Australians have taken to social media to bid farewell to Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton's At The Movies program.

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The hour-long finale marked the end of an era for the pair who spent 28 years reviewing films together and hosted At The Movies together for the past 11 years.

Before the episode aired Pomeranz and the At The Movies team tweeted their thanks to fans of the show.

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"Margaret here. My first tweet out to say thank you all. Long live great cinema forever!" Pomeranz wrote.

The At The Movies team tweeted that they were watching the final show together, writing "We're here with Margaret and the team, she's cooking dinner and we are going to watch the show together. Who could ask for a better host."

Fans posted about their disappointment at the show's end and made light of some of the show's trademarks like Pomeranz's large earring collection and the way Pomeranz and Stratton butted heads over popular films.

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"Remember the time David and Margaret agreed on something? No? Oh yeah, me either," wrote Leon Sjogren.

"Sad about @ABCatthemovies ending - friends coming over to eat ice cream in cones and popcorn and watch David and Margaret one last time," wrote Andrew Gillman.

"Last #AtTheMovies tonight. Like being at a wedding reception, having fun, but wondering if the happy couple really made the right decision," wrote Alicia Patterson.

As the tributes streamed in the At The Movies team tweeted: "This outpouring is so overwhelmingly over the top, Margaret can't understand it. We're only film reviewers for goodness sake!"

Pomeranz and Stratton expressed their surprise and gratitude at audience responses when they announced their retirement in September.

Stratton caused a stir when he said he "didn't like" Pomeranz much to begin with, before the pair became firm friends in the 1980s.

"I thought I knew what I was doing and she was kind of a bit overbearing to be honest, for a little person. I reacted quite strongly against her," he said.

But Stratton came around and the pair reviewed films together first on the SBS's The Movie Show, then ABC TV's At the Movies for a total of 28 years.

Actors also paid tribute to the pair, including Russell Crowe, whose film The Water Diviner was reviewed in the final program.

"I love watching your show. I love how passionate you are about film. You've given so much ... and I want to thank you," he said.