# Movies with great "twists" at the end? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 15, 1999, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-great-twists-at-the-end/10249 "1999-10-15T01:49:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Yankee\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7ea924/32.png) [@Yankee\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankee_Blue)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 1999, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-great-twists-at-the-end/10249/41 "1999-10-16T13:57:00Z")
The Usual Suspects. I was only about five minute ahead of the detective on that one. ---
**Author:** ![JamesCarroll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@JamesCarroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesCarroll)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 1999, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-great-twists-at-the-end/10249/42 "1999-10-17T02:59:00Z")
\*\* White Wolf \*\* I hafta disagree with ya \* Primal Fear \*. My friens and I call that an “odometer movie”. That is you saw it coming a mile away. I hafta go with the foriegn version of \* The Vanishing\*. It gives me chills just thinking about it and I’ve never even seen the movie!!! ---
**Author:** ![theuglytruth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@theuglytruth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theuglytruth)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-great-twists-at-the-end/10249/43 "1999-10-18T06:27:00Z")
I cant believe no one mentioned the ending to 1977’s “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”. haunting, just f’n haunting. “Something Wild” has a great ending, as well as the following not mentioned so far (as far as I know): -“Mad Max” -“Independence Day” (NOT the sci-fi version; this was a divorce drama from 1984 or so) -“Fatal Attraction” -“Carrie” ---
**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:** [October 18, 1999, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-great-twists-at-the-end/10249/44 "1999-10-18T06:53:00Z")
## I’m going to second the nomination of Vertigo. Some great twists there. ‘They couldn’t hit an Elephant from this dist…!’ Last words of General John Sedgwick ---
**Author:** ![White\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@White\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-great-twists-at-the-end/10249/45 "1999-10-18T21:57:00Z")
How about The Devil’s Advocate? ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-great-twists-at-the-end/10249/46 "1999-10-19T01:10:00Z")
There was an episode of Star Trek DS9 where Chief O’Brien came back to the station and suddenly became very suspicious of everyone, degenerating into a helpless mass of paranoia. And the behavior of the rest of the cast seemed to justify O’Brien’s behavior. The ending was so good and so twisted that Cinefantastique magazine refused to reveal it in their annual Star Trek issue that year. And if you think I’m gonna give it away, you’re nuts. ---
**Author:** ![JamesCarroll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@JamesCarroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesCarroll)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-great-twists-at-the-end/10249/47 "1999-10-19T01:32:00Z")
How 'bout “Body Heat” with William Hurt and Kathleen Turner… ---
**Author:** ![eggo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@eggo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eggo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-great-twists-at-the-end/10249/48 "1999-10-19T04:30:00Z")
FIGHT CLUB!!! oh my god that is a great movie!! eggo ---
**Author:** ![falcon2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dbc845/32.png) [@falcon2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/falcon2)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-great-twists-at-the-end/10249/49 "1999-10-19T04:50:00Z")
Well, nobody said it so far, but Sling Blade was one of the most suprising movies I have seen, and suprisingly good. A single mother and a small boy unknowingly befriend a criminaly insane guy that killed his mother with a harvesing shear. Sounds like it will get ugly real fast, but there is no blood AT ALL, and by the end your just rooting for him to kill again. ---
**Author:** ![falcon2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dbc845/32.png) [@falcon2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/falcon2)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-great-twists-at-the-end/10249/50 "1999-10-19T04:57:00Z")
Oh, I seem to remember from my childhood an Issiac Azimov narration about Entropy, and the Cosmic AC. The last line was such a twist it will hang in my mind forever. Anyone know the name of the story? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-great-twists-at-the-end/10249/51 "1999-10-19T08:41:00Z")
falcon2, I’ve got a lot of Asimov’s books - what was the last line? (Also what is the Cosmic AC?). So far I’ve found “How it happened” with the ending '…I said firmly “Six days, Moses”. ---
**Author:** ![Nickrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-great-twists-at-the-end/10249/52 "1999-10-19T09:26:00Z")
## I think the balance of this discussion belongs in MPSIMS. Nickrz GQ Mod ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-great-twists-at-the-end/10249/53 "1999-10-19T11:09:00Z")
The Vanishing was actually a remake of the Dutch film “Het Gouden Ei” (‘The Golden Egg’), after a book by Dutch writer Tim Krabbé. Not a Hitchcock rip-off, as sometimes mentioned. Check out some comments on the original version here: [http://us.imdb.com/CommentsShow?108473](http://us.imdb.com/CommentsShow?108473) ## I’ve seen them both, and the Dutch version is WAY better. If there is a sutitled English version, please go and rent that one. The remake is just a cheap shot at a couple of million bucks, a real sell-out considering the director totally compromised the original, bone chulling ending… Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryan)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-great-twists-at-the-end/10249/54 "1999-10-19T19:39:00Z")
Falcon2 and Glee: ## The Story is " The Last Question" and the line is “Let there be light” “The universe doesn’t give first warnings or second chances” ---
**Author:** ![floordog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e8cbc/32.png) [@floordog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/floordog)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 1999, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-great-twists-at-the-end/10249/55 "1999-10-31T13:40:00Z")
Angels with dirty faces when James Cagney goes to the electric chair “yellow” so the kids wont admire him ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 1999, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-great-twists-at-the-end/10249/56 "1999-10-31T16:06:00Z")
Sixth Sense is my favorite, but I thought The Game, with Michael Douglas was twisty-turny too. trisha ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 1999, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-great-twists-at-the-end/10249/57 "1999-10-31T16:07:00Z")
I personally thought the ending of _Very Bad Things_ was a bit of a surprise. I agree with Falcon2 about _SlingBlade,_ also. I really liked the fact that there was no blood. ---
**Author:** ![Lanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85e7bf/32.png) [@Lanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanna)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 1999, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-great-twists-at-the-end/10249/58 "1999-10-31T21:47:00Z")
I’ll second The Bad Seed. That movie is amazing, and the ending was rather shocking for the time period in which it was made. -Lanna ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 1999, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-great-twists-at-the-end/10249/59 "1999-10-31T23:09:00Z")
Floordog: Yes, I love that movie. But what really grabs me is not knowing if the character really **was** faking. It was intended to be ambiguous. * * * Remember, I’m pulling for you; we’re all in this together. —Red Green ---
**Author:** ![Heath\_Doolin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Heath\_Doolin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heath_Doolin)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 1999, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-great-twists-at-the-end/10249/60 "1999-11-01T03:37:00Z")
Ok…you want a twist Try Shattered! I swear you will NEVER EVER get this ending. One of the coolest and most surprising ever been. 5 dollars if you can guess what has happened till the end. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-great-twists-at-the-end/10249.md?page=2)