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20 Greatest Plot Twists Ever

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I don't think is an official type of list, but might be interesting to talk about anyway.

www.premiere.com/features/4042/20-big-t ... wists.html

The link provides the list plus details, but here's the list:

The Planet of the Apes
Star Wars: Episode V-The Empire Strikes Back
Fight Club
Psycho
Citizen Kane
Soylent Green
The Usual Suspects
Oldboy
Mission: Impossible
Friday the 13th
Chinatown
The Cabinet of Dr. Calizari
The Wickerman
12 Monkeys
Jacob's Ladder
Eddie and the Cruisers
Angel Heart
The Game
The Sixth Sense
The Crying Game
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Movie: Jacob's Ladder (1990)

Fun Fact: Jacob's doctor was played by Lewis Black, who's now known for being a comedian, a Daily Show regular, and kind of twisted.
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try Danny Aiello? Talk about a plot twist, heh. One of my all time fav movies, and Danny in one of his best roles I've seen. That movie inspired me.
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My picks would be "Fight Club" and "The Usual Suspects." Can't figure out what the twists were in "Citizen Kane" and "Eddie and the Cruisers" though.
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It was a sled! A stupid sled! -- He's still alive!
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A predictably Hollywood list once again (with a token nod to foreign films with Old Boy), though there are a few very good pics there (Psycho and The Crying Game being the best, I think).

As for Mission Unwatchable...err, Impossible - they have to be kidding!! The mere casting alone gave away the fact that the villain was going to re-appear later in the film.

I never thought the Angel Heart twist was all that surprising (excellent film that it is), either . . . I mean, Louis Cypher . . . come on! Who did they think they were kidding with a name like that?!
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I went to that website and couldn't see or find the list. Every time I found something to click on, I got an ad for Circuit City.
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Hmm. For some reason the first time I looked through the slideshow it skipped straight from Planet of the Apes to Dr Caligari. Seems to be showing all of them now, though.
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Post by Ki »

sgt.null wrote:memento
yea! i didn't even think of that one, but that really should be on the list. good call, sarge.
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The Prestige.

I didn't see the other magic movie, but I heard it was similar.
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I liked "Fallen' with Denzal Washington...

No, let me rephrase that...I REALLY like 'Fallen' with Denzel Washington.
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House of Games is a good one
not a very well-known film it seems
but a great David Mamet con story
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Haven't seen about 4 of the above, but "The Others" (2001) had a purdy good twist end. I don't see how Citizen Kane (great movie) is a twist in the usual sense; it's more of a "Oh, so that's what they were looking for. Too late".
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Good call on "The Others."
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Oldboy definately deserves to be on that list
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What about the silence of the lambs, and Saw?
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Vain wrote:What about the silence of the lambs, and Saw?
I don't remember there being a major twist in Silence of the Lambs. Brilliant movie, though.
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Good call Brinn.
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