30 Movies with Unexpected Plot Twists That Are Hard to Top (31 Photos)

Cinema's worst sin is predictability. Sometimes the ending of a story can be predicted almost at the very beginning of the film, and then what is the point of watching it? Therefore, Reddit users decided to remember films with unexpected plot twists that they remembered for the rest of their lives. Do you have anything to add?





1. Shawshank Redemption (1994)



"When Andy doesn't show up for roll call, the audience thinks he broke down and killed himself, and then it turns out he dug a fucking tunnel with a geological hammer."

2. The Usual Suspects (1995)





"The devil's greatest trick is to convince the world of his unreality."

3. Fight Club (1999)



4. Others (2001)



5. In a better world (2016-2020)



"It's not a movie, but the first season of The Good Place had a great and very unexpected ending."

6. Seven (1995)



7. Star Wars. Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)



"I heard that when Vader told Luke who he really was in The Empire Strikes Back, everyone just lost their minds."

8. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)



“Honestly, I never expected this ending.”

9. Prestige (2006)



10. The Game (1997)



11. Zootopia (2016)



12. Primal Fear (1996)



13. Like Hot Fuzz (2007)



14. Psycho (1960)



“The film starts with a girl escaping with a suitcase full of money, and then about a third of the way through it turns into a completely different film.”

15. Cabin in the Woods (2012)



16. Arrival (2016)



17. From Dusk Till Dawn (1995)



"I love the transition from a regular movie to a vampire action movie."

18. Gone Girl (2014)



19. Parasite (2019)



"The scene where the maid was trying to get into the secret basement just turned the movie on its head. It was so unexpected!"

20. Blazing Saddles (1974)



"The best twist in movie history."

21. Moon 2112 (2009)



22. Mist (2007)



“The ending was terrible, but in a good way: the twist was heartbreaking, but very good.”

23. Monsters, Inc. (2001)



“How it was possible to make a spider crab look like a sweet, kind grandfather in one scene, and then turn him into a terrible horror straight out of Dead Space in the next is simply unthinkable.”

24. The Book of Eli (2010)



25. Machinist (2003)



26. V for Vendetta (2006)



27. Cloverfield 10 (2016)



"I love this movie, and sometimes it's hard for me to watch because John Goodman acts exactly like my dad and his performance is both terrifying and incredible, but overall the movie is phenomenal and the ending is just: holy crap."

28. Child of Darkness (2009)



29. Oldboy (2003)



30. This Stupid Love (2011)



"This movie has not one, but two of the best plot twists in the history of romantic comedies."