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I was having this conversation this other day, about films that have a twist or surprise ending, and I've tried to think of all the movies with such plot device. So, if you can, please contribute to the list.

PLEASE DO NOT POST SPOILERS!!!

Psycho
The Sixth Sense
The Village
The Usual Suspects
Arlington Road
The Sting
The Empire Strikes Back
Memento
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Match Point
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Batman Begins
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Magnolia (sort of)
Vanilla Sky
The Matrix (?)
Unbreakable (?)
The Gift
Secret Window
Hero
The Mothman Prophecies

Problem is, almost every thriller has a twist, but that's all I can think of for now...
MTFBWY. Always.

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Great one YIYF!

Every episode of 24 and Desparate Housewives apparently.

Robin Hood had an unexpected twist at the end. Not a plot twist, but still ...

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What was the twist in signs? That weak ending doesn't count as a twist imo.

War does not make one great.

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Please avoid spoilers, everyone. But I agree, both Unbreakable and Signs should not be listed, although I enjoyed both films.

More films:

Fight Club
The Others
Vertigo
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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Charade
Murder By Death
Star Trek: First Contact
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
Please avoid spoilers, everyone. But I agree, both Unbreakable and Signs should not be listed, although I enjoyed both films


ok, Signs really didn't have a twist, but Unbreakable definately did...it was a weak twist, but it was a twist ending

more flicks:

F/X
Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Snatch
Evil Dead II : Dead by Dawn (not a twist, but definately a surprise ending)
Friday the 13th
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Fat Girl (worst movie I've ever seen (not a spoiler, just a comment))
Mullholland Drive
Soylent Green
Planet of the Apes

The Usual Suspects
American Beauty
L.A.Confidential
Se7en

note that the last four were all Kevin Spacey movies, too
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Here are a few although some I'm sure are titles no one has heard of...

Once a Thief
Planet of the Apes (Both 1968 and 2001 films)
SE7EN
Winners & Sinners (More of a character twist.)
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Originally posted by: DarkGryphon2048
Planet of the Apes (Both 1968 and 2001 films)

The lame and confusing ending to the 2001 remake wasn't really a twist. The 1968 twist is brilliant.

War does not make one great.

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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
[The lame and confusing ending to the 2001 remake wasn't really a twist. The 1968 twist is brilliant.


That's because the '68 twist was simple in its execution. Quick, yet decisive. The 2001 "twist" was just long and convoluted.
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No kidding! I saw that on the big screen (huge screen would be more accurate), and I was utterly disappointed with that final scene
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I saw it on the big screen, too. And I wish I never did. I'm doing everything in my power to forget it so I never have to worry about thinking about it when I watch the original masterpiece.
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There is a Twist Contest in Pulp Fiction
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Oh ... another movie with a GREAT twist at the end: Maverick.
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Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
There is a Twist Contest in Pulp Fiction

NO SPOILERS!!!



Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
Oh ... another movie with a GREAT twist at the end: Maverick.


i need to get my copy of that replaced still...its got some kind of like tar smudge across the widescreen side

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American Psycho, maybe?
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Originally posted by: Darth Simon
Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
There is a Twist Contest in Pulp Fiction

NO SPOILERS!!!



Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
Oh ... another movie with a GREAT twist at the end: Maverick.


i need to get my copy of that replaced still...its got some kind of like tar smudge across the widescreen side

-Darth Simon



YOU COULD ALWAYS SEND IT TO ME. I CAN FIX IT. I'VE FIXED A FEW OF RICARDO'S DVDs.

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Identity (one of the worst movies I've seen in a theatre)

Twister?
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Swordfish


Dayv, this is some serious gunk on it and the surface is also messed up. Plus, the store i got it from said they'd replace it but havent sent me the return mailer yet.

-Darth Simon
Why Anakin really turned to the dark side:
"Anakin, You're father I am" - Yoda
"No. No. That's not true! That's impossible!" - Anakin

0100111001101001011011100110101001100001

*touchy people disclaimer*
some or all of the above comments are partially exaggerated to convey a point, none of the comments are meant as personal attacks on anyone mentioned or reference in the above post