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Best ever plot twist?

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Verily1 · 29/06/2019 20:22

We are arguing over the best film plot twist ever.

I say ‘I am your father’ (Darth Vader). DS says Bruce Willis’s revelation at the end of the sixth sense.

MN jury?

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Doyoumind · 29/06/2019 21:06

The Usual Suspects is better than either. I knew the twist from early on in the Sixth Sense and I saw it pretty much as soon as it came out so no hints to me beforehand.

PotatoBreadsticks · 29/06/2019 21:23

The Village

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Verily1 · 29/06/2019 21:25

I forgot about the usual suspects!

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Wouldyouorshouldyou · 29/06/2019 21:28

Shutter Island.

Lllot5 · 29/06/2019 21:28

I guessed both sixth sense and usual suspects. Not seen Star Wars so not that.
I don’t know I’ll have a think.

Labralion · 29/06/2019 21:31

Primal fear and the game are good twists! Also the prestige! Saw the Bruce willis twist a mile off!

Callistone · 29/06/2019 21:32

Oh yes, Primal Fear! I did not see that coming.

I was always pretty shocked by the end of The Departed.

FenellaMaxwell · 29/06/2019 21:44

The sixth sense was obvious. Agree about The Prestige though!

Corndog · 29/06/2019 21:48

The Crying Game

CalmConfident · 29/06/2019 21:51

The village, great twist

Whatdoyouknowwhenyouknownowt · 29/06/2019 21:51

Dusk til Dawn

TraffordTansy · 29/06/2019 21:52

Yes, The Crying Game Shock

Also, No Way Out

lollipopguild · 29/06/2019 21:53

Dead man's shoes

Doyoumind · 29/06/2019 21:53

Yes, Primal Fear was a good twist I didn't get before the end actually.

I guessed The Village.

Shutter Island I got too.

The Prestige is another good one and totally not one you could see coming.

Doyoumind · 29/06/2019 21:54

Yes, Dead Man's Shoes. This is reminding me of some good ones.

sleepymouse · 29/06/2019 21:59

Yes, I came on to say primal fear. Edward Norton was so good in that film, I can still feel the chills I got in the cinema at the time. Also Usual Suspects, but I've re-watched that so many times the twist seems less so

Manclife1 · 29/06/2019 22:03

Hard Candy. The subject matter is off putting but is an amazing, and underrated, film.

ThisLittlePiggyWentTo · 29/06/2019 22:03

Primal fear
Wild things if only for the fun of it
Saw was pretty novel the first time
Frailty
Gone baby gone
The departed

That's all I can think of for now!

BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 29/06/2019 22:04

Shutter Island.
Book of Eli.

squashyhat · 29/06/2019 22:06

The Others

dontticklethetoad · 29/06/2019 22:07

Manclife1 I had completely forgotten about Hardy Candy. Really good film. Was not expecting the twist.

kerkyra · 29/06/2019 22:14

Tales of the unexpected ,I know they weren't films but always had a great twist.
The red swimsuit one stands out

BelindasGleeTeam · 29/06/2019 22:15

LA confidential was a good one

Ginger1982 · 29/06/2019 22:18

@TraffordTansy love a bit of Kevin Costner!

Remember Me was a good, if controversial, one.

Yabbers · 29/06/2019 22:25

The Game.

Shawshank.

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