# Best Suspense Films With Surprise Endings: NO SPOILERS, PLEASE! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 9, 2003, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-suspense-films-with-surprise-endings-no-spoilers-please/153859 "2003-02-09T08:42:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-suspense-films-with-surprise-endings-no-spoilers-please/153859/41 "2003-02-10T19:39:28Z")
The Korean film **Tell Me Something** has a surprise ending, though it’s good enough to not rely on the ending to make the movie. So even if you see it coming, it’s still worth watching. I don’t know if **Presumed Innocent** has been mentioned already, but there’s another surprise ending. I never was certain if the ending of **The Thirty-Nine Steps** is supposed to be a surprise or not. I was thinking it might be the result of seeming cliched when seen now, though it preceded (or took part in creating) the cliches. **SenorBeef** articulated exactly my response to **The Game**. ---
**Author:** ![SC\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@SC\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SC_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-suspense-films-with-surprise-endings-no-spoilers-please/153859/42 "2003-02-10T21:07:00Z")
_The Others_. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-suspense-films-with-surprise-endings-no-spoilers-please/153859/43 "2003-02-10T21:25:28Z")
**Psycho** **The Crying Game** I was aware there was a twist in **Psycho** , but I was so absorbed by the film that I forgot to try to figure it out. I was totally unaware there was a twist in **The Crying Game** , so when it happened, I literally jumped right out of my seat. ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-suspense-films-with-surprise-endings-no-spoilers-please/153859/44 "2003-02-10T21:47:58Z")
My favorite surprise ending came from “Field of Dreams.” It’s not a suspense movie (I’m not sure how you’d classify it), so maybe it doesn’t apply here, but it was poignant and stunning. But unlike, say, Magnolia, it wasn’t an ending that came out of nowhere; from a thematic standpoint, the whole story built up to this moment. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-suspense-films-with-surprise-endings-no-spoilers-please/153859/45 "2003-02-10T21:55:22Z")
I haven’t seen it in years, so maybe I’m confusing it, but didn’t _Seven_ have a pretty suprising ending? ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-suspense-films-with-surprise-endings-no-spoilers-please/153859/46 "2003-02-10T22:06:02Z")
Note to Seen Your Beef: “The Game,” to me, represented a metaphysical belief that all of the people with whom we interact in our lifetime is part of the grand setup for the opportunity to allow our souls to be experiential. Even our most hated adversaries on “the other side” are actually loved ones who’ve agreed to come in and provide a black to our white so we can know relativity from the absolute. And I believe the filmmakers had that in mind when they made the movie. Or at least the screenwriter did. It could also be that I’m giving the creative people involved way too much credit. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-suspense-films-with-surprise-endings-no-spoilers-please/153859/47 "2003-02-10T22:51:44Z")
GONE WITH THE WIND surprised the heck out of me… I had no idea that they burned Atlanta. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-suspense-films-with-surprise-endings-no-spoilers-please/153859/48 "2003-02-10T23:22:54Z")
I’m surprised no one has said _Primal Fear_ (Richard Gere/Edward Norton). Possibly the worst titled movie ever, but a great mystery/courtroom drama with and ending that totally surprised me. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-suspense-films-with-surprise-endings-no-spoilers-please/153859/49 "2003-02-10T23:23:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blainer \* > \*\*It was was pretty cheezy flick, but I was pretty surprised by the ending of **Shattered** with Tom Berenger. \*\* Oh yeah, that was a good one, too. And, for some reason, it made me remember **Dead Again** – another one with a really great twist at the end that I did not see coming. There are several movies mentioned here that I’m now going to have to go out and rent. I just love a good thriller (and sometimes even a bad one). ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-suspense-films-with-surprise-endings-no-spoilers-please/153859/50 "2003-02-10T23:28:32Z")
I’m usually pretty good at guessing plot twists, but both **Memento** and **Twelve Monkeys** surprised me. **Presumed Innocent** had a twist ending, but by the time it arrived I was so irritated by the film that I didn’t care anymore. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-suspense-films-with-surprise-endings-no-spoilers-please/153859/51 "2003-02-11T00:03:36Z")
Frailty - thought it was a great flick [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-suspense-films-with-surprise-endings-no-spoilers-please/153859.md?page=2)