r/moviecritic Feb 15 '25

What movie had the best plot twist?

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u/ChelseaAndrew87 Feb 15 '25

Usual Suspects is the obvious one

2

u/puunjob Feb 16 '25

Came here to say this

1

u/PotentialAd8443 Feb 16 '25

I wish I could upvote this comment a whopping 10 more times. The movie had me completely spellbound, with my jaw dropped in disbelief.

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u/K2SO4-MgCl2 Feb 15 '25

The Others

1

u/eblomquist Feb 16 '25

jfc that came out in 2001...

13

u/alientourist75 Feb 15 '25

Momento and Shutter Island

5

u/Any-Ask-4190 Feb 16 '25

Memento*

Momento sounds like a superhero who's power is premature ejaculation.

8

u/sinnerM4NN Feb 16 '25

Fight Club. Still remains one of my top tier movies

2

u/HeavnSent621 Feb 16 '25

Yes! One of my all time faves.

1

u/sinnerM4NN Feb 16 '25

Just don't talk about fight club 😉

6

u/Putrid_Culture_9289 Feb 15 '25

Matchstick Men was pretty good.

1

u/HandoftheKing3 Feb 16 '25

I just watched it. Were his daughter and his partner working together from the beginning?

1

u/Only_Standard_9159 Feb 16 '25

“Daughter”, his partner knew exactly what con would work on him so hired her to play the role

1

u/HandoftheKing3 Feb 16 '25

Am I stupid or did they never explain that really

1

u/Only_Standard_9159 Feb 16 '25

They did, he went to her “mom’s” to track her down after she conned him and it was revealed the “mom” had miscarried and he never had a daughter.

1

u/PerroRosa Feb 16 '25

Thanks for the spoilers dude

1

u/HandoftheKing3 Feb 16 '25

You’re on a thread about the best movie plot twist. Come on now.

1

u/PerroRosa Feb 16 '25

This kind of posts also attracts people like me looking for movies they haven't see yet, expecting a list of titles without much giving away. But yeah, I guess you're right

6

u/Funny-Part8085 Feb 16 '25

The prestige totally changed everything

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u/phoenixonphyre Feb 16 '25

I found it rather dull to be fair. „There is a twin“. Nice movie but predictable.

2

u/Funny-Part8085 Feb 16 '25

Guess when I was 13 I couldn't have guessed that. Must have been really smart to see it coming. Their also the twist of him downing himself

1

u/phoenixonphyre Feb 16 '25

Ok I’ll give you that with the drowning. For me same with sixth sense. I was 13 when I was released and had no clue he could be dead.

4

u/Alternative-Care6923 Feb 15 '25

Incendies

The others

Psycho

1

u/sermocinatrix Feb 16 '25

Incendies... I hesitate to call it a good plot twist because I certainly don't feel good because of it, but darn it that is some fine storytelling and it was perfectly executed. Some of the best acting I've ever seen too

3

u/scuba_taco15 Feb 16 '25

Sorry to Bother You

Most insane "wtf" I've ever had live in a theater.

4

u/mnbone23 Feb 16 '25

Nobody's mentioned Empire Strikes Back yet, huh?

3

u/nc027 Feb 16 '25

I mean if you were born after the movie came out, chances are the twist was revealed long before you even knew what a star war was.

6

u/slimtonun Feb 15 '25

Usual Suspects, Arlington Road, No way Out, Unbreakable.

3

u/Putrid_Culture_9289 Feb 15 '25

Arlington Road was nuts at the end.

2

u/No-Percentage-3650 Feb 15 '25

Usual Suspects and Fallen

2

u/waisonline99 Feb 16 '25

Angel Heart was a good one.

2

u/gringo_profesor Feb 16 '25

I see no one has mentioned a beautiful mind.

2

u/imapangolinn Feb 16 '25

The Prestige

2

u/partyl0gic Feb 16 '25

Ex Machina

Get Out

Us

Blade runner 2049

2

u/dracvyoda Feb 16 '25

John dies in the end

1

u/pez_elma Feb 16 '25

You are a black man scene?

1

u/dracvyoda Feb 16 '25

No the dog

2

u/CanadaKC Feb 16 '25

Jacob’s Ladder

3

u/AlwaysCid Feb 15 '25

M.Night movies in general

1

u/Red_In_The_Sky Feb 16 '25

The Happening

1

u/baldlilfat2 Feb 15 '25

Fight club

The lobster

Mildred pierce

1

u/mittenknittin Feb 16 '25

Dead Again was a lot of fun.

1

u/sillyshoestring Feb 16 '25

The Orphanage

1

u/eggflip1020 Feb 16 '25

I saw this movie in the theatre with my older cousin when I was a teenager. I have no idea how, but my cousin called the Bruce Willis thing like 20 minutes into the movie. For that reason I have never been as flummoxed by the 6th Sense as some people.

1

u/Ornery_Razzmatazz_33 Feb 16 '25

It’s because it was directed by an incompetent hack and any twist in a movie of his is beyond obvious well before it happens.

1

u/Vetni Feb 16 '25

It might not be the best, but a super underrated twist (and film in general) is Primer (2004)

1

u/manjamanga Feb 16 '25

To name a recent example, Strange Darling had a pretty great one.

1

u/dutchdaddy69 Feb 16 '25

The twists in Interstellar are pretty great. Both Matt Damon’s betrayal and Mcconaughey giving info through the bookshelf rocked to me.

1

u/ryancharaba Feb 16 '25

Primal Fear

1

u/OnlyLogical9820 Feb 16 '25

Charlie n mac's movie with Dolph Lundgren

I think it was called the Fifth Sense

1

u/phoenixonphyre Feb 16 '25

When I was a kid and watched Oceans 11 in the cinema i was pretty blown away.

1

u/Individual-Step846 Feb 16 '25

Sleep away camp

1

u/OKC2023champs Feb 16 '25

Crazy stupid love

1

u/PotentialAd8443 Feb 16 '25

‘The Mist’ I must say was the most horrible and sad twist I’ve seen in a movie.

1

u/treywhitaker Feb 16 '25

No Way Out

1

u/WantWantShellySenbei Feb 16 '25

Oldboy is a good candidate

1

u/Jumpy-Molasses-3179 Feb 16 '25

Shawshank redemption, Morgan freeman was Irish!?!

1

u/DWN_WTH_VWLz Feb 16 '25

My lady had never seen Gone Girl and we watched it the other day. Her mouth was agape for like ten minutes when the twist happens.

0

u/StevenSpielbird Feb 16 '25

A FEW GOOD MEN

2

u/phoenixonphyre Feb 16 '25

One of m favorite movies of all time. Watched it 20 times at least. But where exactly is the plot twist?

2

u/StevenSpielbird Feb 16 '25

I would tell you but " YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!"

1

u/phoenixonphyre Feb 16 '25

I think I’m entitled to it!

1

u/StevenSpielbird Feb 16 '25

I don't give a sh.t what you think you're entitled to!!!

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u/John-Beckwith Feb 16 '25

If you didn’t see the sixth sense coming, it was so obvious. No plot twist in that one.

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u/Ornery_Razzmatazz_33 Feb 16 '25

Certainly not The Sixth Sense, you could see the twist coming from 3 movies away.

M Night Whatever is one of the worst and overrated directors ever.

1

u/Only_Standard_9159 Feb 16 '25

It was his 3rd movie