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  • Lesser known films with plot twists.

    There are the ones we all pretty much know like the 6th sense ect.

    But what movies that perhaps did not get as much coverage, had a twist in the plot that made your jaw drop?

    A lot of those movies have really slow stories that put off the mass public, but I feel some of those reward you if you stick with it until the end, looking to expand my library
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    Re: Lesser known films with plot twists.

    TELL NO ONE is a good one. It doesn't have a jaw dropping twist, but it is a great thriller with some nice turns.

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    • #3
      Re: Lesser known films with plot twists.

      House of Games

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      • #4
        Re: Lesser known films with plot twists.

        I've brought this up before.

        Wreck It Ralph.

        Great twist that I didn't see coming.

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          Re: Lesser known films with plot twists.

          World On A Wire.

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            Re: Lesser known films with plot twists.

            None of these are what I'd call lesser known, but fwiw:

            The Crying Game
            The Usual Suspects
            Fight Club
            Vanilla Sky
            Primal Fear
            Shutter Island
            Jacob's Ladder

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              Re: Lesser known films with plot twists.

              This one was well known at the time and even had protestors at theaters on opening night, but it is not as well known today...at least the plot isn't as well known.

              Basic Instinct (1992) with Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas

              Also:
              No Way Out Kevin Costner and Sean Young
              Charade with Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant
              21 with Kate Bosworth and Jim Sturgess--doesn't exactly follow the book
              The Ghost Writer with Ewan MacGregor and Pierce Brosnan

              and any movies made from the novels of Allistair MacLean:
              Where Eagles Dare
              Bear Island
              Tobruk
              Guns of Navarone
              Breakheart Pass
              Ice Station Zebra

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              • #8
                Re: Lesser known films with plot twists.

                Indeed- the definition of lesser-known is probably pretty elastic.

                Kiss Or Kill?

                Lantana?

                The Prestige? (Boy do I hate to think of The Prestige as lesser known... )
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                • #9
                  Re: Lesser known films with plot twists.

                  White Bird in a Blizzard
                  Faults
                  The Signal
                  Spiral
                  Kill List
                  Take Shelter

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                  • #10
                    Re: Lesser known films with plot twists.

                    Originally posted by docgonzo View Post
                    TELL NO ONE is a good one. It doesn't have a jaw dropping twist, but it is a great thriller with some nice turns.
                    Tried to see it yesterday, then saw it was in French, and my attention was not going to be all there since I was writing. But I just put it on today again, seems like my type of movie.

                    Originally posted by JoeBanks View Post
                    House of Games
                    Not streaming anywhere, so I'll catch it soon.

                    Originally posted by UnequalProductions View Post
                    I've brought this up before.

                    Wreck It Ralph.

                    Great twist that I didn't see coming.
                    Cartoon with a twist? Sounds inta-das-ting!

                    Originally posted by Staircaseghost View Post
                    World On A Wire.
                    Originally posted by Paul Striver View Post
                    None of these are what I'd call lesser known, but fwiw:

                    The Crying Game
                    The Usual Suspects
                    Fight Club
                    Vanilla Sky
                    Primal Fear
                    Shutter Island
                    Jacob's Ladder
                    Those are MY type of movies!!!

                    Originally posted by RogerOThornhill View Post
                    This one was well known at the time and even had protestors at theaters on opening night, but it is not as well known today...at least the plot isn't as well known.

                    Basic Instinct (1992) with Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas

                    Also:
                    No Way Out Kevin Costner and Sean Young
                    Charade with Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant
                    21 with Kate Bosworth and Jim Sturgess--doesn't exactly follow the book
                    The Ghost Writer with Ewan MacGregor and Pierce Brosnan

                    and any movies made from the novels of Allistair MacLean:
                    Where Eagles Dare
                    Bear Island
                    Tobruk
                    Guns of Navarone
                    Breakheart Pass
                    Ice Station Zebra
                    I havent seen most of those so I shall check I tried looking for some in your list, but when the "NO WAY OUT" came out as a gay/lesbian film with one star and no kevin costnet on Amazon prime I got discouraged.

                    I know you meant another one, but that's the one that came out haha. Get it? Came out? OH! (The logline was about someone coming ou-- Nevermind)

                    Originally posted by ExtHollywoodDay View Post
                    Indeed- the definition of lesser-known is probably pretty elastic.

                    Kiss Or Kill?

                    Lantana?

                    The Prestige? (Boy do I hate to think of The Prestige as lesser known... )
                    Yeah I know I mean i guess movies where the end is not already known by most, even if they have not seen it. I would guess even if you have not seen 6th sense by now, you probably know the twist. But it is pretty subjective in a sense.

                    Originally posted by CthulhuRises View Post
                    White Bird in a Blizzard
                    Faults
                    The Signal
                    Spiral
                    Kill List
                    Take Shelter

                    Will check
                    "We're going to be rich!" - 1/2 hr COMEDY written/directed/edited by me, I also act in it.
                    SUBTITLED
                    Episode 1 (Beef pills)
                    Episode 2 (African commercial)
                    Episode 3 (Brenda's rescue)

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                      Re: Lesser known films with plot twists.

                      Hostel.

                      I don't think I've ever seen a movie do that type of plot twist. Hesitant to say what it was if you haven't seen it.
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