All viewers love to be involved in the events taking place on the screen, to empathize with the heroes, to worry about their fate, to be witnesses of someone's ups and downs, birth or death. This is probably akin to peeping at others, common to almost all people on the planet. It is hardly worth looking for some biblical foundations that allow each of us to feel like God who watches everyone and "knows even when one single hair moves on your head," as the hero of the actor Benicio Del Toro put it in a drama "21 grams." Or maybe not without it ...
But even more than peeping, people, like the audience, like to be surprised. After all, this feeling returns them to childhood again. Zeroes out for some moments or hours, depending on the degree of impact. And what can best surprise a viewer if not movies with an unpredictable denouement? And in the article we will talk about the best of them, compile a list of hits from them and place all of its participants in chronological order so that it is convenient to deduce a certain pattern in their subject matter and problems raised, and at the same time to find out what surprised the audience most of all in different years .
Let us begin our acquaintance with 10 films with an incredible denouement, which are standard in terms of the topic that we raised.
"Seven"
In the main photo of this article, it is not at all accidental that you can see a frame from the film "Seven", one of the most brilliant creations of director David Fincher. Or rather, a worthy fruit of his gloomy mind. Indeed, this movie, starring in the role of Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin Spacey, filmed back in 1995, and rightfully occupying the first place in the top of the films with an incredible denouement, even today looks more than creepy. Almost in the course of his narrative, it rains completely without washing away the traces of the ritual murders, terrible in their cruelty and sophistication, based on the seven deadly sins of mankind - gluttony, greed, fornication, envy, despondency, pride and anger. And if the reasons for punishing the victims of a serial killer for the first five named sins are explainable and understandable from the point of view of the development of the plot, then the fulfillment of the last two deadly sins of pride and anger will be the final point in this whole wild story, and will not only shock you, but will remain forever in your heart, suddenly contracted to the condition of a narrowed pupil ...
It is noteworthy that the producers of the film for a long time refused to launch it precisely because of the completely terrifying finale, offering as many as five alternative endings. All doubts were resolved by Brad Pitt, who threatened to leave the set if the original version was corrected.
"Sixth Sense"
The second place in the top of the films with an incredible denouement belongs to The Sixth Sense, the 1999 mystical thriller directed by M. Night Shyamalan, in which the main roles were played by Bruce Willis and young Haley Joel Osment.
The Sixth Sense is a very sad picture. Sadness and loneliness blows literally from every shot in which the sad life of a nine-year-old boy Cole is shown, unfortunately having the ability to see the ghosts of people who died a violent death. Malcolm Crow, a pediatrician and psychiatrist, comes to the aid of the boy, trying his best to support his patient and find some way out of this situation. Malcolm is as lonely as Cole. Only he is an adult, and looks at his problems in the family from a philosophical point of view.
Throughout the whole picture, the viewer will see the hard struggle of the doctor for the life of his little patient. But when the logical and quite happy ending of this sad story already becomes apparent, the finale arrives, deserving of the title of one of the best incredible outcomes in films. It can not be called shocking, as in the thriller "Seven". No, it looks more like a stray bullet that hit you right in the chest. You have just been alive ... You have just been ...
And you can still sit for a long time with a lump in your throat, staring blankly at the screen on which everyone goes and the final credits go ...
"Others"
In third place out of 10 films with an incredible denouement is the mystical drama Alejandro Amenabara "Others", which was released in 2001. This dark and foggy picture, designed in a gothic gloomy style, tells the story of Grace, a beautiful and prim lady of noble blood, hiding in a country mansion with her two children in anticipation of her husband who went to war.
Actress Nicole Kidman absolutely brilliantly embodied on the screen the dramatic image of the main character - a mother who is constantly on the verge of a nervous breakdown due to the mysterious illness of her son and daughter, as a result of which sunlight is harmful to them. Therefore, they cannot go outside, all the windows in their big house are curtained, and in order to open one door, you must first close the previous one.
Meanwhile, Grace's children are beginning to claim that there is someone else in the house besides them ...
Until the very end, the viewer is sure that he is watching a completely different story, deliberately misled by the author of the picture. When the story reaches its climax, we are faced with one of the best films from thrillers and dramas with incredible denouement, after watching the shocking finale of which it becomes very painful ....
Oldboy
The next place in the top ten films with an incredible denouement is occupied by "Oldboy", an inimitable 2003 South Korean film directed by Pak Chan-uk. This movie is absolutely unlike any other cinematography work, and it is absolutely impossible to tear yourself away from what is happening on the screen.
“Oldboy” is an interpretation of the “Count of Monte Cristo” - the story of one sophisticated revenge, which took fifteen years to incarnate. It is impossible to retell this picture. It is similar to a symphonic work, in which there are string, wind and chamber instruments, supported by a choir and solo vocal parts. All this is in “Oldboy”, as well as, in fact, the music itself, literally permeating the picture, completely ingeniously woven into all its episodes, and making it a truly epic spectacle.
When the main character of “Oldboy”, a former exemplary family man O Dae-su, whose role was played by the actor Choi Min-sik, suddenly abandoned for many years by his mysterious avenger in a single cell, and also unexpectedly released from it, after going through many trials and upheavals comes to the logical conclusion of the whole story, there comes a monstrous ending, from which you want to scream ...
"Butterfly Effect"
The next among the best films from thrillers and detective stories with an incredible denouement of our top list was the unforgettable film by directors Eric Bress and J. Mackey Gruber, “Butterfly Effect”, presented to the viewer in 2004. Actors Ashton Kutcher and Amy Smart in this movie told the amazing story of Evan, who was transferred from his father the ability to reverse time and events in order to change the present with his actions in the past. Rather, one of the many real ones.
All attempts by Evan to change his fate revolve around the girl Kaylee, whom he has loved since childhood. But do not expect melodrama - it will not be. Instead, all the terrifying steps of possible reincarnation of the life of the protagonist will appear before the viewer, eventually leading Evan to a completely unexpected version of the decision of his fate.
Today, the intricate, subtle and incredibly wise "Butterfly Effect" has long been a cult picture. It is noteworthy that in fact this film had four options for the ending at once - the director's one, from which the audience was horrified, the open, happy ending and the official rental ending, familiar to most viewers.
"Haze"
The next unpredictable movie that you should definitely watch is the mysterious thriller “The Mist”, directed by Frank Darabonte, who presented us with such imperishable masterpieces of world cinema as “The Shawshank Redemption” and “The Green Mile”, based on the work of the famous Stephen Kinga's "Fog".
This picture, starred by actors Thomas Jane, Marsha Gay Harden, Laurie Holden and Nathan Gamble, tells the terrible story of the inhabitants of one of the small towns of the American state of Maine, trapped in a trap of supernatural fog inhabited by monsters. In addition to the obvious line of a regular horror film, “The Darkness” surprisingly reveals all the nooks and crannies of the soul of a person who has fallen into a situation and there is no way out.
Reveals ruthlessly and very believable. But this, of course, is not the point. The thing is a completely impossible and terrible ending, tearing to pieces the audience’s heart and making the picture one of the best representatives of films with an incredible denouement in our top.
After watching the finals of “The Darkness” you feel like a man who was struck with all his might with a heavy hammer in the chest. And there is nothing to breathe ...
"Substitution"
In 2008, Clint Eastwood's picture "Substitution" was released, the main role in which was brilliantly played by Angelina Jolie. It is dedicated to the story of a mother whose son suddenly disappeared. When the child was found by the police and returned to the heroine Jolie, it turned out that this was not her son, but just a strange boy very similar to him. However, further events that simply had to go along the standard line of the search for the missing and all kinds of assistance provided to the unfortunate woman received a completely unexpected and terrifying continuation ...
"Substitution" refers to the number of films with an incredible denouement on real events, consisting in the abductions and murders of boys who really took place in California in 1928.
The picture is incredibly heavy and sad. After watching it, a lump remains for a long time in the throat. Emotionally and deeply performed role in this film is the best in the career of Angelina Jolie.
"Shutter Island"
Among the best thrillers with an incredible denouement is the picture of 2009 directed by Martin Scorsese "Island of the Damned", which occupies the eighth place of honor of our today's top.
The main roles of this movie, which tells about the investigation of two bailiffs who went to the clinic for crazy killers on a distant island, were played by Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo and Ben Kingsley. The Island of the Damned looks like a head of cabbage in which, sheet by sheet, all layers of the insane plot of doctors against the hero DiCaprio are revealed. They stuff him with pills and convince him of abnormalities, preventing him from conducting an investigation for which he came to this island. Surprisingly, even when only one leaf remains on a head of cabbage, the viewer is still watching a completely different film. And only after the opening of the last layer of mysteries does a completely eerie ending of this stunning and gloomy story open, fundamentally changing the whole meaning of the previous narrative, confidently and deservedly ranking the Island of the Damned as one of the selected films with incredible denouement.
"Remember me"
In March 2010, the premiere of the melodrama directed by Allen Coulter "Remember Me" took place, in which the main roles were played by actors Robert Pattinson and Emily de Ravin. In justification of his genre, throughout the picture, the development of a romantic story is shown that arose as a result of the selfish motives of the hero Pattinson towards the daughter of a policeman, in whose hands at that time his fate lay after participating in a street brawl. However, after communication between young people, mutual sympathy arises, very soon turning into real feelings.
It is noteworthy that despite all the frank melodramaticity and general predictability, which does not even hint at the fact that we are faced with one of the best representatives of films with an incredible denouement, the picture itself is very interesting and easy to look at. The game of Robert Pattison is perfect and flawless. There is not a shadow of the Twilight sweetness in it. On the contrary, there is a real guy, of which there are many. He lives a real life and is not afraid to sort things out on his fists. Together with his film partner, he creates an amazing duet that is interesting to watch. “Remember me” would be liked by many, even without their last shots, flashed literally in front of the credits. But you cannot get rid of the gaze of the hero Patisson, who is looking at you from the window of the building for a very, very long time, only at that moment realizing that all these almost two hours of screen time actually happened before you.
“Remember Me” is that film after which silence is seen all over the world ...
"Nothing good at the El Royal Hotel"
The final picture of our today's top was one of the best films with an incredible denouement of 2018 - “Nothing good at the El Royal Hotel”. The author of this bewitching thriller, capable of drawing the viewer into the incessant maelstrom of events and images from the very first seconds, was directed by Drew Goddard, who presented us, for a moment, with his famous works such as "Lost", "Martian", "War of the Worlds Z "and" Cabin in the forest. "
That night at El Royal there are no main characters, and there is no one to believe either. Each of them is not who he claims to be, and he is necessarily guilty of something. There are no good people among those present on the screen, just as there is nothing good in the whole El Royal hotel.
The roles of the main seven heroes of the picture were performed by actors Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Herivo, Dakota Johnson, John Hamm, Chris Hemsworth, Kayleigh Spani and Lewis Pullman. Each of the travelers who arrived at the "El Royal" has its own secret. Each of them came with his own purpose. Each of them has only one night to atone for past sins. And one of them is the greatest sinner of all ...