Great "surprise"/punchline scenes in films (trying not to give spoilers):

[CanuckAmok]

I'm going to say the moment in Reservoir Dogs just as you believe Mr. White is going to burn the caprured cop, and Mr. Orange comes out of nowhere...


When Han Solo comes back to shoot Vader's wingman.

In The Usual Suspects, revealing Kaiser Szozay.

The final scene in the European version of "The Vanishing".

The final scene in "Birdy".

"I see dead people".

The final scene in "Vanishing Point".



Others...?

[EC]

1. Body Heat

the look on William Hurts face when he's in jail and he looks up and says..."She's alive"

[BrklynLiberal]

2. The Usual Suspects

When Kevin Spacey leaves the police station after the final interrogation and the camera follows his footsteps...and the policeman looks at the calendar(or poster) on the wall..

ooops, you already mentioned this one.

How about the ending of "The Others" ?

[baldguy]

3. Ronin

You never find out what's in the case.

[CanuckAmok]

5. Hmmmm...same with "Pulp Fiction"...

...although some people say the case contained the soul of Marcellus Wallace (Ving Rhames), and that's why he wanted it back so badly. It also allegedly explains the small bandaid on the back of his neck, which is supposedly how his soul was extracted in the first place.

[barackmyworld]

4. I remember when I first saw 6th sense

it was a couple days after it came out, and when "some people don't know they are ghosts..." was on, there was a loud collective "OHHHHHHH!"

I've never seen that in any other movie

[tjdee]

20. But he didn't talk to anyone in the movie!!

I knew something was up. He never talked to anyone, and I didn't think the editing could be that crappy. Wasn't a big shock to me.... kind of wish it was, I feel left out. :cry:

[Mad_Dem_X]

32. I felt the same way about it...

Especially the scene where he's sitting there with the mother. If he didn't know "the truth" until the end, how did he get into the house? And didn't he wonder why the mom wasn't speaking to him??

[Mad_Dem_X]

33. I felt the same way about it...

Especially the scene where he's sitting there with the mother. If he didn't know "the truth" until the end, how did he get into the house? And didn't he wonder why the mom wasn't speaking to him??

[Deja Q]

6. Star Trek II, about Spock early on...

[lenidog]

7. The Crying Game

when you found out he was guy.

[ET Awful]

8. I kept waiting for one of those moments in Mulholland Drive, but it

never quite came :)

I still haven't completely figured that one out :)

[CanuckAmok]

12. what's not to understand?!

tiny parents, staged lesbianism, actors switching roles... clear as an unmuddied lake!

[ET Awful]

16. You just described every David Lynch film ever made :) :) :) n/t

[lenidog]

9. A newer one

The Stepford Wives. I could tell the Glen Close was a real from the start but never saw Chris Walken being a robot.

[lenidog]

10. Frailty

When you find out that the father wasn't nuts and which brother Matthew McConaughey actually is.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

11. James Spader

Never came back from Vietnam. I forget the title.

[CanuckAmok]

18. "Jacob's Ladder". Good call!

n/t

[DS1]

23. Except it was Tim Robbins

;-)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

29. Holy crap, you're right. My memory is playing tricks with me. Tell me...

Did Robbins get forcibly immersed in a bathtub full of ice in that movie?

[DS1]

35. Yep, and he made quite a big stink about it too

It was during a party, I believe

[tcfrogs]

22. Wasn't that Tim Robbins in Jacob's Ladder?

not going to check imdb..

Good call, BTW! I thought of that too when I first saw the thread tonight.

[MrScorpio]

13. The very end of of Rock Hudson's SECONDS

That scene still gives me chills

[CanuckAmok]

19. That whole movie gives me the creeps.

Every scene is just so unsettling and uncomfortable. Particularly when Rock Hudson's character is making an ass of himself in a social environment (the pagan party, the cocktail party), and there's those moments when everyone else stops what they're doing, and focusing their disgusted attention on him.

[EstimatedProphet]

14. Jacob's Ladder

When you find out that Tim Robbins is actually dying

[democracyindanger]

15. No Way Out

Kevin Costner ended up being...

[Kire]

17. (I think it's impossible not to give spoilers in this thread.)

sorry, but I've got to block it

it's a great idea, though

[EC]

21. How about Chinatown?...n/t

[Lydia Leftcoast]

24. A single moment in Truffaut's *Shoot the Piano Player*

If you've seen it, you'll remember the scene in which one of the bad guys says, "If I'm lying, may my..."

And Truffaut cuts to a seen where exactly that happens.

If you haven't seen it, that pleasure still lies ahead of you. :-)

[Taxloss]

40. That. Is. Brilliant.

An amazing shot - a split-second. Completely unexpected. Rather Monty Python.

[Hans Delbrook]

25. Hard to beat

"No, Luke, I am your father."

I also love(from Star Trek Insuurection)
Bev Crusher: Okay Data. What do you think we should do?
Data: Saddle up, lock and load!

When Bishop comes back in Aliens.

When Kim Novak starts crying in Bell, Book and Candle.

And in L.A. Confidential when the Captains says, "Nolo Tomasie" and Exeley then knows that means he killed Vincennes.

[mcscajun]

26. The Sting...

...when you realize just who was 'the mark'

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The audience. :)

Great flick.

[General Zod]

27. Soylent Green is people!

[kodi]

28. casablanca, and who got on the plane

supposedly, even the actors did not know until just before the scene was shot.

but

"Luke, I Am Your Father!" is damn close

[Mad_Dem_X]

30. The Usual Suspects, Baby!! And, not to nitpick:

But his name is spelled Keyser Soze. ;-)

[Modem Butterfly]

31. The Last Temptation of Christ

You know, that scene at the very end of the film in which Mel Gibson comes out wearing a silk bustier and a garter and fires that laser that turns everyone into fabulous cross-dressing statues.

[Mad_Dem_X]

34. LMFAO!!!!!!!

Edit: Laughing so hard I couldn't spell.

[ProfessorGAC]

36. The End Of "Arlington Road"

My reaction was "What just happened here?" "He's now the bad guy and the bad guys get away with it???????"

Very creepy movie with an unsettling end.
The Professor

[ProfessorGAC]

37. Another One: Titanic!

Who would have guessed the boat would actually sink?!? I never suspected it for a moment.
The Professor

[Beware the Beast Man]

38. "The Ring"- "You weren't supposed to help her!"

There are better twists, but no one mentioned this one yet.

[dubyaD40web]

39. The Passion of the Christ

Who knew?

[Taxloss]

41. The end of "Bob Roberts". The tapping foot gives it all away ...

I would also nominate:

- the end of Fight Club (when you find out who Tyler is - "the gun is in my hand!")
- the end of Parallax View (lone nut?)
- the end of Soylent Green
- The end of the original Planet of the Apes (Liberty on the beach)
- And the final shot of "From Dusk 'Til Dawn", which reveals the ziggurat. Great credits joke.