# Movies With a Good Twist \*Please, no spoilers\* **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927 "2015-09-04T19:13:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/1 "2015-09-04T19:13:00Z")
If anyone likes a surprising twist to a movie, it’s me. So, I nominate - to those who haven’t seen them - Fight Club, Memento, Shutter Island and Seven. Which movies were you surprised by, in that the trailer didn’t give all of the plot points before? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/2 "2015-09-04T19:19:03Z")
Cabin in the Woods. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/3 "2015-09-04T19:29:26Z")
It’s not really a twist, but there’s perhaps the best lead-up and fakeout leading to a serious Oh Shit moment in _Silence of the Lambs_. _Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels_ is… one long twist. Another with a very long and complex setup for a hilarious OS moment. Or two. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/4 "2015-09-04T19:38:13Z")
Not to tell you how to run your thread, but do you think just mentioning that a film \*has \*a twist is a bit of a spoiler?At least for me, once I know that I spend my time trying to figure out what the twist is. It has ruined many a film for me. I’ll go ahead and spoiler mine and then if everyone feels it’s not necessary we can proceed accordingly. The Others A Tale of Two Sisters (also remade as The Uninvited) The Ring ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/5 "2015-09-04T19:42:06Z")
The Sixth Sense ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/6 "2015-09-04T19:50:13Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Not to tell you how to run your thread, but do you think just mentioning that a film \*has \*a twist is a bit of a spoiler? Sometimes, the twist is that there is no twist. I think there might have been a thread about that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/7 "2015-09-04T19:57:02Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > The Sixth Sense Very possibly the best example of the trope. And proof that everyone has \*one \*good movie idea in them. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/8 "2015-09-04T19:58:18Z")
I love a good con movie. And **Nine Queens** is an excellent con movie. In general, it’s a great genre for twists. **Oceans Eleven** is also great in this respect, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/9 "2015-09-04T20:03:52Z")
The Usual Suspects No Way Out The Spanish Prisoner ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/10 "2015-09-04T20:06:21Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Cabin in the Woods. I don’t think you can call this a twist movie, they are very open the entire time about what is going on. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/11 "2015-09-04T20:07:30Z")
\*\*The Last of Sheila Sleuth Body Heat Robocop\*\* (the original, at the very end) \*\*The Odessa File The Day of the Jackal\*\* (not that big a twist, again at the very end) \*\*The Flight of the Phoenix Rough Cut\*\* (1980) And, my favorite – a concatenation of twists **Charade** (Avoid the “remake” – _The Trouble with Charlie_ – at all costs) ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/12 "2015-09-04T20:09:07Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Not to tell you how to run your thread, but do you think just mentioning that a film \*has \*a twist is a bit of a spoiler?At least for me, once I know that I spend my time trying to figure out what the twist is. It has ruined many a film for me. > I’ll go ahead and spoiler mine and then if everyone feels it’s not necessary we can proceed accordingly. > > The Others > > A Tale of Two Sisters (also remade as The Uninvited) > > The Ring I agree, one of my favorite twists is _No Way Out_. I just recommend the movie as fun viewing. When I saw it I didn’t know there was a twist and frankly, it was one of the most surprising endings I can remember. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/13 "2015-09-04T20:09:20Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > I don’t think you can call this a twist movie, they are very open the entire time about what is going on. I disagree. The initial twist doesn’t become apparent until a bit into the movie and then the real twist doesn’t become known until much later. Caught me by surprise. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/14 "2015-09-04T20:10:14Z")
One reviewer claimed that **Black Widow** (1987) had a twist at the end. He obviously didn’t know what a good twist was. I don’t call it a twist. Not recommended. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/15 "2015-09-04T20:10:29Z")
\*\*\*Primal Fear \*\*\*w/ Richard Gere and Ed Norton. So so good. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/16 "2015-09-04T20:12:18Z")
The Prestige ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/17 "2015-09-04T20:12:39Z")
Moon. Good movie too even without the twist. Bonus, you get to see “robot” with a voice just like that of Kevin Spacey (heh). The bonus feature of how the movie was made is quite interesting too. And for some reason I just love the music that goes with this movie. Buzzard might be another one. Not so much a twist on the whole movie, but a twist on at what point the twist happens. Kinda depressing movie too. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/18 "2015-09-04T20:13:16Z")
**Dogs of War** (1980) has a twist, but I don’t find it satisfying. It’s the last of the movies based on Frederick Forsyth’s origin al troika of thrillers-with-a-twist, the other two being the aforementioned _Day of the Jackal_ and _The Odessa File_. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/19 "2015-09-04T20:22:37Z")
A Beautiful Mind had me the whole way through. I figured out the twist in The Crying Game pretty quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/20 "2015-09-04T20:26:13Z")
**The Prestige**. Brilliant film. Eta: Ninja’d! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927.md?page=2)