Mind-Blowing Plot Twist Movies

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Films with a reveal that reframes everything. Go in blind. The descriptions here never spoil.

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The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense

1999 · 1h 47m · Movie

After being shot by a resentful former patient whom he failed to help, a Philadelphia child psychologist seeks redemption by treating a young boy with a disturbing secret.

PG-13
8.2
2
The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects

1995 · 1h 46m · Movie

The sole survivor of a pier shoot-out tells the story of how a notorious criminal influenced the events that began with five criminals meeting in a seemingly random police lineup.

R
8.4
3
Fight Club

Fight Club

1999 · 2h 19m · Movie

An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.

R
8.7
4
Seven

Seven

1995 · 2h 7m · Movie

Two detectives try to track down a serial killer who chooses his victims based on the Seven Deadly Sins.

R
8.7
5
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010 · 2h 18m · Movie

Two US marshals are sent to a mental institution on an inhospitable island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient.

R
8.3
6
The Prestige

The Prestige

2006 · 2h 10m · Movie

Two friends and fellow magicians become bitter enemies after a sudden tragedy. As they devote themselves to this rivalry, they make sacrifices that bring them fame but, with terrible consequences.

PG-13
8.6
7
Memento

Memento

2000 · 1h 53m · Movie

A former insurance investigator who now suffers from anterograde amnesia uses notes and tattoos to hunt down his wife's murderer.

R
8.4
8
Gone Girl

Gone Girl

2014 · 2h 29m · Movie

The husband of a missing woman becomes the main suspect in her disappearance.

R
8.2
9
Parasite

Parasite

2019 · 2h 12m · Movie

Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.

R
8.9
10
Vertigo

Vertigo

1958 · 2h 8m · Movie

A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.

PG
8.3
11
Oldboy

Oldboy

2003 · 2h 0m · Movie

After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.

R
8.7
12
Psycho

Psycho

1960 · 1h 49m · Movie

A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.

R
8.6
13
The Others

The Others

2001 · 1h 44m · Movie

In 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted.

PG-13
7.6
14
Saw

Saw

2004 · 1h 43m · Movie

Two men awaken to find themselves on the opposite sides of a dead body, each with specific instructions to kill the other, escape or face the consequences. These two are the latest contestants in Jigsaw's games.

R
7.5
15
Identity

Identity

2003 · 1h 30m · Movie

Stranded at a desolate Nevada motel during a nasty rain storm, ten strangers become acquainted with each other when they realize that they're being killed off one by one.

R
7.2
16
Now You See Me

Now You See Me

2013 · 1h 55m · Movie

An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances, and reward their audiences with the money.

PG-13
7.1
17
Predestination

Predestination

2014 · 1h 37m · Movie

As his last assignment, a temporal agent is tasked to travel back in time and prevent a bomb attack in New York in 1975. The hunt, however, turns out to be beyond the bounds of possibility.

R
7.3
18
Triangle

Triangle

2009 · 1h 39m · Movie

Five friends set sail and their yacht is overturned by a strange and sudden storm. A mysterious ship arrives to rescue them, and what happens next cannot be explained.

R
6.7
19
Us

Us

2019 · 1h 56m · Movie

In order to get away from their busy lives, the Wilson family takes a vacation to Santa Cruz, California. At night, four strangers break into Adelaide's childhood home. The family is shocked to find out that the intruders look lik...

R
7.1
20
Get Out

Get Out

2017 · 1h 44m · Movie

A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.

R
8.1
21
A Beautiful Mind

A Beautiful Mind

2001 · 2h 15m · Movie

A mathematical genius, John Nash made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But Nash soon found himself on a harrowing journey of self-discovery.

PG-13
8.0
22
Primal Fear

Primal Fear

1996 · 2h 9m · Movie

A high-profile murder intrigues a publicity hungry lawyer.

R
7.9
23
The Game

The Game

1997 · 2h 9m · Movie

A mysterious game invades a man's ordered existence.

R
7.6
24
Angel Heart

Angel Heart

1987 · 1h 53m · Movie

In 1955 New Orleans, small-time private investigator Harry Angel is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cypher to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite, but the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.

R
7.3
25
Sleuth

Sleuth

1972 · 2h 18m · Movie

A man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.

PG
7.9
26
Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

1957 · 1h 56m · Movie

A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.

Approved
8.6
27
Audition

Audition

2000 · 1h 55m · Movie

A widower has his film producer friend organize a fake audition as a means of helping him find a new girlfriend, but the woman he selects is not who she appears to be.

R
7.5
28
Tenet

Tenet

2020 · 2h 30m · Movie

Armed with only the word "Tenet," and fighting for the survival of the entire world, CIA operative, The Protagonist, journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a global mission that unfolds beyond real time.

PG-13
7.1
29
Dead Again

Dead Again

1991 · 1h 47m · Movie

A woman who has lost her memory is taken in by a Los Angeles orphanage, and a private eye is enlisted to track down her identity, but he soon finds that he might have a past life connection to her that endangers their lives.

R
6.7
30
Coherence

Coherence

2014 · 1h 29m · Movie

Strange things begin to happen when a group of friends gather for a dinner party on an evening when a comet is passing overhead.

Not Rated
7.3
31
Orphan

Orphan

2009 · 2h 3m · Movie

A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she appears.

R
6.7
32
The Village

The Village

2004 · 1h 48m · Movie

A series of events tests the beliefs of a small isolated countryside village.

PG-13
6.7
33
Unbreakable

Unbreakable

2000 · 1h 46m · Movie

A man learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident.

PG-13
7.4
34
Split

Split

2017 · 1h 57m · Movie

Three girls are kidnapped by a man with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities. They must try to escape before the apparent emergence of a frightful new 24th.

PG-13
7.1
35
The Machinist

The Machinist

2004 · 1h 41m · Movie

An industrial worker who hasn't slept in a year begins to doubt his own sanity.

R
7.6
36
The Skin I Live In

The Skin I Live In

2011 · 2h 0m · Movie

A brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

R
7.6