Every M. Night Shyamalan Twist Ranked 

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I am sorry but how can you not put the twist of the little boy being God in the 1998 movie wide awake. That was a great movie and a great twist.

I actually knew the Sixth Sense was going to be number 1 before I clicked on this video!

@@mufasa9454 I think everyone knew that 😀, but they missed out wide awake though that's a mistake

Yeah I was surprised that he helped out with the Stuart Little movie and She’s all that.

Wow that's weird because I was JUST thinking of the movie Stuart Little as I was scrolling through the comments and I didn't know M. Night had anything to do with it. The reason I was thinking of Stuart Little was because back in the day me and 4 friends went to see the Sixth Sense but we were all too young so we knew we had to lie about our age. She asked us our birthday and year and my one friend is an idiot so he gave the wrong year even though we discussed it a MILLION times that ya had to say 1983. So he was the only one who couldn't see it but he decided to be a D-Bag because that's what he is and he got a hold of my ticket. Still don't remember how. He wouldn't give it back unless I agreed to go to Stuart Little with him which I ended up doing but I should have just told the employee straight up "this fool took my ticket and won't give it back and he's too young to see Sixth Sense". The good thing was that Stuart Little wasn't too shabby of a movie. I still can't get over the stupidity though. Ya tell someone repeatedly, for hours, "say you were born in 1983" and they still can't get it right.

YOURE KIDDING WHAT

He did what?!?!

I think the biggest twist is his Google auto correct video was actually Bing

His ghost writer?

Last Airbender obviously 😆

The Happening?

@@bradleyboyer9979 exactly 😅

I see dumb people! 😳

Best twist for me was momento Close 2nd: Friday the 13th

I agree

one of my biggest wtf moment was a movie called maybe 'the other side, or the others' not sure. basically a family is haunted throughout the movie but turns out they are the actual ghosts and what they see as enemies are the living

@@alihorda thats "the others" , and the actress is Nicole kidman

@@r.ocktaviandy2719 yeah that, I just didn't watch it in English so I guessed the title. in my language it was more like the other world

We were all Numb; and it was _so quiet._ Some people sniffled/cried. It was Eerie!!

same here!!

I knew right away

took me awhile to figure that out the first time I watched it, lol.

The Grandparents are nearly scary as the grandparents from granny horror

Yeah me too. Enjoyed it in cinema. Was about 12 and didnt see it coming.

My friend said jokingly about a half hour in, "Wouldn't it be something if they went out of the woods and found a 7-11?" Then the twist came...and we've been skeptical of Shyamalan ever since.

The Village is great.

Same

Same

"sign from god" is a really weak narrative ploy.

I very much enjoyed signs. Regardless of how much ppl crap on it.

​​@@scottdreyer106why? Gives a double meaning to the title. Makes sense for the protagonist considering they were a priest who has recently lost his faith.

@@scottdreyer106 just because you are not religious doesn't make it a weak narrative ploy

It doesn't take any creativity to end a story with "because God said so" @@stoneage8236

Trees are literally bad guys in the Happening

@@tarryteeth trees were done being oppressed by the oxygen bigotry in the happening

Agreed 👍

Devil was soooo good.

Devil was soooo good. But in The Village, the moment the father didn't tell the other guys (Michael Pitt and the other guy) everything was a hoax and left her daughter alone in the woods was stupid.

Devil was pure trash, The Village might be Shyamalan's best film besides Unbreakable.

@@lm7_gio no

Me too. I was a saint for like a year after that, scared as hell….

Me too. Never saw it coming!

Literally terrified me for years

I'm about to watch it I never heard of it .

It is so underrated right???

Same

"dam....I really wanted you" He then fixes his old lady hair and leaves lol

Damn that movie scared tf outta me!

@@B_Ella1269 - it was so good

through Christ, yes.

I was the only one in the room that freaks out and knew what was going on when unbreakable´s music started. Everyone also included my friends were stunned and watching me like "wtf is wrong with that dude". I just got crazy and didnt believed wha was happening. I waited so long for that sequel.

Ha!

Which would be funny if it was accurate 🙄

That's the line. What's your point?

@@sodafeet my point is a joke is only funny if it's true and then taking further. So the joke failed

@@alucard2010 Why are you bringing the negative energy, my dude?

The Village, Lady in the Water, and The Happening are all underrated. The Village especially is an amazing movie that was done in by advertising that mislabeled the film.

A lot of people didn't like that movie but I thought it was awesome

@@sheldonjplanktonn thankfully m night can't get credit for the movie though. He did the story. No directing or script

@@jonathansoko1085 - didn't know that. Did he get credit for avatar the last Airbender live action? Lol

pray thru Christ, read the bible ..God's ability and truth kicks the lying, depraved, destructive devils ass. Hallelujah

I agree with you, also how could they miss the twist in wide awake. The little boy was God that is definitely number 3

Unfortunately, I must disagree. There were plenty of clues to figure out that the aliens didn't like water. For me, the twist was when they thought they were safe so the dad pulls out the tv then in the reflection is an alien holding his son. The athsma, and water, and all other blessings, were signs for the father, who was a priest grieving the loss of his wife, for him to recover his faith in God. Well, no matter how you look at it, it's a bloody amazing movie

Factsssssss.

@@AltoAterna Wasn't it also theorized that the little girl blessed all the water, and the aliens were actually demons?

I do gotta wonder, however, what the aliens drink if not what is needed for almost all life to exist on a whole planet.

Split was amazing too, The Visit was ok, Glass wasn't too bad

Bruh signs imo is so fucking dumb like goddam so stupid and the twist, their weakness is water, is stupid as hell

Not Signs! I even liked the Village more.

@@J221. The twist in signs isn't that they were weak to water, it was that every bad thing that happened in his life was leading to save them from the invasion

Signs and The Sixth Sense.

he didn't directed Devil but it was his idea and I think he wrote part of the script if I am not wrong. Devil was meant to be the first movie in a horror trilogy but because that movies wasn't well received they didn't continue with the trilogy.

@@federicomiyagi8366 - I thought devil was pretty good.

@@sheldonjplanktonn the Devil is one of my favorite horror movies and I love the ending

I always admire mnight's unique scripts

Especially since actual Trees (bushes actually) will indeed increase their toxic Tannins (and release a chemical to alert other plants to do the same) IF and WHEN they are being over grazed and the life of the plant starts to be threatened! (in fact, this is the lesson he was giving in the classroom, at the beginning of the film.

Actually, I would say Unbreakable and Split are their own movies (Split is in the same universe but doesn't continue the events of Unbreakable), and Glass was a simultaneous sequel to both. Which I found amazing and can't think of another example that does this

After it blew your mind did you also end up blowing out your sphincter??

@@mikeawesome9212 No, that was my dad

@@steverichardson8080 okay yeah fair

And i just caught it Cole Seer. Fortune Teller.He sees the future.Thats why he seems uncomfortable around Willis sometimes.

It's a shame Glass was such crappy movie. Because that was a great twist

Or at least a PAY RAISE ! 😄

He is amazing in everything he does

He is such an underrated actor. Can't believe he's not nominated at Oscar for Split.

Absolutely. In frame he changes from one personality to another and by body language alone, the viewer knows EXACTLY which one it is. His performances in Split and Glass should be taught in acting classes the world over.

@@TheThird1977 Actually found myself _liking some, despising one, terrified of the other._ Then it sinks in, there's only James, being brilliant. 😮

Me 2. And the ending wasn't so happy his ass still goin 2 jail for alonggggggg time.

@@InterstateInf well at least his ass is alive

But it was a bad call to not use music in that movie.

@@knineknights You can't use actual music in a found footage movie

@@flubbajubb4958 that's true.

The fact that it's rooted in reality is what really helps there. There's no supernatural phenomena involved at all, and that just makes it all the scarier.

@@SentaiYamaneko no shit that's whole point. There doesn't need to be supernatural occurnaces to make it scary.

The twist in signs isn't that they were weak to water, it was that every bad thing that happened in his life was leading to save them from the invasion

But why would she say that? It's cheap writing. Besides, your instinct isn't to fight back in the first place?

@@scottdreyer106 ​ she said that because her life was flashing before her eyes and she saw a memory of Merill making that one shot at his famous baseball game

Nowhere in the movie does it say that the "aliens" don't like water. The idea is that the water in the glasses is holy water, and the aliens are actually demons

I totally agree

Honestly people say his directing is awful in my opinion it's the script or actors he has that make them feel terrible

ya it was so good that a kids show did it first

I know right? I love m night shyamalan’s movies. Even the happening! There are just so many hidden details that he wouldn’t just give away directly to the audience and that’s why i am a fan!

It's poorly written if the twist is that the wife randomly said something unrelated. If an alien is attacking you, your instinct isn't to fight back already? You need your dying wife to have mysteriously said it?

@@scottdreyer106 Worst movie ever made and people will still defend it with their dying breath.

Exactly

By them being allergic to water.......

I agree. The dying words of his wife told him how to save his children. God spoke through her just as her life faded from her eyes.

@@alicia3447 which is bad story telling. A random character saying a random line that "means something" is a shitty twist

@@free2trvl it was actually the bacteria in water not the water itself

Yeah my father and I guess that the elder with the last name Walker must have owned the preserve and hence why they were living there since the Jeep and ranger had the word walker on it.

Ditto !

HAHAHA good one!

Dark skies is up there too!

and we weren't supposed to know that ahead of time. damn trailer is one of the most spoiler filled one ever.

It was pretty traumatic

Same! I think it's Joaquin Phoenix's reaction to it that makes me jump out of my skin the most--seeing a character we love and trust be scared like that makes it even scarier!

You could always have some hypnotist make you forget.

yeah, some of his movies are better than others, but at least there is variety

It's The Missouri Breaks

@@deadduck4325 I thought it was Chinatown…🤷🏼‍♂️

to me Old was very predictable, but i thought the movie was still really good! even though you could assume what’s happening, it didn’t make the movie any less boring, i was still super interested to see it all come together at the end!

Old was fucking one of the worst movies ever

i write parodies and i had an idea to turn the song white rabbit into a song about the 6th sense. ending with the words he's really dead. he's really dead.

I knew the movie was about his faith when Morgan has his first asthma attack in the basement. And as he’s cradling him he says “I hate you. I hate you. Don’t do this to me again.” so good.

Agreed. I seriously love that movie. The “twist” is that the signs are true.

@@grassfedcharlie That's a good point and M, Night even pointed out in a documentary about the film that is the first scene where he reveals that a part of him still believes in God because he is addressing god (albeit in a negative way)

Omigods....I just watched that the other day! I love parodies and own more than one. "Meet the Spartans" is in my top 5. I thought"The Village" was a great social commentary. As hard as they tried to keep a utopian society, violence followed. ✌🏻🐱

Signs was a fantastic movie.

@@lynnevetter Yep, my wife and I loved it too, though I definitely understand those who rolled their eyes at the alien's weakness (pretty much any civilized area of Earth you'll be breathing at least some water).

*cocks shovel with malicous intent* agreed

There was that one twist where no one said each other’s names correctly

@@Misina. hahahaha burn!

@@Misina. - or the twist where they shat all over the entire lore of the show. Man he fucked that up soooo bad. He shouldn't have been allowed to direct ever again

i've heard there were obvious signs long before the ending. that people were wearing modern day clothes at some point. not obviously modern day but if you know clothing well enough you can tell.

Me too. I was blown by the idea, but the execution was a letdown.

@@rizwanrazakh749 agreed. I love the idea but the movie kind of ruined it. I still like the movie regardless but I understand it was a full sort of twist to most. I just don't think it deserves the hate it gets

Facts!

Same! I have always thought it had a bit of so many genres/angles: a little horror, a little fantasy, a modern day setting that is ultra relatable to many, and a hopeful message for our future. :)

Seriously.

Yes, I love that movie!

Lady in the water was my favorite

The "aliens" never had weapons or suits to protect them. We never saw a spaceship. That's because the aliens were actually demons. When the main character found his faith again, his house was blessed. The water became holy. The movie is lame if you think of it as an alien invasion movie.

Yes, that movie couldn't come out today because people are a*holes and take pride in spoiling things.

If it’s true to the book it’ll be a hit movie. Not giving spoilers because that’s rude to.

@@SMRCEC spoiler alert It's not he even has a dumb ending explaining why they age and it's dumb as shit

@@J221. it doesn’t explain why they age at all, it just shows what the people in charge are doing with it.

@@toxicsugarart2103 it's apparently an experimental type of deal its stupid

Same as Neil drunckmann director of last of us 2 and team of Miles Luna, Kerry Shawcross, Eddy Rivas and Kiersi Burkhart. The director rwby vol 7 & 8

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