Crocker Jarmen

I've never seen No Way Out. Don't know a single about it except Kevin Costner is in it, right? Considering how many people have brought it up here, I should probabely go out and rent it.

solipsta

Haha, I'm doing the exact same thing. I had no idea.

As for best twist of late, I'd have to say Matchstick Men was superb in that regard. I had NO idea.

aintnosin

A few dark horse candidates:

Soylent Green
Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Neeperando

I wouldn't call the ending of The Village a twist so much as a slap in the face from M. Night Shyamalan while he dances around in front of you singing "I got your seven dollars, I got your seven dollars" in an obnoxious Cartman voice.

OldBoy

i was gonna start another thread, but i searched and lookie what i found, i just saw Sixth Sense again on cable. well, end at least. a great twist that i am so glad didn't get spoiled prior. still holds up imo. just love the whole reveal to Willis' character. it's so hard to read the clues, though i'm sure billion did. so many great movies not even mentioned yet had great surprise or twist endings. i mean not so much twist as solving the riddles to the surprise, but still.

Knives Out being most recent and phenomenal way to get at it. Any other recent and use spoilers if want to spoil...

**edit** didn't even realize this was 16 yr bump...

So many since then:
Shutter Island
Now You See Me (maybe)
so many others, even The Departed had surprise ending...

OldBoy

was Empire's twist?

MLBFan24

My favorite movie twist is from “Saw”​​​

OldBoy



JeffTheAlpaca

The Original Planet of the Apes

Dan

Titanic.

Troy Stiffler

Fight Club. That was my first immersive theater experience with a twist like that. So many came after. But that was my first. I was already engaged by the style ... like falling in love with an album the first time you hear it.

Twists, including ones very similar to Fight Club started popping up more. Possibly because of fight club. But that was my first.

I fell asleep watching Usual Suspects for the first time. And woke up two minutes before the end. Strange way to have a coveted twist ruined. So I never felt what it was like to find out for the first time.

brayzie

No Way Out

MLBFan24

yes, I know it’s not “#1 twist of all time”, but it sure is my favorite movie twist. Music fit perfectly and the closing shot was great.

funny this thread was started a couple weeks before “Saw” was released.


and a shoutout to “Primal Fear”, great ending too

OldBoy

no, i totally agree. i was shocked as hell by that and loved it and the franchise bc of it. sure the others suck balls, but i have soft spot for them all, even Costas Mandylor , but that last scene and the music (that would become theme) swelling. beautiful.

OldBoy

i don't think anyone mentioned Angel Heart. that was a pretty good one i didn't see coming and truthfully, still don't fully understand, but twist nonetheless...

DJariya

The 6th Sense. Without having read through any of this thread.

Jason

Wasn't the twist in one of the trailers?

OldBoy

that would be absolutely horrible!

Perkinsun Dzees

GoldenJCJ

I just watched a coiled of the trailers on YouTube and didn’t see any spoilers. I do remember they spoiled it on the DVD box set when it first came out.

GoldenJCJ

This is a movie you have to see just for the twist ending. Not so much for the twist but to see with your own eyes that they actually made a movie with that twist.

Mr. Flix

Yes, it's hard to argue that The Sixth Sense has one of, if not the, greatest twists of all time. It proceeded to spawn a whole slew of gotcha-twist ending movies in its wake, for better or for worse (mostly worse). Seeing the movie in the theater, and not only being shocked by the twist but also getting to hear the audience's collective gasp, is one of my favorite movie-going experiences of all time.

Speaking of Shyamalan and his penchant for twists, I have such a love-hate relationship with The Village. Minus the ultimate twist (in a movie that arguably has three twists total), this movie fires on all cylinders for me. It's a shame that the final reveal, which I predicted the first time I saw it, casts such a shadow over the rest of the movie, because everything else works so very well, and the soundtrack is amazing. I really think if Shyamalan had come up with a better ending than the one he did, the movie would be a classic.

OldBoy

is it good movie at all?

devilshalo

Most recent was Den of Thieves.

GoldenJCJ

Not really. It starts out pretty decent but quickly starts slipping downhill. By the time the twist comes the movie has already gotten fairly boring. The twist though, takes a somewhat decent premise with a good cast and setting and throws it all out the window.