I love movies with a unique twist, like
Angel Heart
Thirteenth Floor
Butterfly Effect
The Prestige
Sixth Sense
etc.
Can any of y'all suggest other good ones?
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I love movies with a unique twist, like
Angel Heart
Thirteenth Floor
Butterfly Effect
The Prestige
Sixth Sense
etc.
Can any of y'all suggest other good ones?
To live and die in la , 1986, great movie, just twisted
I remember that one well... a good and stylish actioner... but I don't remember a "unique twist". Did it have one?
The Usual Suspects
The Village
The Game
Arlington Road
The Reaping was quite a good movie with twists and turns.
If you don't mind gore I suggest "Seven."
I loved Usual Suspects and The Game. I found the Village just "fair to middlin".Quote:
Originally Posted by NeedKarma
I'll check out Arlington Road.
Excellent flick! I did see that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by stardust713
Consenting Adults : Consenting Adults (1992) - Plot summary
Ronin : Ronin (1998) - Plot summary
Both have interesting twists!
What about lucky number slevin...
Three more twisted tales:
U-Turn
Frailty
Blood Simple
Lucky number slevin..
If I post this twice... sorry:)
Thanks, all... I'll be checking out these I have not seen.
I did see and like Ronin.
"Identity" with John Cusak is a good one too.
Derailed is a really good film with a great twist. It has jennifer aniston, clive owen and vincent cassel in it.
Thanks, I've not seen Identity or Derailed.
Mullholland drive
Rick, Dr D suggested Frailty and Blood Simple. If you haven't seen them, those are excellent examples of what you are looking for. Frailty has become one of my all time favorites for one of the greatest plot twists I have seen.
Other ones that come to mind (I am listing some oldies here as well):
Lone Star (Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Pena) This is one of my favorite movies. GREAT plot twist at the end.
Memento Guy Pierce
Children of Men Clive Owen
The Illusionist Edward Norton (not one of my favorites but decent
Don't Look Now Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie
Sea of Love (Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin)
The Others Nicole Kidman
The Swimmer Burt Lancaster
Vertigo Jimmy Stewart (excellent Hitchcock)
Soylent Green Charleton Heston, Edward G Robinson
Primal Fear Richard Gere, Ed Norton
The Name of the Rose Sean Connery (not suspenseful but very interesting time murder/detective work set in a 16th century ?(can't remember date) abbey.
The Crying Game Stephen Rea
House of Games Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna
L.A Confidential Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger, et al...
Chinatown Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway
Oh boy, there are many more but those should keep you busy for a while. ;) I didn't mention "Psycho" with Anthony Perkins because I assumed you have seen it.
Thanks, folks! Lots to check out for the holidays... Sounds like Frailty is one to check out. I did see Blood Simple long ago...
Children of Men, The Illusionist, Chinatown and Crying Game bored me to tears :oQuote:
Originally Posted by RubyPitbull
House of Games was AWESOME! That one was by Manet. All his movies are great.
As for the Other... the original was much better in my opinion.
LOL Rick. I actually didn't like the House of Games. LOL. Yes, the Illusionist was not one of the best and Children of Men wasn't as good as I thought it was going to be. Chinatown? Bored you to tears? Oh my. I love that movie when it came out. Maybe if I saw it again, I might change my opinion. It has been a while. The Crying Game I think may be considered a better movie by women than men. Well, I was trying to give you a list of movies that had good twists in them. If you haven't seen "Lone Star" or Dr D's suggestion of "Frailty", watch 'em. I would love to know what you think of them. They are favorites of mine. You should probably avoid "The Swimmer". Great twist but there isn't a lot of action and it can take some patience to get through it.
I'd forgotten house of games when I orig. posted or I'd have listed it. I'd guess that every one of Manet's flicks would be included in my top 50.
House of Games is one of those that I watch about once a year.
Too I think Joe Mantegna is a class act. Love that dude.
As an aside, did you ever catch his now defunct TV series Joan of Arcadia? Twas awesome! Mary Steenburgen played his wife and Jason Ritter his son. That's one I'll snap up when it comes out on DVD.
'saw', I have to admit I never saw that ending coming,
I love Joe Mantegna and watch anything that he is in. I have to admit I haven't seen House of Games since I saw it when it was first released in theaters. It is worth giving it another watch and seeing if I have changed my opinion. I am not a big fan of Lindsay Crouse so that might have been why I didn't care for it. I remember JM in that movie and his performance was A-1.Quote:
Originally Posted by RickJ
I was very disappointed when Joan of Arcadia was cancelled. Excellent series. Joe Mantegna is on Criminal Minds as a replacement for Mandy Patankin (sp?). I was very impressed with the producers choice to place him into that series. He is more than capable of filling Patankin's shoes. I hope he is able to win over the audience and the series lasts.
Definitely come back and let us know what you think of Frailty and Lone Star. Frailty wound up being a sleeper and I don't think Bill Paxton was given enough credit for creating this movie. That is a movie I can see over and over again. And, as far as Lone Star goes, it is long but definitely worth it. Another one I can watch every couple of years. Chris Cooper has been one of my favorite actors for years and I am so glad he is finally getting the recognition he deserves.
How about 'pay it forward'? X
The Illusionist is a good choice if you liked Prestige.
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