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  • Dec 7, 2007, 11:52 AM
    RickJ
    Movie suggestions?
    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?
  • Dec 7, 2007, 12:03 PM
    hank flynn
    To live and die in la , 1986, great movie, just twisted
  • Dec 7, 2007, 12:07 PM
    RickJ
    I remember that one well... a good and stylish actioner... but I don't remember a "unique twist". Did it have one?
  • Dec 7, 2007, 12:10 PM
    NeedKarma
    The Usual Suspects
    The Village
    The Game
    Arlington Road
  • Dec 7, 2007, 12:33 PM
    Lizrex
    The Reaping was quite a good movie with twists and turns.
  • Dec 7, 2007, 02:34 PM
    stardust713
    If you don't mind gore I suggest "Seven."
  • Dec 9, 2007, 07:33 AM
    RickJ
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by NeedKarma
    The Usual Suspects
    The Village
    The Game
    Arlington Road

    I loved Usual Suspects and The Game. I found the Village just "fair to middlin".

    I'll check out Arlington Road.
  • Dec 9, 2007, 07:33 AM
    RickJ
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by stardust713
    If you don't mind gore I suggest "Seven."

    Excellent flick! I did see that one.
  • Dec 9, 2007, 07:51 AM
    CaptainRich
    Consenting Adults : Consenting Adults (1992) - Plot summary
    Ronin : Ronin (1998) - Plot summary
    Both have interesting twists!
  • Dec 9, 2007, 09:49 AM
    jessb
    What about lucky number slevin...
  • Dec 9, 2007, 09:52 AM
    Dr D
    Three more twisted tales:

    U-Turn
    Frailty
    Blood Simple
  • Dec 9, 2007, 09:54 AM
    jessb
    Lucky number slevin..
    If I post this twice... sorry:)
  • Dec 9, 2007, 10:35 AM
    RickJ
    Thanks, all... I'll be checking out these I have not seen.

    I did see and like Ronin.
  • Dec 9, 2007, 02:48 PM
    stardust713
    "Identity" with John Cusak is a good one too.
  • Dec 9, 2007, 02:53 PM
    leti1980
    Derailed is a really good film with a great twist. It has jennifer aniston, clive owen and vincent cassel in it.
  • Dec 9, 2007, 03:00 PM
    RickJ
    Thanks, I've not seen Identity or Derailed.
  • Dec 10, 2007, 07:17 AM
    suga_mel
    Mullholland drive
  • Dec 10, 2007, 09:17 AM
    RubyPitbull
    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.
  • Dec 10, 2007, 02:22 PM
    RickJ
    Thanks, folks! Lots to check out for the holidays... Sounds like Frailty is one to check out. I did see Blood Simple long ago...

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by RubyPitbull

    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 period 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

    Children of Men, The Illusionist, Chinatown and Crying Game bored me to tears :o

    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.
  • Dec 10, 2007, 02:31 PM
    RubyPitbull
    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.

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