# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/41 "2015-09-05T16:42:10Z")
The very last shot of _Robot Monster_ was a HUGE twist. And I’m not talking about the death struggle between the two giant lizards, either. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/42 "2015-09-05T16:57:57Z")
Although not popular (It was a bomb at the box office) _ **The Adventures of the Baron Münchhausen** _ (1988) got lots of good reviews and it has more than one twist at the end. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/43 "2015-09-05T23:26:50Z")
_Ocean’s 11_ - the remake, a caper movie, so pretty much twists after twists. ---
**Author:** ![HowSoonIsThen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@HowSoonIsThen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HowSoonIsThen)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/44 "2015-09-06T01:17:46Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > The Others had a twist too. And like Baron Greenback with The Sixth Sense, I knew there was a twist and figured it out right away. ---
**Author:** ![Barrett\_Bonden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@Barrett\_Bonden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett_Bonden)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/45 "2015-09-06T12:31:53Z")
_ **Dead Again** _ (1991) caught me completely by surprise. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/46 "2015-09-06T13:08:01Z")
_Psycho Witness For The Prosecution_ ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/47 "2015-09-06T13:16:59Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > **Frailty** was another this changes everything for me. Very good choice. I’ll second that one. I think we had a thread about it recently. Underrated movie–I don’t hear it mentioned a lot–but great. I’ll throw on Dressed to Kill. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/48 "2015-09-06T14:14:40Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > _Witness For The Prosecution_ I came in here to mention that one. You have no idea what’s really going on until the very end. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/49 "2015-09-06T15:02:56Z")
> [@HowSoonIsThen](#): > > And like Baron Greenback with The Sixth Sense, I knew there was a twist and figured it out right away. With the Sixth Sense I knew there was a twist but got so wrapped up in the movie I forgot to look for it. If I didn’t see it in the theater I probably would not have been that into it. For a good twist movie I’ll say Brasil. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/50 "2015-09-06T15:15:06Z")
The original “Planet of the Apes” movie ended with a classic twist. The original novel ended with a twist, too, but an entirely different twist! ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/51 "2015-09-06T15:27:04Z")
The Korean film A Tale of Two sisters has 2 twists, the first one, to my mind, doing a good job of throwing you off the second. (And then there’s a possible third that puts a question mark on _everything_, depending how you interpret it.) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/52 "2015-09-06T16:18:45Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > \*\*Body Heat > > And, my favorite – a concatenation of twists > > **Charade** _Charade_ was great. But don’t forget that _Body Heat_ was essentially a remake of _Double Indemnity_. _The Last Temptation of Christ_ had a twist, too. ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/53 "2015-09-06T16:59:09Z")
I quite liked **Identity** with John Cusack. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/54 "2015-09-06T21:27:26Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > 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. All true, despite the fact that they GIVE IT AWAY in the very first scene! Somehow, the filmmakers figured out how to make just about every viewer completely forget that scene just as soon as it’s over. Brilliant and audacious. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/55 "2015-09-06T21:54:10Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Errrgh. > > As I have frequently pointed out many, many times. _The Sixth Sense_ does _not_ have a twist. It is not canonical, it is anti-canonical. > > Anyway. Let’s see. _The Third Man_ is a really good movie. Have no idea why I’m thinking about it right now.🙂 And you’ve been repeatedly, soundly, _soundly_ refuted on this point. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/56 "2015-09-06T21:56:33Z")
> [@HowSoonIsThen](#): > > And like Baron Greenback with The Sixth Sense, I knew there was a twist and figured it out right away. Concerning _The Others_, my wife figured it out **from the trailer**. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/57 "2015-09-06T22:51:47Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Concerning _The Others_, my wife figured it out **from the trailer**. I did that with The Village. I was intensely shocked when people were talking about the twist and it was what I had thought was an obvious part of the premise and probably revealed before the title had even shown up. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/58 "2015-09-06T23:21:15Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Concerning _The Others_, my wife figured it out **from the trailer**. I got it about 1/3 of the way in. Not very tricky at all. > [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > I did that with The Village. I was intensely shocked when people were talking about the twist and it was what I had thought was an obvious part of the premise and probably revealed before the title had even shown up. This one I got from the first scene when they showed the date on the gravestone. My first thought was: Oh, no you don’t. It’s modern day. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/59 "2015-09-07T00:36:31Z")
I just watched **Dead Again** after seeing it mentioned here. Good movie! But isn’t it a comedy? I don’t see any websites calling it a comedy/\*, but it seems clear throughout that I’m supposed to be laughing at it. It seems to be intentionally campy in several places. Overreading? ---
**Author:** ![Longshanks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927/60 "2015-09-07T08:38:32Z")
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