Surprise Ending Movies, a list by dave Miller

7.7

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72

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75

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3.7

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78

/1/

Ten strangers are forced to come face-to-face with their dark pasts after receiving an anonymous invitation to an isolated island off the coast of England.

89

IMDb 47

9.3

/3144126/

91

/52073/

87

/29511/

4.6

/2443744/

89

/146/

98

/53477/

82

/22/

3.5

age 15+

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

52

6.3

/75446/

65

/3687/

63

/2046/

2.9

/52835/

45

/167/

38

/454/

50

/40/

1.5

age 17+

A drama centered on the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outside the U.S. under Finkel's name.

66

6.5

/16428/

65

/526/

63

/320/

3.5

/27390/

71

/17/

59

/283/

71

/7/

After a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses appear to be coming back to life and living normally as locals in the small town.

77

8.1

/85469/

76

/718/

70

/347/

3.5

/10688/

89

/372/

Prakash Rathod, a retired police commissioner recounts the most memorable case of his career wherein he was informed about a bomb scare in Mumbai by an ordinary commoner.

59

6.8

/275594/

70

/7382/

66

/4061/

2.9

/66961/

56

/200/

55

/6269/

56

/38/

2.0

age 15+

A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, (not even his wife), believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is.

61

6.6

/97560/

68

/2010/

65

/1499/

3.2

/43094/

55

/55/

51

/1083/

50

/22/

3.0

Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory.

87

8.2

/1168553/

79

/25828/

79

/12900/

4.3

/1921536/

93

/291/

86

/60250/

92

/39/

4.0

age 17+

Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.

64

6.5

/70769/

67

/2033/

63

/1259/

3.1

/27430/

65

/148/

58

/1354/

63

/35/

3.0

age 18+

Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he's trusted in order to find out the truth.

57

6.5

/30535/

67

/694/

62

/496/

3.2

/17290/

54

/28/

46

/287/

52

/17/

2.0

A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.

72

6.7

/120445/

71

/6569/

67

/2329/

3.6

/159306/

72

/130/

79

/4076/

68

/25/

3.5

age 13+

A group of fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they successfully game the stock market with it, but the consequences of the invention start to catch up with them.

54

6.6

/294520/

65

/6962/

65

/4471/

3.4

/305750/

43

/221/

57

/23954/

44

/40/

1.0

age 14+

When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.

74

7.4

/335456/

72

/16514/

74

/8129/

3.7

/613382/

74

/302/

74

/1502/

67

/45/

3.5

age 17+

Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

72

7.5

/372783/

76

/11862/

73

/6242/

3.6

/489550/

65

/63/

86

/19661/

62

/20/

3.0

age 17+

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

72

7.0

/35016/

71

/671/

70

/624/

3.2

/9004/

85

/2109/

After his impetuous musician girlfriend, Samantha, dies in an accident shortly after they had a fight (and nearly broke up), Ian Wyndham, a grief-stricken British businessman living in London gets a chance to relive the day all over again, in the hope of changing the events that led up to her getting killed.

64

6.8

/164240/

70

/4504/

70

/2901/

3.2

/100226/

35

/155/

73

/22562/

52

/34/

3.5

age 12+

A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.

61

7.6

/503838/

74

/17789/

74

/9792/

3.7

/1023190/

39

/124/

59

/1228475/

46

/32/

2.0

age 17+

Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sadistic mastermind known as Jigsaw. With a chilling voice and cryptic instructions, Jigsaw informs them that they must partake in a gruesome game in order to secure their freedom.

88

8.2

/653716/

79

/10292/

78

/5339/

4.1

/375785/

99

/165/

94

/6453/

91

/28/

4.0

age 17+

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.

68

7.1

/369492/

71

/11880/

69

/5641/

3.4

/421899/

74

/152/

65

/23167/

58

/29/

age 16+

After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other local residents. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.

69

6.8

/23946/

64

/373/

62

/280/

3.2

/5347/

74

/179/

63

/1039/

63

/36/

4.0

After her husband runs off with his secretary, Terry Wolfmeyer is left to fend for herself -- and her four daughters. As she hits rock bottom, Terry finds a friend and drinking buddy in next-door neighbor Denny, a former baseball player. As the two grow closer, and her daughters increasingly rely on Denny, Terry starts to have reservations about where their relationship is headed.

60

6.1

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62

/264/

61

/219/

3.4

/14300/

51

/41/

44

/291/

59

/13/

3.0

Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange tale of how this nice young man arrived at such a dark place.

61

6.7

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66

/632/

63

/499/

3.1

/12082/

56

/154/

47

/725/

57

/42/

3.0

age 17+

Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man, so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most posh hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape the lie she has been living.

67

6.7

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69

/22761/

64

/10064/

3.0

/519025/

71

/259/

69

/8501/

61

/46/

3.0

Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.

77

7.7

/76440/

77

/2789/

78

/4555/

3.7

/81844/

79

/14/

82

/51/

During a dinner, a group of friends decide to share whatever message or phone call they will receive during the evening, with unforeseen consequences.

76

7.6

/421239/

76

/12352/

73

/6168/

3.7

/279268/

86

/210/

85

/14531/

76

/39/

2.5

age 17+

When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.

53

6.6

/161762/

69

/5283/

64

/2739/

2.9

/38646/

31

/157/

52

/2573/

40

/32/

2.0

age 14+

An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest diamond heist ever pulled.

68

66

7.1

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73

/548/

68

/141/

3.1

/1788/

67

/93/

Jesse Stone is a former L.A. homicide detective who left behind the big city and an ex-wife to become the police chief of the quiet New England fishing town of Paradise. Stone's old habits die hard as he continues to indulge his two favorite things: Scotch whiskey and women. After a series of murders—the first ever in Paradise—and a high school girl is raped, he's forced to face his own demons in order to solve the crimes.

59

53

6.3

/7242/

59

/79/

54

/76/

3.2

/2010/

65

/99/

49

/765/

65

/30/

age 17+

Outside the Australian town of Jindabyne, local man Stuart Kane is on a fishing trip with friends when they discover the body of a murdered girl.

62

6.2

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63

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61

/456/

3.1

/25329/

71

/14/

57

/528/

A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul is pursued by the entire town. Running for his life, he uncovers Imboca's secret..they worship Dagon, a monstrous god of the sea...and Dagon's unholy offspring are on the loose...

55

6.1

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67

/28462/

65

/12478/

2.7

/702117/

47

/430/

48

/4983/

51

/59/

2.0

age 12+

Three years after Jurassic World was destroyed, Isla Nublar now sits abandoned. When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.

79

7.6

/307474/

75

/7898/

73

/4030/

3.7

/171537/

94

/183/

86

/18891/

72

/34/

3.5

age 17+

When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons—they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live.

72

7.2

/175416/

75

/6063/

71

/2213/

3.7

/324018/

75

/79/

85

/14260/

63

/16/

2.5

age 16+

When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him.

76

7.7

/277371/

77

/6619/

77

/3736/

4.0

/394379/

77

/47/

89

/3808/

47

/18/

3.5

age 17+

Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. His latest case involves an altar boy, accused of brutally murdering the archbishop of Chicago. Vail finds himself up against his ex-pupil and ex-lover, but as the case progresses and the Church's dark secrets are revealed, Vail finds that what appeared a simple case takes on a darker, more dangerous aspect.

55

6.4

/382019/

64

/13166/

63

/7370/

3.0

/607149/

34

/170/

66

/45865/

45

/35/

2.0

age 15+

A married workaholic, Michael Newman doesn't have time for his wife and children, not if he's to impress his ungrateful boss and earn a well-deserved promotion. So when he meets Morty, a loopy sales clerk, he gets the answer to his prayers: a magical remote that allows him to bypass life's little distractions with increasingly hysterical results.

73

7.0

/183415/

69

/7431/

66

/3398/

3.3

/191098/

91

/199/

75

/2193/

77

/31/

3.0

age 16+

Simon and Robyn are a young married couple whose life is going as planned until a chance run-in with Simon's high school acquaintance sends their world into a tailspin.

63

57

6.5

/5830/

62

/176/

66

/155/

3.4

/9088/

58

/172/

Pin, a plastic medical dummy, has been the fixation of Leon since youth. Now grown up and orphaned in an accident, Leon brings Pin home to live with him and his sister Ursula, much to her reluctance. Soon, however, Leon's fixation on Pin spirals out of control, and Ursula must face the devastating consequences.

78

7.6

/190463/

77

/11759/

76

/4095/

3.7

/299091/

92

/260/

88

/1372/

71

/34/

3.0

age 13+

After David Kim's 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop.

66

6.6

/34716/

68

/1212/

65

/631/

3.5

/68638/

74

/70/

70

/614/

60

/11/

2.5

The Resonator, a powerful machine that can control the sixth sense, has killed its creator and sent his associate into an insane asylum. When a psychiatrist becomes determined to continue the experiment, she unwittingly opens the door to a hostile parallel universe.

50

49

6.2

/15242/

62

/340/

61

/288/

2.9

/3271/

24

/95/

51

/905/

38

/25/

age 17+

As the 15th anniversary of a fatal high school shooting approaches, former pupil Diana McFee is haunted by memories of the tragedy. After losing her best friend Maureen in the attack, Diana has been profoundly affected by the incident - her seemingly perfect life shaped by the events of that day.

49

6.1

/41296/

66

/1135/

65

/904/

2.9

/11840/

7

/123/

62

/1289/

25

/33/

age 15+

A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patient's near death experiences.

50

6.1

/107792/

63

/2995/

65

/2384/

2.8

/113756/

21

/84/

51

/9777/

34

/15/

age 16+

Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find out the truth, Jamie goes to the town of Raven's Fair, where Shaw used to perform and is buried. But Jamie is in for more than he expected.

63

6.6

/36230/

67

/590/

63

/467/

3.1

/6148/

68

/153/

70

/741/

59

/35/

2.0

age 17+

What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting Lionel Dolby with the help of his crew. It becomes clear that Lionel wasn't just any mark, he was an accountant for eccentric crime boss Winston King. Jake and his crew will have to stay one step ahead of both the criminals and the cops to finally settle their debt.

78

62

7.3

/4833/

82

/271/

80

/125/

3.6

/10519/

87

/10/

A jailed swindler leaps at the chance to earn parole in return for taking care of his estranged brother, an athlete who recently lost his sight.

67

6.5

/341099/

68

/13408/

64

/5783/

2.9

/165993/

62

/250/

59

/13070/

65

/42/

4.0

age 14+

As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a Russian defector accuses her of being a Russian sleeper spy. She goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture, protect her husband, and stay one step ahead of her colleagues at the CIA. Her efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who is Salt?"

57

6.6

/156753/

68

/4056/

65

/1765/

3.1

/52713/

31

/157/

62

/18870/

45

/32/

age 18+

When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.

56

6.4

/31052/

63

/1014/

61

/746/

3.1

/23499/

59

/87/

43

/258/

51

/27/

2.0

age 17+

In 1988, a teenage girl's life is thrown into chaos when her mother disappears.

82

8.6

/1538540/

86

/31998/

85

/18705/

4.3

/1132476/

78

/134/

94

/31674/

61

/36/

3.5

age 16+

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.

79

68

7.3

/4895/

74

/247/

78

/192/

3.5

/5872/

91

/11/