# Movies that begin at the end **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 25, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-begin-at-the-end/575934 "2011-03-25T05:01:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-begin-at-the-end/575934/41 "2011-03-26T02:46:10Z")
> [@Jules\_Andre](#): > > How about Mission Impossible III? Starts at the middle, actually. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-begin-at-the-end/575934/42 "2011-03-26T03:33:43Z")
\*The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek All About Eve Sunset Blvd Kind Hearts and Coronets Lawrence of Arabia The Man Who Would Be King \* Apologies–several of these had already been mentioned… ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-begin-at-the-end/575934/43 "2011-03-26T13:44:14Z")
Megamind ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-begin-at-the-end/575934/44 "2011-03-26T14:27:02Z")
I just want to go on record as saying I hate it when the first scene is the end of the story, not just in movies but in books aswell. It seems to make the story all a bit pointless, as in an anti climax, also you know that the narrator made it through the action. I really, really wish that writers wouldn’t do this in any medium. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-begin-at-the-end/575934/45 "2011-03-26T17:14:22Z")
[We did something very similar a month ago.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=598731) ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-begin-at-the-end/575934/46 "2011-03-26T17:19:02Z")
The Hangover ---
**Author:** ![Peanut7316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@Peanut7316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut7316)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-begin-at-the-end/575934/47 "2011-03-26T20:29:29Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > [We did something very similar a month ago.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=598731) Apologies, I did a search to see if my question was already answered, but didn’t see that pop up. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-begin-at-the-end/575934/48 "2011-03-26T20:40:15Z")
Carlito’s Way ---
**Author:** ![Marc\_Xenos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Marc\_Xenos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marc_Xenos)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-begin-at-the-end/575934/49 "2011-04-02T22:34:24Z")
Just my 2¢ for one that immediately comes to mind… Vanishing Point, 1971 starring Barry Newman (later of TV’s Petrocelli fame), about a car delivery driver who takes a 1970 Dodge Challenger on a hi-speed run from Denver to San Fran as the cops of the various states try to stop him. The movie begins with him driving full tilt toward a bulldozer blocking the road, and just before he smashes into it, the car fades out, and the movie switches to three days earlier. Apparently there was a 1997 TV remake with Viggo Mortensen with a modification of plot that seemed to have dampened the premise. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-begin-at-the-end/575934/50 "2011-04-03T06:12:09Z")
> [@Peanut7316](#): > > I realized that the opening scene of the movie was actually the aftermath of the final scene. (I had that inkling all along, the way the movie was going) Can you explain this? I had sort of an inkling of familiarity, but by that time I had forgotten the beginning. That would seem to destroy the happy ending wouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-begin-at-the-end/575934/51 "2011-04-19T15:38:12Z")
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