Movies with the BEST plot twists in them.

What movies do you think have the best plot twists in them. The best and most legendary would be "The Crying Game" in which Stephen Rea plays a member of the IRA who befriends an English Hostage. As a dying last wish before the Hostage is killed, he asks Rea to befriend his girlfriend. Rea tracks down the girlfriend and one of the best plot twists EVER happens - the girlfriend was played wonderfully by Jaye Davidson. (I won't spoil the twist for those who have never seen the movie).


My favorite plot twist is in the movie "Primal Fear" Richard Gere plays the sleazy defense lawyer that defends Edward Norton's character who had killed a priest. Ed Norton plays this 'dim' redneck in one of the most memorable characters with a wonderful plot twist about him at the end. Norton got his first Oscar nomination out of that role!

What's your movie with the best plot twist!

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Who is Keyser Sose? :P

And they kept in you suspense until the end

One of my favorite movies ever!

GREAT movie! :D

I love that movie, but then again I love Edward Norton (See Primal Fear)

between Memento, the Matrix (original) and Sixth Sense.

gets my vote, too.

gave away the Sixth Sense, IMO

I didn't see that one coming at all.

I agree 100%!

First movie I thought of.

We must have been on the same wavelength.

But couldn't remember the title.

I saw Sixth Sense and the Usual Suspects from very early on. I had heard the ending of the Crying Game, so it wasn't a surprise.

Primal Fear was very good. I saw the ending as a possibility from early on, but it was so well done it didn't matter.

Fight Club was a complete stunner to me. So that, and No Way Out.

Late 80's flick with Kevin Costner.

Good political thriller throughout, but the ending comes totally out of left field.

I hadnt read anything about it when i saw that one, i didnt see it coming.

One of my favorite movies! I didn't expect the ending either, it was great!

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Marlene Dietrich gives a fine performance.

But Glenn Close and Jeff Bridges in "The Jagged Edge." Close plays Bridges's defense lawyer after he's been accused of murdering this one woman. She ends up falling in love with him..........

Another one that's more subtle is in "Presumed Innocent" with Harrison Ford, Raul Julia, Bonnie Bedelia and Greta Scaatchi (sp?). Ford plays Bedelia's lawyer husband, accused of murdering his mistress, Scaatchi, and Raul Julia is his colleague who defends him in the trial. Good, but very subtle ending.

And of course, Sixth Sense. But I won't talk about that one in case someone hasn't seen it.

come to mind. Kevin Spacey well deserved his Oscar nomination that for that one. I can't remember...did he win that year?

Another good one is Diabolique...Sharon Stone, Chaz Palminteri, Kathy Bates. Lots of freaky twists in that one.

and deservedly so!

I had never read the book but watched the movie on On-Demand. I loved that movie (then again Lloyd Dobler was in it :P ). I was amazed at the ending and how Cusack and Weisz were tied into the case. Hackman was legendary!

and takes it down into the basement to clean it off. His wife catches him and spills it all. Delicious. And then the ending lines about taking away his son's mother. MMMMmmmmMMMMM Good.

Semi-obscure Gary Sinese sci-fi flick based on a Philip K. Dick story. Freaky plot twist.

It was buried when it came out around the same time as Minority Report (an excellent movie, BTW). Similar story line. You can find the DVD pretty cheap, though, and it's worth it.

Maybe not the best, but a good twist at the end. I saw part of it coming, but not the whole thing.

And I hate Ashton kutcher but this was a great film if you like plot twists.

That movie is just one big tangled plot twist.

It was hard for me to figure it out.

Kenneth Branagh is an LA detective & Emma Thompson is an amnesiac. We figure out fairly soon that they're reincarnated lovers who were involved in a famous murder case--but, there's more...

Good for the moody flashbacks to 40's LA, appearances by Andy Garcia & Robin Williams, & the Branagh/Thompson troupe of supporting characters. (Alas.)

Now, I figured out "The Crying Game" from the ads, never saw the movie.

With "The Sixth Sense", though, I watched the movie trying to figure out the catch, and still missed it until it was revealed.

John Cusak, Amanda Peet.........pretty good thriller with plot twists.

Just saw that a couple weeks ago ... great twist!!

freakin evil, man!

Jeff Bridges and Tim Robbins. Great thriller with twists upon twists.

Not my favorite movie, but one of my favorites when I was in Jr. High. It stumped me on first viewing.

I'm a sucker for all the twist ending movies, and I just love getting fooled. :)

the indian guy....the peeping tom...the nice guy giving the actor a break...the porno actress....man i loved that movie....and it has frankie goes to hollywood in the soundtrack......

Yes I actually payed attention to the plot and thought the ending was a real twist!

From the novel of the same name. Richard Burton in one of his best roles.

Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon

Most "plot twist" type movies I can, at least, tell the plot twists are coming, and it's just a matter of resolving which way the screenwriter decided to resolve the story.

Sixth Sense wasn't a "plot twist" type movie, and the final twist came not from left field, but from somewhere outside the Asteroid belt. My jaw actually dropped on that one. I'm convinced the entire reason that movie got that Oscar nomination was the ending.

Just try to figure that one out...

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That's one of my favorite movies. Then I thought of Memento--it had one of those moments when I just said, "Whoa!" as I realized what was happening. "Primal Fear" was definitely another one; that movie made me an Ed Norton fan. Someone else here mentioned "No Way Out"--I had forgotten about that one. That one blew me away, not once but twice!

not the best but a "nice" little black comedy.

Also, 'The Last Supper'.