Top 5 Movies With a Twist Ending
 

It came up in convo with friends. We were talking about how great movies can have these incredible unpredictable turns at the end of the movie and we started rattling names off. I'd be interested to see what people here consider the best twists in cinematic history.

my list:
-Memento
-A Clockwork Orange
-American History X
-Easy Rider
-Godfather II

haha the empire strikes back.

ten twisty endings

The Empire Strikes Back
(no haha from me...this is the best "twist ending")
Easy Rider
Vertigo
2001: A Space Odyssey
Rosemary's Baby
Wild at Heart
A Clockwork Orange
The Prestige
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
12 Monkeys


While not a twist necessarily, Dr. Strangelove has quite the memorable non-standard ending.
Other movies based on books that should be mentioned include Blade Runner and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, although the "twist" would not be surprising to one that has read the book that has been adapted.
I included 2001: A Space Odyssey anyway because Kubrick's filmic ending breathes life into Clarke's words.

It's lovely to see no mentions so far for the obvious dreck like Fight Club or (heaven forbid) The Sixth Sense.

*Cough*

Raising Cain
Arlington Road
Psycho
Lost Highway
Planet of the Apes
Seven
Fight Club
Adaptation
The Butterfly Effect
The Shining
Citizen Kane (Best twist ever)
The Shawshank Redemption
Donnie Darko
A Simple Plan
Being John Malkovich

LA Haine.There are many more but that remains a very bitter twist to a tale.

OH give me a fucking break! Fight Club is a fucking awesome movie, and the ending is awesome. I have been meaning to watch 12 Monkeys since we got it at x-mas. Soooon...

Shawshank...a Simple Plan...great ones!

And Citizen Kane & Planet of the Apes are pretty famous twist endings.

I was thinking about including Psycho, but since there is a twist in the middle as well as the end, I didn't.

Woe is me.

It's my number three movie ever.

on a side

note>
I guess Unforgiven is sort of a twist ending, but bearing in mind it's a Clint Eastwood movie, you do expect it. It's still one of the best movies ever made, however.


thanks for playing

Since I figured out the end for both of these movies (Fight Club and The Sixth Sense) before the "twist," they are disqualified from recognition as a "top 5 movie with a twist ending."

12 Monkeys pretty much twists and turns throughout.

I agree with atari in that The Fight Club doesn't say anything about anything.I might be wrong but i also find Quentin Tarantino to be a useless film director too.It's just my opinion but i value it as it's mine.

The Departed had kind of a twist ending.

I dont really see Shawshank Redemption as having a twist ending. Everyone gets what they deserve. The warden commits suiide, the gurad is arrested and Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman live the happy life in Mexico. It's a great ending, but how is it a twist?

Every filmmaker has his haters. Look at what happened to David lynch on that other thread.

The Shawshank Redemption's twist lies in the bookkeeping.

Definately not one of the best, but I recently saw "derailed", and was quite shocked, and impressed! Better than I thought it would be..

True, it's more of a "happy ending," but still a little twisty-misty though.


David Lynch...he wrote and directed my favorite film, but he's not my messiah. He hasn't made anything worth a shit since 1990, well, then again, I like The Straight Story. Ladies and Gentlemen, those of you who think Gus Van Sant has been a huge disappointment, I direct your attention to one Mr. David Lynch.

others:

A TALE OF TWO SISTERS
Dead Man's Shoes
Chinatown

Yeah, I wasnt too impressed with Mullholland Drive. Kind of a hack script. Good acting though.

1. Twist
2. Endings
3. Always
4. Fucking
5. Suck

But fight club fucking shocked me, yeah..

Titanic.

fight club sucks, if you read the book its fucking obvious way before the end.
another vote to psycho, planet of the apes is another good twist.

12 Monkeys
Se7en
Donnie Darko

woah, woah, WOAH!!!! Fight Club did not suck. That was a great movie. Even if the book was better than the movie, it was still a great film.

I'm not going to list my favourites.

But they all involve Kevin Spacey being a sick creepy motherfucker......

mony python and the holy grail.

totally agree! well i recognize the end pretty soon in most movies but i'll try to recall a few..
btw the fight club has one of the stupidest endings i've ever seen:)

ending in se7en wasn't too bad

The Wicker Man.

Butterfly Effect (not the directors cut. the theatreical cut...the directors cut wasn't a "twist" to me...i totally expected it.)

The Empire Strikes Back

The Usual Suspects

Vertigo

Apparently, there are four alternative endings. I've only seen the one that ends with the foetus, which is ridiculously silly.

I have not read this thread becaus eit is a terrible thread, because if you have not seen any movies mentioned, when yuo see them here, you know that there is a surprise twist ending coming, and that RUINS it for me!!!!!!!

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Rob Instigator again.