahan and the Knaves of Industry: Mark and Gleahan reflect on the adventure they just went through. They then get up from the park bench and walk off together.
  Mark: So! Next adventure?
  Gleahan: Next adventure it is!
• Good Will Hunting ends with Will heading to California to reunite with Skylar.
• At the end of Graduation, Jackson is shown pursuing his new career in bank robbery after the other three go off to college.
• At the end of Grand Hotel, the five people who had checked into hotel at the start of the movie are leaving—one to the morgue, one to prison, and the other three to various bittersweet fates. But a young married couple is arriving to check in, symbolizing that new adventures and new stories will happen at the Grand Hotel.
• A Haunting in Venice ends with with Poirot accepting the case of the young man who had been begging his assistance at the start of the movie, and immediately expounding a theory about how the man's family doctor has been surreptitiously murdering the members of the family.
• The ending of The Hurt Locker, though an odd variant. Sergeant James walks back into Iraq for the beginning of another year-long rotation, not just because he's Married to the Job, but because it's the only thing he knows how to do anymore.
• Ilya Muromets ends with the Tugars defeated, Ilya giving Little Falcon Svyatogor's sword and riding off in search of more adventure.
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny may be the Grand Finale of the Indiana Jones franchise, but the good Dr. Jones isn't one to be kept down, as the final shot of the movie is of him retrieving his trademark hat from a clothesline as the iconic "Raiders March" theme swells one last time.
• Innerspace ends with Jack chasing Tuck and Lydia's limo down a highway after recognizing their limo driver as the Cowboy.
• In the end of Interstellar, Cooper, at Murph's insistence, sets out on a new voyage through the wormhole, alongside TARS, in order to find Amelia on the new planet.
• John Carpenter's Vampires and Ghosts of Mars, two films by John Carpenter that came out within a few years of each other, end the same way. The Big Bad has been vanquished, the day has been saved, but the lesser threats still have to be cleaned up. Both end with the hero and their sidekick heading out to kick some more ass.
• The Last Airbender closes out the same way it's animated adaption first season did. Aang single-handily stops the Fire Nation from destroying the Northern Water Tribe and Ozai charging Azula with going after the Avatar. Unlike the cartoon however, the film gained too much of a negative reaction that will make it unlikely it'll have any sequels.
• The Last Witch Hunter ends with Kaulder and Chloe setting off to watch out for rogue witches, this time without Axe and Cross' aid.
• The Legend of Frenchie King ends with Louise and her sisters going back to being wandering outlaws after the ranch they were looking to settle in for a while gets destroyed, but they get five new additions to the gang.
• Little Shop of Horrors: The final scene where the newlyweds go to their pastel cottage and garden of paradise, ends with a juvenile plant in the garden giving a new Cheshire Cat Grin.
• The Lone Ranger treats this trope as a Bittersweet Ending. John Reid continues to be the Lone Ranger because he no longer trusts the law he had once served. He leaves behind Rebecca and Daniel, out of respect for his late brother Dan.
• Long John Silver: Long John returns to Portobello as a rich citizen and dines with the Governor, during which it is implied that Silver received a pardon for his past crimes for the role he played in saving his daughter's life, and for a "generous donation to Government House" that served to "arm the harbor against pirates". He and Jim ride off before Purity Pinker can pull a Shotgun Wedding.
• Marvel Cinematic Universe:
  • In the end of Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), the newly christened Guardians set off into space to do not "something good" or "something bad", but "a bit of both", while "I Want You Back" by the Jackson 5 plays in the background. The screen then cuts to "The Guardians of the Galaxy will return".
  • Avengers: Endgame: Captain America passes the torch to Sam Wilson and Thor joins the Guardians of the Galaxy to explore the universe.
  • Spider-Man: No Way Home: Peter dons a new suit and resumes his vigilantism.
  • In the mid-credits scene of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Clea (we're not actually introduced to her) appears and recruits Strange to go and prevent another incursion.
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3: After most of the old Guardians go their separate ways, Rocket and Groot lead a new team on new adventures.
• The Mask of Zorro. Diego, before he passes away, promises Alejandro that there will be other battles for him to fight now that he is Zorro.
• The Master and Commander movie, The Far Side of the World ends with Jack Aubrey realizing that the captain of the Acheron (the ship he just captured and sent away with part of his crew) is actually alive and still aboard the ship disguised as a doctor. He immediately cancels his plans to relax on the Galapagos and sails off in pursuit as the credits begin to roll.
• Men in Black ends with Agents J and the newly-inducted L going on a new assignment.
• Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears ends with Phryne receiving a telegram telling her that the Maharajah has been murdered, and immediately setting off to investigate, with Jack still on the back of her camel.
• Mission: Impossible (1996) ends with Ethan Hunt being offered another assignment like Jim Phelps was at the beginning.
• Momentum: At the end, Alex learns that on the flash drive are incriminating details of a false flag operation the Senator's plotting, and she vows to expose this despite threats by his minions to stop her at all costs.
• The Monkey Goes West: The 4-part series of movies based on Journey to the West ends its fourth and final movie with the characters, Xuan-zhang the monk, Sun Wukong and their comrades continuing their journey to India.
• Mortal Kombat: The Movie: At the end of the film, while Johnny Cage, Sonya Blade, Kitana, Liu Kang and Raiden are celebrating their victory over Shang Tsung, Outworld emperor Shao Kahn appears in the sky to get them ready for another adventure.
• Mosul (2020): After making a long journey through ISIS-occupied Iraq while taking casualties, the Nineveh Province SWAT team finally reaches their objective and take a breather. The Reveal happens for Kawa, then he finally understands why they fight and afterwards offers to lead and continue on towards their next objective, to which the movie ends and the credits roll.
• The first National Treasure film originally ended like this, but it was cut after test audiences mistook it for a Sequel Hook. Then it got a sequel anyway.
• Pirates of the Caribbean:
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ends with many of the loose ends tied up, but Barbossa once again steals the Black Pearl from Jack Sparrow. Sparrow, meanwhile, appears to know just where Barbossa is headed next, and seems to be looking forward to the adventure of getting his ship back again.
  • The fourth movie ended similarly, with Barbossa in command of a different ship of his own now, while Jack has to work to restore the Black Pearl (which Barbossa "wrecked")…along with a whole fleet of powerful pirate ships.
• By the end of Prometheus, the crew of the titular spaceship has foiled the Engineers' plot to destroy all life on Earth, but Shaw (the sole survivor) still has no idea why they wanted to wipe out the species that they helped create in the first place. So in the movie's final scene, she boards a spare Engineer spacecraft, and with David the android as her guide, plots a course for the Engineers' home planet...
• During the end credits of Rambo: Last Blood, Rambo gets up from his porch and rides off into the sunset on a horse.
• Safety Not Guaranteed ends with Kenneth and Darius actually going somewhere...
• Serenity (2005) ends with another part of the ship falling off. The crew will have to take another job to fix it.
• Sherman's March: The Road Trip Plot features documentarian Ross McElwee on a road trip through Georgia and the Carolinas, looking for love, meeting various women and consistently striking out with them. Back up in Boston after his tour of Sherman's march and his encounters with uninterested women, McElwee gets a teaching job and starts auditing a music class. Two minutes before the end of the film, he notes that his music teacher is very attractive. He says that he asked her if she'd like to go see a movie—and the credits roll.
• Skyfall ends with MI16 moving into the Universal Exports office from the old movies, but with a new team except for Bond. "Ready to get back to work?" "With pleasure, M. With pleasure." Cue Bond Gun Barrel.
• The Specials ends with the team, having patched their differences and renewed their sense of purpose, getting a call from the president. Giant ants are attacking the Pentagon and none of the A-list teams are available, leaving them to jet off and save the day.
• Spider-Man 2 ends with Peter and Mary-Jane finally getting together only for Peter to run off again after hearing police sirens. Mary-Jane is left behind as the reality of being in a relationship with a superhero sinks in.
• Starship Troopers: The movie ends with Johnny Rico in charge of the Roughnecks and a Federation propaganda spot, enticing civilians to enlist for the war effort.
• The Steel Helmet ends with the surviving characters marching off with a new platoon, then has "THIS STORY HAS NO ENDING" appear on the screen.
• A Study in Terror ends with a mysterious hat arriving in the mail and Holmes launching into a series of deductions about it, while Watson stands by with a 'here we go again' expression on his face as the credits roll.
• The Sundowners: Just when it seems that the Carmodys can buy their farm after all that struggle, a challenge to the result of the horse race results in them losing their prize. They resolve to continue on and eventually save enough for a farm.
• Super Mario Bros. (1993) ends with Koopa defeated, the barrier between the worlds restored, and Daisy running the kingdom. But one day, while the Mario Bros. are relaxing...
  Daisy: (Bursts in, dressed for war) You're not going to believe this!
  Mario: I believe it.
  Luigi: You believe it?!
  Mario: (Grins) I believe.
• The end of S.W.A.T. (2003) has the team heading off on another mission, despite their shift having technically ended several hours ago.
  Hondo: Yeah. What the hell. Mount up!
• They Cloned Tyrone ends with Fontaine, Slick Charles and Yo-Yo deciding to travel the country taking down the conspiracy's other operations in major cities, starting in Memphis, Tennessee.
• The Thief of Bagdad (1940) ends with Abu flying off on the magic carpet in search of fun and adventure.
• Tragedy Girls ends with a fittingly twisted version, in which Sadie and McKayla drive off into the sunset, having completed their killing spree and gotten away with it. It's all but stated that they'll start the cycle over wherever they end up.
• True Lies ends with the Taskers working together on a new mission.
• Turkey Shoot: The film ends without clear resolution of the plot, only the promise that revolution is led by people like those depicted, according to H. G. Wells (who provides the ending quote) as the now-armed prisoners leave the area.
• Wedding Crashers ends with the two couples deciding to crash weddings together.
• Wendy: At the end, Wendy's own daughter goes off with Peter to visit the island herself.
• After the credits of the Yatterman movie, a fake "next episode" trailer plays, featuring the Big Bad's brother seeking revenge, Dorombo Gang building a 2.0 version of the mecha used in the final battle, Doronjo in a white version of her usual costume (referred as a "wedding version") and the Yatterpelican.

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