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30 Movie Plot Twists That Probably Can’t Be Topped, According To People In This Online Group
One of the things that makes a movie boring is predictability. Sometimes you watch a story unfold and you can guess how it will end, so what’s the point of watching it, then, if it doesn’t surprise you with something new?
Other times movies will have such plot twists that even if you had several theories on how the movie would turn out, none of them were even close to what the director had in mind. They are interesting to watch because they don’t follow any pattern and many successful movies will have some element of surprise in them.
To have a list of these kinds of movies to watch later, Reddit user These_Ad1806 asked “What movie has the best twist?” and the cinephiles of the internet offered a variety of them. Which ones do you agree with? Upvote them to let us know and leave your own suggestions in the comments!
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#1
Shawshank Redemption when Andy doesn’t come out for head count and you wonder if he finally offed himself because he couldn’t take it anymore only to find out he dug a freaking tunnel with a rock hammer.
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#2
The Usual Suspects.
"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."
#3
The first time watching fight club is way up there for me.
#4
I'm mentioning this movie not because it is the best but rather because it is hard to find digitally for some reason but the movie "The Others" with Nicole Kidman has a great twist for its time.
8Yorkies-and-63cats 3 years ago
Absolutely mind-blowing, and not just the plot twist itself; it was incredibly executed by the director. The moment of realization is choreographed so masterfully, using the atmosphere, Kidman's great acting, the soundtrack, everything! Btw, even if one knows the plot twist, it still carries an impact!
#5
Not movie, but The Good Place had a really good twist at the end of season 1
Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
One of the greatest TV comedies of all time. The writing was amazing. Much more than you could ever expect.
#6
Se7en
#7
I hear that when Empire Strikes Back and Vader tells Luke who he truly is that everyone just absolutely lost their minds.
leia's emotional cupcake 3 years ago
yeah. Same as a comment above, the plots twists are so integrated into modern culture that you know everything by the time you watch the movies... :)
#8
Monty python and the holy grail , nobody expected it to end like that in all honesty.
#14
Psycho
It starts out being about a woman on the run with a suitcase full of money and then turns into a completely different movie a third of the way in.
#15
from dusk till dawn
i like the transition from normal movie to vampire action
#16
Gone girl!
Kookamunga 3 years ago
Affleck's character in this film isn't so likable....but he's Santa Claus compared to his sociopathic wife.
#18
PARASITE
The scene where that maid tried to get into that secret basement just turned the movie upside down. That was so unexpected!
#20
Blazing Saddles
The best twisted ending to any movie - ever
#22
The mist. The ending was terrible but in a good way like the twist was heartbreaking but it was so good.
#23
The Book of Eli
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
Spoiler Alert: Finding out 'The Book' at the end was a Bible was a huge disappointment for me. How is the Bible supposed to help? It didn't help when society was functioning, what makes it save the day in this post apocalyptic scenario? The ending was a cop out.
#24
Monsters Inc. How you manage to make a spider crab look like a sweet and cuddly grandpa in one scene and turn it into a traumatizing nightmare straight out of Dead Space (in a movie which didn't even imply a twist to begin with thanks to Randall) is beyond unheard of.
Eagle Girl 3 years ago
Monsters Inc? Own it. Seen it over & over. What was twist? That the Monsters were well...Monsters?
#25
V for vendetta has a solid twist the first time I watched it it blew my mind
#26
10 Cloverfield Lane. I love this movie and it's sometimes a hard watch for me because John Goodman behaves exactly like my father, and his performance is both terrifying and incredible, but the whole film is phenomenal and the ending was like, omg wtf**k.
BoredHuman 3 years ago
Loved this movie. Watching Goodman.play evil was fascinating. Really wish they made more like this.
#27
The Machinist
I was rocked…. Like someone had just slapped me
8Yorkies-and-63cats 3 years ago
It's one of those absolutely incredible movies that are so heart-wrenching I couldn't watch them a second time.
#30
Crazy, Stupid Love has not one but two of the best twists ever for a rom-com! I had randomly put it on one night thinking it would be a generic run of the mill comedy but the setups are so good that those twists come out of nowhere but are still fantastic
What do you think ?
ZAPanda 3 years ago
The Village. Took me right to the end where the elders are standing around outside discussing the medicine-fetching mission to notice the one guy has a regular necktie and that it was not in fact 1800s... and then when she hops over the hedge on the edge of the forest, and hears an unfamiliar sound I was like no really? Wow.
Lovin' Life 3 years ago
How sad is it that I have only seen one of these movies? ( The Sixth Sense) Guess I have some catching up to do. I am a bookworm and very seldom watch TV.
xXbluthsbannanastandXx 3 years ago
I put the sixth sense on this list and the show Lost but it didn’t make it on there
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago (edited)
Sixth Sense *was on the list* 22 November. They shortened it and whoosh! We see dead... space. (Note: There were more entries, I think they re-filed the whole list... it says it's new today. Nope.)
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
A movie I’d recommend but doesn’t really fit the category for me to post it above is “A Thousand Clowns” starring Jason Robards. It was made in 1965 and is in B&W, and I saw it a couple of decades ago, and I remember being moved to tears. It’s full of old-timey actors and is a sheer joy to watch.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
The most heartbreaking twist in any film, ever, for me, is end of the original 1968 Night of the Living Dead. Like, WTF, George Romero, just tear my terrified little heart to pieces after scaring me why don't you? ....
Sage Gusano 3 years ago
Sleepaway Camp...you know it belongs here. The Sixth Sense was ruined for me by an idiot who called a local talk radio channel and blurted out the twist before he could be cut off.
Ada Retter 3 years ago
I watched "In the Shadow of the Moon" and it had a good plot twist! I thought I had it figured out and bam them come out of no where with this ending.
Sean Harrison 3 years ago
It's not a movie, but probably the Ultimate twist in history was done by the TV show St Elsewhere. Basically, due to the series finale, almost every single TV show and movie made after 1980 was all in the imagination of one autistic child. There's even a website that tracks it all.
ZAPanda 3 years ago
The Village. Took me right to the end where the elders are standing around outside discussing the medicine-fetching mission to notice the one guy has a regular necktie and that it was not in fact 1800s... and then when she hops over the hedge on the edge of the forest, and hears an unfamiliar sound I was like no really? Wow.
Lovin' Life 3 years ago
How sad is it that I have only seen one of these movies? ( The Sixth Sense) Guess I have some catching up to do. I am a bookworm and very seldom watch TV.
xXbluthsbannanastandXx 3 years ago
I put the sixth sense on this list and the show Lost but it didn’t make it on there
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago (edited)
Sixth Sense *was on the list* 22 November. They shortened it and whoosh! We see dead... space. (Note: There were more entries, I think they re-filed the whole list... it says it's new today. Nope.)
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
A movie I’d recommend but doesn’t really fit the category for me to post it above is “A Thousand Clowns” starring Jason Robards. It was made in 1965 and is in B&W, and I saw it a couple of decades ago, and I remember being moved to tears. It’s full of old-timey actors and is a sheer joy to watch.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
The most heartbreaking twist in any film, ever, for me, is end of the original 1968 Night of the Living Dead. Like, WTF, George Romero, just tear my terrified little heart to pieces after scaring me why don't you? ....
Sage Gusano 3 years ago
Sleepaway Camp...you know it belongs here. The Sixth Sense was ruined for me by an idiot who called a local talk radio channel and blurted out the twist before he could be cut off.
Ada Retter 3 years ago
I watched "In the Shadow of the Moon" and it had a good plot twist! I thought I had it figured out and bam them come out of no where with this ending.
Sean Harrison 3 years ago
It's not a movie, but probably the Ultimate twist in history was done by the TV show St Elsewhere. Basically, due to the series finale, almost every single TV show and movie made after 1980 was all in the imagination of one autistic child. There's even a website that tracks it all.
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