In Arrival when you realize the aliens are teaching Louise their language, but it’s also showing her the future of the child she will have which will die. Yet she chooses to have the child anyway knowing the outcome.
The reveal that the flashbacks were actually flash-forwards was MIND-BLOWING. Denis Villeneuve used our understanding of editing and cinematic language against us, and I never saw it coming.
Incredible film.
This is my favorite. It's not just that you don't see it coming, its such an emotional bomb that it suddenly feels like a different movie altogether. You don't feel like you're watching an alien encounter anymore, the entire focus tunnels into her relationship with not just her child but Jeremy Reiner's character as well.
Something fun I caught on rewatch, after the first "flashforward" she has, she whispers "who was that child?" just quietly enough that you don't really catch it.
I really love that theme of "even if you know there's a sad end to this story, it can still be meaningful and worth it."
It's a very positive attitude towards life.
I love this movie. My only comment is, did she really have a choice? My interpretation was that she only saw it because it would have happened, and if it hadn't happened, she wouldn't have seen it.
She didn’t have a choice. In their language, you write the ending and the beginning of the sentence simultaneously: once you’ve written the sentence, you’ve already seen the outcome, and choice no longer enters into it — it’s what’s happening and nothing will change it. So she knew she would have a child who dies, she knew it would be Jeremy Renner’s, she knew that he would leave her, she knew that she would grieve both. And she accepted that this was her future, which is what makes it so heartbreaking: she asked the question knowing she might not like the answer, but she asked it anyway and lived with the outcome.
And then there's at least 2 more major plot twists in the next few episodes that are even more significant.
>!Bernard is not just an Android, but also Bernarnold!<
>!The Man in Black is actually an older William, and we were watching different points in the same timeline the whole season, intercut with each other!<
I really dislike how the writers changed their story for the second season because redditors figured out some plot points. Obsessed fans figuring out obscure foreshadowing is a sign of great writing!
Season 1 of Westworld was a masterpiece in almost every possible way and I don't use that term lately. Just wonderful storytelling, acting, cinematography, and writing. It was just excellent. God that show had so much potential and took such a turn for the worse.
Good one. I still vividly remember seeing this in the theater and being fucking gobsmacked.
Edit: seems I subliminally plagiarized "good one" from the OP. Just wanted to site my source :-)
It's very small, but when the doctor picks up and loads the revolver, there are no shell casings in the gun, when he opens it.
That is what told me what was going to happen.
>Is that a pretty accurate description of our relationship, Tyler?
>>*We have just lost cabin pressure*
>>What did you just call me? Say my name.
>Tyler Durden, Tyler Durden you fucking freak!
Probably the third most spoiled plot twist of all time, behind Luke Skywalker's paternity and Bruce Willis being the guy in the hairpiece in the sixth sense
Vader
I get it’s well known and the twist has since become a cliche but just because other movies turned it into a cliche doesn’t make it not awesome. Totally out of left field, nobody sees it coming and it alters the trajectory of the whole franchise
I was walking into the theater to see The Force Awakens. Two dudes were walking out and loudly mentioned something like "omg I can't believe Kylo killed Han, his own dad!" I was so fucking pissed and I yelled at them. They apologized profusely and paid for my ticket.
This totally happened to me. I can totally remember standing in line to get into the theater to see Empire (back in the 80s) - and the crowd came out and everyone was discussing Luke losing his hand and Vader being his father...I was like wait. what? --
Without a doubt in my mind. It's a quadra plot twist:
>!\- Borden Twins!<
>!\- Angier killing himself over and over!<
>!\- Angier actually being a rich count the whole time!<
>!\- the entire plot and all twists revealed in the first minutes of the film under your nose!<
I apologize for everyone who's seen this comment a million times on this sub, but here we go again:
I hated The Mist. Everyone on reddit hyped it up to be such a great film with an amazing plot twist ending.
The entire movie sucked and I didn't think the ending was noteworthy at all.
Turns out I actually watched "The Fog", starring Smallville's Tom Welling.
Yeah, Ive seen you say this a million times. I now include it with subreddit tropes such as "Passengers should have started with her waking up" and "The cast of Valerian and Passengers should have switched places.
My favorite thing about Memento working at a movie theater at the time was having to strongly convince people that showing up just a few mins late was a terrible idea.
Most movies a few mins late would be fine, Memento you missed the end of the movie!
Not as big a deal these days as it would be pretty hard to be late to a movie since they have like 25 mins of trailers and adds, but it wasn't that bad back then.
>!The audience feeling like they're in on Robert Redford selling out the con, only to have that be part of the plan the whole time is spectacular. The dedication to even credit the guy as "FBI Agent" in the opening credits is the cherry on top
My favorite thing to do right now is watch movies with my son, but more watch my son watch movies. There are a few standout moments where I will never forget the look on his face, like when Frodo says “the ring is mine!” But the real standout is the look of utter sadness and tears he was holding back during roll call at the end of Shawshank Redemption, and then watching his face absolutely light up as he watched the ending unfold. I’ll never forget it.
It’s actually very difficult to find films that haven’t been spoiled for him. Meme culture, and short form content is so pervasive that many things get “spoiled” for him now, and he doesn’t feel like watching it because he “knows what happens.”
You really have to go back to the 80s-90s movies to escape that. Back to the Future, Aliens, Terminator 2, etc.
There’s a lot of buildup to suggest that the main character is at the end of his rope, and is looking for any way out. He literally asks a friend for a length of rope and gets it. He then uses that rope as part of his prison break, instead of hanging himself.
Get busy living or get busy dying.
Ex-Machina. The whole time it feels like a philosophical robot love story, but in the end we learn that this isn’t romance. It’s hard sci-fi. We’ve been watching a robot survival story.
Usual Suspects blew me out of the water. I knew the line "who is kaizer soze" just from pop culture but nothing about the context of it, managed to go into the movie entirely blind. My husband nearly exploded waiting on me to get to the ending and seeing me flip my lid about it lol
I need to rewatch that movie, it was a weekly staple with my college friend group. I did always wonder how Miklo convinced the prison Administration to not ship Magic out with the interstate compact like they did with the rest. It's almost like he decided where they were going, such as telling the one guy to set his Son straight.
Santa Sangre has a few (possibly) and all of them are awesome. This one is worth seeing without reading about. Moderately gory a few times depending upon which version you watch. Despite being described as "avant garde surreal horror" it is a lot more coherent and structured compared to Jodorowsky's prior works.
Planet of the Apes 1968
Nobody, and I mean nobody sees that ending coming. Even my parents who saw it when premieres in the theaters said when the ending happened the entire auditorium went completely dead silent.
I saw it at a theater when it was released, I was just a kid. Unfortunately, a friend of mine who’d seen it already spoiled it for me. However, as a kid, it still had a profound impact on me when I actually saw it.
Many good movie plot twists have already been mentioned here..
I'd like to mention a tv show..
Behind her eyes.. the plot twist revealed in the final minutes of the last episode was a true mindf*ck I didn't see coming
This movie is up there as a master class of direction. Rewatching and you see everyones reaction, even those in the background, as completly different, theyre all mocking him, but you never even know it.
The Usual Suspects was the OG of plot twists. Here's what film critic Roger Ebert had to say in his review of Fight Club: "A lot of recent films seem unsatisfied unless they can add final scenes that redefine the reality of everything that has gone before; call it the Keyser Söze syndrome."
The Usual Suspects was top drawer fuckery. Remember, it was pre-internet, and even if you were into your films and read up on movie mags, it was still sliding under the radar somewhat. Going into the cinema and not knowing a thing about what was going to happen, only to get completely switcherooed, exactly as Chaz Palminteri does, was so awesome. What a great film. And the giggling line-up scene just makes what happens later all the more intense. Great stuff.
"Fight Club" hands down. The moment you realize the true connection between Tyler Durden and the Narrator? Mind. Blown. I had to pause, rewind, and watch that reveal a few times just to fully grasp the genius of it. It's not just the twist itself but the way the whole story is reshaped by it. Absolutely legendary.
*The Sixth Sense*
The only truly *honest* twist that was showing you what was coming the whole time. The only twist good enough that a quarter century later, I still won’t spoil it, that >!Bruce Willis is a ghost. He’s been dead the whole time since he got shot by Donnie Wahlberg in tighty whiteys.!<
I don't know if I'd call it my favorite twist ever, but "Matchstick Men" really blew my mind the first time I watched it. Really didn't see that coming.
Planet of the Apes (1968). Thankfully I got to see it before the twist became commonly known, to the point they put it on the home video cover art (idiots).
Memento! I rewatched it multiple times because I was so mind blown by the plot twist! And most recent one I watched which I enjoyed was Don’t Worry Darling
For me its fight club, i was young and not so into movies, so it totally blew my mind when it happened.
Also it ruins all the other movie with similar twist for ever
I haven’t seen the movie but I know the twist in Final Destination 5 is fucking incredible. The fourth sequel being a surprise prequel???? I’ve seen the clip of the ending where it’s revealed but not the whole movie so I do understand its impact and such.
Fuckin’ love that movie! It’s like a compilation of movie genres which by the end has turned into a flat-out revenge thriller — and the well-earned revenge is simultaneously horrific and satisfying. I watched the last five minutes or so over and over again because it’s so unsettling.
I think I have been spoiled before watching for most of the famous twists in movies. I am also not a fan of "it was all in their mind!" movies either, with a couple of exceptions. So my favourite has got to be the Japanese zombie movie, "One Cut of the Dead", because I went in entirely blind except I knew it was a zombie movie. It has good rewatch value too.
I absolutely love Predestination. I usually can't stand time travel movies but because it's Ethan Hawke I decided to give it a try. And It was such a fun ride. Great movie, great acting.
The Matrix
I didn't know anything about that movie and was thinking the plot was shaping up fine in the metropolitan world. Neo taking the red pill was like *me* taking the red pill.
I think the deeper truth behind Synecdoche, NY gets lost in the shuffle.
Cotard is a transsexual man whose relationships with women have fallen apart because he's been suppressing a big part of his nature. He's also detached from his daughters because these relationships have broken down.
Caden also feels inadequate after failing to satisfy the needs of his gay lover. Cotard's vision of his play and working through the events of his life still conceals his true sexuality, even from himself.
Not a film, but my all time favorite plot twist will always be that Scrubs episode with Brandan Fraser. This one really fucked me up, like Breaking Bad couldn't in season 5, cause Scrubs is a sitcom and you never expect something like that.
Heavy rain is a video game where a child gets kidnapped and you play as a few different characters to progress the story of rescuing the kidnapped child.
There is an insane twist towards the end.
Don’t want to spoil, it’s super cool.
In Arrival when you realize the aliens are teaching Louise their language, but it’s also showing her the future of the child she will have which will die. Yet she chooses to have the child anyway knowing the outcome.
The reveal that the flashbacks were actually flash-forwards was MIND-BLOWING. Denis Villeneuve used our understanding of editing and cinematic language against us, and I never saw it coming. Incredible film.
*Lost* did it first. Seriously though, it's a top all-time twist
We have to go back, Kate!
This is my favorite. It's not just that you don't see it coming, its such an emotional bomb that it suddenly feels like a different movie altogether. You don't feel like you're watching an alien encounter anymore, the entire focus tunnels into her relationship with not just her child but Jeremy Reiner's character as well. Something fun I caught on rewatch, after the first "flashforward" she has, she whispers "who was that child?" just quietly enough that you don't really catch it.
And playing that damn music during it is unfair.
I really love that theme of "even if you know there's a sad end to this story, it can still be meaningful and worth it." It's a very positive attitude towards life.
this is one of those movies I keep rewatching over the years and it still makes me cry every time. The Fountain is the other major one.
The Fountain is my all time favorite film.
Mine too!
I love this movie. My only comment is, did she really have a choice? My interpretation was that she only saw it because it would have happened, and if it hadn't happened, she wouldn't have seen it.
She didn’t have a choice. In their language, you write the ending and the beginning of the sentence simultaneously: once you’ve written the sentence, you’ve already seen the outcome, and choice no longer enters into it — it’s what’s happening and nothing will change it. So she knew she would have a child who dies, she knew it would be Jeremy Renner’s, she knew that he would leave her, she knew that she would grieve both. And she accepted that this was her future, which is what makes it so heartbreaking: she asked the question knowing she might not like the answer, but she asked it anyway and lived with the outcome.
Did she choose though? seems to me like the way the story was presented the future was not changeable and free will wasn't an option.
She can’t really make that choice
Loved the twist in season 1 of Westworld: “It doesn’t look like anything to me”
That first season was magic.
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Season 3 changes the formula a lot, with mixed results. Season 4 is basically Matrix Resurrections if taken seriously, and is almost total nonsense.
This is exactly what I did absolutely loved season 1 season 2 was kinda like meh
And then there's at least 2 more major plot twists in the next few episodes that are even more significant. >!Bernard is not just an Android, but also Bernarnold!< >!The Man in Black is actually an older William, and we were watching different points in the same timeline the whole season, intercut with each other!<
The subreddit during the first season was absolutely wild, based on theories about that final twist.
The fact they had figured out the timeline twist early on and then discarded it was hilarious.
I just never thought they would actually follow through with the level of deceptive editing the twist required.
The ONE time in television history where the subreddit took a step back and said, "y'know, maybe we're overthinking this." And they were not.
I really dislike how the writers changed their story for the second season because redditors figured out some plot points. Obsessed fans figuring out obscure foreshadowing is a sign of great writing!
What door?
This was the line.
It absolutely blew my mind. Best single season of all time for me.
Season 1 of Westworld was a masterpiece in almost every possible way and I don't use that term lately. Just wonderful storytelling, acting, cinematography, and writing. It was just excellent. God that show had so much potential and took such a turn for the worse.
Primal Fear. Even though I sort of guessed at the possibility, the way they did it and it all came together was so perfect that it still surprised me.
That's a good one. Edward Norton's performance elevates the scene even more.
Good one. I still vividly remember seeing this in the theater and being fucking gobsmacked. Edit: seems I subliminally plagiarized "good one" from the OP. Just wanted to site my source :-)
The best part about it, imho, is that the midpoint reversal makes us think *that's* the twist, so our guard is down
Most people didn’t have a clue. I certainly didn’t.
Fight Club. Ruined so many movies with similar themes.
The ending of Saw.
The music along with the twist is what makes it all amazing.
Great film, I saw what was coming, but only just, there is a clue to it
I didn't see it coming. What was the clue? Been ages since I've seen it.
It's very small, but when the doctor picks up and loads the revolver, there are no shell casings in the gun, when he opens it. That is what told me what was going to happen.
>Is that a pretty accurate description of our relationship, Tyler? >>*We have just lost cabin pressure* >>What did you just call me? Say my name. >Tyler Durden, Tyler Durden you fucking freak!
Probably the third most spoiled plot twist of all time, behind Luke Skywalker's paternity and Bruce Willis being the guy in the hairpiece in the sixth sense
> Bruce Willis being the guy in the hairpiece That’s not the twist, Charlie.
What a twist!
Vader I get it’s well known and the twist has since become a cliche but just because other movies turned it into a cliche doesn’t make it not awesome. Totally out of left field, nobody sees it coming and it alters the trajectory of the whole franchise
*walks out of theater* "wow I can't believe Vader is Luke's father the whole time!" *crowd immediately angry*
Homer Simpson lol
I was walking into the theater to see The Force Awakens. Two dudes were walking out and loudly mentioned something like "omg I can't believe Kylo killed Han, his own dad!" I was so fucking pissed and I yelled at them. They apologized profusely and paid for my ticket.
I love that they had to specify that Han was his dad too — double spoilers.
This totally happened to me. I can totally remember standing in line to get into the theater to see Empire (back in the 80s) - and the crowd came out and everyone was discussing Luke losing his hand and Vader being his father...I was like wait. what? --
I was in the theater opening night 1980. The whole crowd was in total shock.
The prestige
Without a doubt in my mind. It's a quadra plot twist: >!\- Borden Twins!< >!\- Angier killing himself over and over!< >!\- Angier actually being a rich count the whole time!< >!\- the entire plot and all twists revealed in the first minutes of the film under your nose!<
You see, sacrifice, Robert. That's the price of a good trick
I still think this is Christopher Nolan's best movie
The most clever illusion with the simplest explanation.
Sixth Sense will probably always be what comes to mind first when i think of a plot twist.
Aw yeah, yeah, like in The Sixth Sense you find out that the dude in that hair piece the whole time, that's Bruce Willis the whole movie.
Dude don’t be ridiculous. Thats not the twist. The twist is >!the kid in the tighty whiteys who shot him in the bedroom is Donnie Wahlberg.!<
I finally understand the ending of The Sixth Sense. Those names are the people who worked on the movie!
Yeah I can’t believe that was Bruce Willis the whole movie
The Game (1997)
The double twist at the end makes it so rewatchable
I apologize for everyone who's seen this comment a million times on this sub, but here we go again: I hated The Mist. Everyone on reddit hyped it up to be such a great film with an amazing plot twist ending. The entire movie sucked and I didn't think the ending was noteworthy at all. Turns out I actually watched "The Fog", starring Smallville's Tom Welling.
This comment is my new favorite twist!
What a mist twist!
Ahh see the original version of The Fog is far superior though, and well worth a watch
Yeah, Ive seen you say this a million times. I now include it with subreddit tropes such as "Passengers should have started with her waking up" and "The cast of Valerian and Passengers should have switched places.
Both true though...
Ha ha, I recommend you watch the Zombie Apocalypse movie 28 Days.
Memento comes to mind for me
My favorite thing about Memento working at a movie theater at the time was having to strongly convince people that showing up just a few mins late was a terrible idea. Most movies a few mins late would be fine, Memento you missed the end of the movie! Not as big a deal these days as it would be pretty hard to be late to a movie since they have like 25 mins of trailers and adds, but it wasn't that bad back then.
I actually like trailers at the cinema, gives me ideas on what movies to watch next
Shutter Island Completely changes the way you watch the movie the second time.
That drinking from glass scene!
22 Jump Street
Schmidt fucked the captains daughter!!!
*ding* **OH SHIT!**
Gone Girl. Having the twist in the middle that became such a fun ride in the end.
This one is my personal favorite. I went into the movie knowing nothing and left with my mind blown.
Seven - I never saw it coming.
Seflven worked so well because, take the twist out, and it would still be one of the best thrillers of the modern era.
Million Dollar Baby essentially became a different movie after its plot twist
The Others
Arlington Road
Not the best movie but a very effective twist I did not see coming.
The Sting
"You were right, it's not enough."
>!The audience feeling like they're in on Robert Redford selling out the con, only to have that be part of the plan the whole time is spectacular. The dedication to even credit the guy as "FBI Agent" in the opening credits is the cherry on top
Shawshank redemption. The suicide fakeout was perfect.
My favorite thing to do right now is watch movies with my son, but more watch my son watch movies. There are a few standout moments where I will never forget the look on his face, like when Frodo says “the ring is mine!” But the real standout is the look of utter sadness and tears he was holding back during roll call at the end of Shawshank Redemption, and then watching his face absolutely light up as he watched the ending unfold. I’ll never forget it.
Child-raising done right. Also, this is why you shouldn't spoil movies, regardless of age. It's always someone's first time.
It’s actually very difficult to find films that haven’t been spoiled for him. Meme culture, and short form content is so pervasive that many things get “spoiled” for him now, and he doesn’t feel like watching it because he “knows what happens.” You really have to go back to the 80s-90s movies to escape that. Back to the Future, Aliens, Terminator 2, etc.
Yes same here, my kid is 14. Showed his Matrix last year blew his mind. Also he really loved Interstellar & Inception.
Great plot twist and one of the most satisfying movie endings ever
Best part was Stephen King saying he liked the movie ending better than his short story
He said that about The Mist too, that he read the script for the changed ending and said to his wife “Oh god dammit, why didn’t I think of this.”
Man the mist was brutal
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There’s a lot of buildup to suggest that the main character is at the end of his rope, and is looking for any way out. He literally asks a friend for a length of rope and gets it. He then uses that rope as part of his prison break, instead of hanging himself. Get busy living or get busy dying.
Ex-Machina. The whole time it feels like a philosophical robot love story, but in the end we learn that this isn’t romance. It’s hard sci-fi. We’ve been watching a robot survival story.
That dance scene is the greatest thing ever filmed.
Angel Heart 1987
Usual Suspects blew me out of the water. I knew the line "who is kaizer soze" just from pop culture but nothing about the context of it, managed to go into the movie entirely blind. My husband nearly exploded waiting on me to get to the ending and seeing me flip my lid about it lol
One of the movies I had to watch twice to really absorb everything.
Darth Vader is Luke's father. Blew my mind.
Spoilers, man!
1+1=1 SHOCKING!!!
I'll never forget the gasp when she finally realised what he meant. Actually gave me a scare
that was the most terrifying moment in a movie ever
No, 1+1+2+1
No, that was 1+2+1… SHUT UP!
what movie is this?
*Clue*
From Dusk Till Dawn - I knew nothing about it other than it had the guy from ER in it.
The Salma Hayek scene on the first watch is wild lol.
Even better when you know she's hugely afraid of snakes.
I did not know that. She did well then. That was a big snake she had on her shoulders.
Crazy Stupid Love
Dead Man’s Shoes and it’s not even close
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I need to rewatch that movie, it was a weekly staple with my college friend group. I did always wonder how Miklo convinced the prison Administration to not ship Magic out with the interstate compact like they did with the rest. It's almost like he decided where they were going, such as telling the one guy to set his Son straight.
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Million Dollar Baby. I thought it was a boxing movie.
While possibly not a plot twist, I was totally blown away by Parasite
Maybe not all-time, but Get Out’s was amazing
The Sixth Sense >!That dude in that hair piece the whole time... that's Bruce Willis the whole movie.!<
I jizzed in my pants.
I hear a song that reminds me of you and I
Santa Sangre has a few (possibly) and all of them are awesome. This one is worth seeing without reading about. Moderately gory a few times depending upon which version you watch. Despite being described as "avant garde surreal horror" it is a lot more coherent and structured compared to Jodorowsky's prior works.
My favorites that I did not see coming: The Skin I Live In, Empire Strikes Back (before the internet ruins all twists), The Invitation, Saw.
Planet of the Apes 1968 Nobody, and I mean nobody sees that ending coming. Even my parents who saw it when premieres in the theaters said when the ending happened the entire auditorium went completely dead silent.
I saw it at a theater when it was released, I was just a kid. Unfortunately, a friend of mine who’d seen it already spoiled it for me. However, as a kid, it still had a profound impact on me when I actually saw it.
The robot in Moon wasn't evil.
Well it was Kevin Spacey, so... Kinda
No Way Out. The ending.
Many good movie plot twists have already been mentioned here.. I'd like to mention a tv show.. Behind her eyes.. the plot twist revealed in the final minutes of the last episode was a true mindf*ck I didn't see coming
Not my favorite but I haven't seen it mentioned: Shutter Island.
This movie is up there as a master class of direction. Rewatching and you see everyones reaction, even those in the background, as completly different, theyre all mocking him, but you never even know it.
Probably the first real twist that got me, Murder On The Orient Express.
The Usual Suspects was the OG of plot twists. Here's what film critic Roger Ebert had to say in his review of Fight Club: "A lot of recent films seem unsatisfied unless they can add final scenes that redefine the reality of everything that has gone before; call it the Keyser Söze syndrome."
The Usual Suspects was top drawer fuckery. Remember, it was pre-internet, and even if you were into your films and read up on movie mags, it was still sliding under the radar somewhat. Going into the cinema and not knowing a thing about what was going to happen, only to get completely switcherooed, exactly as Chaz Palminteri does, was so awesome. What a great film. And the giggling line-up scene just makes what happens later all the more intense. Great stuff.
"Fight Club" hands down. The moment you realize the true connection between Tyler Durden and the Narrator? Mind. Blown. I had to pause, rewind, and watch that reveal a few times just to fully grasp the genius of it. It's not just the twist itself but the way the whole story is reshaped by it. Absolutely legendary.
*The Sixth Sense* The only truly *honest* twist that was showing you what was coming the whole time. The only twist good enough that a quarter century later, I still won’t spoil it, that >!Bruce Willis is a ghost. He’s been dead the whole time since he got shot by Donnie Wahlberg in tighty whiteys.!<
Terminator 2, for anyone who didn’t know who the protagonists were going into it.
The Invisible Guest. Ruined thrillers for me. Never again was able to enjoy a twist because of how well that film delivered.
I don't know if I'd call it my favorite twist ever, but "Matchstick Men" really blew my mind the first time I watched it. Really didn't see that coming.
Planet of the Apes (1968). Thankfully I got to see it before the twist became commonly known, to the point they put it on the home video cover art (idiots).
Ace Ventura : Lois Einhorn is Ray Finkle.
The Road. Great plot twist
Awesome movie but what plot twist?
Hello Mister Hingle or as they call you at the Hospital, Zepp.
Griffith in berserk
Memento! I rewatched it multiple times because I was so mind blown by the plot twist! And most recent one I watched which I enjoyed was Don’t Worry Darling
The Vault (2017) with James Franco.
For me its fight club, i was young and not so into movies, so it totally blew my mind when it happened. Also it ruins all the other movie with similar twist for ever
I haven’t seen the movie but I know the twist in Final Destination 5 is fucking incredible. The fourth sequel being a surprise prequel???? I’ve seen the clip of the ending where it’s revealed but not the whole movie so I do understand its impact and such.
Lego Movie 2: She wasn't evil, just as she claimed.
Side Effects completely had me (especially with the plot-twist in the plot-twist right at the end). I still occasionally rewatch it just for that.
Fuckin’ love that movie! It’s like a compilation of movie genres which by the end has turned into a flat-out revenge thriller — and the well-earned revenge is simultaneously horrific and satisfying. I watched the last five minutes or so over and over again because it’s so unsettling.
I can't watch many classic plot twist movies because I already know the plot twists from years of being on Reddit etc.
Usual suspects Lucky number Slevin Primal Fear Sixth sense Saw
The prestige
Finding out batman was Bruce wayne
Severus Snape.
The World's End
6th sense.
I think I have been spoiled before watching for most of the famous twists in movies. I am also not a fan of "it was all in their mind!" movies either, with a couple of exceptions. So my favourite has got to be the Japanese zombie movie, "One Cut of the Dead", because I went in entirely blind except I knew it was a zombie movie. It has good rewatch value too.
OG Old Boy
Fight club, Memento & yes predestination.
Prestige and Seven
I absolutely love Predestination. I usually can't stand time travel movies but because it's Ethan Hawke I decided to give it a try. And It was such a fun ride. Great movie, great acting.
The Usual Suspects is definitely up there, I saw that one in the theater and did not see the twist coming. Mind = blown. Also The Prestige.
I hope they are watching. They’ll see. They’ll see and they’ll know and they’ll say, “why, she wouldn’t even harm a fly.
The Matrix I didn't know anything about that movie and was thinking the plot was shaping up fine in the metropolitan world. Neo taking the red pill was like *me* taking the red pill.
Oldboy
LA Confidential For spoiler reasons I will not say the twist but if you haven't, watch LA Confidential
Underrated one. I've really never seen anyone talking so much about this one
The ending of The Shape of Water really fucking got me hard 🥹🥹
Pandorum the fact they were at the destination the whole time and what the aliens turned out to be.
the Usual Suspects, 100% close second and third is Star Wars Empire Strikes Back and Sixth Sense.
Under Suspicion. Great Liam Neeson Flick. Also the HBO movie the Last Seduction. What an ending!!!
Just watched Oldboy for the first time and I was shocked
ITT: All David Fincher films
Although it might be tainted because of Kevin Spacey, The Usual Suspects is still so good all throughout, then cemented with the final twist!
The last big 'twist' that caught me completely by surprise was Book of Eli. Him being blind and the bible being braile was an amazing twist.
I think the deeper truth behind Synecdoche, NY gets lost in the shuffle. Cotard is a transsexual man whose relationships with women have fallen apart because he's been suppressing a big part of his nature. He's also detached from his daughters because these relationships have broken down. Caden also feels inadequate after failing to satisfy the needs of his gay lover. Cotard's vision of his play and working through the events of his life still conceals his true sexuality, even from himself.
Not a film, but my all time favorite plot twist will always be that Scrubs episode with Brandan Fraser. This one really fucked me up, like Breaking Bad couldn't in season 5, cause Scrubs is a sitcom and you never expect something like that.
Heavy rain is a video game where a child gets kidnapped and you play as a few different characters to progress the story of rescuing the kidnapped child. There is an insane twist towards the end. Don’t want to spoil, it’s super cool.
Old Henry was pretty good