Best twist ending? (spoilers inside!) - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

djflish · 08-09-2003, 11:09 AM

I have just finished watching my shiny, new Usual Suspects DVD and you just gotta love that ending! I was thinking it has got to be one of, if not the, best twist ending ever.

I can't think of a better one, can you?

RelaX · 08-09-2003, 11:53 AM

Ghost Ship... just watched it yesterday, unoriginal movie so when the (original) twist ending shows up it took me completely by surprise.
Also a great use of Mudvayne

CSflim · 08-09-2003, 01:27 PM

NOTHING can beat the Usual Suspects!

YaWhateva · 08-09-2003, 01:34 PM

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Originally posted by RelaX
Ghost Ship... just watched it yesterday, unoriginal movie so when the (original) twist ending shows up it took me completely by surprise.
Also a great use of Mudvayne

I had no intention of ever watching this movie, but this mention of Mudvayne has intrigued me, i may just rent this movie now.

Oh and I liked Swordfish's ending.

^dude · 08-09-2003, 01:49 PM

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Originally posted by Bones
fight club was good, didnt see it coming.

and air bud as well.... YAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY

Yeah, now that i watch it again, its obvious, but at first i was shocked.

CSflim · 08-09-2003, 02:00 PM

I suppose someone has to say The Sixth Sense...

Pellaz · 08-09-2003, 02:23 PM

Usual Suspects was by far the best twist.

some others that I like:
Empire Strikes Back
Fight Club
Memento
The Ring

Psivage · 08-09-2003, 03:18 PM

In Scobbie Doo where the villian turned out to be Scrappy. That was cool. No really a ending but in Equilibrium, but when John Preston fought Brandt, I thought it was cool how it was handle.

Blu2e354 · 08-09-2003, 03:45 PM

Wild things and seven

JumpinJesus · 08-09-2003, 05:16 PM

Frailty has a pretty good twist to it. But for it's time, Psycho probably had one of the best twist endings. I mean come on, in the 60s, who would have guessed?

rogue49 · 08-09-2003, 06:03 PM

The Sixth Sense
good twist

Of course, finding out Darth Vader was Luke Skywalker's father was good too,
back when Empire Strikes Back originally came out.

Plan9Senior · 08-09-2003, 07:44 PM

Usual Suspects is a tough one to beat for sure. I recently rented a pretty good movie which had and ending that I found to be pretty suprising and twisty; The Live of David Gale.

Halx · 08-09-2003, 08:56 PM

In order.. Fight Club, The Sixth Sense, The Usual Suspects, Seven, Pi, American Beauty, Donnie Darko, Reservoir Dogs, ......................................., Unbreakable

Kevin Spacey is in 3 of those.. go figure

agentsmith · 08-09-2003, 09:05 PM

I'll go with Sixth Sense only because I can't think of anything else.

hobo · 08-09-2003, 09:41 PM

I see The Usual Suspects is mentioned a lot. The first movie that comes to mind is the movie with Kevin Spacey playing a cripple but turning out to be some super bad guy. Is that movie The Usual Suspects? I never did catch the beginning of the movie, and I saw it on TV once.

hobo · 08-09-2003, 09:43 PM

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Originally posted by Halx
In order.. Fight Club, The Sixth Sense, The Usual Suspects, Seven, Pi, American Beauty, Donnie Darko, Reservoir Dogs, ......................................., Unbreakable

Kevin Spacey is in 3 of those.. go figure

I never saw the end to American Beauty. Could you or someone fill me in on the end? I ask because I'll likely never watch the movie again.

obediah · 08-09-2003, 11:28 PM

Psycho had one of the best twist-endings, but also had the best twist-middle (a concept rarely used - I guess that president movie with the dead Segal did it)

People that went into Psycho on the opening weekend were completely in the dark about the shower murder and everything after it. You expect the girl to be the main character, and then bam - she's gone.

Batman976 · 08-10-2003, 12:42 AM

No mention of Adaptation yet? That ending rocked! It had me rolling.

Jesus Malverde · 08-10-2003, 01:14 AM

I really liked the ending to Frailty, that was a really weird but original movie. The ending didn't ruin the movie at all, and I think it actually made it a hell of a lot better.

BonesCPA · 08-10-2003, 06:45 AM

Dead Poets Society had us coming home in the car speechless.

CSflim · 08-10-2003, 09:16 AM

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Originally posted by hobo
I see The Usual Suspects is mentioned a lot. The first movie that comes to mind is the movie with Kevin Spacey playing a cripple but turning out to be some super bad guy. Is that movie The Usual Suspects? I never did catch the beginning of the movie, and I saw it on TV once.

Yup. That's The Usual Suspects. Way to go and ruin the ending on any sorry soul who hasn't yet seen it!

h2g2Fan · 08-10-2003, 09:23 AM

For sh'ts and giggles, I will now include the worst twist ending to a movie.

Minority Report.

*SPOILER*

Tom Cruise should have stayed dead/stasis'ed.

*SPOILER*

grayman · 08-10-2003, 05:30 PM

Primal Fear.

Spektr · 08-10-2003, 07:59 PM

Basic, Usual Suspects, Pi, Frailty, Dead Poets Society

Batman976 · 08-10-2003, 08:06 PM

It's been so long since I've seen Primal Fear I can hardly remember how effective the ending was. I seem to recall it being pretty good though. I'm going to have to see that movie again.

Spritebox · 08-10-2003, 08:24 PM

Basic is one I've seen recently with a twisty ass ending.

anti fishstick · 08-10-2003, 10:25 PM

what about the others?
or lost highway..

giblfiz · 08-10-2003, 10:26 PM

I loved Pi's ending, but then I loved the whole movie. What a concept... the divine might be dangerous for us mortals. Used to be a common idea, now is all but forgotten.

hawkeye · 08-10-2003, 10:56 PM

well, when I limit this list to movies I've seen, The only ending that actually suprised me had to have been Unbreakable. (which is amazing considering that I watched it about two years after it came out....)

eris · 08-11-2003, 04:02 AM

I have to go with the M. Knight films - even Signs had a good solid "twist" ending.

MikeyChalupa · 08-11-2003, 05:41 AM

Wild Things. I like how they filled in all the holes during the credits, too.

Worst twist was High Crimes. If you couldn't see THAT coming...

If you've never heard of the Book-a-Minute and Movie-a-Minute sites, they're pretty funny. They cram the works down to just a few sentences. Here's how they did Wild Things:

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(There is a PLOT TWIST. Then there is a PLOT TWIST. Then there is a PLOT TWIST. Then there is a PLOT TWIST. Then there is a PLOT TWIST. Then there is a PLOT TWIST. Then there is a PLOT TWIST.)

THE END

(Then there is a PLOT TWIST. Then there is a PLOT TWIST. Then there is a PLOT TWIST.)

-Mikey

MPower · 08-11-2003, 07:09 AM

No way out - the old costner/young movie

Quorlan · 08-11-2003, 07:12 AM

Usual Suspects, Primal Fear, Wild Things, Unbreakable.... I didn't think the end of the Sixth Sense was all that much of a twist. In fact, all the way through the movie I was figuring on it, so it was a bit disappointing.

anti fishstick · 08-11-2003, 09:41 AM

god i cant even remember the 6th sense 'twist'.. :-x but i picked up on a lot of it the first time a saw it.. all the symbolism with red, etc.

grayman · 08-11-2003, 10:24 AM

MPower, you are right on with No Way Out, I don't know how I could have forgotten it.

bobw · 08-11-2003, 10:29 AM

Bambi

Gothmog · 08-11-2003, 11:16 AM

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Originally posted by Halx
In order.. Fight Club, The Sixth Sense, The Usual Suspects, Seven, Pi, American Beauty, Donnie Darko, Reservoir Dogs, ......................................., Unbreakable

Kevin Spacey is in 3 of those.. go figure

Halx, you are right on the money with this one. Unbreakable has got one of the GREATEST twists ever!

Sion · 08-11-2003, 12:05 PM

nothing tops Memento as far as Im concerned.

fucking GREAT movie with even better twist.

se7en was excellent also

Hrothgar · 08-11-2003, 06:20 PM

The Crying Game

Dressed to Kill

Happy Birthday to Me

A Blade in the Dark

Profondo Rosso

Tickford · 08-11-2003, 06:50 PM

You guys are gonna kick me in the ass for this, but I thought that Vanilla Sky had a good twist. Everyone hacked on this movie, but I really liked it.

08-09-2003, 11:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
djflish The Mighty Boosh Location: I mostly come out at night, mostly...	Best twist ending? (spoilers inside!) I have just finished watching my shiny, new Usual Suspects DVD and you just gotta love that ending! I was thinking it has got to be one of, if not the, best twist ending ever. I can't think of a better one, can you? __________________ Europes two great narcotics, Alcohol and Christianity. I know which one I prefer.

08-09-2003, 11:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
RelaX Follower of Ner'Zhul Location: Netherlands	Ghost Ship... just watched it yesterday, unoriginal movie so when the (original) twist ending shows up it took me completely by surprise. Also a great use of Mudvayne __________________ The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents. - Nathaniel Borenstein

08-09-2003, 01:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
CSflim Sky Piercer Location: Ireland	NOTHING can beat the Usual Suspects! __________________

08-09-2003, 02:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
CSflim Sky Piercer Location: Ireland	I suppose someone has to say The Sixth Sense... __________________

08-09-2003, 02:23 PM	#7 (permalink)
Pellaz Addict Location: Texas	Usual Suspects was by far the best twist. some others that I like: Empire Strikes Back Fight Club Memento The Ring __________________ " ' Big Mouth. Remember it took three of you to kill me. A god, a boy, and, last and least, a hero.' "

08-09-2003, 03:18 PM	#8 (permalink)
Psivage Psycho	In Scobbie Doo where the villian turned out to be Scrappy. That was cool. No really a ending but in Equilibrium, but when John Preston fought Brandt, I thought it was cool how it was handle.

08-09-2003, 03:45 PM	#9 (permalink)
Blu2e354 Crazy Location: Illinois	Wild things and seven

08-09-2003, 05:16 PM	#10 (permalink)
JumpinJesus Junkie Location: Chicago	Frailty has a pretty good twist to it. But for it's time, Psycho probably had one of the best twist endings. I mean come on, in the 60s, who would have guessed? __________________ "I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am" - Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses

08-09-2003, 06:03 PM	#11 (permalink)
rogue49 Loser	The Sixth Sense good twist Of course, finding out Darth Vader was Luke Skywalker's father was good too, back when Empire Strikes Back originally came out.

08-09-2003, 07:44 PM	#12 (permalink)
Plan9Senior Banned Location: Orange County, California	Usual Suspects is a tough one to beat for sure. I recently rented a pretty good movie which had and ending that I found to be pretty suprising and twisty; The Live of David Gale.

08-09-2003, 08:56 PM	#13 (permalink)
Halx Please touch this. Owner/Admin Location: Manhattan	In order.. Fight Club, The Sixth Sense, The Usual Suspects, Seven, Pi, American Beauty, Donnie Darko, Reservoir Dogs, ......................................., Unbreakable Kevin Spacey is in 3 of those.. go figure __________________ You have found this post informative. -The Administrator [Don't Feed The Animals]

08-09-2003, 09:05 PM	#14 (permalink)
agentsmith Crazy	I'll go with Sixth Sense only because I can't think of anything else.

08-09-2003, 09:41 PM	#15 (permalink)
hobo Archangel of Change	I see The Usual Suspects is mentioned a lot. The first movie that comes to mind is the movie with Kevin Spacey playing a cripple but turning out to be some super bad guy. Is that movie The Usual Suspects? I never did catch the beginning of the movie, and I saw it on TV once.

08-09-2003, 11:28 PM	#17 (permalink)
obediah Crazy	Psycho had one of the best twist-endings, but also had the best twist-middle (a concept rarely used - I guess that president movie with the dead Segal did it) People that went into Psycho on the opening weekend were completely in the dark about the shower murder and everything after it. You expect the girl to be the main character, and then bam - she's gone.

08-10-2003, 12:42 AM	#18 (permalink)
Batman976 is you wicked? Location: I live in a giant bucket.	No mention of Adaptation yet? That ending rocked! It had me rolling. __________________ The following statement is true. The preceding statement was false.

08-10-2003, 10:25 PM	#27 (permalink)
anti fishstick Post-modernism meets Individualism AKA the Clash Location: oregon	what about the others? or lost highway.. __________________ And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anais Nin

08-10-2003, 01:14 AM	#19 (permalink)
Jesus Malverde Psycho Location: Sinaloa, Mexico	I really liked the ending to Frailty, that was a really weird but original movie. The ending didn't ruin the movie at all, and I think it actually made it a hell of a lot better. __________________ ...I'm that cat by the bar toasting to the good life...

08-10-2003, 06:45 AM	#20 (permalink)
BonesCPA No. It's not done yet. Location: sorta kinda phila	Dead Poets Society had us coming home in the car speechless. __________________ Back into hibernation.

08-10-2003, 09:23 AM	#22 (permalink)
h2g2Fan Loser Location: University of Maryland at College Park	For sh'ts and giggles, I will now include the worst twist ending to a movie. Minority Report. SPOILER Tom Cruise should have stayed dead/stasis'ed. SPOILER

08-10-2003, 05:30 PM	#23 (permalink)
grayman you can't see me Location: Illinois	Primal Fear. __________________ That's right - I'm a guy in a suit eating a Blizzard. F U.

08-10-2003, 07:59 PM	#24 (permalink)
Spektr Copacetic Location: Nati	Basic, Usual Suspects, Pi, Frailty, Dead Poets Society

08-10-2003, 08:06 PM	#25 (permalink)
Batman976 is you wicked? Location: I live in a giant bucket.	It's been so long since I've seen Primal Fear I can hardly remember how effective the ending was. I seem to recall it being pretty good though. I'm going to have to see that movie again. __________________ The following statement is true. The preceding statement was false.

08-10-2003, 08:24 PM	#26 (permalink)
Spritebox Insane Location: Charlotte, N.C.	Basic is one I've seen recently with a twisty ass ending. __________________ it's all nice on ice alright and it's not day and it's not night but it's all nice on ice alright

08-10-2003, 10:26 PM	#28 (permalink)
giblfiz is a shoggoth Location: LA	I loved Pi's ending, but then I loved the whole movie. What a concept... the divine might be dangerous for us mortals. Used to be a common idea, now is all but forgotten. __________________ Use the star one and you'll be fighting off the old ones with your bare hands -A Shoggoth on the Roof

08-10-2003, 10:56 PM	#29 (permalink)
hawkeye back from sabbatical Location: Mosptopia	well, when I limit this list to movies I've seen, The only ending that actually suprised me had to have been Unbreakable. (which is amazing considering that I watched it about two years after it came out....) __________________ You're not fat, You're just a giant ball of love, covered in anger.

08-11-2003, 04:02 AM	#30 (permalink)
eris Crazy	I have to go with the M. Knight films - even Signs had a good solid "twist" ending. __________________ allhaileris

08-11-2003, 07:09 AM	#32 (permalink)
MPower Psycho	No way out - the old costner/young movie

08-11-2003, 07:12 AM	#33 (permalink)
Quorlan Upright	Usual Suspects, Primal Fear, Wild Things, Unbreakable.... I didn't think the end of the Sixth Sense was all that much of a twist. In fact, all the way through the movie I was figuring on it, so it was a bit disappointing.

08-11-2003, 09:41 AM	#34 (permalink)
anti fishstick Post-modernism meets Individualism AKA the Clash Location: oregon	god i cant even remember the 6th sense 'twist'.. :-x but i picked up on a lot of it the first time a saw it.. all the symbolism with red, etc. __________________ And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anais Nin

08-11-2003, 10:24 AM	#35 (permalink)
grayman you can't see me Location: Illinois	MPower, you are right on with No Way Out, I don't know how I could have forgotten it. __________________ That's right - I'm a guy in a suit eating a Blizzard. F U.

08-11-2003, 10:29 AM	#36 (permalink)
bobw Psycho Location: somewhere....	Bambi

08-11-2003, 12:05 PM	#38 (permalink)
Sion Dumb all over...a little ugly on the side Location: In the room where the giant fire puffer works, and the torture never stops.	nothing tops Memento as far as Im concerned. fucking GREAT movie with even better twist. se7en was excellent also __________________ He's the best, of course, of all the worst. Some wrong been done, he done it first. -fz I jus' want ta thank you...falettinme...be mice elf...agin...

08-11-2003, 06:20 PM	#39 (permalink)
Hrothgar He's My Girl Location: The Champagne Douche	The Crying Game Dressed to Kill Happy Birthday to Me A Blade in the Dark Profondo Rosso __________________ The fortunes of war favored Hrothgar.

08-11-2003, 06:50 PM	#40 (permalink)
Tickford Insane Location: Australia	You guys are gonna kick me in the ass for this, but I thought that Vanilla Sky had a good twist. Everyone hacked on this movie, but I really liked it. __________________ Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined. Samuel Goldwyn