I guess it hits extra hard in Dunkirk because of the ominous soundtrack that you're exposed through all the rest of the movie. Then with the plane safely landin

I guess it hits extra hard in Dunkirk because of the ominous soundtrack that you're exposed through all the rest of the movie. Then with the plane safely landing in the end, the arrival of the trains full of soldiers, Churchill's speech and Nimrod placed over it, all that tension gets resolved at once in a beautiful way.