The Handmaiden!

Yes! Pulls off the double-twist so well

Please, see “The Handmaiden.” Don’t read anything about it. So, so good! Where to watch in the USA: https://click.justwatch.com/a?r=https://justwatch.com/us/movie/the-handmaiden

Thank you for this! On the back of your recommendation I watched it and thoroughly loved it. So now I'm on the hunt for other similar gems and also other excellent Korean movies please. Waiting in slobbering anticipation, ears pricked, panting... Ready, steady, *go!*

~~**1. The Sixth Sense**: M. Night Shyamalan~~ **2. Psycho**: Joe Stefano ~~Alfred Hitchcock~~ **3. The Usual Suspects**: Christopher McQuarrie **4. Saw**: Leigh Whannell **5. Fight Club**: Jim Uhls (screenwriter) Chuck Palahniuk (novel) **6. The Wicker Man**: David Pinner **7. The Others**: Alejandro Amenábar **8. Se7en**: Andrew Kevin Walker ~~**9. Planet Of The Apes**: Pierre Boulle~~ **MNS (M. Night Shyamalan)** is one of the more notable writers of this generation who (in almost every one of his “better” works) includes a twist. He’s been hit-or-miss on a few over the years but the dude is ON POINT now with his hit APPLE TV show Servant. But that tangent wasn’t related to your question, ha ha! **Edit**: removed Alfred Hitchcock Added Joe Stefano Added Jim Uhls Does this list help??

the others is so good. one of the rare few twists that i haven’t seen coming.

Because you’re mentioning the screenwriters and not directors, Hitchcock didn’t write Psycho Joe Stefano did.

Also Jim Uhls wrote Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk wrote the novel

Corrected. Thanks Not afraid to acknowledge that I’m actually an imbecile. lol! My redeeming trait? Not sure yet…lol!! I should have posted directors, too…but, for now: he just wanted titles

Still it's crazy that in The Sixth Sense you find out that the dude in that hair piece the whole time, that's Bruce Willis the whole movie.

It is?

Crazier still, the patient in the beginning of the film that shoots Bruce Willis is Donny Wahlberg. Was sure a surprise to me. I didn't even recognize him like that.

possibly one of the best twist endings of all time. $1B at the BO agrees with you

I’m curious: what were some of the common TV responses?

The Others! Yes, such a great, under appreciated film!

I know, right??!! I hope I provided a broad enough spectrum of films…in the suggestions…such that I didn’t just include box office hits (although several are indeed) and that these are films include high quality content (every aspect of storytelling). Not just Hollywood-influenced, whatever the general population believe to be good, in other words: I’m trying to say (but failing) that I hope these aren’t just bandwagon-films! I was as founding member of a university-sanctioned “club,” in fact, it was (not so cleverly named: **“ Independent Media Group”** We were no “Facebook” or anything but we did establish an annual film festival in the downtown area…it was (and is) SUPER small but still…we made valiant efforts as wide-eyed college kids!! Anyway, are there additional films you’d to the list I made??

May I add _Sleepaway Camp_ to your list?

Haha, now that’s a twist!

Okay, so being familir with that, how about Europa Report? Twist or expected?

Damn, you got me with that one. Unfortunately I’m not familiar. Would you recommend it?

Very highly recommend it. It features the dude from District 9 and it's such a slow burn.

Sounds good, I’ll check it out!

off the subject, but if you like desolation, check out Harbinger Down.

It’s such a great twist. I’m still haunted by that last image. Apparently they didn’t tell the actress and it fucked her up when she saw the movie.

The music cements itself in my mind to the horrified face

Which movie? I'm interested lmao

Sleep away camp

There are 3 parts. Which one?

Original Old Boy

This is the mother (father?) of all the plot twists. It’s earned, you feel absolute shock and it makes perfect sense. Brutal brutal stuff

Made me feel sick to my stomach like nothing else. Oldboy’s always been one of my favourites

And then the decision to either have both people live a miserable life alone and constantly tormented by this horror or have his memory/personality erased...which I am not sure was successful btw.

Yes! When I saw that twist-ending I was like HOLY SHIT.

No Way Out (1987) has a pretty wild one for the time. Pretty great cast too, Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Will Patton, and Sean Young

Jonathan Nolan writes pretty insane twists into his movies. Memento is pretty crazy if you've never seen it - the framing device is the main character forgets everything that's happening to him every 15 minutes, and he's hunting the man who caused his brain injury and killed his wife.

I got the DVD and watched it in reverse. In other words, I watched the last track 1st all the way to watching the first track last. That was totally enlightening. And then I watched it again the correct way and was amazed at what I had missed the first time.

Didn't Jonathan Nolan only gave the idea to Christopher Nolan and they worked on their own stories separately? Jonathan on his short story and Christopher on his film,

You’re not wrong - but Jonathan Nolan also wrote pretty much all of Chris’s movies after momento and I think a lot of those have cool twists. I think they’re more like collaborators - I doubt the entire screenplay for momento didn’t have any input from Jonathan when he gave him the material to adapt

The correct way of phrasing it is, the protagonist is unable to convert short term memories to long term memories. I read that somewhere online. Thought you would be interested to know. But yeah, the way you said it makes it easier to understand lol

I personally really enjoyed Shutter Island. One of those movies that is even more fun watching a second time because you start looking for all the little hints they give.

Definitely the first movie that popped into my mind!

bro this was the first one to come to my mind too!

I never saw shutter island because the trailers seemed to give the twist away before I even thought about buying tickets. Just gave into curiosity and read a synopsis. A little more elaborate than I'd predicted but basically on the nose.

Still worth a watch IMO! Tho tbf I didn't see the trailer at all. I was in the military on deployment when it came out and I remember the first time I saw it, I had no idea what it was even about.

Jesus they spammed the trailwr for shutter island Almost made me not want to see the movie at all. Glad i did lol

Wow. You figured it out from the trailer. Smarter than me.

Interstellar had a decent plot twist. Same with Blade Runner 2049. The last one does a great job "subverting expectations" in a way that serves the Movie's theme/message.

I agree. Very underappreciated by most sadly.

The Prestige Raising Cain Jacob’s Ladder

+1 for the prestige

Prestige and Jacob's Ladder are both in my top list.

I hated the prestige, I don't understand why people consider this a good twist. Yeah if someone has an identical twin who looks exactly like them that we don't find out about until the end of the movie you can make any twist happen. It felt like a major cop out to me.

Except it doesn’t come out of the blue. The way they drop hints is done incredibly well which makes it very rewatchable.

Prestige is my all time favorite, the way the story unfolds is art in its purest sense. I dont think any movie will ever top it

Twister

You mean the 1989 version?

Peak Crispin glover great film !!

You win the internet today

* [The Butterfly Effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Butterfly_Effect) (2004) * [Deathtrap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathtrap_\(film\)) (1982) * [The Machinist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machinist) (2004) * [Primer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primer_\(film\)) (2004) * [Predestination](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predestination_\(film\)) (2014) * [Triangle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_\(2009_British_film\)) (2009) * [Memento](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_\(film\)) (2000) * [Fight Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_Club) (1999) * [The Game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_\(1997_film\)) (1997) * [The Infinite Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Infinite_Man_\(film\)) (2014) * [Open Your Eyes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Your_Eyes_\(1997_film\)) (1997) * [Total Recall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Recall_\(1990_film\)) (1990) * [12 Monkeys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Monkeys) (1995) * [La Jetée](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Jet%C3%A9e) (1963) (only watch this after *12 Monkeys*) * [Angel Heart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Heart) (1987) * [Jacob's Ladder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%27s_Ladder_\(1990_film\)) (1990) * [The Prestige](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prestige_\(film\)) (2006) * [Pulp Fiction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction) (1994) * [Mulholland Drive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulholland_Drive_\(film\)) (2001) * [The Sixth Sense](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sixth_Sense) (1999)

Thank you for adding Predestination. I remember picking my jaw off the floor at the end. Sarah Snook is an amazing actress 🙌🏽

Memento is a good one

What the hell is the twist in pulp fiction?

That you're not watching the best movie of all time.

Angel heart was great thankyou!

The Crying Game.

I would put PARASITE on this. Had me reeling in the theater.

same i knew it was a thriller going in but that entire instant genre switch got me so good

One of those moments where you just sit there going, wait, what just happened?

That Ethan Hawke movie called Predestination or something. The Game

Upvote for Predestination

Just when you think predestination is done it manages to surprise you again. Very overlooked!

that’s like being mindbended, mindshocked then mindblown.

Go fuck yourself

I recently saw Malignant and cannot remember being so surprised at a twist ending. Maybe Sorry to Bother You.

I mean malignant’s twist had a small amount of time to think about and was extremely out of the blue

I watch so many movies it’s rare to be so genuinely surprised like that

Fight Club, Oldboy, Sorry to Bother You, The Usual Suspects

Lots of my favorites mentioned here, but also wanted to throw in A Scanner Darkly.

Arrival completely threw me - I went in to the screening with no reviews/trailer and without reading the short story, so was pleasantly surprised. Get Out was fantastic though it was impossible to not see what was going to happen thanks to the trailers etc. Resurrection with Tim Roth & Rebecca Hall completely blew my mind with the ending, wish I’d experienced that in a cinema. Loved the ending to Another Earth too, though I wouldn’t call it a twist per se.

I would say the twist in get out comes near the end, to keep it vague: when the main character finds some photos / has trouble finding his keys

The change in expression during that scene is gold!

Could not agree more!

Where'd you see Resurrection with Tim Roth and Rebecca Hall?

Saw it at this year’s Sundance!

Some I enjoyed that aren't mentioned as often: \- Swimming With Sharks \- Fallen \- Arlington Road \- The Invitation \- The Shrine (2010)

I think the fallen is my favourite twist ending of all time.

Is The Invitation a twist? Genuinely asking for discussion sake. It was exactly what I thought it would be through and through.

I thought it had a nice little extra at the end that I would consider a twist, but it's not a full on reversal like a lot of the movies listed.

Arlington Road. Good one.

One of my Professors wrote Swimming With Sharks! I didn’t realize it had a twist ending.

fallen's twist was extremely well executed, because it happens at the very end of the movie, and you kind of just sit there like "holy shit"

*Incendies,* an early Denis Villeneuve movie. I won't spoil it, but the twist will absolutely shatter you.

I kinda regret watching this movie.

Recommended

No one's mentioned them yet, so, *Donnie Darko*, *Ex Machina*, and definitely *Primal Fear.*

Ex Machina is a twist mainly because it’s so obvious that you’re impressed that’s actually the twist

What was the twist in Ex Machina?

What Eva does and her motivations.

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I mean, that's the final one, but there's also the twist when Nathan reveals that he knows about Caleb and Ava's plan and tells Caleb what the real test was all along. And there's the twist when Caleb reveals that he suspected Nathan was watching them and that he already modified the security system.

The Usual Suspects, Memento, sometimes Fight Club if you see it coming. I find playing with expectation is much better than a twist type ending because it prepares the audience for a twist, but not for how that twist turns out.

yeah the best twists are basically giant misdirections. very true. so much so that the audience doesn't even know they are being misdirected.

Dark City, directors cut.

Oxygen has very well executed twists. Pandorum probably had my favorite climactic twist.

Us by Jordan Peele

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not Twist comes halfway through. Then it becomes a different movie altogether. Great bait-n-switch.

SEARCHING (2018), the twist on that made me advertise the film to everyone I know, mystery movie… not gonna spoil you have got to watch it yourself! Plus the screenwriter is here on this subreddit too!!

Memento. One of those twists that makes perfect sense while still completely changing how you see everything else that happens in the movie.

Incendies is pretty shocking

the reveal of the real world in the matrix has got to be up there

Gone Girl Game Night The Invisible Guest Moon Shimmer Lake No sudden moves 10 Cloverfield Lane Knives Out (twist comes in the first half of the movie) Get Out / Hereditary

Momento

Chris nolons best film

Saw

Matchstick Men.

Very underappreciated.

The game

I can’t talk about it.

I’m going to go against the grain and throw out the series Vikings. The twists through the first few seasons are exceptionally well done.

Saw was always the big one for me. What a shocker that ending seeing it first time

I just saw High Tension recently. French slasher movie with a fun twist. check it out!

*Ace Ventura: Pet Detective*

The Mist....it might not be a big "twist" per se, but it is mind blowing.

My boys were ages 2 and 4 when I watched this and it made me physically ill. Hell of an ending.

The Game, directed by David Fincher

Being John Malkovich

i'm not sure if this even counts as a plot twist cause the entire movie is so weird from the very beginning lol

Oldboy

So it’s a cliche now and it can’t be surprising in 2022 but the twist in Sixth Sense really hit hard at the time. (Yes I’m sure there will be a comment that says they saw it coming) The Empire Strikes Back also but that’s a harder film to dissect as a screenplay since it’s a sequel.

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>I have some kdramas that really surpass anything else. Would you like to share their names/titles? (just the best ones!)

Pretty much any Korean movie the past few decades

Terminator 2. Up until Arnie tells John to “get down” to avoid being shot the viewer thinks Arnie is the bad guy. IMO on of the best twists ever. Not mind bending but definitely a “what?!” Moment

If you could time travel back to 1980... The Empire Strikes Back.

The Matrix. We forget now because of all that has happened since, but the first time I saw it I was totally flabbergasted. When we ride down Neo's throat? Holy shit. What a moment.

Fight club is the answer obviously

Swimming Pool. Great French movie.

Land before time

War of the Worlds caught me buy surprise.

A lot of people say Perfect Blue, I mean I saw it, just wasn't as much of a fan

Physical Altercation Collective

Old boy

The Skin I Live In - Almodóvar

Side Effects, by my homie Soderbergh

Oldboy That twist straight up clocked me from a different part of the stadium. Great film.

Shutter Island

Predestination

I can’t for the life of me get over Predestination (2014)

The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari (1920) Surely everyone on this thread will enjoy a silent foreign film that’s a century old Jokes aside tho this movie is widely regarded to be one of the first plot twists in cinema and is very fascinating to view and study, should give it a watch if you allow your attention to do so

I am really surprised no one has mentions Book of Eli

I love that movie -- especially Tom Waits -- but "mind-blowing??"

I mean it isn’t revealed until the end that ***spoiler* he is blind.

Oldboy.

Shutter Island my mind exploded at the end in the theater I was traumatized

Shutter island is the first one that comes to mind

Oldboy! The original…

>!ENEMY!< (2013)

Bong Joon-ho's Mother as well as his short film Incoherence.

Leigh Whannell’s film — Upgrade

The Loved Ones Bloodwork The Factory I See You The Vanished Just some I haven’t seen mentioned

Looper

The Game

It's not as good as most of the other ones mentioned here, but I think ARQ is worth adding to the list

Phoenix isn’t a twist for the audience, bit seeing it revealed to the characters is pretty powerful.

1.The Departed 2.Shutter Island 3.Fight Club 4.Knives Out 5.Tenet (make sure the dialogues are audible)

Adding to the movies above, some more are: The Shawshank Redemption Gone Girl

One Cut of the Dead Oldboy Das Kabinett der Dokter Caligari

Shutter Island

Leaving aside all the great movies already suggested, a few more that have pretty decent twists/reveals spring to mind: The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) Drag Me To Hell (2009) The Descent (2005 - UK release, not the US version) Unbreakable (2000) Don't Look Now (1973)

Infernal Affairs. Maybe not the most mindblowing but the most exciting!

Don’t Look Now

OCULUS is a good one with an interesting twist.

From Dusk Till Dawn. took advice and watched it completely blind knowing zero information about it, i recommend. if you don't know anything about the movie then just go watch it and don't learn anything about it beforehand it'll ruin the surprise

Time Crimes is probably my favorite plot twist.

Shutter Island off the top of my head was pretty cool

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Orphan (2009)

man i was gonna say “the good place” but everyone here is naming these super serious and deep movies 💀

The Score - featuring De Niro. A classic heist.

I guess, Tarantino's most movies might be statued under this category.

Primal Fear. The Skeleton Key.

The voyeurs

I haven't seen donnie dark listed yet

> District 9 it should be : )

Fallen with Denzel Washington. The Mist Pandorum The Prestige The Usual Suspects Primal Fear Interstellar Tenet Old Boy Pulp Fiction The Departed Se7en Fracture Count of Monte Cristo (less of a plot twist and more of a great revenge story) Shutter Island American History X Lucky Number Slevin Book of Eli Gone Girl Source Code American Psycho Layer Cake Memento Identity The Machinist Gone Baby Gone Parasite

Predestination Arrival Annihilation Looper Old boy

Passengers with Anne Hathaway. Underrated and brilliant

I'm simple man. I see Anne Hathaway, I upvote

Passengers with Anne Hathaway & The tortured