# Recommend me (heh, heh) movies with surprise endings/plot twists **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 27, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-heh-heh-movies-with-surprise-endings-plot-twists/221304 "2003-12-27T20:55:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![psychotropic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@psychotropic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychotropic)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-heh-heh-movies-with-surprise-endings-plot-twists/221304/41 "2003-12-29T10:31:19Z")
HERE HERE kmg365!! Along Came A Spider had the best twist EVER and of course, I never guessed it. A MUST see! 🙂 **Along Came A Spider** ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-heh-heh-movies-with-surprise-endings-plot-twists/221304/42 "2003-12-29T16:28:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tusculan \* > **glee** : I thought you were refering to that excellent television series about Francis Urquhart: it did have sort of a twist at the end. Yes, I’ve got the videos of ‘House of Cards’, which is probably where the slip originated. Now what was Urquhart’s catch-phrase? ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-heh-heh-movies-with-surprise-endings-plot-twists/221304/43 "2003-12-29T16:34:10Z")
The original Dutch version of _The Vanishing_ (not the same director’s Hollywood remake). ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-heh-heh-movies-with-surprise-endings-plot-twists/221304/44 "2003-12-31T04:42:26Z")
I’ll second **Diggstown** (one of my ALL TIME faves!), and add **Shattered** , starring Tom Berenger. ---
**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-heh-heh-movies-with-surprise-endings-plot-twists/221304/45 "2003-12-31T05:46:25Z")
_Vertigo_ had a mind-fudge ending to behold. Then again, Hitchcock’s movies seemed to all have a great ending, often with surprises that hit you on the blind side. And if you like _The Sixth Sense_, you may also like _The Others_ or _The Ring_, both of which had kooky endings. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-heh-heh-movies-with-surprise-endings-plot-twists/221304/46 "2003-12-31T10:57:59Z")
Terry Gillam’s _ **Brazil** _ has two endings (or at least you _think_ it is ending, then it goes on some more - the first one is a classic happy ending, the second is more realistic. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-heh-heh-movies-with-surprise-endings-plot-twists/221304/47 "2003-12-31T13:35:45Z")
I’ve recommended these many times: **Charade** – wonderfully twisted plot. Script by Peter Stone. Directed by Stanley Donen [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056923/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056923/) Great romanic comedy/thriller with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn as the leads. Ignore the remake **The Truth About Charlie** **Mirage** – A lot of the same folks involved as in Charade – Stone’s back, as are Walter Matthau and George Kennedy. But this time it’s played much darker. Gregory Peck plays the lead, a man with amnesia who finds that the world doesn’t resemble what little he can remember. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059448/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059448/) They tried to duplicate the success again with **Arabesque** , but it didn’t work out. **The Last of Sheila** – my all-time favorite movie mystery. They play fair and give you all the clues (not to mention a lot of hints), but I’ll bet you still don’t get the solution. Lots of twists, and they flow naturally from the situation. Written by Stephen Sondhein and Anthony Perkins (Norman Bates!!). Highly recommended. [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0070291/](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0070291/) **Body Heat** – Written and Directed by Lawrence Kasdan. William Hurt. Kathleen Turner. Great and unexpected twist. [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0082089/](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0082089/) **The Flight of the Phoenix** – Offbeat film, with a twist near the end to add a little spice. [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0059183/](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0059183/) **The Odessa File** – All of Frederick Forsyth’s early books have twists in them, but not all were filmed, and in **Day of the Jackal** the two twists aren’t given much weight. But the twist in The Odessa File is pretty central, and comes as a surprise. [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0071935/](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0071935/) **Sleuth** – Anthony Shaffer’s adaptation of his play has a _lot_ of twists, buried in a plot that addresses the assumptions and conventions of mystery books and plays. After you’ve gone through a couple, you find yourself wondering if he’s going to throw in another twist , or not. [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0069281/](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0069281/) ---
**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:** [December 31, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-heh-heh-movies-with-surprise-endings-plot-twists/221304/48 "2003-12-31T13:37:56Z")
Oh, heck – how can I forget this one. Alfred Hitchcock generally didn’t use twists – he’d rather you watched everything unfolding onscreen in full knowledge. The main characters didn’t know it, but you did, and that’s what made you squirm. So he’d reveal everything early on. But one film reserved a twist until the end. If you haven’t seen it, go rent **Psycho** before anybody spoils it for you. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-heh-heh-movies-with-surprise-endings-plot-twists/221304/49 "2003-12-31T16:12:22Z")
**The Others** , starring Nicole Kidman. And I’d second **Wild Things**. That one is sheer entertainment from beginning to end. I’d say **The Ring** has a darn good twist to it, too. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Matrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@Red\_Matrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Matrix)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-heh-heh-movies-with-surprise-endings-plot-twists/221304/50 "2003-12-31T17:21:14Z")
**The Italian Job Heist Bandits** All are _group criminal activity_ jobs… but you probably figured it out. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-heh-heh-movies-with-surprise-endings-plot-twists/221304/51 "2003-12-31T18:00:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by glee \* > **’The Sting’, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford…** In the same vein, [**Nine Queens**](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0247586/) (Spanish subtitled). Also: [**Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels**](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0120735/), [**Steam**](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0119248/) (Italian/Turkish subtitled), [**Jacob’s Ladder**](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0099871/) and [**Funny Games**](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0119167/) (German subtitled). ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-heh-heh-movies-with-surprise-endings-plot-twists/221304/52 "2003-12-31T18:03:20Z")
[\*\*Dressed to Kill](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0080661/)\*\* and [**Body Double**](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0086984/) ---
**Author:** ![TheMusicMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@TheMusicMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMusicMan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-heh-heh-movies-with-surprise-endings-plot-twists/221304/53 "2003-12-31T21:19:55Z")
I’m a HUGE fan of this genre, so thank you to the originating poster for starting this thread!! Let me throw my votes in for: The Game A Perfect Murder Signs Sixth Sense Memento FALLEN ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-heh-heh-movies-with-surprise-endings-plot-twists/221304/54 "2004-01-01T00:34:48Z")
_I Wake up Screaming_ - a lesser known film noir with Victor Mature, Betty Grable, and Laird Cregar. ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-heh-heh-movies-with-surprise-endings-plot-twists/221304/55 "2004-01-01T17:33:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CalMeacham \* > \*\*Oh, heck – how can I forget this one. Alfred Hitchcock generally didn’t use twists – he’d rather you watched everything unfolding onscreen in full knowledge. The main characters didn’t know it, but you did, and that’s what made you squirm. So he’d reveal everything early on. But one film reserved a twist until the end. If you haven’t seen it, go rent **Psycho** before anybody spoils it for you. \*\* Unfortunately, though I’ve never seen _Psycho_, I know that the mother’s actually dead. Not sure if that is the big surprise or not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-heh-heh-movies-with-surprise-endings-plot-twists/221304.md?page=2)