The Village ending has one of M. Night Shyamalan's most divisive twists, but the film and its conclusion have some interesting deeper themes. With a star-studded ensemble cast consisting of Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Adrien Brody, Judy Greer, and Jesse Eisenberg, The Village is one of Shyamalan's most ambitious efforts. While It earned mixed reviews and box office returns well behind Shyamalan's hits like The Sixth Sense and Signs (via Box Office Mojo), The Village ending and its twist are still generating conversation decades after its 2004 release.

The Village follows the community of a small, isolated Pennsylvania village who live in fear of creatures in the surrounding woods referred to as "Those We Don't Speak Of." The Village builds suspense as the residents attempt to go about their normal 19th-century lives while living in fear. In the end, the truth is revealed that the...