Twist endings you weren't expecting--*possible spoilers**

The Prestige. I knew SOMETHING was coming, I was just so engrossed in the story that I didn't see it until it popped out at me. Which was the point.

The Village

Silent Hill....enough said!

Not technically at the end, but The Crying Game had a classic twist.

I guessed all the endings except the Sixth Sense -- I guess I just wasn't paying attention with that one.

Other twist endings, off the top of my head:

The Usual Suspects
The Illusionist
The Others
Donnie Darko
Primal Fear
Vanilla Sky

Dang it, you guys scooped the ones I was gonna say. mmmmm, how about

The Empire Strikes Back
Primal Fear
American History X
American Psycho
High School Musical 2

Don't forget the classics like Psycho.

Also, Memento.

I totally saw American History X coming. But I love the movie...one of my top 10 favorites.

Sixth Sense was the first movie that came to mind when I saw this thread.
Primal Fear was a definite twist I didn't see coming.

I can't think of any you guys haven't named! But I'm a little brain fried tonight.

kristie911 said:

I totally saw American History X coming.

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You saw Danny getting killed coming? I thought for sure Seth was gonna kill Derick. Definitely in my top 10 too along with Memento and Usual Suspects and Fight Club. I'm glad I watched all of them before reading this thread!

III said:

You saw Danny getting killed coming?

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Absolutely. Mostly because Danny was the narrator. I knew something was going to happen to him...I didn't really expect the shooter to be kind of an unknown. I figured it would be a different scenerio but I wasn't very surprised.

A few more to add to the list:

The Third Man
Fallen
Planet of the Apes
Arlington Road

JoNightshade said:

The Prestige. I knew SOMETHING was coming, I was just so engrossed in the story that I didn't see it until it popped out at me. Which was the point.

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Yep- I hated the movie though. What a waste of 2 hot male babes.

I figured out The 6th Sense right away.

The Illusionist was good!!

maestrowork said:

Memento.

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Now that WAS a good twist that I didn't see coming.
Peculiar that I didn't see it coming, since the film starts at the end.

Hot Fuzz had a good faux twist. When Angel get's stabbed. Do you see?

Identity! Yes that was crazy! Did not see that coming at all!

Fallen was another good twist.

And there's the movie with Matthew Mechogny (sp?). . . the killer and the rose garden. Help me out here people.

Thelma and Louise surprised me
Sixth Sense, of course
The Usual Suspects
No Way Out

I can't think of one not already mentioned. But Memento is one of my favorites.

Sixth Sense was kinda obvious, though, and that frustrated me. As did the remake of Planet of the Apes - that movie should have ended with the scene prior.

The_Grand_Duchess said:

Identity! Yes that was crazy! Did not see that coming at all!

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Actually I did, and it made the rest of the movie kind of a bore. I guessed it midway through and so I started to NOT care what happened to the characters. So sometimes it's better to just leave my brain at the door and enjoy the film instead of trying to outguess the storyteller. LOL.

Speaking of which, did anyone mention Secret Windows yet? Now, that one I didn't guess, and certainly wasn't expecting that ending.

You guys have already listed the best ones. Um...

The Departed
Return to Paradise
LA Confidential

The original Planet of the Apes had one of the best twists in history.

The remake sucks.

Indeed!

Unbreakable -- I think comic fans may have got this "twist" more than non-fans

Sixth Sense

double "Oh!" on Fight Club

Saw (the first one)

bluejester12 said:

Saw (the first one)

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OMG, how could I forget Saw?

Saw 2 had a good twist, as did Dead Silence. Neither were as jaw-dropping (for me) as the first Saw, but still good.