Top 30 Movie Reveals No One Saw Coming
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- Опубликовано: 6 июн 2024
- Gasp! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks of the biggest big screen plot twists that made everyone’s jaws drop. Consider this your spoiler warning. Our countdown includes moments from movies “Chinatown”, “Shutter Island”, “Us” and more! Is there a surprising cinematic reveal we missed? Blow our minds in the comments.
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@@_dr.greenthumb_ no you weren't and nobody asked about your comment number
Love It WatchMojo.
I knew from the moment something happened to the lead. I watched the movie confused until the boy said what he sees. I said, aha I knew it!
I was bored with Fight Club. When you don't care, you can't figure it out
The Usual Suspects ending goes down as the most omg moment I've had with a twist ending. And even better upon second viewing knowing what's coming and watching Spacey's performance. Primal Fear is also a well deserved addition to this list considering it was Norton's acting debut on film.
I just finished watching The Usual Suspects and I still get blown away when the true criminal gets away
Who were the true criminals
I haven't seen it but its epic. Maybe really long ago
I guessed it right before the reveal, and I was right, and I was still happy to see the reveal. Tho I was going off both real-life and movie stuff.
I guessed the twist right when the movie started
@@melikaihsampsonit was Chazz Palminteri
I feel like Memento deserved a spot on the list
Agreed.
The Most beautiful Nolan twist ever ❤
Oh yeah
‘Wait, am I chasing him…or is he chasing me?’ Great movie
YESS!!! This movie was amazing
"The Crying Game". I watched it alone & recommended it to my husband. He watched it alone; I decided to go read in another room (to avoid spoiler-risk). Now, my hub is a pretty chill guy, not known for big, explosive emotions. However, I'll never forgot suddenly hearing "WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?" at the key point.
Another one is the anime "I Want To Eat Your Pancreas". Our older daughter inherited my husband's stoicism; she rarely reacts to movies (she didn't even jump at the end of "Carrie"). However, when the twist came, she literally jumped out of her seat and screamed!
Incidentally, I'm pretty much the Queen of the Non-Spoilers. I have trouble giving away plot points and twists even if flat-out asked! That's why I can't bring myself to even type the above-mentioned twists. Even older movies eventually will have first-time viewers. Watch them & enjoy them yourselves.
Whats in the box???
Whats in tbe fucking BOX brad pitt said calmly and reasonably
A Beautiful Mind HAS to be among the top 30!
I'm also personally fond of Jacob's Ladder.
I knew all along Psycho would be number one, surely deserves it. The Others twist deserved a place here. Such an underrated masterpiece.
The Others was what I was thinking
@@Tems-wj5no yes indeed a wonderful twist.
When I watched Others in the theater as a kid I guessed the ending in the first 5-10 minutes. Made the whole movie unbelievably boring.
@ShinySephiroth1
I was JUST talking about the exact same thing. While I wasn't a child, nevertheless, I've guessed not only the ending but also who the actual murderer was. I chalk up to a poor screenplay and bad director.
@@AirForceFalcons_9922 bad screenplay and director? You’re delusional
Andy Dufresne's escape in The Shawshank Redemption is a great plot twist.
How is it a plot twist? It is the plot!
@@rickyhood8213 I believe having two account books he 'looked after', and the way he took the money out after he escaped.
@@rickyhood8213 Up until that point, it appeared Andy would kill himself - escaping did not seem realistic. I know that when I first watched it, I did not expect Andy's escape - yet it was well done and believable.
Just noticing a good number of these reveals are based around mental health. Just highlighting how much of a mystery it’s always been to us and how vastly different it’s been interpreted.
Also Memento has to be on this list.
I couldn't agree more! Great movie.
"Jacob´s ladder" (1990)
blew me away.
"Maybe the demons would be angels, if you wouldn´t be so afraid of them"
Out of all these reveals, Seven really effed me up.
Every time we get an Amazon box but no one rembs ordering anything, my mind goes right to Brad Pitt at the end…
🕵🏼📦🙆♀️😂
“She’s my sister”
“She’s my daughter”
“She’s my daughter AND my sister.”
Yeah, that one was a shock
"She is also my sister. Nice!"
Rosebud is the sled form when he was a child.
Agree!
Identity is an underrated gem. I would have put Frailty on here as well. Terrific narration from Rebecca. 🥰
Frailty was so great... never saw that coming. Bill Paxton also directed that movie. RIP...
@@mikememine1423 🙏
Yeah, Identity is a good one! Seems to get some hate or negativity, too And Then There Were None. But I always found it engaging--and creepy!
YES!!! Frailty was amazing!
@@BizzyDitchAZ88 😃🤘
Angelheart with Mickey Rourke and Fallen with Denzel Washington both had big plot twists at the end.
Two movies that always seem to get overlooked for this type of list: "No Way Out" and "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels."
I once watched Dirty Rotten Scoundrels each day for two weeks. Sir Michael Caine's face (as Lawrence Jamieson) when Jane returns with a bunch of tourists is priceless. And of course Palpatine's "Welcome to hell." It's way better paced and much funnier than the original with Brando.
Another movie with a twist ending is from 1991 called 'Shattered' with Tom Berenger, Greta Scacchi and Bob Hoskins. Loved this final reveal.
@@maximprikhodko8204Glad to meet another fan of the movie; it's kind of underappreciated. It also contains this wonderful exchange: "She caught me with another woman. Come on, you're French, you understand that!" "To be with another woman, zat is French. To be caught, zat is American."
@@maximprikhodko8204 Nice to encounter another fan of the movie. It's definitely underappreciated. For example, it includes this wonderful exchange between a con man in custody and a police chief:
"She caught me with another woman. C'mon. You're French, you understand that!"
"To be with another woman, zat is French. To be caught, zat is American."
I'm often one of those annoying, boring people who sees "surprise endings" from a mile off. But the twist at the end of "No Way Out" nearly knocked me out of my set. Loved it!!
How could you possibly forget Kevin Costner‘s commander Farrell, really being Yuri in no way out? To me that’s the best one ever.
Yes. One I forgot on my list and one I love even though I've seen the film about 20 times.
That's a good one
Yes and no, the image reconstruction...
I won't spoil it, but the major twist is Dark City is jaw-dropping.
What was just dumb though was that the studio decided to spoil the big twist with an opening describing it for the theatrical release.
@@amjsolsticeI heard about that. I must have seen a director's cut. When it hasn't been spoiled, the twist recontextualises everything, almost as if it's a different genre of movie.
Dark City is one of my favorite movies. Fortunately I didn’t watch it in cinema but VCD, so I didn’t know the spoiler
Edward Norton have so many identities 😂
I never see Arlington Road on these lists. truly underrated plot twist
Ooh I haven't thought about Arlington Road in a while now!
"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain! The greatest Oz has spoken!"
Bingo
@@fayesouthall6604I've seen "The Wizard of Oz" so many times, I could probably recite the whole thing from memory!
I remember watching The Usual Suspects with my dad. I'd already seen the movie and loved the surprise ending, which completely shocked me and I wanted to share that moment with him. So we're watching and a little more than half way through my dad just completely calls the ending. Stunned, I asked him how he knew and he rattled off a list of facts and clues in the movie. He didn't engage emotionally with movies so for him that facts were just staring him in the face the whole time. It was one of the moments I was most impressed with my dad lol.
Final destination 5 being a prequel
That was guessed by die-hard fans from the first trailer though
That was a good one.
This list is not valid without the Shawshank Redemption escape reveal.
Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! Amazing collection of awesome movies with twists..!!
It's been twenty years since the first "Saw" movie came out!
I read Atonement when it first came out. When they announced the movie I thought there would be no way they could translate the ending since in the book she is just looking in a mirror remembering. But the movie handled it brilliantly. One of the few movies that did the book justice.
You missed: Einhorn is Finkle, Finkle is Einhorn, Einhorn is a man!
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective!
Burns clothes in a trash can then gets into the bath/shower in a catatonic state…
Hell yeah!
@@lukekellerman3830 all to the sound of Boy George's "The Crying Game".
😂😂😂
The twist in Coppola's The Conversation is one of the greatest, I think. The first time I saw it, I felt like I'd been punched in the stomach when it came: "He'd KILL us if he had the chance" vs. "He'd kill US if he had the chance."
So sad so few people have seen Lucky Number Slevin. Such a great film, with a stellar cast! It's literally impossible to figure out what's going on until it's revealed. It does a pretty good job of making all the pieces fit.
Saw the movies when it came out. Amazing. I became a big fan and yes, it should be on this list.
@melissaburns2084 have you ever seen the trailer for it? It's pretty terrible. So random. What is the movie about? No idea after watching it. No wonder not many people saw it
I was also going to mention this one. Definitely underrated but not as good as The Usual Suspects
@stevebernard4597 I mean they're completely different movies. If you're referring to the twist then sure but again they're very different. Slevin isn't really a twist ending because you don't even know what you're looking for. You're kind of along for the ride. Most people completely forget about the first scene because it was irrelevant. Until it wasn't
Lucky Number Slevin is fantastic. Everything ties together at the end, but there's so much misdirection that you can't pedict it until the plot twists come.
Darth Vaders reveal shocked me when I was 8 years old…but the movie with a really great movie reveal that I didn’t see coming was when Barbossa came back from the dead and he wasn’t even set up. It was revealed by directors that the actors were told that Zoe Saldana was supposed to be the one walking down the stairs of Tia dalmas hut at the end of the movie but shocking realization was when Barbosa walked down the stairs and finished the movie in a massive cliffhanger and cool line. That movie reveal scene still shocked me to this day when i first watched in 6th grade
I remember walking out of that movie blown away.
That one was foreshadowed earlier in the movie😊
Earlier in pirates u see a pirate in the bed with black boots and Barbosa's monkey goes to the body and stays
@@MikeGates2010 I’ve seen that movie 100x. What scene was that ? I missed it
I loved that.
What about "The Others"? You sort of mention it, but you don't give it a placement!
I totally agree! This movie reveal should have a place on this list!
The mist was the most heartbreaking twist I have ever seen. It really messed me up.
You're wrong - the crisis was NOT over in the Mist: the boy had to be sacrificed, go back and re-watch what the lady said in the store; also you missed this one: Ash was a robot!
Yes, it was, what on earth are you talking about? The director has confirmed his ending as such!
The crisis was over because the boy was sacrificed. You are both right.
Think you got the reveal in The Invisible Man wrong. It was Adrian all along apart from that one time when his brother was killed. The director even confirmed it.
I was thinking that.
Dead Again (1991) has an insane twist with the mirror reveal
Oh yeah! I had forgotten about that one. Great movie, great ending!
What's more shocking about Orphan is the real life story that related to it years later. The Curious Case of Natalia Grace.
While I’m still on the fence about the age thing (purely bc I don’t know enough info on it) I don’t think Natalia murdered several people in cold blood
@@antoniacosta6221 There’s another story that’s much closer to this one (though still not related to murder)
They did a DNA test recently. Turns out she was telling the truth. Poor child.
Unbreakable is one of the most criminally underrated films ever. Easily the best M. Night film (or tied with Sixth Sense). The most realistic take on super heroes/villains ever put to screen.
Witness for the Prosecution & The Thirteenth Floor definitely out do some of these.
Greta Garbo was sensational and Agatha Christie’s writing is superb.
Marlene Dietrich, not Garbo.
When I was a kid there was a horror movie I think was called "Sleep Away Camp" that had a crazy twist no one saw coming
“You’re more horrible than Megan Fox’s acting in Transformers! I’m the best mama jamma ever stood behind the camera!” Alfred Hitchcock
Fish puppets and muppets to stir the fears up
I squeeze screams out of chocolate syrup
wtf is wrong with you lol
@@thehungrygoldfishHe has a thing for Epic Rap Battles of History.
Epic 😂😂
I can’t believe Never Let Me Go isn’t in the list. The twist is too heart wrenching.
Look at Heston and Spacy double dippin on this list
Such a cool video
Pretty cool plot twists.Orphan is terrifying,Arrival is nice ending,Kill Bill that Bride's daughter is alive is very nice,Primal Fear great reveal.Identity. Seven really terrifying. Really.Prestige great movie.Snape's true intentions is really heartwarming. And supprising He protected Harry all along. Vader reveal is perfectly epic. Perfect.Psycho is perfect reveal. Great video!
I feel once per year, when someone is taking their sweet time opening a present, I have to yell “what’s in the box!?”
Bruce Willis is the best at these surprise twist films
Ahhh. The Sixth Sense
Waited until right at the end to post this, hoping it’d pop up in the list. Where’s No Way Out with Kevin Costner?
The original April Fools Day movie. Great ending twist (and genre before Scream).
The Prestige had my jaw on the ground at the end
"Atonement" made Saorsise Ronaa a star and "Primal Fear" made Edaward Norton a star
If you watch the usual suspects. Kevin spacey's character is actually the only one who seems to know exactly what's going on the entire time. We're experiencing the movie from his POV
Great list! I would have add the Abandon movie
With Katy Holmes, Lucky Number Slevin with Josh Hartnett and Life of David Gale with Kevin Spacey and Kate Winslet!
THE PRESTIGE actually has a gut-wrenching twist that almost every commentary keeps missing. Watch the scenes with Tesla carefully and you will learn that there's no way of knowing whether the original cat gets cloned and _THEN_ teleported, or if it gets cloned _WHILE_ it is teleported. This means the magician doesn't know if _HE_ will end up in the water tank, or if his _CLONE_ does. Will he be killing himself, or just his clone???
EXCELLENT use of a teleportation quirk!!!
*Gone Girl* deserved the honorable mention that *The Others* got (which deserved better than that). *Barbarian* had a good shock. Partly becuz it was so good. Using IT’s Pennywise as a red herring was brilliant casting.
*#1. Psycho*
*#2. The Sixth Sense*
*#3. Primal Fear*
*#4. The Usual Suspects*
Highlander. When I watched it the first time, I was so confusing but then boom the reveal hit and everything made sense.
10 cloverfield lane 😳😱🤯
Richie Cusack A History Of Violence (2005) RIP William Hurt great final boss of a Excellent movie one of my favorite Comic Book movies
You're wrong about the Invisible Man. It was both Adrian and his brother. How did you miss that?!
How could you forget the plot twist at the end of “Fallen” starring Denzel Washington. That is my all time greatest reveal and a fantastic film.
Above Suspicion, staring Liam Neeson was an excellent film...
The Usual Suspects
Colour Of Night
Primal Fear
Gothika
The Score (Robert De Niro)
Inside Man...all great films as well
Not even an honorable mention for Wild Things? Seriously?
Seven should be ranked higher and should Oldman!
I remember watching Star Wars for the first time about a decade ago. When I heard the iconic line “I am your father” I remember just being like “Wh-….what….WHAT?” Then I was shocked that he would chop the guy’s hand off and THEN proceed to tell him that he’s his father! 😂 Like the most evil guy that you know and you’re having the ultimate show down and then after chopping your hand off he reveals that he’s your dad 😂 Like…that’s insane
I'd figured 'Psycho' would be at or near the top! Terry Gilliam's “Brazil” is another good one.
The funny thing about the “Earth All Along” twist at the end of _Planet of the Apes,_ that a _Looney Tunes_ web-tune three-part parody of the franchise called “Planet of the Taz” from the _Looney Tunes: Stranger Than Fiction_ web-tune collection DVD revealed it for me. Crazier still, Porky, playing the role of Nova, noticed the Statue of Liberty he and Daffy, playing Taylor’s role, discovered was a model of the real thing: “Made in Taiwan.” I’d supply the link, but RUclips might delete my comment if I do.
It was revealed to me on The Simpsons 😅
The planet, or the movie?
I’m really happy you included identity, such an underrated film
Personally, I think Orphan:First Kill’s twist was just as shocking as Orphan’s. They should’ve shared a spot.
I remember rewatching The Sixth Sense and trying to see any clues that tell you that Malcolm’s actually dead. And they were all there! I was so shocked and was so impressed by M. Night Shyamalan
It’s a remake of dead and buried. Which is a better movie. It just doesn’t have the money or cast. M night has a formula he turns macrocosms into microcosms. Like signs is just war of the worlds in a living room. But yeah I knew long before the ending sitting in theaters. It’s one of the only films to make me completely, upmost violently angry until about a half hour in a decided to analyze way I was so mad and while making the list I realized Bruce was dead. I just thought it was terrible dim making or editing until I realized it was on purpose.
I saw The Usual Suspects for the first time a few months ago with my mom and man…It was a good movie but the ending made it ten times better
Atonement is so good! That movie wrecked me.
Plus, it's got that several-minutes-long single shot take when the soldiers climb the dune onto the beach where all the thousands of other soldiers are waiting for transport across the English Channel. The steadicam shot zigzags all throughout the chaotic but joyous scene without a single cut. It's brilliant.
Seeing the lack of mention for "Oldboy". More people really need to see that masterpiece. Might be more well made than 90% of the movies on this list.
It's in the video.
Officer Doofy being the murderer in scary movie is the biggest twist I never saw coming. Thought it was brilliant
Lucky number Slevin, The others, Contratiempo, The game, Remember .... I think they need a spot on this list.
Missed No Way Out, Shattered, Mr. Brooks, The Crying Game, among many others....
I like No Way Out and Get Out a lot.
Also Memento.
As a retired department of corrections employee the scene with richard gere and the prisoner is total fiction #1. No facility would keave the door open with inmate unrestrained #2 employees and lawyers always are closer to the door . You never let an inmate get between you and a swift exit or rapid intervention by staff if violence occurs. But hey, its a movie. What do you expect??,😮😮
One ending twist that had my jaw dropped was the finally of Arlington Road when Jeff Bridges character, a former FBI agent, realizes he's been the target of a master plan and becomes the scapegoat defacto villan in the end.
Fricking Alan Rickman. I had read the book. I knew the twist. But that performance at the end. 😭
I remember seeing 'The Empire Strikes Back' in the cinema when it was first released, when the classic line was uttered, people with screaming in shock. It was probably one of the best twists.
Same
Absolutely solid list. I know this isn't very big, but Room 1408 is quite good too. The one that broke me instantly was The mist's ending... God it was a shock..
Worst ending ever, It's not how the book ended. It made me wish I hadn't watched the movie.
1048 has two endings and neither disappoints
@@ChrisAnderson42 Yeah I know, the book is fantastic. But, honestly I did enjoy the movie, although yeah the ending kinda was a gut punch.
@@gravitydivide2576 I enjoyed the movie till the very end, then the ending just destroyed it for me. I know others don't feel the same, but it was a real downer in my view.
Nice video!
Some excellent choices here, and a lot of really good ones added in the comments.
I'll add Predestination, has two great reveals, especially when we find out who the bomber is they've been looking for at the end.
Memento should have been on here, but then it would have people complaining that there are too many Christopher Nolan movies... he is just that good
There were only 1 Nolan movie. Meanwhile, you have two from Fincher.
@eleven2614 I'm confused on the Nolan part.
@josh72456 He said people would complain if there were too many Nolan movies on this list.
I said there were only one (The Prestige), when you have 2 of Fincher ( Se7en and Fight Club).
@eleven2614 Yeah I'd just forgotten that's where confusion came from.
I totally forgot to commend you for your list. Pretty good also, we all forgot identity!
Great list but two spanish movies are missing here. 2016 AND 2012. Those movies blew my mind away because i never saw the twists coming.materpieces!
The Remember Me twist didn’t come out of nowhere; there’s actually hints leading up to it.
No Way Out, and The Crying Game !
I liked the wickerman twist. Also sorry to bother you. I was like wtf when the horse thing was revealed. Cabin in the woods,
You didn’t finish your comment.
Sorry To Bother You is sort of a Wickerman story. I like Cabin in the Woods and think it's a combo of SAW and Brazil in all the right ways.
Most of these movies, I saw years after release, and knew the twist before seeing it. I think the only movies here that I didn't know about when I saw them were The Empire Strikes Back, The Usual Suspects, and Fight Club because I saw them while they were still in general release - The Empire Strikes Back on opening night. These movies lose nothing in the knowing; I have seen them many times. It's not the twist that makes the movie, it's the story-telling. Some of these were simply masterful. With 30 entries to this list, there's one I don't remember being mentioned: Memento. I did figure it out, but not until about 15 minutes before the ending. Also, The Mirror Crack'd, starring Elizabeth Taylor and based on an Agatha Christie story. I saw it with my parents when it came out when I was 14, and my step-mother challenged me saying afterwards that I saw it coming. I pointed to a scene in the middle of the movie that told the whole story of the next hour. She was unhappy that I had foreseen the plot and she didn't. By that time, I had done a lot of acting, and I said that I just know how story telling goes. That made her doubly PO'd.
Your stepmother sounds like a real treat.
How is Memento not there???
Some great movies on this list!
Terminator VS Robocop!
The video game for Genesis was tight
Edge to Terminator. Slight advantage
The picture at the end of the Shining is a twist I don’t understand or see coming
Good list
Definite chills during the Alan Rickman Snape scene
I've not seen Orphan and Us but know of the twist. Fight Club I remember my mother giving hints to me before I saw the film. The Usual Suspects I knew before too due to it being parodied.
A couple of obscure films with STUNNING reveals are Shattered (1991) and Presumed Innocent (1990).
"One plus one...that makes two. One plus one makes two. You can not make one. Jeanne? One plus one, does it make one?"
Incendies. A masterpiece.
A favorite of mine that didn’t make the list was in the first Mission Impossible film where Jon Voigt’s character not only faked his death, but killed off the rest of the team as well, that was a jaw dropper
I feel like the Psycho reveal is kinda overhyped. Its a great movie but when I watched it for the first time it was kinda predictable. Maybe it was totally different in 1960 but idk.
Another great reveal is the ending of “The Skeleton Key.”
Excellent shout!!!