What was the most surprising movie you have seen since you've been an adult.

[applegrove]

I often figure movies out before the end. But "Apartment Zero" with Colin firth totally surprised me.

[Taverner]

1. "Black Swan" - I swear to dog I thought that was going to suck mightily

Ballet is not something I've ever been interested in

But this movie was the apex of 'crazy chick flicks'

They don't get better than Black Swan

And this is coming from someone who loved Girl Interrupted

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Schindler's List

Blew Me Away.

[mainstreetonce]

3. Planet of the Apes

I will remember that last scene forever.

[applegrove]

4. Oh yeah. When I was a kid that last scene really upset me.

[CBGLuthier]

28. Oh MY God, I was wrong, It was earth, all along

Well you finally made a monkey out of me.

[CaptRandom]

5. How to Train Your Dragon...

When it was in the theaters I blew it off as a kids cartoon...


Saw it on HBO and was blown away that it was cute, had a positive message, AND was entertaining as hell for adults...

[Lionel Mandrake]

6. Mulholland Dr.

What you see on the screen may not be what's really happening.

[hifiguy]

34. +1

I saw it with a friend who studied film and afterwards we had a very lengthy discussion about what was "real" in that movie and what parts consisted of the fantasies of which characters.

One of my top three all time films. Lynch at his best is untouchable.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

7. "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover"...

way back in 1990 or 1991. I was unfamiliar with Greenaway and came out of the theatre somewhat...stunned.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. wow. me too. so much weirdness.

saw it in '89

[WorseBeforeBetter]

9. I'm getting a little queasy thinking back to some of the scenes.

Part of me wants to watch it again to see how/if my perspective has changed, but then I think why put myself through it.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. exactly. n/t

[kentauros]

10. Koyaanisqatsi

Still one of my all-time favorite movies and there was no way I was going to predict that ending...

[pscot]

12. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

No contest.

[murielm99]

13. In the Bedroom.

It was a few years ago. It was not at all what I expected.

[texanwitch]

14. Moon.

It was a one person movie, one actor.

It is on cable and netflix.

[Forkboy]

15. One of the best movies in years.

Sam Rockwell was superb, as was every other aspect of that film. So refreshing to see some thinking person's sci-fi for a change.

[texanwitch]

16. I love the movie, I even bought it.

I bet I have watched it 50 times.

I love that Kevin Spacey was the voice of the robot.

[Forkboy]

18. Yup, one of the rare DVDs I've bought.

Still waiting to see Source Code, Jones' second flick. Apparently, talent runs in the David Bowie bloodlines. :)

[givemebackmycountry]

20. "Until The End Of The World"

Jeanne Moreau and Max Von Sydow.
Sam Neill, William Hurt and the late Solveig Dommartin.
Directed by Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas).

EPIC and the ULTIMATE "road" movie.

[Forkboy]

21. I still haven't seen that one yet, but you're not the first to suggest it to me.

I should see if I can find it online somewhere.

[Forkboy]

17. Oldboy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Paw9Myjf2gA

[Iggo]

23. That was amazing.

I have never EVER seen anything like that fight in the hallway. And in fact beginning to end, I knew I was watching something special.

[Forkboy]

24. Here's another Korean movie that I think is even better.

It has Choi Min-Sik from Oldboy, and is easily the best movie I've seen this year.

I Saw The Devil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkwEFKdTckk

And as a bonus, here's the trailer for The Good, The Bad, The Weird featuring Lee Byung Hun from I Saw The Devil. This was the best movie I saw last year. This is a tremendously entertaining film. Korean cinema is churning out the best movies on the planet over the last 5 years. I could rattle off even more, trust me. :)

The Good, The Bad, The Weird
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzNnCK5cd8Q

[A-Schwarzenegger]

19. A Town Called Panic.

PANIQUE AU VILLAGE!

[XemaSab]

22. Live!

I saw it on the bus in Mexico.

It wasn't translated, but I could figure out most of the plot just by watching what was going on... OR SO I THOUGHT.

The ending blew me away. :o

[Kat45]

25. The Usual Suspects

That one blew me away and reminded me of just how good a movie can be. I raved about it so much that I was responsible for quite a few people going to see it.

[applegrove]

26. I half knew who he was before the end.

[CBGLuthier]

27. A Big Hand for the Little Lady

I actually thought I had watched the film once upon a time without seeing the actual ending. It changes the story one hell of a lot those last five minutes. Favorite Joanne Woodward film bar none.

There Will be Blood. Not so much surprising as just wow.

But possibly the single most surprising thing ever was the film Out of Sight. Proving that he may be one of the greatest directors of actors alive, Steven Soderbergh got a damned good performance out of Jennifer Lopez.

Amazing.

[MrScorpio]

29. Fleshdance

I thought that it was the movie with Jennifer Beals… I was wrong.

[Cannikin]

32. OMG The same thing happened to me when I rented Forrest Rump.

[blueamy66]

30. Wrong Turn

nt

[meegbear]

31. The Sixth Sense ...

I've seen lots of movies since, but that was one humdinger of an ending.

[KamaAina]

38. Yep, got me too.

I should've known. They finally found a role that was perfect for Bruce Willis' acting range -- a stiff. :P

[RedCloud]

33. A Russian one here, 12

twists like Chubby Checker!

[bif]

35. The Game

Watching it a second time, you can pick out the clues.

[sinkingfeeling]

36. Vanilla Sky

[bluedigger]

37. "No Country for Old Men"

I was expecting a resolution of the plot at the end...

Let me know if they release a DVD version with an actual ending.

[hamsterjill]

39. Presumed Innocent

With Harrison Ford and Bonnie Bedelia. Amazing and surprising ending, I thought.

[Moondog]

40. The Crying Game.

Didn't see that one coming.

[applegrove]

41. I saw that from a mile away. Something about the muscles gave it away

almost as soon as that character was introduced.

[Moondog]

42. I'm sorry to say that I noticed none of that until

watching it again. Just didn't see it the first time.