What is the best twist ending ever?
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ppllkk — 12 years ago(June 28, 2013 09:17 AM)
Diabolique (1955)
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carnifex2005 — 12 years ago(August 06, 2013 12:57 AM)
While the movies above were good twists, the best twist ending ever for me was the end of Lost episode 4 when you find out that at the very end that
Locke was a paraplegic before the plane crash and that is why he seemed happy while everyone was suitably in anguish on the island in the previous 4 episodes. Here it is
I did not see that coming at all. Great use of camera angles when showing Locke's story before the twist. -
aji_gps — 12 years ago(September 27, 2013 05:17 AM)
twists are being so overrated. It has become like "come on friends let's guess the ending of this story"
I think good twists come from writers who didn't even mean to make it a twisted-plot film. I like Saw, The Illusionist, I like the end of The Prestige but it's getting far too overrated.
The usual suspect's ending was predictable but the pin board scene wasn't. Vertigo was awesome. -
djs-p52 — 12 years ago(October 10, 2013 07:22 PM)
Psycho is probably the greatest. The Sixth Sense had a great one too I am told because when I saw it I already knew the twist so I don't know how surprising it would be. Usual Suspects would be there too.
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pgFiSheYe — 12 years ago(October 27, 2013 10:17 PM)
As geek as this may sound and I don't consider myself either a geek or a Star Wars geek fan, I believe the best twist ending belongs to Empire strikes back.
Putting things in perspective, nobody, absolutely nobody could have possible imagine that Vader was Luke's father. Moreover, the movie ends with Luke sort of running away from him, and we all knew at the time, a third and final installment was needed. So what was he going to do in that third and final film? Kill his father? Add to that, that we had to wait three years to find that out.
That is why I believe Empire has the best twist of all time. Psycho would come in as second. -
MurphAndTheMagicTones — 12 years ago(November 01, 2013 11:01 AM)
This was an excellent twist, although I knew something was off when Verbal said he was in a "barbershop quartet in Skokie, Illinois." The way he said that (and not living far from there myself) made me think something was amiss about it.
Here's one that hasn't been mentioned yet: No Way Out. Get past the cheesy 80s soundtrack and it's a very taut thriller with Gene Hackman and Kevin Costner doing some excellent work. That was an ending NOBODY saw coming. I still can't believe it to this day.
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