12 Greatest Red Herring Movie Endings

[@dietotaku]

i don't think WC understands what "red herring" means... you can't have a red herring ending, and every entry on this list is an example of a plot twist, not a red herring. an actual red herring would be, for example, rey's connection with luke's lightsaber. it implies that she has a familial connection to the skywalkers when in actuality (ignoring the stupid palpatine asspull) she's just a regular person with a strong connection to the force. hence why luke chucks it over his shoulder when they first meet.

[@keisbuddy]

You are correct.

[@SoManyRandomRamblings]

Another decent red herring movie is A Perfect Getaway. If in that one scene they hadn't been talking about the whole red herring concept I truly wouldn't have figured things out until the reveal. But, I just knew because of that discussion that I needed to throw out anyone who the movie tried to imply was guilty and that lead me to the answer. Lol. 😂

[@KasumiRINA]

First red herring in Psycho is the entire Janet Leigh stealing money plot, its set up as the big conflict at the start, and she as the protagonist, motel was just the stop on the way to run away...

[@TheGreatMehlman]

Yeah the writer of this video doesn’t understand what a red herring is

[@screenwriterjohn]

A red herring comes from mystery writing when you imply a suspect is guilty, but it's actually someone else. This is a legitimate use of the term. It is more of a twist.

[@EricJae.]

Idk about Star wars

[@EnricoPallazzoooo]

Saw the Mist just recently. One of the hardest hitting downer Endings ever in my opinion. Thomas Jane really nailed it

[@ericthompson3982]

King has even said he prefers the ending in the movie over the one he wrote. I tend to agree.

[@KasumiRINA]

I hate the guy going mad and pulling a Crispin Wah outta nowhere. Like nothing in he rest of the movie hinted at CTE or steroid abuse.

[@Mike_HoocH]

To have a category about red herrings and not include clue is insane. How many times during the many endings do you hear someone actually say red herring?

[@KoolKeithProductions]

Memento is still a masterpiece, but it has one major plothole. If he has no short-term memory after being attacked, then how on earth does he REMEMBER that he will FORGET? He spends the entire movie telling ppl about his "condition," but there's no way he should remember he even has one.

[@tal_the_great]

Thats why his hand says "Remember Sammy Jenkins". Its what reminds him that he has this problem.

[@KoolKeithProductions]

@tal_the_great That's not it. First of all the story he "remembers" about Sammy isn't even true. He is the person who killed his wife by accident, not Sammy. 2nd of all, if the attack damaged his short term memory, then the last thing he should remember is the attack. In fact, when someone asks him what's the last thing he remembers, he says "my wife dying". That makes sense, because his brain got messed up before he learned that she survived, so he would never remember that. But then he should not be able to remember his memory issue either.

[@gp2917]

It’s discipline. He mentions it in the movie. you can train yourself to remember certain things. He just chose to remember a lie instead of the truth.

[@KoolKeithProductions]

@gp2917 The brain doesn't work like that. Ppl with brain damage can't "choose" what to remember and what to forget. The only reason why he didn't get a tattoo or something saying that he found "John G", was because he WANTED to remember he finally got the guy who assaulted his wife and messed up his brain...but he didn't. IT faded just like everything else, so if he could choose what to remember, he certainly what have chosen to remember that much.

[@KoolKeithProductions]

@@gp2917 That's not how ppl with memory problems brains work. You can't choose what to remember.

[@jessetorres8738]

I know it's up to interpretation, but I think that Cobb was awake at the end of the film. In every other scene where he saw his kids, he didn't see their faces, but in the final scene he actually sees their faces, & they are wearing slightly different clothes compared to previous scenes. Additionally, someone once pointed out how Cobb actually has 2 ways to see if he's awake or not-his top & his wedding ring-& they explained that if you watch him he'll check both to know when he's awake.

[@coderaven1107]

The ring was completely mindblowing to me, when I first heard it. This was a genius move!

[@KasumiRINA]

I don't think any Nolan movies are up to interpretation, the mystery is usually down to bad editing, convoluted script and horrible sound design. If you can't hear dialogue it's not the problem of you not understanding the story, it's on whoever greenlit movies to release in that sorry state.

[@zooropa04]

Just want to say I LOVE the phrase "comedically miserable," haha.

[@SidtheWhistle]

We know Cobb is awake at the end, as Michael Caine has told us that if hes in the scene, then its real life.

[@AkaManah45]

How is it real when his kids are still the same age as when he left them?!

[@SidtheWhistle]

@AkaManah45 Ask Nolan... I didn't make it.

[@AkaManah45]

@SidtheWhistle like directors suddenly don't lie

[@SidtheWhistle]

@@AkaManah45 you know it's a film? Right ...?

[@jeffm9770]

I saw The Sixth Sense in the theater opening weekend and it was amazing

[@funkymunky]

The red herring in "The Mist" was not "comedically mise*able" - the end was pure, powerful cinema that has stayed with me to this day.

[@ihateunicorns867]

I think The Matrix casting helps with the Memento twist. Goodies and baddies are swapped round.

[@Sarah.6.6.6.]

The spinning top never mattered because that wasn’t Cobb’s totem. It was his wife’s. His totem is his wedding ring.

[@phillytiger]

These aren’t red herrings, these are just twist endings.

[@jj68]

Film were so much...more! before the internet.

[@screenwriterjohn]

You spoiled The Sixth Sense!

[@billcox8870]

This could be interesting

[@johnbecher85]

You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.

[@SoManyRandomRamblings]

Exactly

[@DaLumpy1]

Ha. Bait and switch. Norman Baits...get it?

[@janeteggleston6978]

You do a list on red herrings in movies and you don't put clue on the list 1 of the earliest examples in history

[@alm2187]

Yes, Memento IS a revenge story! 🤣 Teddy tricks Lenny into killing a drug dealer to get his briefcase full of cash. The dealer's girlfriend (her name is Natalie) abuses Lenny out of spite. Then she nudges him along when it turns out he's on-track to kill Teddy! REVENGE!

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[@sockjems2558]

The Mist is completely ruined by that ending

[@kris242]

I’m ashamed to admit how hard I laughed at the ending of The Mist 🤣 I mean, yes, I know… BRUTALLY tragic. But come on… how can you not burst into laughter at the gut-punch irony. I remember my parents actually knocked on my door to see if I was okay, because I screamed “NO. FUCKING. WAY!” and immediately went into hysterics 😂

[@roleplayer5564]

The only reason that the 6th sense was unpredictable was because it doesn't make any sense at all. If we could see most scenes 5 minutes before or after, it would show that nothing is logically consistent.

[@KasumiRINA]

What? If we could see things not in the movie, the movie wouldn't look the same? Duh. Please watch Rashomon and learn media literacy. Every story has events that happen outside of what we see, that's how storytelling works.

[@roleplayer5564]

@KasumiRINA yes, but every scene outside of the movie doesn't work at all, that's the problem. Malcolm teleporting around *should* have helped him notice that he's a ghost, or at the very least, that something was very wrong with the universe.

[@gamleskalle1]

Prefer pink salmon or white cod. 😂

[@OccuBot2011]

STOP PUTTING SHUTTER ISLAND ON THESE LISTS. ITS NOT A GOOD MOVIE.

[@bheast86]

THE FORCE AWAKENS doesn't really belong here; it wasn't the movie but the posters that cheated by giving Hamill second billing. I suppose we should be glad you went all the way back to PSYCHO, but prominent red herrings predate it (and are almost a necessity for whodunnits; don't get me started): RASHOMON, LES DIABOLIQUES, THE SEARCHERS (and perhaps RED RIVER?), LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN. To some extent, the red herring is exemplified by last lines like 'And what has this to do with me, you ask? Nothing!' or 'Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown'

[@KasumiRINA]

Everybody should watch Rashomon, it is a masterclass in focal points and media literacy. Not just for games, people keep saying that first FFVII reveal (Cloud not being there) is the real thing when BOTH VISIONS ARE FALSE. You see one closer to truth later. Anyone who seen Rashomon (or well, anything based on Agatha Christie), wouldn't make fast conclusions after just two versions of events.

[@ericthompson3982]

I don't know if you could say Chigur wins. I don't think anyone in the movie wins. He just sort of... barely survives.

[@antoniacosta6221]

He wins in that he gets away with everything. He isn’t caught, arrested, or killed; he simply walks away. He’s hurt, but he survived both evading justice and the car crash. He got what he wanted.

[@ericthompson3982]

@@antoniacosta6221 I mean, in the extraordinarily nihilistic world of the story, I guess that's a win (?).

[@ericthompson3982]

@@antoniacosta6221 I read No Country and The Road both before they were made into films. With each one, when I finished them, I had to go into my infant daughter's bedroom to make sure she was safe. Then I saw the films. Same experience. McCarthy is a brutal writer.

[@KasumiRINA]

​@@ericthompson3982well yeah, I think the movie's world being a downer is the point, Tommy Lee Jones character summarizes it in his attitude.

[@seanbordenkircher7854]

Ugh, I'm sorry but Civil War was seriously one of the weakest MCU films. Manufactured conflict, Stark's PTSD about his parents never appearing before or after that one film. It was weak.

[@alexius23]

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[@gfletcher5224]

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