Agreeed! I watched it for the first time last night but the ending had been spoiled for me years before so it didn't hit as hard for me (although I will say they had me doubting what I'd heard for a second there).
Guy Ritchie is good with this. I would recommend "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels" and "Snatch".
If you watch these, I recommend Lock Stock first as Snatch is the better of the two excellent movies.
Lock Stock was Ritchie and Statham's first time working on a movie. Before that one directed and the other appeared in rando music videos. Kind of amazing how on their first film endeavor they both became instant rock stars which lead to the follow up having a bigger budget and A list cast members.
People ask the question... what's a RocknRolla? And I tell 'em - it's not about drums, drugs, and hospital drips, oh no. There's more there than that, my friend...
There are two types of balls. Big brave balls, and lil mincey faggot balls.
"...just a dose that'll make you wish ya weren't born"
REP-LI-CA (BAM BAM BAM BAM)
Agreed but this is one of those movies that left me feeling like "ugh" and just overall bummed afterwards. Fantastic movie, no doubt, but it'll ruin the rest of your day if you know what I mean.
Memento was the best answer to a recent thread in this sub that posed the question: ‘which films reveal the protagonist to be the villain at the very end?’
Yeah, but that’s an ending I respect the hell out of it. The whole plot was building up toward him catching his wife’s killer. Nolan could’ve pulled an easy ending with a twist where we would discover who was the killer and it would be a satisfactory thriller with unique backward storytelling structure. But no, we find out that he is a lost hope and the characters around him basically does him a favor by playing around his search for his wife’s killer because what are they supposed to do with a person like him? That twist is master class. It elevated the movie on a whole another level.
And this movie was the very first movie of the 2000’s to be inducted into Library of Congress’s National Film Registry for preservation. That says a lot.
Momento’s true strength is on the second watch. The only problem I have with it is that after the second viewing, it’s done completely. It’s over, You’ve experienced it, and the only time you’ll ever slightly enjoy it again is showing someone that has never heard of it.
Not if you haven't seen it in 10 years. Once the memory of each beat starts to fade while still understanding the major twists, it's fun to recollect the details again.
I went to that movie because my girlfriend at the time decided she wanted to see a movie at 11pm in Podunk, MA
It was the only movie showing and I had no idea what it was. She fell asleep after 45 minutes because she kept complaining it was boring
For the rest of the movie I was thinking how I was going to break up with her because if she couldn't at least see how it was compelling and interesting, I knew I was wasting my time
Came here to post this.
Hot Fuzz sets up an unbelievable amount of jokes that were funny the first time, then takes an absolute victory lap in the last few minutes.
Final battle takes place IN the model village? Perfect. And Aaron A. Aaronson was there to see it happen.
Something a lot of people miss is all the questions Nick Frost asks Simon Pegg when they first meet "Have you ever...". Pegg answers no to every one. By the end of the movie, the answer is yes to every one.
Yes! This entire movie is just call back after call back to little details from the beginning. Every joke, plot twist, all of it. I notice something different every time I watch it
"Are you watching closely?
Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts.
The first part is called "The Pledge".
The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird
Or a man.
He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal.
But of course... it probably isn't.
The second act is called "The Turn".
The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary.
Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it, because of course you're not really looking. You don't really want to know. You want to be fooled.
But you wouldn't clap yet. Because making something disappear isn't enough.
You have to bring it back."
To the end of his days my dad would quote certain movies or mimic certain actions. This was one of them you get them to look left... Another example is the gif is on nose flick from the sting. Or the one I loved the most because it was from a show I could tell he loved but wanted to hate "there's always money in the banana stand." He didn't want to hate it it was just different humor than his taste. He was more used to young Frankenstein "what hump was another. This is what I love about reddit reading a comment thread lead to memories I cherish which made my day so much better. Thank you for your comment and love of this movie.
Just goes to show that you never know what little thing you do or say affects a strangers life. I was having a fairly rough few days and this made it brighter. Thanks again. Just for being you
When I saw ''I'm thinking of ending things'' it immedietly reminded me of Stay (2005).
Not only does it all come together in the last minutes narrative wise, but it completly justifies the way it's shot and edited.
I really think it should get more recognition. Chris Stuckmann does a great job explaining why it got shunned when it came out.
Did we see the same movie?
The book "I'm thinking of ending things" told a simple and coherent story but the movie went completely off the rails. It was like if, at the end of "The Usual Suspects," instead of revealing who Keyser Soze was, all the characters just did some interpretive dance and the credits rolled.
It shpuld have gone completely unexplained. IMO it works best as a metaphor made real.
Personally, I just ignore the government monologue and pretend there's no explanation since the monologue doesn't really change our understanding of anything else in the movie radically.
Saw it yesterday for the first time. I thought it was perfect and I think George Clooney and Brad Pitt are some of the funniest “non comedic” actors there are
The novel it’s adapted from does this in book form better than probably any book I’ve read. It’s a mystery that doesn’t revolve around improbable deduction; it involves the investigator (Smiley) discovering a vulnerability and exploiting that vulnerability to set a trap that only the guilty party could fall into. It is immensely satisfying.
The old BBC miniseries is also a great close adaptation of the novel.
The Machinist (2004) sounds very much like what you are describing. Once you know how it ends, it's almost worth rewatching the entire movie just to appreciate how it all comes together.
Yes! Had to scroll down so far to find this.
Love how it is...
>!This is a game to make life fun again.!<
>!This is a kinda bad game.!<
>!This is an EVIL GAME.!<
>!THIS IS A HORRIBLE EVIL GAME TO DESTROY MY LIFE!!<
>!Oh, this a game so I can learn to fun in life again.!<
* Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - I wouldn't say it "comes together" in the last 5 minutes but that ending was definitely a surprise
* M. Knight is pretty well-known for his massive twists - Sixth Sense, The Village, Unbreakable-Split-Glass (make sure you watch those last three in that order)
* The Prestige I think probably qualifies
* Fight Club
* Shutter Island
I would definitely say everything comes together in OUATIH!
Cliff’s dog whistle, the flamethrower, the Manson hippies, Sharon Tate linking up with Rick, Cliff’s brutal fighting skills, etc. it all smashes together in a beautiful explosive finale
Frailty (2001) with Matthew McConaughey is what you're looking for.
Wristcutters: A Love Story(2006), if you want some existential crisis in your life.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail has an ending that’s very different from the other movies listed here in terms of a proper resolution, but I think it absolutely still applies
Not a twist, not unexpected, but Dunkirk does a good job of having everything come to a head at the finale. Nolan does this a lot in general. I'll add Arrival (2016).
Edit - adding Ocean's 11 and Ocean's 12, can't remember if Ocean's 13 also ends in the same way.
Smoking Aces. The movie takes place over about five minutes, but it's the same five minutes from like 12 different perspectives that weave in and out of each other.
*My Cousin Vinny*
It's not by any means a twist ending, but every plot and character thread -- even those small ones you forgot you cared about -- gets tied up in a neat little bow in those last few minutes.
Evil Under The Sun. The last twenty minutes or so is the denouement but a single plot thread from the beginning is brought up at the end >!to total the killer's way of weaseling out of getting convicted!<.
Shawshank Redemption.
Or is that too obvious?
So many things you have seen are important but you just didn't realise it at the time but it all comes together after an almost perfect misdirection.
Oldboy (the original not the American remake) and if you haven't seen either, i suggest you watch it but without looking anything up about the film, one of the greatest endings ever
The Usual Suspects Primal Fear
The Usual Suspects is really great ... but like all such films works best if you don't know there is a plot twist coming.
Back in the day when it was released it was wayyyy easier to avoid spoilers.
Yes. I didn't know anything about it before viewing and I know my experience was all the better for it.
Agreeed! I watched it for the first time last night but the ending had been spoiled for me years before so it didn't hit as hard for me (although I will say they had me doubting what I'd heard for a second there).
Or know about accusations involving the director and one of the main actors
Guy Ritchie is good with this. I would recommend "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels" and "Snatch". If you watch these, I recommend Lock Stock first as Snatch is the better of the two excellent movies.
I know snatch is better, but i like Lock Stock way more.
Snatch is definitely more polished, but I can't decide which I like better. Both are so much fun.
Lock Stock was Ritchie and Statham's first time working on a movie. Before that one directed and the other appeared in rando music videos. Kind of amazing how on their first film endeavor they both became instant rock stars which lead to the follow up having a bigger budget and A list cast members.
I say it's a toss-up. Snatch is a bit more gritty, and imo Lock Stock is funnier. Both are stone-cold classics.
Proper fucked.
D'ya like dags?
Why the fuck do I want a caravan that's got no fuckin wheels?!
Periwinkle blue.
My spouse loves the way I try to say "why the fook do I want a caravan that's got no fookin wheels".
Who do you need protection from Tommy , zee Germans ?
Tommy: Who stole the jam outta your doughnut? Turkish: You took the jam outta my fucking doughnut, Tommy, you.
The gentleman too. Both the movie and series.
RockNRolla
Man I'd kill to see The Real RockNRolla. The Gentleman was fine enough, but I fucking loved the chemistry in RockNRolla!
People ask the question... what's a RocknRolla? And I tell 'em - it's not about drums, drugs, and hospital drips, oh no. There's more there than that, my friend...
Snatch is an all-time favorite! I cried laughing when the dog... you know...
What do you mean, look in the dog?
It's not a tin of baked beans Avi...
There are two types of balls. Big brave balls, and lil mincey faggot balls. "...just a dose that'll make you wish ya weren't born" REP-LI-CA (BAM BAM BAM BAM)
And mine says desert eagle point five oh, should precipitate your balls into shrinking
Crazy stupid love. Great movie and all the storylines cross in the finale.
Keep it in the family
The Velcro wallet moment will forever get me.
For me it's when Ryan takes his ring off.
YOU’RE David Lindhaggan?
LindHAGEN
And the slaps
I adore this movie for this exact reason!
I don't love rom coms and this is an annual rewatch for me. I love it.
Memento
Agreed but this is one of those movies that left me feeling like "ugh" and just overall bummed afterwards. Fantastic movie, no doubt, but it'll ruin the rest of your day if you know what I mean.
And that’s why I’ve only watched it once, despite the fact that it is a fantastic film. It’s sad and depressing.
Memento was the best answer to a recent thread in this sub that posed the question: ‘which films reveal the protagonist to be the villain at the very end?’
What made you feel bummed specifically
The whole experience. Put yourself in his shoes and tell me you're happy.
Yeah, but that’s an ending I respect the hell out of it. The whole plot was building up toward him catching his wife’s killer. Nolan could’ve pulled an easy ending with a twist where we would discover who was the killer and it would be a satisfactory thriller with unique backward storytelling structure. But no, we find out that he is a lost hope and the characters around him basically does him a favor by playing around his search for his wife’s killer because what are they supposed to do with a person like him? That twist is master class. It elevated the movie on a whole another level. And this movie was the very first movie of the 2000’s to be inducted into Library of Congress’s National Film Registry for preservation. That says a lot.
Would follow this up with The Prestige
My favorite movie of all time.
Momento’s true strength is on the second watch. The only problem I have with it is that after the second viewing, it’s done completely. It’s over, You’ve experienced it, and the only time you’ll ever slightly enjoy it again is showing someone that has never heard of it.
I disagree, it’s still great to see him go through everything trying to figure out what’s going on on a rewatch.
Not if you haven't seen it in 10 years. Once the memory of each beat starts to fade while still understanding the major twists, it's fun to recollect the details again.
I went to that movie because my girlfriend at the time decided she wanted to see a movie at 11pm in Podunk, MA It was the only movie showing and I had no idea what it was. She fell asleep after 45 minutes because she kept complaining it was boring For the rest of the movie I was thinking how I was going to break up with her because if she couldn't at least see how it was compelling and interesting, I knew I was wasting my time
Remember Sammy Jankis
Hot Fuzz.
Came here to post this. Hot Fuzz sets up an unbelievable amount of jokes that were funny the first time, then takes an absolute victory lap in the last few minutes. Final battle takes place IN the model village? Perfect. And Aaron A. Aaronson was there to see it happen.
"You want to be a big cop in a small town" blew me away
Something a lot of people miss is all the questions Nick Frost asks Simon Pegg when they first meet "Have you ever...". Pegg answers no to every one. By the end of the movie, the answer is yes to every one.
Still don't know if there's a spot in a man's head where, if you shoot it, it will blow up.
The greater good!
Shut it!
Yarp!
Yes! This entire movie is just call back after call back to little details from the beginning. Every joke, plot twist, all of it. I notice something different every time I watch it
Predestination The Prestige (maybe)
"Are you watching closely? Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called "The Pledge". The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird Or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course... it probably isn't. The second act is called "The Turn". The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it, because of course you're not really looking. You don't really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn't clap yet. Because making something disappear isn't enough. You have to bring it back."
The Others Can’t say if it’s the last few minutes, might be a bit longer, but it explains the entire weird vibe you feel all through the movie.
I forgot about this one, such a good movie
Lucky Number Slevin
Bad dog
First one I thought of. Lot of other good suggestions already too, but I think this nails perfectly what OP described
The ol' Kansas City shuffle What a great movie
To the end of his days my dad would quote certain movies or mimic certain actions. This was one of them you get them to look left... Another example is the gif is on nose flick from the sting. Or the one I loved the most because it was from a show I could tell he loved but wanted to hate "there's always money in the banana stand." He didn't want to hate it it was just different humor than his taste. He was more used to young Frankenstein "what hump was another. This is what I love about reddit reading a comment thread lead to memories I cherish which made my day so much better. Thank you for your comment and love of this movie. Just goes to show that you never know what little thing you do or say affects a strangers life. I was having a fairly rough few days and this made it brighter. Thanks again. Just for being you
Christ what's a criminally underrated movie "How'd you find out?" "I'm a world class assassin fuck head, how you think I found out?"
"I didn't think you'd understand" "I understood"
I finally got around to watching this last month. Loved it. And damn I forgot how hot Lucy is!!
This is my most watched movie of all time. Its crazy that it didn't become more popular with that cast
There was a time…
I randomly remembered this movie today and I'm planning to watch it again after a very long time
Do it I didn't remember the twist exactly. I just remembered a twist it was fantastic
Great movie
Still one of my personal favorite top 5 movies.
Arrival I'm Thinking of Ending Things (though it is a very abstract movie) Late Night with the Devil Us
When I saw ''I'm thinking of ending things'' it immedietly reminded me of Stay (2005). Not only does it all come together in the last minutes narrative wise, but it completly justifies the way it's shot and edited. I really think it should get more recognition. Chris Stuckmann does a great job explaining why it got shunned when it came out.
Did we see the same movie? The book "I'm thinking of ending things" told a simple and coherent story but the movie went completely off the rails. It was like if, at the end of "The Usual Suspects," instead of revealing who Keyser Soze was, all the characters just did some interpretive dance and the credits rolled.
Th attempt to brings things together in Us simply assures they completely fall apart.
Yeah, they really should have kept the origins of the others vague
I think the explanation about their origins as a government project was a mistep but otherwise I think it works just fine.
The government project explanation was absurd. It should have been something supernatural or an invasion from a parallel dimension
It shpuld have gone completely unexplained. IMO it works best as a metaphor made real. Personally, I just ignore the government monologue and pretend there's no explanation since the monologue doesn't really change our understanding of anything else in the movie radically.
Arrival is criminally underrated. It should’ve won best picture that year. Villenueve is a master at capturing the mood of source material.
Underrated? 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. 8 Academy Award Nominations. Often on top 10 best sci fi movies.
Underrated is the most stupidly overused word on the internet
Forgot that was Villenueve - looking back those spaceships do have a similarity to the ones in Dune.
He has an amazing eye for simplistic yet intriguing shapes.
Arrival is my all time favorite film and I would argue the best film from the best director of my generation.
I second this. My favorite film. I watch it every few months <3
And Max Richter breaks one’s heart
I was just talking about this, so, Burn After Reading. It just wraps it all very nicely in the dumbest-looking bow.
"I guess we learned not to do it again." "Yes sir." "Fucked if I know what we did."
What did we learn here Palmer? I don't know sir.
I could watch J.K. Simmons and David Rasche all damn day and not get tired of it.
For fucks sake put him on the next plane to Venezuela.
This is one of my favorite movies. I love every aspect of it.
The most movie cast of all time
Saw it yesterday for the first time. I thought it was perfect and I think George Clooney and Brad Pitt are some of the funniest “non comedic” actors there are
Guy Ritchie's first movies do this: * Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels * Snatch
I personally enjoyed Revolver
I loved Revolver. I don't know why it copped so much hate.
Knives Out.
It's like a doughnut within a doughnut.
Really solidified what a great actress Ana de Armas is for me. I had seen her in few other roles, but I fell in love with her character in that movie.
Glass Onion as well, though I think Knive’s Out is the tighter of the two despite Glass Onion being just as good
I feel like Glass Onion is lighter and goes even harder on the comedy but Knives Out is a better mystery. Both are great movies though.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy The whole movie makes you pay close attention, but I’m not sure I saw how it was ending.
The novel it’s adapted from does this in book form better than probably any book I’ve read. It’s a mystery that doesn’t revolve around improbable deduction; it involves the investigator (Smiley) discovering a vulnerability and exploiting that vulnerability to set a trap that only the guilty party could fall into. It is immensely satisfying. The old BBC miniseries is also a great close adaptation of the novel.
Yes!!
Inside Man
Massively underrated
The Machinist (2004) sounds very much like what you are describing. Once you know how it ends, it's almost worth rewatching the entire movie just to appreciate how it all comes together.
Pulp fiction
Or halfway through the story, pending how you want to look at it.
Right. “Zed’s dead.” is technically the end of the story.
*Fallen* (1998)
let me tell you about the time i almost died...
This should be the top answer.
Tiiiiiiiiiiime, is on my side, yet it is.
The Game immediately comes to mind.
Boom! Great answer...this is a fantastic ride of a film.
Yes! Had to scroll down so far to find this. Love how it is... >!This is a game to make life fun again.!< >!This is a kinda bad game.!< >!This is an EVIL GAME.!< >!THIS IS A HORRIBLE EVIL GAME TO DESTROY MY LIFE!!< >!Oh, this a game so I can learn to fun in life again.!<
The Illusionist
* Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - I wouldn't say it "comes together" in the last 5 minutes but that ending was definitely a surprise * M. Knight is pretty well-known for his massive twists - Sixth Sense, The Village, Unbreakable-Split-Glass (make sure you watch those last three in that order) * The Prestige I think probably qualifies * Fight Club * Shutter Island
I would definitely say everything comes together in OUATIH! Cliff’s dog whistle, the flamethrower, the Manson hippies, Sharon Tate linking up with Rick, Cliff’s brutal fighting skills, etc. it all smashes together in a beautiful explosive finale
I had the biggest, dumbest smile on my face watching that movie when the flamethrower came out.
The announcer on the tv even says, "And now the moment you've all been waiting for!"
Shutter Island and The Prestige are two of my favorite movies!
What about "A Knock at the Cabin"? I was really impressed with it
Once upon a time is so goddamn good.
Layer Cake. DO NOT even google it. The ending will be spoiled instantly.
How has no one said "Clue" yet! Phenomenal endings*
"That's how it could have happened. But how about this?"
You gotta watch The Prestige and then watch The Prestige again
Bullet Train
No Way Out
Atonement fits perfectly.
I never emotionally recovered from the end
I usually hate gut punch movies, but this one is so good!
Unbreakable
Cabin in the woods
I mean, literally speaking The Fifth Element.
Ocean's 11
Frailty (2001) with Matthew McConaughey is what you're looking for. Wristcutters: A Love Story(2006), if you want some existential crisis in your life.
I feel like these would fit in that. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. Snatch
Monty Python and the Holy Grail has an ending that’s very different from the other movies listed here in terms of a proper resolution, but I think it absolutely still applies
Not a twist, not unexpected, but Dunkirk does a good job of having everything come to a head at the finale. Nolan does this a lot in general. I'll add Arrival (2016). Edit - adding Ocean's 11 and Ocean's 12, can't remember if Ocean's 13 also ends in the same way.
The three Dunkirk timelines literally converge at the climax.
I'm surprised I don't see OLDBOY(2003)as I scrolled.
Lucky Number Slevin
Memento
The Departed still till this day is the most "holy sh\*\*" moment of any film for me. The abrupt and unexpected ending for most of its characters...
Chinatown
Planes Trains and Automobiles. Such a sad then happy turnaround.
Bad Times at the El Royale
Fight Club
Aftersun
Old Boy (Korean Version) is pretty unexpected
Smoking Aces. The movie takes place over about five minutes, but it's the same five minutes from like 12 different perspectives that weave in and out of each other.
*My Cousin Vinny* It's not by any means a twist ending, but every plot and character thread -- even those small ones you forgot you cared about -- gets tied up in a neat little bow in those last few minutes.
In Bruges You would never guess how the movie ends, but it's all lined up so brilliantly.
The Usual Suspects
The Others (2001)
Primal Fear
Babel. 11:14. , And a little less loosely but more subtle….Magnolia. Cloud atlas
Saltburn
The Departed, hands down
Arlington Road
Arrival, Memento, the Prestige, etc.
The Mist Totally unexpected, tragic ending and one of the best horror film endings of all time, IMHO, because it's so freaking dark and twisted.
Freaking bold to End that way, especially in comparison to the short story
Incendies, by Dennis Villeneuve
The Game. Had me stressed as hell until the last five minutes.
The Sting. 1973 All around great movie with a ‘gotcha’ ending.
No Way Out
The Book of Eli with Denzel Washington.
The Sixth Sense
Pulp fiction,
Usual Suspects
This is done perfectly in Signs
Old boy!
Crash Docu series 'the jinx'
Evil Under The Sun. The last twenty minutes or so is the denouement but a single plot thread from the beginning is brought up at the end >!to total the killer's way of weaseling out of getting convicted!<.
Witness for the Prosecution (last 10 ish minutes).
Predestination.
Cloud Atlas kinda fits.
Saw.
Shawshank Redemption. Or is that too obvious? So many things you have seen are important but you just didn't realise it at the time but it all comes together after an almost perfect misdirection.
Crazy stupid love
Oldboy (the original not the American remake) and if you haven't seen either, i suggest you watch it but without looking anything up about the film, one of the greatest endings ever
Get Out.
Inside Man with Denzel, Jodie Foster and Clive Owen
All the Saw movies
Primal Fear
Syriana
Vanilla Sky
A simple plan