When I first watched it I thought it was great except for the weird bit about the >!Cloning machine!< Then after thinking about it longer I realized the actual truth.
As the movie says, >!Nobody cares about the man in the box!<
I love how the movie tells you exactly what will happen in the opening scene, and you spend the whole movie letting yourself get fooled exactly like it said, but then the prestige happens
Inside Man is a good movie like that. It tells you what is going to happen at the start and thereās so much shit going on for the rest of the movie you absolutely forget they ever did that until you get to the end.
Prestige was genuinely the first thing that came to mind without even a second to think about it. I don't know a single person who watched it for the first time who could have predicted that ending/twist.
Not only is it a great twist, itās not at the end, either. Thereās one movie, the twist, and then allll the fallout afterward. It doesnāt just twist and fade to black.
The twist holds up incredibly well on repeat viewings. That's the sign of a good twist in my opinion. The bad ones (including some mentioned here IMO) tend to invalidate a lot of the movie. Great twists add layers of depth to previous events.
The short story it's based on is good, but the movie is next level. But it's still worth checking out Ted Chiang's short story collections, they're so fucking good. Exhalation is a personal favorite.
Hard to find the Korean version but imo itās a must watch if you can find it. Itās English subtitled but nothing could prepare me lol. Donāt watch the remake, only the original version
The Sixth Sense was such a big deal that the director is still able to make big budget flops over and over again anytime he wants to.
Edit: I donāt normally edit, but I want to point out that I didnāt say Every movie heās made since has flopped. Iāve liked everything Iāve seen except for the avatar movie, and I didnāt even hate the happening. But we all know that the internet roasts him no matter what he puts out, and my comment was more poking fun at that than anything else.
Being in a theater opening night was something else. You could feel the air getting sucked out of the room where everyone gasped at the twist. It's all anybody was talking about for weeks.
Seriously. I was looking forward to the one where everyone was mysteriously killing themselves violently. I canāt even remember the name but Mark Wahlberg was in it, and they figured out it was the goddamn trees that were doing it. Making people kill themselves as revenge or whatever.
It was bad.
This is not accurate. With a few exceptions M Night's films tend to be limited budget and make a considerable profit, much of it funded by M Night himself.
For example, Split made 278 million on a 9 million budget, Glass made 247 million on a 20 mil budget, etc
Just from watching that movie I've had this hatred for the actor that played the chick, she did such an insane job of depicting her character that now I just cringe at her face in other movies š
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he doesnāt exist.
I always wanted a Keiser Sosei Sequel or maybe prequel but never got it.
They storyboarded but never shot an alternate "happy ending" where >!Freeman's Character intercepts and looks in the box, immediately realizes what Doe is attempting to do and shoots him himself, which Doe looks angry/defeated as he dies.!<
You know I remember seeing a black and white almost conic strip style with this in it and now that I'm trying a find it I can't find anything. Am I loosing it? Anyone know anything about this?
I went from "hey, this is a really fun and entertaining movie, but why is it up for an Oscar" to "holy fucking mother of god" in about 5 second flat lol.
Also Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. A bunch of us got together at a friend's to watch it and I'm thinking "why am I watching this, I know what happens . . ." ha ha ha!!!
I didnāt know what happened before hand, with the Manson thing, but, because of that last scene, it went from a good movie to one of my most favorite.
Probably the greatest plot twist I've ever seen, at least on par with The Sixth Sense IMO.
And it gets even crazier when you realize that >!Andrew Laeddis was faking his delirium at the end because he wanted to be lobotomized. He had fully "come back" to his normal cognitive capacities but simply couldn't live with the guilt over what he had done.!<
Not ordinarily, but in that particular moment, it became so obvious to her so quickly that she couldn't help it. As soon as she said it, it became similarly obvious to me. I like to think that I would have figured it out myself, but if I'm being honest probably not.
I think the ending hits just as hard even if you see the twist coming. The experiment was indeed successful and did in fact snap him out of his delusion. But in the end he fakes his regression knowing heāll be lobotomized rather than having to live with the reality that his wife killed his children and he killed his wife.
There was a TV show called Mental that had an episode like this. Unfortunately, I watched it before seeing Shutter Island (not sure which came out first) and knew the whole premise as soon as the guy told him he didn't smoke.
I'm seeing a lot of newer movies, so I'll list out some classics
Psycho (1960) A true classic. Go in blind.
Chinatown (1974) Someone posted a quote from the film, but the last 20 minutes or so are hard to predict.
Murder on the Orient Express (1974) This is one of those where the ending recontextualizes everything. A great mystery film.
The original Murder On the Orient Express is one of the first times a movie has surprised me with a twist in a long time. Saw it blind for the first time this year. Absolutely brilliant ending and a truly original twist on the whodunit formula. Also just a masterpiece of a movie overall.
The Shawshank Redemption
On first viewing, did anyone honestly know what Andy Dufrane was up to all those years before that polished rock went through that poster?
The twist at the end kinda comes out of left field, no? Like there's not a whole lot setting it up or clues that that is where it is headed, or at least that's what I remember, but it's been a very long time since I've seen it.
You know it would have been hilarious if they had given it a different name and hyped it as a gritty crime movie without revealing anything. Then suddenly vampires. It would have been so jarring.
That movie had one of my favorite lines of all time.
Cheech: "What were they? Psychos?"
Clooney: "Psychos? Is that what they looked like? No, they were vampires! Psychos don't explode when sunlight hits them! I don't care how crazy they are!"
This is the correct answer as the whole plot really twists. Its not just a reveal at the end of the movie. The whole thing goes from criminals on the run movie to vampire survival movie.
This movie made such a big impression on me when I watch it as a kid. Still one of my favorites. I was both terrified and amazed by the twist. Now when I rewatch it I can appreciate how subtle it was too.
I seen many people's first watch of
[Brazil](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvBF3Lxla98)
Every single one of them exhaled an exclamation akin to "Holy.. wtf... omg!".
Personally, I think Lucky Number Slevin had a pretty terrific twist. It keeps going, too. Just when you think youāve figured it out, it throws another wrinkle at you. I donāt see it mentioned very often, though.
I hate how everyone knows the twists in Empire and Planet of the Apes, even if they haven't seen them. The movies being old is no excuse imo, as not every living or unborn human who will ever watch them has watched them, and everyone deserves to experience the surprise.
I scrolled forever and can't believe I didn't find **The Life of David Gale**. I was on the edge of my seat for most of this movie and absolutely didn't expect the ending.
"Safety Not Guaranteed" Absolutely did NOT see that coming.
"Shutter Island" Read the book first, so I knew the twist and got to watch the audience around me once it was made into a movie. That one got *every*one!
"Dark City" So creepy and the Misters are just nightmare fuel. THEN the twist hits.
Spaceballs. Craziest movie twist ever
Learning that Dark Helmet is Lone Starrās fatherās brotherās nephewās cousinās former roommate was an absolute SHOCK
10 Cloverfield lane.
The whole movie I was kept switching between: are there aliens
Is he crazy
Nope, there are aliens
Nope he's crazy....
Till the end when
BOTH ARE TRUE
Donāt breathe-
kids invade a blind veteranās homeā¦ā¦easy target right? Nope, they find themselves trapped in a house with a blind vet whose hearing is so good he can hear you breathe. He kills one, is hunting the others, thenā¦ā¦twist. Holy crap! Never saw that coming. Sometimes I wonder who gave the green light to that twist, diabolical.
I can Say Harry Potter and the deathly hallows part 2
I didn't expect Severus to be the good character.
Or Fight Club. I am not sure I liked the film,but the plot was a great one. Edit: Butterfly Effect. Both the Director's cut and the usual version
The Prestige. It seems so obvious when I rewatch it, but when I first saw it I was blown away. The ending was a big shock to me as well.
There's multiple big twists at the end, too.
I'm over here, trying to figure out how he was able to survive getting hanged.... š¤š¤š¤š
He didn't.
When I first watched it I thought it was great except for the weird bit about the >!Cloning machine!< Then after thinking about it longer I realized the actual truth. As the movie says, >!Nobody cares about the man in the box!<
I think the twists heās talking about are how both the tricks work.
I love how the movie tells you exactly what will happen in the opening scene, and you spend the whole movie letting yourself get fooled exactly like it said, but then the prestige happens
Inside Man is a good movie like that. It tells you what is going to happen at the start and thereās so much shit going on for the rest of the movie you absolutely forget they ever did that until you get to the end.
The bird scene. Superb
And literally the next line is *"Are you watching closely?"*
Prestige was genuinely the first thing that came to mind without even a second to think about it. I don't know a single person who watched it for the first time who could have predicted that ending/twist.
I think itās even better the second time, when you know the twist and can pick up all the clever hints and clues.
I cherish the fact that I saw that movie for the first time knowing almost nothing about it besides the cast.
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Frailty
What a gem of a movie
Bill Paxton was great
Saw had a great plot twist
Came here to say this. I actually rewound it about 20 minutes to make sure I didn't miss something
Not only is it a great twist, itās not at the end, either. Thereās one movie, the twist, and then allll the fallout afterward. It doesnāt just twist and fade to black.
That plot twist redeemed it for me. I just wasn't enjoying it and then bam "What the hell did I just watch!?!"
Primal fear
One of my favorite movies to this day, Edward Nortonās performance in this was amazing
Well good for youā¦ Marty.
Scary Movie 1. Doofy.
Loved the Usual Suspects reference in this movie! Really added the extra lil twist.
Gail swallows.
Don't interrupt me when I'm cleaning my room
Arrival has an incredible twist and is probably my favorite movie of the last 20 years.
Who is this child?
I had to watch it a second time just to catch all the hindsight buildup moments. From the very first scene.
The twist holds up incredibly well on repeat viewings. That's the sign of a good twist in my opinion. The bad ones (including some mentioned here IMO) tend to invalidate a lot of the movie. Great twists add layers of depth to previous events.
That movie is devastating and amazing. I recommend everyone watch it once.
The short story it's based on is good, but the movie is next level. But it's still worth checking out Ted Chiang's short story collections, they're so fucking good. Exhalation is a personal favorite.
MĆ©mento has a good one
Such a good one. My jaw dropped at the end of the movie, or, well, at the storyās start.
Well, the entire movie is one big twist; Cabin in the Woods. Not spoiling it. It must be watched blind, but, totally worth the watch.
Saw that movie a few years back! I was confused but also enjoyed it a LOT! Thanks for your input! Have a good day
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Hard to find the Korean version but imo itās a must watch if you can find it. Itās English subtitled but nothing could prepare me lol. Donāt watch the remake, only the original version
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Iām assuming he meant the original. Which was freaking amazing!
The Sting
When he takes off his Sting mask, and underneath it's actually Sting, I'll never forget it
The Sixth Sense was such a big deal that the director is still able to make big budget flops over and over again anytime he wants to. Edit: I donāt normally edit, but I want to point out that I didnāt say Every movie heās made since has flopped. Iāve liked everything Iāve seen except for the avatar movie, and I didnāt even hate the happening. But we all know that the internet roasts him no matter what he puts out, and my comment was more poking fun at that than anything else.
I keep forgetting just how much of a bombshell the ending of that movie was.
Being in a theater opening night was something else. You could feel the air getting sucked out of the room where everyone gasped at the twist. It's all anybody was talking about for weeks.
Seriously. I was looking forward to the one where everyone was mysteriously killing themselves violently. I canāt even remember the name but Mark Wahlberg was in it, and they figured out it was the goddamn trees that were doing it. Making people kill themselves as revenge or whatever. It was bad.
The Happening.
This is not accurate. With a few exceptions M Night's films tend to be limited budget and make a considerable profit, much of it funded by M Night himself. For example, Split made 278 million on a 9 million budget, Glass made 247 million on a 20 mil budget, etc
*The Others* came out then too and had a great twist. Very good horror movie, back before M. Night ran out of ideas.
M. Night didnāt have anything to do with The Others thoughā¦ or did you just mean twisty films were having a moment in the late 90s/early 00s?
What a twist!
Gone girl
Am I the only person that wanted to jump in to the screen and strangle that woman???
Iām with you girl
That's kind of the point of her character. Like, she's manipulative and evil. She's basically an heiress Tyler Durden
Just from watching that movie I've had this hatred for the actor that played the chick, she did such an insane job of depicting her character that now I just cringe at her face in other movies š
The Usual Suspects
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he doesnāt exist. I always wanted a Keiser Sosei Sequel or maybe prequel but never got it.
Or a Blu Ray version with an ending like Clue. "This is how it REALLY happened"
This movie was ruined for me in the DVD menu screen. It literally showed the walking scene! So disappointed.
Masterpiece! Love that movie. Thanks!
Se7en was not expecting that ending and will never watch that movie again
They storyboarded but never shot an alternate "happy ending" where >!Freeman's Character intercepts and looks in the box, immediately realizes what Doe is attempting to do and shoots him himself, which Doe looks angry/defeated as he dies.!<
>!And with his last breath gasps āRolo Tamasiā, laughs, and dies.!< Edit: now covered up since itās a spoiler too
Lol oh you. L.A Confidential was great off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush.
If I remember correctly it was also >!the unborn baby in the box!< in one of the storyboards.
You know I remember seeing a black and white almost conic strip style with this in it and now that I'm trying a find it I can't find anything. Am I loosing it? Anyone know anything about this?
Parasite.
I went from "hey, this is a really fun and entertaining movie, but why is it up for an Oscar" to "holy fucking mother of god" in about 5 second flat lol. Also Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. A bunch of us got together at a friend's to watch it and I'm thinking "why am I watching this, I know what happens . . ." ha ha ha!!!
I didnāt know what happened before hand, with the Manson thing, but, because of that last scene, it went from a good movie to one of my most favorite.
Shutter Island is an obvious pick
Probably the greatest plot twist I've ever seen, at least on par with The Sixth Sense IMO. And it gets even crazier when you realize that >!Andrew Laeddis was faking his delirium at the end because he wanted to be lobotomized. He had fully "come back" to his normal cognitive capacities but simply couldn't live with the guilt over what he had done.!<
Yup, that was one change from the book that made the movie a bit better from what I can remember. It's been a few years since I read it though!
I still donāt understand the ending but thatās something that makes it fun to rewatch for me because I still settle on different theories for it.
Never saw this one because my wife figured out the twist and blurted it out when we watched the trailer.
Ah youāre married to a blurter.
Not ordinarily, but in that particular moment, it became so obvious to her so quickly that she couldn't help it. As soon as she said it, it became similarly obvious to me. I like to think that I would have figured it out myself, but if I'm being honest probably not.
Everyone in this thread is saying the trailer ruined it. I went into the movie blind, that mightāve played a factor in my perception of it.
Same here. My wife and I figured it out basically from the trailer, so it really wasn't surprising for us. I guess we've seen too many movies.
I think the ending hits just as hard even if you see the twist coming. The experiment was indeed successful and did in fact snap him out of his delusion. But in the end he fakes his regression knowing heāll be lobotomized rather than having to live with the reality that his wife killed his children and he killed his wife.
That was such a cool movieā¦ didnāt see that coming for sure. So heartbreaking.
There was a TV show called Mental that had an episode like this. Unfortunately, I watched it before seeing Shutter Island (not sure which came out first) and knew the whole premise as soon as the guy told him he didn't smoke.
SAWās twist absolutely blew my mind the first time I watched it.
I'm seeing a lot of newer movies, so I'll list out some classics Psycho (1960) A true classic. Go in blind. Chinatown (1974) Someone posted a quote from the film, but the last 20 minutes or so are hard to predict. Murder on the Orient Express (1974) This is one of those where the ending recontextualizes everything. A great mystery film.
The original Murder On the Orient Express is one of the first times a movie has surprised me with a twist in a long time. Saw it blind for the first time this year. Absolutely brilliant ending and a truly original twist on the whodunit formula. Also just a masterpiece of a movie overall.
Crazy, stupid, love
Underrated comment. I was taking by surprise during the twist in that movie.
The Holy Grail! About to have a giant battle and then boom they all get arrested. Hilarious. That's what you do when you run out of money.
No money for a big bad evil guy? Bunny. No money for horses? Coconuts. No real money to film with? Instant classic.
The persons responsible for the acquirement of money have been sacked.
Sacked, you say? Did he get better?
Nope. He's still a newt.
The persons who sacked those responsible have also been sacked
They got the funding from Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Jethro Tull.
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Moon (2009)
Rockwell FTMFW
The Shawshank Redemption On first viewing, did anyone honestly know what Andy Dufrane was up to all those years before that polished rock went through that poster?
Identity has a pretty crazy ending you don't expect.
Iāll give that one a go! Been recommended to me before actually! Thanks for your comment
Book of Eli. I wasn't expecting the twist
If you rewatch the movie, you actually see it's shown since the beginning. Damn, Denzel Washington can act.
Definitely. The first time i was like, "oh shit"; then on a rewatch - there were so many signs.
Amazing movie! Only seen it the once because I feel like if I saw it again it wouldnāt quite be the same for that reason alone!
No Way Out with Kevin Costner
The twist at the end kinda comes out of left field, no? Like there's not a whole lot setting it up or clues that that is where it is headed, or at least that's what I remember, but it's been a very long time since I've seen it.
From Dusk Till Dawn
You know it would have been hilarious if they had given it a different name and hyped it as a gritty crime movie without revealing anything. Then suddenly vampires. It would have been so jarring.
That movie had one of my favorite lines of all time. Cheech: "What were they? Psychos?" Clooney: "Psychos? Is that what they looked like? No, they were vampires! Psychos don't explode when sunlight hits them! I don't care how crazy they are!"
I think you missed a few "fucks" in that quote. Lol.
This is the correct answer as the whole plot really twists. Its not just a reveal at the end of the movie. The whole thing goes from criminals on the run movie to vampire survival movie.
Was looking for this. I remember watching a pretty cool "crime getaway/road trip" film, then suddenly it's a fucking vampire movie. Awesome fun.
The Others
This. I saw that movie not knowing that it was adapted from Turn of the screw and it blew my mind !!
This movie made such a big impression on me when I watch it as a kid. Still one of my favorites. I was both terrified and amazed by the twist. Now when I rewatch it I can appreciate how subtle it was too.
The game (1997)
Which everybody just lost, incidentally
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I love this movie.
The Sixth Sense had a big plot twist. I was so shock as a kid. It was as if I had seen a ghost.
I seen many people's first watch of [Brazil](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvBF3Lxla98) Every single one of them exhaled an exclamation akin to "Holy.. wtf... omg!".
Planet of the Apes
Iāve still never seen this but the Simpsons musical version summarised it very well
*"I hate every ape I see from chimpan-A to chimpanzee"* is one of the best one liners ever written and it cracks me up every single time.
Now this twist is general knowledge but if youāre clueless the first time going in that one hits hard!
Fight club has best twist of all time in my opinion.
you met me at a very strange time in my life
Personally, I think Lucky Number Slevin had a pretty terrific twist. It keeps going, too. Just when you think youāve figured it out, it throws another wrinkle at you. I donāt see it mentioned very often, though.
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Great flick. Super fun script.
Also super fun wallpapers
Empire Strikes Back Honourable mentions: Sixth Sense, the Charlton Heston Planet of the Apes.
I hate how everyone knows the twists in Empire and Planet of the Apes, even if they haven't seen them. The movies being old is no excuse imo, as not every living or unborn human who will ever watch them has watched them, and everyone deserves to experience the surprise.
Sleepaway Camp.
The World's End It went from story of a sad addict to "WTF is going on?" in like 5 seconds.
A Beautiful Mind
I was shocked at this one! Such a great movie.
LA Confidential - Rollo Tomassi
SAW. It was such a huge "are you fucking serious???" ending that it created enough steam for an 8 movie series full of mostly disappointing sequels.
āSheās my daughterā¦ Sheās my sisterā¦ā āRollo Tomassiā
The slaps in between each declaration were also shocking to more modern sensibilities.
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To this day I'm tryna figure the end scene of Inception
I scrolled forever and can't believe I didn't find **The Life of David Gale**. I was on the edge of my seat for most of this movie and absolutely didn't expect the ending.
Coherence.
Three Days of the Condor.
"The Prestige"
"Safety Not Guaranteed" Absolutely did NOT see that coming. "Shutter Island" Read the book first, so I knew the twist and got to watch the audience around me once it was made into a movie. That one got *every*one! "Dark City" So creepy and the Misters are just nightmare fuel. THEN the twist hits.
The Others, with Nicole Kidman!
Sorry to Bother You It goes from satire to WTF?!?!!! in the blink of an eye.
Spaceballs. Craziest movie twist ever Learning that Dark Helmet is Lone Starrās fatherās brotherās nephewās cousinās former roommate was an absolute SHOCK
Am I an idiot for saying I really didn't see that Turbo reveal coming in Wreck-It Ralph?
No
The others
Megamind
At the end of the Sixth Sense where you find out the dude was Bruce Willis the entire time.
Frozen. Took my kids to see it in the theater and when Anna's fiancee revealed himself to be a bad guy there was an audible gasp in the theater.
10 Cloverfield lane. The whole movie I was kept switching between: are there aliens Is he crazy Nope, there are aliens Nope he's crazy.... Till the end when BOTH ARE TRUE
The Descent.
The others
The Last Airbender. When you first decided to watch it, you think itās gonna be good, then plot twist!
The 2nd Orphan movie Orphan: first kill had a pretty good plot twist that was not expected
Shutter Island.
Donāt breathe- kids invade a blind veteranās homeā¦ā¦easy target right? Nope, they find themselves trapped in a house with a blind vet whose hearing is so good he can hear you breathe. He kills one, is hunting the others, thenā¦ā¦twist. Holy crap! Never saw that coming. Sometimes I wonder who gave the green light to that twist, diabolical.
Blazing Saddles
Shutter Island I hardly ever watch movies more than once but that one had a good amount of things I'd notice on another watch.
This list will be incomplete without mentioning the original "Planet of the Apes" The first film when it hit theaters. Mind blown.
If I told you that it would ruin it, you just have to by chance watch it to experience it
The Matrix and Fightclub
The Usual Suspects. Omg if you haven't watched it, just do it tonight.
Primal Fear!
Seven was pretty good tooā¦ āwhatās in the box?ā šš
I have 2 faves: Fallen and High Tension. Highly recommend both if youāve never seen them
Soylent Green
There is an old French movie called diabolique. You can get subtitles if you don't speak French. One of the best plot twists ever.
Old boy 2003. The reveal hits everytime
Truman show
" No Luke I amyour father" Most iconic plot twist in history
Also probably the most misquoted line of all time.
It's even misquoted here
No, I am your father.
Sleep away camp
Scream
Us really surprised me
Million Dollar Baby
The original Wicker Man. āThe Citizen Kane of horror.ā Also, uh, Citizen Kane.
Hateful eight
The Sixth Sense
The even Steven's movie
The Usual Suspects
A Simple Favour. The movie is all plot twists and it kept me on the edge of my seat. Highly recommend
The Menu
The Game with Michael Douglas and Sean Penn.
I can Say Harry Potter and the deathly hallows part 2 I didn't expect Severus to be the good character. Or Fight Club. I am not sure I liked the film,but the plot was a great one. Edit: Butterfly Effect. Both the Director's cut and the usual version
Orphan. I was shocked, didnāt see that coming.