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An awesome list of the 25 Greatest Unscripted Movie Scenes compiled by a fan. There may be a few spoilers but all in all its a great list. Keep the captions on as they’ll give an explanation on each scene.

Movies featured in no specific order: Saving Private Ryan, Being John Malkovich, Full Metal Jacket, Caddyshack, Warriors, Dumb and Dumber, 40 Year Old Virgin, Good Will Hunting, The Dark Knight, Aliens, Tootsie, The Usual Suspects, The Godfather, Dr Strangelove, Jaws, Reservoir Dogs, Casablanca, The Shinning, Blade Runner, Taxi Driver, A Clockwork Orange, Silence of the Lambs.

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Before we start this article, you should be warned that there are a number of spoilers ahead. We will be discussing the twist endings of some movies, and these are rather vital parts of those movies. You have been warned. When it comes down to it, the ending is what makes or breaks a movie. A movie with a slow build up and an amazing end is remembered for that crescendo. A movie that has been good but has a disappointing ending will be remembered for the letdown. Directors use the twist ending to ensure there movie leaves the audience stunned and wanting more, unfortunately a good twist ending is hard to pull off. It has to be believable, but the audience can’t see it coming. Here are some examples of twist endings that made us do a double-take.

The Sixth Sense

M. Night Shyamalan is known for putting twist endings into his movies, even when a twist ending really isn’t necessary. It has even become a bit of a running joke with him. This started because of the popularity of the twist in The Sixth Sense. The movie started off alright, with Haley Joel Osment seeing dead people everywhere, and Bruce Willis shows up to help him with his problem. Things seemed to be getting better and BAM! Bruce Willis has been dead the whole time. That ending came in out of left field and took audiences by surprise, but Shyamalan left clues throughout the movie that make the ending seem obvious in repeat viewings. That’s how a twist ending is done, folks.

The Usual Suspects

Kevin Spacey plays a small time con man who is the last man standing in a crime gone wrong. The Usual Suspects details his account of what led up to the deaths of his fellow criminals as he is being interrogated by police. Spacey weaves an intricate tale of deceit and betrayal masterminded by a Mr. Kobayashi. Thinking that Spacey’s story has revealed the truth, the detective has no choice to let him go. He then notices that a surprising number of things in his office have the same names as people in Spacey’s story, including a coffee mug with a Kobayashi logo on it. Kevin Spacey was the mastermind criminal the entire time. The detective runs outside to catch him, but Spacey is long gone by then.

Scream

Scream started out as a typical slasher film. There was a guy in a costume going around killing douchey guys and shapely girls. It was entertaining, but most of the movie did very little to set it apart from other slasher films. Then we got to the ending and our world was turned upside down. We had just seen Shaggy from Scooby-Doo get chopped to pieces, but wait! He is actually the killer! He used corn syrup to fake his death. That’s not all though. It turns out there were two killers the entire time. You just can’t trust anybody these days.

Stephen King’s The Mist

It seems that Thomas Jane can’t be in movies without people he cares about getting killed. He was in The Punisher where his family was killed by the mob. He was in Deep Blue Sea where many of his friends and coworkers are eaten by sharks. Then came The Mist, with possibly the most depressing ending of all. The movie revolves around this other dimensional mist that has taken over a town and killed off most of the population. It seems that all is lost at the end of the movie with five survivors trapped in a truck, including Thomas Jane and his son. Jane has a gun with four bullets left and decides to kill the others so they don’t have to face the agony of the mist. After killing everyone else, Jane steps out of the truck to find the army waiting to rescue him. And that is why patience is a virtue.

The Descent

The Descent was one of the scariest movies made in quite a long time. It follows a group of female cave explorers who explore the wrong cave. The uncharted series of caverns and tunnels is the home to mutated miners who crave human flesh. The lady explorers must become animals themselves to survive as they begin to be killed one by one. Soon there is only one left, but she makes a daring escape! Oh, wait, no she didn’t. She hallucinated and is now surrounded by monsters who are going to eat her face.

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We took 64 of the meanest and nastiest movie villains ever created and brought them together for a no holds-barred tournament, to find out who is the evilest villain of all times.  For rules and details about the selection process click here.

This is the bracket:

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We begin with the Northeast Region:

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(2) The Terminator – Terminator: Murdered a bar full of innocent bystander just to kill Sarah Connor.

(15) Keyser Soze – The Usual Suspects: killed his own family just so they couldn’t be used against him.

Winner: This would have been a slam dunk for Soze, but seeing as how no one really knows whether or not Keyser Soze actually did kill his family or anyone else for that matter.  Advantage goes to the 2 ton robot who splattered people without blinking.  Granted he doesn’t need to blink, but still…Terminator wins.

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(1) Hannibal Lecter – Silence of the Lamb: Killed a man and then wore his face to escape capture.

(16) The Fisherman – I Know What You Did Last Summer: Stuck a hook through the jaw of a dock boy.

Winner: The Fisherman may kill his victims and stick them in the freezer, but he never came back and ate them.  Hannibal did.  That’s sick, literally.  Hannibal wins.

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(3) Jack Torrence – the Shining: Put an axe through the chest of a cook on his way to hunting down his wife and son.

(14) Lori Quaid – Total Recall The Creeper - Jeepers Creepers (at the 11th hour there was a power outage at the recall facility so Lori couldn’t make it to the tournament.  The Creeper is her replacement — Hey, I said there’d be surprises.): He has an entire cave canvased with the bodies of young road trippers he’s murdered over the decades.

Winner: I’m sorry, but Jack Torrence killed one person.  One.  With an axe.  Where’s the creativity?  Truth be told the house was the true villain in the Shining.  The Creeper on the other hand shove a shotgun through an elderly ladies chest.  The Creeper pulls off the upset.

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(7) Vincent – Collateral: Forced a man he was going to kill to help him kill others.

(10) Annie Wilkes – Misery: Forced the object of her desires to stay with her by breaking his ankles with a sledge hammer.

Winner: Vincent was a detached assassin, but he wasn’t really evil, just indifferent.  Annie Wilkes — though not in her mind — was evil.  Who’d want to be strapped down to a bed by Kathy Bates?  Annie Wilkes wins.

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(8) Blofeld - the James Bond series: He was a global terrorist before it was cool.

(9) Bill the Butcher – Gangs of New York: Thought American immigrants should be squished like cockroaches.

Winner: It’s simple.  Blofeld planned a lot of evil sh–.  Bill the Butcher did a lot of evil sh–.  Case closed.  Bill the Butcher wins.

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(5) Pennywise – It: An evil clown that kidnapped and murdered children for laughs.

(12)Gordon Gekko – Wall Street: An evil stockbroker who destroyed thousands of families financially.

Winner: I understand Gordon Gekko never killed anybody, but as we all know now that “greed” can torture a victim just as painfully as any knife.  Pennywise stalked tons of children…but took a 30 year break.  Gordon Gekko never takes a vacation.  Gekko wins.

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(4) Michael Myers – Halloween: One of the most gruesome psycho-killers of the 80′s

(13) Lord Voldemort – Harry Potter: Murdered Harry’s parents.

Winner: I thought this would be a battle, but when you think about it…Lord Voldemort didn’t really kill many “people” and spent his entire life failing to kill a boy.  Michael Myers could teach this guy a thing or two about murdering family.  Myers wins.

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(6) Mr. Blonde – Reserior Dogs: Sliced off a man’s ear while dancing to “Stuck in the Middle With You.”

(11) Pinhead – Hellraiser: Known for shackling his victims in chains and then pulling them apart.

Winner:  Whoa.  Toughest battle yet.  Mr. Blonde is about as demonic as a human can get, but Pinhead was about as demonic as a demon could get.  So here’s the kicker: you could bargain with Pinhead.  You couldn’t bargain with Mr. Blonde.  Mr. Blonde wins.

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