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wanted: good examples of films with twist endings
Trying not to give away any endings or if necessary using Spoiler: spoilers in here like his, what films have the best twist endings?
The Game (1997) with Michael Douglas and Sean Penn is a very good example: if I remember right, it has three or more twists and counter-twists stacked on each other at the end(!) but the best I can think of now is No Way Out (1987), an old political thriller starring Kevin Costner: Spoiler: everything gets turned on its head in the final few seconds of this film and you barely have time to recover before it ends. It's not one you could have guessed before you find out and it's not one that leaves you feeling cheated. There hasn't been a super-twist ending in a big film for years, it seems, but I think that could change with this summer's Inception - it's going to be one you'll have to see early to avoid hearing about and having it ruined, I think. |
I hate whiteout, so I'm not going to give any spoilers away. In fact, I think you all think I talk too much, so no descriptions whatsoever (other than what wiki decides to gives you).
Come to ponder it a bit, I'm not sure if I know what qualifies as a twist at all. |
The Others.
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The Usual Suspects. Fight Club. Sixth Sense.
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"There Was a Crooked Man" - one of my favourite all-time westerns.
"Matchstick Men" and "The Sting" were similar yet different, and both were very good in what they did. "Electra Glide in Blue" "Being John Malkovich" "Back to the Future" "Blade Runner" "Chinatown" "Citizen Kane" "Dr. Strangelove" |
im with TK on this one. My all time favourite movie with a twist is The Usual Suspects
followed closely by Sixth Sense |
Se7en
12 Monkeys |
Just watched these back to back on Netflix, have great twists, but can't really say for sure if they qualify for twist endings.
A History of Violence Eastern Promises Favorite of all time has to be Shawshank Redemption |
Eastern Promises was an ok film, Viggo Mortensen is good but the story's not very compelling - and not sure about twists - but that fight at the end is bloody brilliant, made the whole film for me.
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Identity has a pretty twisty ending.
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Planet of the Apes (Edit: I suppose it's seconded now.... :))
Primal Fear (the first Ed Norton film I saw, and his performance blew my mind) |
The Crying Game.
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Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
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Arlington Road has a great twist but it is an intense fucking movie to watch, so don't go into it expecting a fun little thriller. I did. And I came out of it drooling and twitching. Not so much fun.
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Jacob's Ladder
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the Vanishing. the original from Holland in 1988, where it was known as Spoorloos:
Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor. Spoorloos (1988) there was a fail remake by Hollywood in 1993 The Vanishing (1993) with Jeff Bridges & Kiefer, but it isnt half as good. |
Two movies, but 1 story:
Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources. French films from the mid-eighties. The first doesn't have any twist at all, but the near the end of the second film you learn a secret which will totally twist the entire plots of the first and second story lines! The two have to be watched back to back for maximum impact! |
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I LOVED Jean de Florette! It's a fabulous film. |
you ain't seen nothing yet!!
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Thanks everyone, this is exactly what I was looking for.
The Planet of the Apes is a good twist but it's become so famous like Sixth Sense that almost everyone knows it now. Even more so because it's an image that can be taken out of context and has a clear meaning even for those who didn't see the film. Arlington Road - good film, great twist. Yes I'll agree it's not a fun little thriller but it is a proper thriller, a 90s thriller like they don't seem to make anymore. Primal Fear, another one I had forgotten. That's one of the absolute best super shocking twists in an otherwise so-so film that I don't think anyone could have seen coming. The nearer the end of the film the twist is the better I think so it's in your head when you leave/finish it and you'll be thinking of it for days. I don't remember it too well but I didn't much care for Jacob's Ladder. I think I felt that it was vague and trippy enough that it had license for pretty much anything and everything to happen in a sort of David Lynch way. The Vanishing, very good film! What a Spoiler: nightmarish ending! Of course the original one was way better. That Spoiler: "happy ending" of the remake one was dreadful but I saw it first so I didn't know until I saw Spoorloos! And of course, Jean de and Manon des - excellent films with a wonderful twist that pays off all the better because it's been so long coming. Though I remember feeling very pleased with myself for guessing it maybe 15 mins before it was revealed so maybe not one of the most shocking and outlandish twists but profound and staggering for those involved all the same. |
Richard Bachman's (Stephen King) Thinner.
Christopher Nolan's Memento. |
I'm just skipping ahead of all the comments to say that reading any titles of movie would ruin it even if i didn't know what was or wasn't the twist. RUINED!
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I guess they're not so much twists as shocker endings, but American Beauty and American History X were pretty good ones.
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Recent capers with a twist ending:
Flawless - Michael Caine, Demi Moore The Prestige - Michael Caine, Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman Inside Man - Clive Owen, Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer |
Long as we're Caine-ing...
Sleuth - Michael Caine, Lawrence Olivier |
Deathtrap (Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve)
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a perfect getaway,
american psycho |
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