# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/21 "2004-01-23T15:50:46Z")
Twister? I’ll get me coat. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/22 "2004-01-23T17:44:23Z")
If you ask me, _Deathtrap_ with Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve handled massive plot twists better than any other movie. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/23 "2004-01-23T19:58:34Z")
_Miracle Mile_. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/24 "2004-01-23T20:13:08Z")
I guess the obvious advice is to look to movies about con artists. One of my favorite con movies, full of all kinds of fun twists, is the Argentinian **Nine Queens**. Tons of fun, and smarter than most other con artist flicks I’ve seen. Otherwise, don’t forget Hitchcock. I like to say that **Dial M for Murder** , my favorite Hitchcock movie, has enough plot for four regular movies. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/25 "2004-01-23T20:16:02Z")
I would like to point out for the nth time that _The Sixth Sense_ had no plot twist. If you think there was one, you were _not_ paying attention. Sleeping thru most of a movie and then going “whu, huh, I don’t see how that happened” does not qualify as a plot twist. ---
**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, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/26 "2004-01-23T20:21:32Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > I would like to point out for the nth time that _The Sixth Sense_ had no plot twist. If you think there was one, you were _not_ paying attention. Sleeping thru most of a movie and then going “whu, huh, I don’t see how that happened” does not qualify as a plot twist. :rolleyes: ---
**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, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/27 "2004-01-23T20:26:50Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > I would like to point out for the nth time that _The Sixth Sense_ had no plot twist. If you think there was one, you were _not_ paying attention. Sleeping thru most of a movie and then going “whu, huh, I don’t see how that happened” does not qualify as a plot twist. You’re right, it had a surprise ending. Is it your opinion that anyone who did not guess the “secret” of the movie before it was definitively revealed is stupid? ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/28 "2004-01-23T21:31:01Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > **Mulholland Drive** and **Psycho** are two that immediately come to mind. Psycho, sure. Mulholland Drive…I’m still not entirely sure what the plot was. I liked it, but that doesn’t change the fact I’m still not sure what the movie was about. ---
**Author:** ![Courk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Courk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Courk)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/29 "2004-01-23T21:55:43Z")
The Harry Potter movies, but I reccomend reading them instead of watching. Totally unrelated: How cute is this thing → 🆒 Aww… ---
**Author:** ![summerjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@summerjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/summerjack)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/30 "2004-01-23T22:32:10Z")
I hate to be the party pooper but the BEST PART about a movie with a twist is that you have no idea there is a twist in it. I hate it when people say this, “Dude, you have to see \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. It has an awesome twist.” Arrgh…it ruins it…then I just spend the whole time trying to figure out what the twist is instead of just watching and letting the story be told. But since you asked: “Dead and Buried” ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/31 "2004-01-24T00:07:01Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > I would like to point out for the nth time that _The Sixth Sense_ had no plot twist. If you think there was one, you were _not_ paying attention. Sleeping thru most of a movie and then going “whu, huh, I don’t see how that happened” does not qualify as a plot twist. > [@summerjack](#): > > I hate to be the party pooper but the BEST PART about a movie with a twist is that you have no idea there is a twist in it. I hate it when people say this, “Dude, you have to see \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. It has an awesome twist.” Arrgh…it ruins it…then I just spend the whole time trying to figure out what the twist is instead of just watching and letting the story be told. **ftg** thank you. I feel exactly the same way. And, unfortunately, it has to do with what **summerjack** said - all the reviews said “what a great twist.” Well, I’m sorry, but the _very first thing I thought of_ when reading the reviews was **exactly what happened**! I sat through the whole movie going “please, please, give me a twist that isn’t so blatantly obvious. Give me something that is different.” But it didn’t happen. And it was so disappointing. And it stuns me that so many people were surprised by this most basic plot twist. Think about it…you know the general scope of the movie, you know there’s a twist… **what the hell else could it have been???** This is not to say that I’m supersmart, or other twists don’t get me (like **Usual Suspects** , which I’m sure other people thought were obvious). It’s just that **The Sixth Sense** gets WAY too much credit in the twist category. But to each his own…if you enjoyed the movie, that’s all that counts. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2004, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/32 "2004-01-24T01:39:52Z")
[The Croupier](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0159382/) Some other twist endings… provided you have lived in a cave all your life: [Planet of the Apes](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0063442/) [Soylent Green](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0070723/) ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2004, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/33 "2004-01-24T01:58:10Z")
Two words. Twelve fucking monkeys. Er… Two… Nevermind. I was told that the movie had a twist, but it still took me utterly and completely by surprise. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/34 "2004-01-24T18:46:06Z")
A case could be made for many of Mel Brooks’ movies. I mean look where in **Blazing Saddles** where they break off the western set and go running out onto modern-day Hollywood. Or in **Young Frankenstein** where Madaline Kahn’s character ends up extremely close to the monster. On a more serious note I might suggest: **"Z"** from the early 70s - truly fascinating film with a totally unexpected turn. **Charade** - Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn and a couple of nice twists of plot. **The Stuntman** - With Peter O’Toole has an incridble amount of twists. **The Sting** - Newman and Redford, it holds a couple of nice twists. **The Magus** - If I remember correctly Anthony Quinn was in this. **Topkapi** - A 70s Peter Ustinov film has some unexpected twists. The original **Ocean’s 11** had one. TV ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/35 "2004-01-24T20:33:25Z")
**Suicide Kings** has a GREAT twist ending, and is otherwise a fantastically fun film to watch anyway. **Wild Things** had about ten too many “twists” in it, that it just got ridiculous. I don’t recommend seeing it because it’s a huge piece of crap, but I just wanted to point out that sometimes, huge plot twists are bad things for movies. **Memento** has two great twists in it, one of which is just fucking cruel and amazing. **The Last Seduction** has an interesting ending as well. ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/36 "2004-01-24T21:49:35Z")
Some anime have some great twists. Take _Big O_ for example. Late in the first year, we learn of not one, but two twists. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/37 "2004-01-24T21:51:50Z")
How about **The Game** , starring Michael Douglas? Also, you mind find you enjoy **Unbreakable** with Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/38 "2004-01-24T22:14:51Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > I would like to point out for the nth time that _The Sixth Sense_ had no plot twist. If you think there was one, you were _not_ paying attention. Sleeping thru most of a movie and then going “whu, huh, I don’t see how that happened” does not qualify as a plot twist. Or maybe there are some people who intentionally try to avoid “guessing” twists, intentionally take everything on screen at face value while still paying attention, because we _like_ the feeling you get when something like that is revealed. And despite my doing this, I still guessed _The Usual Suspects_ well before the end of the movie. But I don’t think people who didn’t were sleeping through it. ---
**Author:** ![psychomonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@psychomonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychomonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/39 "2004-01-24T23:00:46Z")
> [@Sauron](#): > > If you ask me, _Deathtrap_ with Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve handled massive plot twists better than any other movie. Very true very true, if you ever get a chance to see it as a stage show, {I say go for it. Ive seen it twice in small theaters and it was well worth it both times, even if the acting isnt superb, the writing more than makes up for it. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2004, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727/40 "2004-01-24T23:23:52Z")
I can’t believe no one’s mentioned _ **Citizen Kane** _ yet! It had that whole “Rosebud” thing going on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-movie-with-a-huge-twist/225727.md?page=3)