Movies with great endings\twists

splashthecash · 13-01-2010 11:11am #1

Hey,

I don't know if this has been done before but anyway...I love a good movie that has an ending that makes you go "Whaaaaaa!??". My personal favs are:

Switchblade Romance
Fight Club
The Usual Suspects
The Blair Witch Project
Magnolia

Obviously, don't give away the ending\twist as I'm sure we'll all use this to see these movies we haven't seen

jhegarty · 13-01-2010 11:14am

"The Others" was the best suprise ending that all made perfect sense in rewatching the movie.

Mossy Monk · 13-01-2010 11:20am

For a great twist I am going to mention From Dusk Till Dawn. I do not think anyone who watched for the first time could have guessed what was going to happen.

ziedth · 13-01-2010 11:24am

Mossy Monk wrote: »

For a great twist I am going to mention From Dusk Till Dawn. I do not think anyone who watched for the first time could have guessed what was going to happen.

Really? Twist ending? Or do you mean what happens once they get to the bar?

splashthecash · 13-01-2010 11:25am

True, from dusk til dawn is a great film....just a load of fun! pity it contains tarantinos overacting though

Auvers · 13-01-2010 11:43am

off the top of my head

Angel Heart
No way out
The Crying Game
Planet Of The Apes
Chinatown
The Shawshank Redemption

podgemonster · 13-01-2010 11:47am

Se7en
Batman Begins
Sixth Sense
Mission Impossible 1
Road to Perdition
No Country for Old Men

iMax · 13-01-2010 12:03pm

One of the best twists I've ever seen was the opening of "Escape from the Planet of the apes"... Totally rescued the franchise & gave it full circle.

fluke · 13-01-2010 12:16pm

podgemonster wrote: »

Se7en
Batman Begins
Sixth Sense
Mission Impossible 1
Road to Perdition
No Country for Old Men

What's the twist there? Spoiler tag if you will please.

the_syco · 13-01-2010 12:19pm

The ending to Smokin Aces 2 was not totally expected, but it was good.

Mossy Monk · 13-01-2010 12:29pm

ziedth wrote: »

Really? Twist ending? Or do you mean what happens once they get to the bar?

The twist at the Titty Twister. Didn't realise the thread was for endings only. My bad.

everdead.ie · 13-01-2010 12:30pm

Lucky number slevin Great movie

krudler · 13-01-2010 1:53pm

Batman Begins

What twist?

Kai · 13-01-2010 2:01pm

Titanic.

Cant believe no one else has mentioned this.

Trankton · 13-01-2010 2:05pm

Usual Suspects.

Primal Fear.

Morlar · 13-01-2010 2:06pm

No way out - for me tops the list.

mike65 · 13-01-2010 2:07pm

Charade (1964)

Oh yeah please do not give the endings away

Its people in Soylent Green

:pac:

Tefral · 13-01-2010 2:09pm

Matchstick Men

fluke · 13-01-2010 2:25pm

krudler wrote: »

What twist?

I guess the poster means

Liam Neeson's character's true identity

faceman · 13-01-2010 2:31pm

Not sure whether the OP is looking for twist endings or just unexpected endings but some of my favs:

The Sixth Sense: Ok its a cliche at this stage, but its a bloody good one. Well executed.

The Mist: Love the ending. Really flies in the face of the whole hollywood ending.

Se7en: Another surprise ending. The film even moves away from the Film Noir genre to deliver a tour de force ending. A real sense of helplessness is on display as we realise that even though arrested, John Doe is still in control

James Howlett · 13-01-2010 2:33pm

The Skeleton Key (2005 - Kate Hudson)

I don't even want to hint at a spoiler for it.

Endaaaagh · 13-01-2010 2:41pm

The ending to Arlington Road..for me, a real ":eek:" moment

podgemonster · 13-01-2010 2:46pm

krudler wrote: »

What twist?

Liam Neeson was Raj Al Gool (pardon the spelling) all along, I had forgotten bout him at that stage

poms · 13-01-2010 2:46pm

Ok here are my few although some may have been mentioned:

From Dusk till Dawn
Primal Fear
The Village
American Beauty

They are just a few off top of my head

podgemonster · 13-01-2010 2:51pm

fluke wrote: »

What's the twist there? Spoiler tag if you will please.

Well unlike most movies the bad guy kills the hero, possibly his wife and most of the other people on screen and then stroll off into the sunset, there is that feeling that hes gona be caught but instead i feel it leaves you with that wtf? feeling,

poms wrote: »

Ok here are my few although some may have been mentioned:

From Dusk till Dawn

Primal Fear

The Village

American Beauty

They are just a few off top of my head

That blew me away!!!

Galvasean · 13-01-2010 2:54pm

Moon (2009) has a great twist about 1/3rd through teh movie that left me going, "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa??????" :eek:

poms · 13-01-2010 3:04pm

Auvers wrote: »

off the top of my head

Angel Heart
No way out
The Crying Game
Planet Of The Apes
Chinatown
The Shawshank Redemption

What was the twist in The Shawshank?

Was it cos he escaped?

hshortt · 13-01-2010 3:16pm

The End of the Affair has an excellent ending with a twist.

cabrwab · 13-01-2010 4:36pm

Always loved the ending of Lock stock

the finding how much the guns were worth

. Just for the oh sh*t no way moment!;)

Love the ending of Seven, its subtle (apperently), so subtle my sister didn't realise the seven deadly sins were complete!

The end of the mist was great too.

The ending of the sixth sense and arlington road had me thinking about the movies for a couple of days after.

Photi · 13-01-2010 4:41pm

If we're talking twists, the ending of The Prestige made me want to watch the entire film again straight away.

KerranJast · 13-01-2010 4:41pm

Can't believe noone's mentioned Oldboy. The ultimate :eek: ending in there.

Movies with great endings\twists

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