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Old 09-10-2013, 04:47
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Final Destination 5
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And Then There Were None

Not too sure if you would class this as a twist but i never saw the ending of Night Of The Living Dead (1968) coming.
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Old 10-10-2013, 10:19
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Final Destination 5
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Not too sure if you would class this as a twist but i never saw the ending of Night Of The Living Dead (1968) coming.
FD5 was a fantastic twist, didn't see that coming at all!
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Old 11-10-2013, 21:50
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Went to see Filth last night.

Didn't expect the twist in that! (In fact there were a couple of twists I didn't expect)
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Old 11-10-2013, 23:03
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Best: No Way Out.

Slick, Hitchcockian thriller with a real kicker of an ending.

Sweetest: The Lavender Hill Mob.

A wry stroke of genius in this Ealing classic.

Most WTF?: Being There.

Did he just...? Splendid turn from Sellers ends with an amazing flourish.
Best WTF? ending - John Sayles (typically) beautifully crafted film Limbo - makes you really care about the three protagonists, their fight for suvival waiting to be rescued/found by the bad guys, an aeroplane flies overhead and then....cut to black and roll credits.
When I saw it , practically the whole audience maaned " No they can't stop there - how does it end?"
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Old 20-10-2013, 12:29
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Surprised nobody's mentioned No Way Out yet. All American naval hero, Kevin Costner trying to track down a non-existant Soviet spy in the Pentagon. Never saw that coming.
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Old 20-10-2013, 14:49
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Surveillance (2008) with Bill Pulman.
Annoying twist and I didn't see it coming,
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Old 20-10-2013, 15:19
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And Then There Were None
In what way? Brilliant film, they all are - 1939 one especially and with a brilliant ending.

But the book has the huge twist. The films too, but less so going for the Hollywood endings.

Without giving too much away, I've seen all four of them, can't remember exactly how the other three ended it but pretty sure all avoided the book and mirrored the Fitzgerald one.

Either way, definitely a brilliant example of a twist.
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Old 20-10-2013, 23:15
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The Sixth Sense.

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I guessed the spoiler in the film about a minute in. Was therefore a bit of a letdown hereonin

The Others did it better, That kinda came out of no-where.

Usual Suspects is the ultimate though. V clever, kinda gobsmacking the first time you watch it.
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Old 20-10-2013, 23:24
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Like others, I knew the twist in Shutter Island because I'd read the novel a few years earlier.

The twist was obvious then too.
The Twist in Shutter Island is v similar to the twist in The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, a silent classic, so for me it was blindingly obvious. In fact the entire film & book seems based on this silent classic
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Old 21-10-2013, 12:56
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Nobody has mentioned Sleuth (1972)

Se7en

Planet of the Apes (1968...that shock on the beach)

The Others - excellent twist that was, though my mum worked it out much earlier on in the film (she sussed it out when the husband appeared out of nowhere) but said nothing. She has been reading crime thrillers for decades and is sharp as a tack about such things .

Sixth Sense - again, fooled me all the way through but not mum, she's hard to trick.

Shawshank Redemption

Psycho.

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Old 21-10-2013, 13:06
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Cabin in the Woods?

Granted the twist wasn't right at the end, but the film took a turn from a traditional horror to a "what the ****".

Was epic regardless.
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Old 21-10-2013, 21:24
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Cabin in the Woods?

Granted the twist wasn't right at the end, but the film took a turn from a traditional horror to a "what the ****".

Was epic regardless.
I thought of this one too! Anyone who says they predicted what was going to happen after the first hour is talking out of their arse!
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Old 22-10-2013, 23:05
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Thought I'd be careful as I know some of these have been out years, the beauty of film is its never too late to discover something you might had missed

Dark Knight
Shawshank Redemption
Casino
Pulp Fiction
Transformers (1986) mainly one for the children of the 80's
28 days later, 28 weeks later
I am Legend
Blade Trinity

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Old 24-10-2013, 10:09
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I thought of this one too! Anyone who says they predicted what was going to happen after the first hour is talking out of their arse!
Oh so true.

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Hah, yeah, didn't think that would happen either. I remember the first time I watched it, saw that scene, and was like "oh, didn't see that coming".
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Old 24-10-2013, 18:07
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Bridge To Terabithia

completely unexpected plot development. right up to the end I expected a resolution.

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Old 24-10-2013, 18:10
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I bet a lot of people thought Jackson would be the star of the movie
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Old 17-08-2016, 14:57
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Doubt is such a great movie. Still baffles me.
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Old 18-08-2016, 11:38
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Usual Suspects - maybe because I was young when I watched it but the twist totally came out of no where for me.
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Old 18-08-2016, 12:43
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a lot of these aren't twists, they're just unexpected plot developments, i think there's a difference.

bruce willis being dead all along = a twist

john travolta being shot in pulp fiction = not a twist

sam l jackson being suddenly eaten by a shark = not a twist
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Old 18-08-2016, 13:15
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a lot of these aren't twists, they're just unexpected plot developments, i think there's a difference.

bruce willis being dead all along = a twist

john travolta being shot in pulp fiction = not a twist

sam l jackson being suddenly eaten by a shark = not a twist
Breathtaking post.

A lot of the examples are shock, existential endings which were common in the late 60s-70s , Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, Easy Rider, Electraglide In Blue, Bonnie and Clyde, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, The Wild Bunch, Too Late The Hero.

For a last minute twist that turns the previous 89 minutes of plot on its head I'd plump for The Planet Of The Apes
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Old 18-08-2016, 14:06
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a lot of these aren't twists, they're just unexpected plot developments, i think there's a difference.

bruce willis being dead all along = a twist

john travolta being shot in pulp fiction = not a twist

sam l jackson being suddenly eaten by a shark = not a twist
Said much the same in another similar thread (post #13):

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showt...ighlight=twist

Some see the difference as a bit picky.

Maybe it's a case of a good twist should perhaps be unexpected, but the unexpected isn't always a twist.
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Old 18-08-2016, 14:51
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Said much the same in another similar thread (post #13):

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showt...ighlight=twist

Some see the difference as a bit picky.

Maybe it's a case of a good twist should perhaps be unexpected, but the unexpected isn't always a twist.
That's a good way of putting it. For me, a twist should a) come largely out of nowhere and b) fundamentally change everything's that happened before it. The original POTA has possibly the best twist ever, coming as it does right at the very end of the film, giving the audience no time to 're-adjust' their perspective.

The hero cop shooting the serial killer is not a twist. Nor is a man escaping prison. (Unless it's in The Escapist, then it is. )
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Old 18-08-2016, 17:45
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Shutter Island and The Orphan and Shattered*

I love films with twists.

*Also known as Butterfly on a Wheel.
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Old 19-08-2016, 08:09
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Old Boy [2003]
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Old 19-08-2016, 08:32
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Shattered is the first film I ever saw which had a twist
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