Twist

Twist may refer to:

Film, television, and stage

 * Twist (2003 film), a 2003 independent film loosely based on Charles Dickens's novel Oliver Twist
 * Twist (2021 film), a 2021 modern rendition of Oliver Twist starring Rafferty Law
 * The Twist (1976 film), a 1976 film co-written and directed by Claude Chabrol
 * The Twist (1992 film), a 1992 documentary film directed by Ron Mann
 * Twist (stage play), a 1995 stage thriller by Miles Tredinnick
 * Twist, the main character on television series The Fresh Beat Band and its spin-off Fresh Beat Band of Spies
 * Oliver Twist (disambiguation), name of several film, television, and musical adaptations based on Charles Dickens's novel Oliver Twist
 * "Twist" (Only Murders in the Building), a 2021 episode of the TV series Only Murders in the Building
 * Jack Twist, a character in the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain
 * Twist Morgan, a character in the television series Spaced

Music

 * Twist (album), a 1994 album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn
 * The Twist (album), a 1984 album by Danish indiepop band Gangway
 * "The Twist" (song), a song by Hank Ballard, covered by Chubby Checker, a hit in 1960
 * "The Twist", a song from the album Grow Up and Blow Away by Metric
 * "The Twist", a song from the album Coming Back Hard Again by hip hop band The Fat Boys
 * "Twist" (Phish song), from the 2000 album Farmhouse by Phish
 * "Twist" (Goldfrapp song), a single from the 2003 album Black Cherry by Goldfrapp
 * Twist, an album by Chris & Cosey
 * "Twist", a song from the album Unfinished Business by Nathan Sykes
 * "Twist" a song from the album A Hundred Days Off by Underworld
 * "Twist", the opener of the 1996 Korn album, Life Is Peachy
 * "Twisting", a song from the album Flood by They Might Be Giants
 * Twist (band), a rock band from Birmingham, England, UK

Other media

 * Twist ending, an unexpected conclusion or climax to a work of fiction
 * Twist (magazine), an American teen magazine
 * Twist (Cano novel), a novel by Harkaitz Cano
 * Twist (Östergren novel), a novel by Klas Östergren
 * Twist (TV network), an American television network
 * Oliver Twist, a novel by Charles Dickens, and its main character

Finance

 * Transaction Workflow Innovation Standards Team (TWIST), a non-profit financial industry standards group
 * Operation Twist, an effort (in 1961, and again in 2011) by the U.S. Federal Reserve to lower long-term interest rates

Mathematics, science, and technology

 * Twist (mechanics), the torsion of an object
 * Twist (mathematics), a geometric quantity associated with a ribbon
 * Twists of curves, a method of deriving related curves
 * Twist (screw theory), in applied mathematics and physics
 * Twist (software), a test automation solution by ThoughtWorks Studios
 * Ellipse Twist, a French hang glider
 * Twist fungus (Dilophospora alopecuri)
 * Twisting properties, in statistics
 * Twist transcription factor, a gene protein

People

 * Barry McGee (born 1966), also known as Twist, painter and graffiti artist
 * Leroy "Twist" Casey (born 1973), disk jockey
 * Liz Twist (born 1956), British Member of Parliament
 * Susan Twist, British actress
 * Tony Twist (born 1968), Canadian hockey player

Places

 * Twist, Arkansas, a city in the United States
 * Twist, Germany, a municipality in Lower Saxony

Sport

 * Aerial twist, an acrobatic maneuver in gymnastics
 * Twist lifts, a type of lift in pairs figure skating

Other uses

 * Twist (cocktail garnish), a decorative piece of citrus zest
 * Twist (confectionery), a Norwegian bag of sweets, now produced in Sweden
 * Twist (dance), a rock and roll dance
 * Twist (poker), a special round in some variants of stud poker
 * Twist (ride), a popular amusement ride, often seen on travelling funfairs
 * French twist (hairstyle), a hair styling technique
 * Twist tobacco, a type of chewing tobacco
 * Sail twist, a phenomenon in sailing
 * Wing twist, a design choice in aeronautics