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.

JesseCuster · 13-01-2010 4:41pm

The Usual Suspects is the ultimate twist ending I reckon.

Others which made my jaw drop were:

Oldboy
Saw
Frailty
Unbreakable
The Mist

az2wp0sye65487 · 13-01-2010 4:42pm

The Departed

The Usual Suspects

Layer Cake

az2wp0sye65487 · 13-01-2010 4:42pm

JesseCuster wrote: »

The Usual Suspects is the ultimate twist ending I reckon.

Just got in there ahead of me!

kraggy · 13-01-2010 4:55pm

London to Brighton.

uncleoswald · 13-01-2010 4:59pm

I agree The Usual Suspects just about beats everything. And although people are a bit embarrassed admitting it now The Sixth Sense one was pretty damn good.

Other endings I like that haven't been mentioned: Memento, Psycho, Empire Strikes Back, Ringu, Chinatown, The Wicker Man, Diabolique

spank_inferno · 13-01-2010 5:33pm

Independence Day.... for ending and twist

Who could have known that we would defeat a vastly more advanced intergalactic race with Will Smiths jive-talk & Jeff Goldblum's MacBook!

j1974 · 13-01-2010 5:36pm

Trankton wrote: »

Usual Suspects.

Primal Fear.

now you're talking. primal fear was brilliant and the usual suspects will probably be best of all time.

Footoo · 13-01-2010 5:41pm

I'm not a fan of huge twists normally but Dead Mans Shoes left me floored

Kai · 13-01-2010 5:50pm

Id add Chinatown to the list, not a twist in the classic but definetly an ending you remember. That is... if you remember it.

JP Liz · 13-01-2010 5:54pm

Memento

The Village

Identity

The Game

marwelie · 13-01-2010 5:58pm

Memento, watched it loads of times, cant figure it out definitely.

gazmc · 13-01-2010 6:01pm

Titanic

Kai · 13-01-2010 6:13pm

marwelie wrote: »

Memento, watched it loads of times, cant figure it out definitely.

What part are you confused about?

tunguska · 13-01-2010 6:15pm

The Parallax view.

The bad guys win!!!

Also the end of Looking for Mr. Goodbar. Truly shocking stuff.

InKonspikuou2 · 13-01-2010 6:17pm

In no order

The others
Primal fear
Orphan
The usual suspects
Arlington road
Saw
American psycho
Seven
Secret window
memento
The game
Eastern promises
Angel heart

podgemonster · 13-01-2010 6:20pm

gazmc wrote: »

Titanic

Boat sinks, didn't see that one coming:P!

marwelie · 13-01-2010 6:31pm

Kai wrote: »

What part are you confused about?

Cant figure out

whether Teddy is really a police officer or if he is actually Leonards wifes killer posing as a police officer to put Leonard off the scent and Jimmy (who Leonard kills at the end because he thinks killed his wife) is actually the police officer. Also can't figure out whether Natalie is actually helping Leonard or further trying to put him off the scent of the killer by giving him the licence details of the wrong JG (John Edward Gammell/James F. Grantz) because she is Jimmy's girlfriend

Not really confused more unable to make up my mind.

Kipperhell · 13-01-2010 6:34pm

marwelie wrote: »

Memento, watched it loads of times, cant figure it out definitely.

You should get the DVD and activate the true time line easter egg. Wait till the tattoo is highlighted and press play.

Primer had a pretty good "twist" and Contender:Series 7. That has one of the best endings ever.
Frailty also is pretty clever comparable to Usual Suspects

krudler · 13-01-2010 6:51pm

The Prestige for me, not the

Bale being a twin

part but the

machines abilities and Jackman being Lord Cadlow all along

. Its really one of those movies that demands multiple viewings and it gets better every time, its also really hard to decide who to root for between the two protagonists

Fight Club as well, even on the 3rd viewing you spot new

references to Tylers true identity, "sometimes Tyler spoke for me"

etc etc

Greyfox · 13-01-2010 8:06pm

Agree with Usual Suspects been the greatest twist ever, Sixth sense, Memento and Fight Club were also superb!

Manon de Sources also has a great twist

Movies with great endings\twists

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