Screenwriters and directors always strive to give your stories twists that no one sees coming. And is that, with such a tidy film production, many times the tapes end up looking too much.
The goal of many screenwriters and directors is subtly fooling viewers to the end is the goal. Also, movies with unexpected endings are generally liked. As long as they are consistent.
Regular Suspects by Bryan Singer (1995)
A group of unorthodox criminals witnessed a bloody massacre aboard a ship. An insightful police officer, responsible for the investigation, interrogates one of those involved trying to clarify the facts. At the same time, follow the trail of a dangerous and bloodthirsty criminal that everyone fears.
In the end, no one is who they claimed to be and the investigator discovers that he always had before him (and that he also let escape) the villain he was chasing.
Psychosis, by Alfred Hitchcock (1960)
Before PsychosisThat the protagonist of a film died murdered as soon as the projection began, it was inconceivable. But that's exactly what happens with Marrion Crane (Janet Leigh) in this Alfred Hitchcock classic.
For the master of suspense, it was not enough to erase who was supposed to be the main star from the story. He still had time for more surprises.
The sixth Senseby M. Night Shyamalan (1998)
Although the director is in charge of giving details throughout the plot of what is really happening, most viewers don't find out until the end. One of the most celebrated performances of Bruce Willis.
The Orphanage, by Juan Antonio Bayona (2007)
One of the most important international phenomena in Spanish cinema in recent years. A story as terrifying as it is surprising.
Tomás, one of the characters in the film, became an icon of terror.
The other, by Alejandro Amenábar (2001)
Another Spanish film on the list of films with unexpected endings. Although spoken in English, starring Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise as producer.
share with The sixth Sense y The orphanage, presence of children with “special sensitivities”.
Open your eyes, by Alejandro Amenábar (1997)
Amenábar had already surprised Spain and much of the world, with a thriller full of fantasy elements, starring Eduardo Noriega and Penélope Cruz.
In 2001, in parallel with The other, Tom Cruise produced and starred under Cameron Crowe in a Hollywood remake. For the "new" audience it was a surprising story. Those who had seen the original version found a nondescript and scruffy tape.
David Fincher: Master of the Art of Films with Unexpected Endings
Almost all the filmography of this American director falls into this category. Yes OK debuted behind the cameras with Alien 3 (1992), no one takes this movie seriously.
Seven (1995)), his first "authorial" work, surprised by its tone very similar to The silence of the lambs (Jonathan Damme, 1991), but with an even denser air.
He surprised audiences again with the final twist that his next film took: The Game (1997). In this history, a lonely boring billionaire played by Michael Douglas, he almost lost his head victim of a somewhat heavy "game" of his brother (Sean Penn).
In 1999 one of his iconic films was released: Fight club. Brad Pitt and Edward Norton are engaged in fighting each other. Or at least that's what the public believes.
In 2007 he presented Zodiac. Based on a true story, known to most of the public. Still, Fincher managed to construct a tale that puzzled everyone with its open ending.
Gone girl (2014) returned him to his darker cinema with surprising endings.
In 2000, when Sony was looking for a director to Spiderman (the film that Sam Raimi would end up directing), Fincher was about to take the position. It was ruled out when in a meeting he said that he would kill the protagonist. And it is that in his films the bad ones do win.
Arlington Road: you will fear your neighborsby Mark Pellington (1999)
A movie where the bad guys get away with it. The public is so used to seeing heroes save the day, that when this does not happen, it is a capital surprise.
Jeff Bridges, Tim Ronnins and Joan Cusack starred in the film.
The talented Mr. Ripleyby Anthony Minghella (1999)
Tom Ripley is one of the most hated antiheroes in literature. Absolutely cheeky, he always gets his way and there's no stopping him.
Based on the homonymous novel by Patricia Highsmith, with Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett and Philip Seymour Hoffman protagonists.
The Empire Strikes Backby Irvin Kershner (1980)
Second installment of the original trilogy of The Wars. Henceforth, the intermediate chapters of the film trilogies should be like this tape: dark and with the villains emerging victorious.
"I am your father" is one of the most impressive phrases of the history of cinema and that by itself registered this film among the films with unexpected endings.
Christopher Nolan: another genius for building movies with unexpected endings
Although the London director is mostly known for his Batman trilogy, the most interesting of his work is located far from Gotham City.
Memento (2000) his second film and the one that paved his way to fame, it's a surprise from start to finish. All thanks to the fact that the story is focused on a man who suffers from amnesia.
Two years later it would arrive Insomnia, with Al Pacino, Robin Williams and Hilary Swank. Remake of a Norwegian film of the same name.
Between Batman starts (2005) and The Knight of the Night (2008) released The Big Trick (2006). A film in which two rival magicians deceive each other constantly, often leaving the public quite confused.
Before closing the chapter with the Gothic Masked Man, he shot From (2010). A story of a dream within a dream with an ending that has generated a whole storm of theories.
In 2014 he released Interstellar. A journey to the ends of the universe through a mysterious hole, where time is relative.
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