It's a great feeling to watch a movie and be caught off guard by a clever plot twist. M. Night Shyamalan is the master, but over at
r/AskReddit we got a hot take on some other amazing
movies with an unforeseen twist.
1
I hear that when Empire Strikes Back and Vader tells Luke who he truly is that everyone just absolutely lost their minds. -u/boredbrowser1
2
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. -u/didnsignup4dis
3
The first time watching fight club is way up there for me. -u/Tortion
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. -u/Mister_JayB
5
The Usual Suspects. "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." -u/No-Acanthisitta423
6
Orphan was pretty f**ked up. -u/Princess-Kit-Kat
7
Primal Fear with Richard Gere and Ed Norton -u/ladydragon75
8
Memento -u/hystorymystory
9
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*****ck. -u/Rona_Lightfoot
10
Monty python and the holy grail , nobody expected it to end like that in all honesty. -u/Tub_of_jam66
11
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. -u/WhoaButter
13
The Sixth Sense -u/Ultraviolent-Ray
14
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. -u/jleichter18
15
Shutter Island. -u/al3x_mp4
16
The Game with Michael Douglas and Sean Penn -u/bmallett2
17
PARASITE The scene where that maid tried to get into that secret basement just turned the movie upside down. That was so unexpected! -u/SaabudaanaKhichadi
18
The mist. The ending was terrible but in a good way like the twist was heartbreaking but it was so good. -u/ihorderocks
19
The Machinist. I was rocked…. Like someone had just slapped me. -u/watermelon-4-lyf
20
From Dusk Till Dawn. I like the transition from normal movie to vampire action. -u/Sasha_Privalov
22
The Skeleton Key -u/beanedjibe
23
Gone girl! -u/ParsnipBusy
24
Gone girl! -u/ParsnipBusy
25
Final Destination 5! The whole theater gasped and clapped at the end because no one saw that coming at all. -u/SYLOK_THEAROUSED
26
The Prestige -u/Alonest99
