Not being big headed or anything, but i'm usually pretty good at figuring out the plot twists befor they happen, i.e. Sixth sense, figured it out 20 minutes in. The Village, likewise.
But the only one that caught me out was the end scene of No Way Out with Kevin Kostner ('s**t he was the russian spy all along').
What twist endings have caught you by suprise?

Sorry just thought of another that i didn't see coming...the end of Saw 1

The Village???????? o.k. how could you have known the village was a nature reserve in the year 2003 before it was revealed.

but anyway the usual suspects, Old Boy (OMFG best revenge ending ever just so evil and twisted), Fight Club, Matchstick Men, there are plenty others can't think of more.

Cant say i new it was a nature reserve, but i did suspect that it was present day rather than
old times

It didn't throw me off gard either. About halfway through I turned to Falco Rex and said "they keep all their cell phones in those little boxes".

Usual Suspects had a good twist. It stumped me.

Basic had a pretty good ending and Skeleton Key surprised me a little as I didn't realize that s.o.b. banker hanged and torched his own kids when he thought he was killing Justify and Cecile.

Suicide Kings actually floored me. Didn't see that coming at all.

I won't have to watch that one now!

To answer the question though, most of the orignial Twilight Zone episodes the first time I saw them. Damn peculiar though, even though I know how they end, I'll still watch re-runs of those shows.

How about the original "Planet of the Apes". Sure, you might have guesses it but, the ending was priceless.

"Fight Club" was good. I never saw that one coming.

Other than that, I really can't think of too many. Most of the BIG movies of the past few decades seem to kind of follow a formula.

The Prestige has several towards the end. They do it in such a way that you figure it out, then change your mind and then they show you that your first assumption was right all along. But there is one that you won't figure out till the very end.

"perfume. the story of a murderer" - i watched it recently. It was really unpredictable...

Lucky # Slevin had a twisted ending aso Saw was twisted.

Saw, Usual Suspects, Sixth Sense and Fight Club all spring to mind but what about the mother of all twist endings.... Star Wars.. that will always be the ultimate twist.

Momento had an interesting twist at the end...but that's probably simply because you spent the entire movie wondering what the hell was going on :t Really good idea how to have the plot unfold...

Suicide Kings was very suprising. I thought that was a pretty clever movie.

Twist endings are fun

I loved the Unusal suspects one

But yeah i also figured the sixth sense one i wasnt as quick as some though i figured it out during the restraunt scene
the village was a quick one too figured that out at the trailer
the prestige was also probably my slowest i figured it out about ten minutes before the movie gave the answer

Reservoir Dogs had a really good twist to it. That movie rocked.

Seven and Saw I, made my jaw drop all the way to the floor.

Old Boy? I thought I was the only person that saw that.

I just wanted to say that twist endings are good but i dont like those movies that keep twisting and turning so u come out needing a Chriopractor

Fight Club. That was just a awesome movie.

I wasn't alive when Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back came to the cinemas, but I find it hard to believe anyone in teh audience said "oh yeah, Vader and Luke, they gotta be related". BIggest twist of all time

Other movies - The Game (Michael Douglass and Sean Penn) kept you guessing right to the end - is it a game, is it real? 12 Monkeys had an interesting twist, htough not entirely unsurprising. Fight Club was awesome. Haven't seen a lot of the movies listed so far in this list, but these are my movie twists.

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I got the twist for The Village...because they used terms that they wouldn't normaly use in that age. i think they used the word "dollar" in there somewhere. And I thought "What would be the most retarded twist for this movie?".

And the monster being the town leaders was really easy.

Well,twists..I really like'em,specially the ones that can't be guessed from earlier.Taking a look at the movies with twist endings that I've watched;


-The Sixth Sense : Realized what was going on just a min before the revelation.It was a damn creepy movie,and is the masterpiece of M.Night Shyamalan.

-Fight Club : Knew the twist before I've seen it Nevertheless,the real ending was much more impressive than the twist.

-The Others : Seen it coming from the beginning,kinda easy after seeing Sixth Sense.

-The Game : Totally caught me off-guard,awesome movie with a nice twist at the end!

-Memento : One of the greatest movies I've ever seen,and the ending was just terrific!I sat there on the couch with my jaw open for 15 minutes...

-Identity : I don't think anyone could see it coming,nice movie with a BIG surprise...

Other than these,I've got to mention SW:Empire Strikes Back(which indeed has the biggest twist of all time),Usual Suspects,Planet of the Apes,The Village,Wild Things and Vanilla Sky.

Primal Fear.

Unless you can think like (multiple psychotic scitzophrenic) itsnotoutthere, the ending of this movie should have spun you inside out as it did me.


Planet of the Apes.(1968)

I know it's an oldie but i saw it for the first time 15-16yrs after it was first released and the end just blew me away...could'nt shake it from my head for days.


The Others.

I did'nt actually see it but my girlfriend saw it as she's sitting by my side as i write this, is pounding my ear drums saying, PUT THAT DOWN! PUT THAT DOWN!...she said that three more times after that....there you go.

Secret window.

The others.

Hide and seek....Robert DeNero was brilliant.

The Departed had a twisted ending, everyone DIES!

I never saw the twist ending for Identidy, until it strangled me from the backseat.

Scorsese totally butchered this, well its more of the writers fault that butchered the original! Anyway its pale compared to the Internal Affairs.


Kill Bill who?

I swear I was the only one to watch it seems only hardcore Asian cinema fanatics saw this one, anyway its the best revenge film I've seen in a while.

HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL But thanks now i dont have to see it

Oh and here is one The prestige......ibstcaianwnlserrctstahaiaceris

I dunno. It was a good twist, but I wasn't looking for a twist, yet I just said to my brother "I'm getting a Fight Club vibe, here". And an hour later, out comes the twist I'd guessed 30 minutes into the film. So I can't say it was unexpected

Hi Paranoid Android.

I'm sure your right about that, i havn't seen Fight Club so i'll be sure to check it out.

yea primal fear....very underated.

Watched 'Inside Man' the other night ...most enjoyable.

Yes i agree.

The question is, with his duel personality and all, did you pick the right one, his true side so to speak?

edit: Rephrased the question.

''Arlington Road'' was also very good.

When a stranger Calls..

Well, at least its a strange end, i thougt it would be a lot different

I can't think of another good twist ending that has not been previously mentioned...but I can give you one of the stupidest "wtf" endings...and that would have to be White Noise

I think you're right, the ending of that movie was very disappointing.

The Green Mile should get a mention, very good twist yet sad but beautiful ending.

Oh yeah, The Butterfly Effect. Did someone mention that one already?

And kudos honorable mention on that film for a fat goth guy always getting action.

the twist of that movie was the fact that ashton kutcher can act!?!

I was expecting,,Hyde,,Fez and Erik to pop out at any moment.

My choice of movies with a suprise ending would have to be "Hide and Seek" with Robert De Niro.

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i just saw hide and seek the other day yeah that was a pretty good ending

I dunno, I didn't like it very much, mostly because I guessed the twist at the beggining when De Niro realizes his wife is dead. I had two theories: "she came back from the grave- it's Hollywood after all- to take revenge because he killed her" and "he's the one, he got crazy and he killed her". Well, at least Famke Jannsen was in it. Good eye candy

As for surprise endings, I know it's not a movie, but many episodes of 24 have got twist endings, including the mother of all twists, the one near the end of Season 1 . Definitely didn't see that one coming.

Hi jesspy:

Yeah, I'm gonna have to see that movie. I always figured Ashton Kutcher for just a pretty boy, but now that I know he can act, I'll definitely see it.

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SAW 1, without a doubt. I've seen dozens of great movies with a twist ending, but none of them have taken me by surprise like Saw did. I was already expecting the ending credits, and then that happened! Woah, I got cold shivers all over my body, and I still do every time I watch that scene. Brilliant, simply brilliant. And the music on the background is just awesome.

When I watched the movie again (and again and again...), I noticed there actually are some clues from which you can kinda figure out the ending, but honestly I didn't pay any attention to them the first time. With some other movies like Se7en, Fight Club, The 6th Sense, the clues were more obvious. But with Saw, I definitely didn't see that one coming!

yeah saw is great i never saw that onw coming pardon the pun