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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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30 Movie Plot Twists That Probably Can’t Be Topped, According To People In This Online Group 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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139points

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30 Movie Plot Twists That Probably Can’t Be Topped, According To People In This Online Group The Usual Suspects.

"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."

No-Acanthisitta423 , Gramercy Pictures Report

Final score:

138points

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30 Movie Plot Twists That Probably Can’t Be Topped, According To People In This Online Group The first time watching fight club is way up there for me.

Tortion , 20th Century Studios Report

Final score:

137points

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30 Movie Plot Twists That Probably Can’t Be Topped, According To People In This Online Group 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.

Mister_JayB , Warner Bros. Report

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134points

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30 Movie Plot Twists That Probably Can’t Be Topped, According To People In This Online Group Not movie, but The Good Place had a really good twist at the end of season 1

pox97 , NBCUniversal Television Distribution Report

Final score:

118points

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30 Movie Plot Twists That Probably Can’t Be Topped, According To People In This Online Group Se7en

brotato85 , New Line Cinema Report

Final score:

113points

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I hear that when Empire Strikes Back and Vader tells Luke who he truly is that everyone just absolutely lost their minds.

boredbrowser1 , 20th Century Studios Report

Final score:

112points

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30 Movie Plot Twists That Probably Can’t Be Topped, According To People In This Online Group Monty python and the holy grail , nobody expected it to end like that in all honesty.

Tub_of_jam66 , EMI Films Report

Final score:

106points

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30 Movie Plot Twists That Probably Can’t Be Topped, According To People In This Online Group The Prestige is one of my favorites too

Alonest99 , Warner Bros. Report

Final score:

100points

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#10

30 Movie Plot Twists That Probably Can’t Be Topped, According To People In This Online Group The Game with Michael Douglas and Sean Penn

bmallett2 , PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Report

Final score:

91points

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#11

30 Movie Plot Twists That Probably Can’t Be Topped, According To People In This Online Group Hear me out.... Zootopia

JohnPantelis_ , Walt Disney Pictures Report

Final score:

85points

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#12

30 Movie Plot Twists That Probably Can’t Be Topped, According To People In This Online Group Primal Fear with Richard Gere and Ed Norton

ladydragon75 , Paramount Pictures Studios Report

Final score:

84points

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#13

30 Movie Plot Twists That Probably Can’t Be Topped, According To People In This Online Group Hot Fuzz

erendpronkps4 , Universal Pictures Report

Final score:

82points

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#14

30 Movie Plot Twists That Probably Can’t Be Topped, According To People In This Online Group 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.

didnsignup4dis , Paramount Pictures Studios Report

Final score:

75points

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#15

30 Movie Plot Twists That Probably Can’t Be Topped, According To People In This Online Group from dusk till dawn

i like the transition from normal movie to vampire action

Sasha_Privalov , Miramax Films Report

Final score:

69points

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#16

30 Movie Plot Twists That Probably Can’t Be Topped, According To People In This Online Group Gone girl!

ParsnipBusy , 20th Century Studios Report

Final score:

68points

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#17

30 Movie Plot Twists That Probably Can’t Be Topped, According To People In This Online Group Cabin in the Woods

Accurate_Interview10 , Lionsgate Films Report

Final score:

67points

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#18

30 Movie Plot Twists That Probably Can’t Be Topped, According To People In This Online Group PARASITE

The scene where that maid tried to get into that secret basement just turned the movie upside down. That was so unexpected!

SaabudaanaKhichadi , CJ Entertainment Report

Final score:

65points

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#19

30 Movie Plot Twists That Probably Can’t Be Topped, According To People In This Online Group Arrival

BrittLee8 , Paramount Pictures Report

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65points

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30 Movie Plot Twists That Probably Can’t Be Topped, According To People In This Online Group Blazing Saddles

The best twisted ending to any movie - ever

longrossi , Warner Bros. Report

Final score:

58points

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#21

30 Movie Plot Twists That Probably Can’t Be Topped, According To People In This Online Group Moon.

PMyourTastefulNudes , Sony Pictures Classics Report

Final score:

56points

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#22

30 Movie Plot Twists That Probably Can’t Be Topped, According To People In This Online Group The mist. The ending was terrible but in a good way like the twist was heartbreaking but it was so good.

ihorderocks , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Report

Final score:

53points

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#33

It might be 41 years old now, and everyone knows it by heart, but the “No, I am your father” line from ESB is still my favorite

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12points

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#34

Pulp Fiction. John Travolta does a pretty sick twist on the dance floor.

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Final score:

9points

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#35

the handmaiden

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Final score:

-1point

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Zaza 3 years ago

The sixth sense isn't on the list? Talk about plot twists...

31points

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.

11points

Jimi Laoshi 3 years ago

Beautiful mind

3points

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.

3points

Elise Hansen 3 years ago

is it sad i only know like five of these movies?

3points

𝙸'𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚘𝚋! 2 years ago (edited)

Who else is gonna go rewatch half or all these movies/shows from this list? Me:🖐

2points

Pan 3 years ago

Memento

2points

Sarah Pryde 3 years ago

ITS A TRAVESTY THAT "SLEEPWAY CAMP" ISNT ON THIS LIST

2points

xXbluthsbannanastandXx 3 years ago

I put the sixth sense on this list and the show Lost but it didn’t make it on there

2points

Unwelcomed Guest 3 years ago

Um not one mention of the 6th sense?

2points

Supernatural 3 years ago

The game

2points

TTorrest Author 3 years ago

First few episodes of THIS IS US had some unexpected turns.

1point

Fajar Kurniawan 3 years ago

Twister

1point

Lara Verne 3 years ago

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari had big plot twist.

1point

Daria B 3 years ago

Not a film, but a series: Tokyo Magnitude 8.0. Prepare the tissue to sniff your noses. So sad.

1point

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.)

1point

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.

1point

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? ....

1point

Shawn Matz 2 years ago

Vanilla Sky had a good twist.

0points

Jacalyn Margittay 2 years ago

Sixth Sense was rather startling...

0points

Moxxie️‍️️‍ The Queer 2 years ago

Get Out.

0points

XSpooky_Mint 3 years ago

Crimson Peak and Scream both had excellent plot-twists

0points

Becky Bellevue 3 years ago

Is no one going to talk about the sixth sense 😱

0points

Davis the Un-Greatest 3 years ago

Cruella had a twist, it’s a great movie

0points

Robert Bailey 3 years ago

Not a movie but, "It's a cookbook" is one of the greatest ever.

0points

Board Pan, duh. 3 years ago

MOTHER

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Reynard 3 years ago

Not a movie but a mini-series on Netflix called Le Chalêt. I thought I had it all figured out then the last episode, *BOOM*. It helps if you understand French because the subtitles may distract you from some of the details.

0points

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.

0points

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.

0points

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.

0points

Gogeta Blue 3 years ago

Captain Marvel had a pretty big twist also

0points

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Zaza 3 years ago

The sixth sense isn't on the list? Talk about plot twists...

31points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

11points

Jimi Laoshi 3 years ago

Beautiful mind

3points

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.

3points

Elise Hansen 3 years ago

is it sad i only know like five of these movies?

3points

𝙸'𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚘𝚋! 2 years ago (edited)

Who else is gonna go rewatch half or all these movies/shows from this list? Me:🖐

2points

Pan 3 years ago

Memento

2points

Sarah Pryde 3 years ago

ITS A TRAVESTY THAT "SLEEPWAY CAMP" ISNT ON THIS LIST

2points

xXbluthsbannanastandXx 3 years ago

I put the sixth sense on this list and the show Lost but it didn’t make it on there

2points

Unwelcomed Guest 3 years ago

Um not one mention of the 6th sense?

2points

Supernatural 3 years ago

The game

2points

TTorrest Author 3 years ago

First few episodes of THIS IS US had some unexpected turns.

1point

Fajar Kurniawan 3 years ago

Twister

1point

Lara Verne 3 years ago

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari had big plot twist.

1point

Daria B 3 years ago

Not a film, but a series: Tokyo Magnitude 8.0. Prepare the tissue to sniff your noses. So sad.

1point

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.)

1point

Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago

1point

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

1point

Shawn Matz 2 years ago

Vanilla Sky had a good twist.

0points

Jacalyn Margittay 2 years ago

Sixth Sense was rather startling...

0points

Moxxie️‍️️‍ The Queer 2 years ago

Get Out.

0points

XSpooky_Mint 3 years ago

Crimson Peak and Scream both had excellent plot-twists

0points

Becky Bellevue 3 years ago

Is no one going to talk about the sixth sense 😱

0points

Davis the Un-Greatest 3 years ago

Cruella had a twist, it’s a great movie

0points

Robert Bailey 3 years ago

Not a movie but, "It's a cookbook" is one of the greatest ever.

0points

Board Pan, duh. 3 years ago

MOTHER

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Reynard 3 years ago

0points

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.

0points

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.

0points

Sean Harrison 3 years ago

0points

Gogeta Blue 3 years ago

Captain Marvel had a pretty big twist also

0points

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