Best Surprise Ending to a movie

[PhredPhantom]

Football season is over and things are slow. I hope this isn’t Germans.

One of my favorite kinds of movies are ones with surprise endings that you didn’t see coming. Just list the name of the movie without giving away the surprise so you don’t spoil it for anybody who may not have seen it.

I’ll go first with some of the obvious ones, ones that I really didn’t see coming:

1. Fight Club
2. The Usual Suspects
3. The Sixth Sense

I could name several more but I’m looking forward to recommendations for ones that I haven’t seen.

Go

 

[Lettucexxxx]

Momento
In Bruges
Departed

 

[Dawgzilla2]

Spartacus

 

[HumpDawgy]

 

[YesIAmAPirate]

Shutter Island

 

[SirBarksalot]

Seven
Sixth Sense

 

[Bulldog Bruce]

Sleuth (1972)

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

Deep Throat. The little man in the boat was in near her tonsils the whole time!!

 

[dawgman42]

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

and


Sleepaway Camp

 

[Felonious Junk]

The Crying Game

 

[mdm3045]

Departed

 

[HailStout]

Shawshank and The Mist.

 

[Cantdoitsal]

Shawshank Redemption and Primal Fear... Sixth Sense as well

 

[Dawgzilla2]

How is Shawank a surprise?

 

[MSUDOG24]

Body Heat

 

[msudawg05]

Fallen

 

[FQDawg]

If you haven't seen it, you need to check out Nate Bargatze's bit on The Sixth Sense

 

[columbiadawg2]

Trying to think of one not mentioned... The Game

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Monty python and the holy grail

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

The 2001 version of Planet of the Apes. The ending is WTF.

 

[SteelCurtain74]

If you haven't seen it, you need to check out Nate Bargatze's bit on The Sixth Sense

My new favorite comic. Going to see him tonight in Jackson.

As far as surprise endings go, Primal Fear and Shutter Island

 

[She Mate Me]

Sixth Sense.

Nothing else really close for me.

I completely missed it, and these days that's nearly impossible because I read too much about a movie before watching it.

 

[Perd Hapley]

Titanic***

 

[She Mate Me]

My new favorite comic. Going to see him tonight in Jackson.

As far as surprise endings go, Primal Fear and Shutter Island

He is so funny. Had no idea he was in Jackson.

You know a guy is talented when you don't even realize he's completely clean and still making you laugh your *** off.

 

[She Mate Me]

Titanic***

Dude...

The 17in boat sinks...

W
T
F
?
?
***

 

[columbiadawg2]

If you haven't seen it, you need to check out Nate Bargatze's bit on The Sixth Sense

Going to see him in Richmond, VA this spring

 

[Hugh's Burner Phone]

Horny Housewives 7...never saw that coming.

 

[POTUS]

Bone Tomahawk***

 

[PhredPhantom]

These are some good suggestions. I’ve probably seen about half of the ones mentioned so far but a few have been listed that I’d never even heard of so I’m going to look them up.

 

[Xenomorph]

The Empire Strikes Back...

It blew my mind as a kid. The good guys really didn't win. They were betrayed by a friend who was under duress. A chick took the reins and avoided total disaster. While not dead.. the loveable anti-hero suffers a terrible fate. The usually-safe goofy side kick gets torn apart and put back together. Luke found out something terrible and suffered a life-altering injury.. and yet still fought for the future.

All in the span of 15 minutes.

It's not really debatable.. ESB has the greatest ending in movie history regardless of criteria.

 

[Bulldog Bruce]

two other M Night movies that should be on this list are:

Unbreakable
The Village

 

[She Mate Me]

The Empire Strikes Back...

It blew my mind as a kid. The good guys really didn't win. They were betrayed by a friend who was under duress. A chick took the reins and avoided total disaster. While not dead.. the loveable anti-hero suffers a terrible fate. The usually-safe goofy side kick gets torn apart and put back together. Luke found out something terrible and suffered a life-altering injury.. and yet still fought for the future.

All in the span of 15 minutes.

It's not really debatable.. ESB has the greatest ending in movie history regardless of criteria.

So, uhmm...

The title didn't make you suspect anything??***

 

[She Mate Me]

Horny Housewives 7...never saw that coming.

The first 6 were just a set up for the titillating ending (and middle and beginning) of #7.

 

[jack daniels dog]

Book of Eli
Seven is insane
Snatch when you realize the Pikey’s were playing everyone from jump street
Planes, Trains and Automobiles Del’s wife is dead (Spoiler Alert)

 

[DawgsOnTheWing]

The Sting

 

[Badon]

Go

DRAGONFLY

 

[OG Goat Holder]

2. The Usual Suspects

That's immediately the first one I thought of.

 

[SteelCurtain74]

He is so funny. Had no idea he was in Jackson.

You know a guy is talented when you don't even realize he's completely clean and still making you laugh your *** off.

He's at Thalia Mara tonight. It was one of the few things I told my wife I wanted for Christmas.

 

[johnson86-1]

Horny Housewives 7...never saw that coming.

That? Not him or her? Now I am intrigued...

 

[curseddawgs]

Se7en