# Recommend me a movie with a huge twist... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2004, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727 "2004-01-23T06:37:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/1 "2004-01-23T06:37:04Z")
I love movies where the plot takes a totally unexpected twist. Here are some examples: - Fight club - The others - Identity - Sixth Sense - Jacob’s Ladder - Wizard of Oz (!) - Memento - Primal Fear - The Usual Suspects What are some other good ones to see? If you’re giving away the twist, please put it in a spoiler box! ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/2 "2004-01-23T06:41:21Z")
**Mulholland Drive** and **Psycho** are two that immediately come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/3 "2004-01-23T06:58:28Z")
Howabout computer games? I haven’t seen twists attempted much, and they’re usually pretty hackneyed – programmers usually can’t write good stories to go with their pretty graphics. However, **Knights of the Old Republic** had a great twist I really didn’t see coming at all: About halfway through the game it’s revealed that you are the main villian who had been captured and brainwashed by the Jedi to defeat your old apprentice. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/4 "2004-01-23T07:05:09Z")
The first to come to mind is **The Vanishing**. I know only the Dutch original, not the American remake, so YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Journeyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@Journeyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Journeyman)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/5 "2004-01-23T07:17:58Z")
Silentgoldfish is right on. KoTOR is well written and has a pretty good vocal cast, it’s worth playing if you’re a fan of RPGs, or computer games in general. Oh, I should add a movie to the list? err… Pitch Black doesn’t have a “twist” per se, but they do contradict your expectations a number of times, conciously defying the conventions of the genre. ---
**Author:** ![TERRA\_Rising](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TERRA\_Rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TERRA_Rising)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/6 "2004-01-23T07:50:33Z")
_The Crying Game_ ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/7 "2004-01-23T07:52:14Z")
**Matchstick Men** is certainly way up there in terms of twist endings. Like the best twist ending movies, it makes you want to see the movie again in the new context. Here are a few others: Frailty No Way Out The Score House of Sand and Fog ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/8 "2004-01-23T08:49:26Z")
I recommend Sleuth. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_B.Goode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Johnny\_B.Goode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_B.Goode)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/9 "2004-01-23T09:28:48Z")
I’d definitely recommend the movie **Seven**. Possibly the best movie with a twist that I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![snorlax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@snorlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snorlax)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/10 "2004-01-23T11:56:26Z")
I think there is a problem with knowing in advance that a movie has a twist. I had been told that _Matchstick Men_ had a “fantastic twist”, and watched it with an eye out for the twist from the beginning. I saw it coming a mile away. I suppose I owe a recommendation here. _Jean de Florette/Manon de Source_ may or may not have a “fantastic twist”. ---
**Author:** ![Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horrifying_Howler_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/11 "2004-01-23T13:36:16Z")
> [@Johnny B. Goode](#): > > I’d definitely recommend the movie **Seven**. Possibly the best movie with a twist that I’ve ever seen. I must be slow this morning, I saw that movie a few of months ago, and now I can’t remember the ending. Could you put, in spoilers, the twist for me? ---
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/12 "2004-01-23T14:55:39Z")
Blast you, **Baraqiyal**! I didn’t think anyone would remember _No Way Out._ One of the best thrillers of the eighties. Maybe because it’s source material was so good. ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/13 "2004-01-23T15:01:50Z")
[Recent thread on this topic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=231678) ---
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/14 "2004-01-23T15:05:32Z")
It’s been a while, but _Touch of Evil_ had a pretty decent twist, dinnit? Mexican kid actually did it ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/15 "2004-01-23T15:06:19Z")
I should add that if you plan on viewing recommendations from my thread, skip over _Magnolia_. While its ending was a bit… unexpected, it wasn’t a surprise of the “clever twist/shocking revelation” variety, just a disappointing and rather stupid ending. I also didn’t find _The Wicker Man_’s ending very surprising. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/16 "2004-01-23T15:29:53Z")
_Angel Heart_, with Mickey Rourke and Robert DeNiro. When the lead character is moaning at the end, “I know who I am”, he is wrong. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/17 "2004-01-23T15:33:32Z")
> [@Johnny B. Goode](#): > > I’d definitely recommend the movie **Seven**. Possibly the best movie with a twist that I’ve ever seen. I wouldn’t consider Se7en to have a twist. There is no underlying assumption that is turned on its ear at the end of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Composer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Composer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Composer)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/18 "2004-01-23T15:44:16Z")
These are older movies, but great nonetheless: **Dead Again** **Shattered** ---
**Author:** ![LynnP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@LynnP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnP)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/19 "2004-01-23T15:49:02Z")
It is not a huge twist and is so old you have more than likely seen it, but how about LA Confidential? ---
**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/20 "2004-01-23T15:50:44Z")
How about “Along Came a Spider”? Now, there is a certain plot element that may or may not be considered a twist (nod to **snorlax** ), but at any rate, it’s a great film, and Morgan Freeman puts in an excellent performance. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727.md?page=2)