Breathtaking plot twists have defined some of the greatest films ever made. The essence of great storytelling is to surprise the audience at every turn. A well-crafted plot twist can captivate and surprise the audience, taking a film from enjoyable to unforgettable.
Over the years, several well-known films have been celebrated for their plot twists. From commercially successful films to critically acclaimed ones, several have banked on suspense to be the central narrative.
Here in this article, we shall discuss the top 10 films with the biggest plot twists you won't see coming.
Listing the top 10 movies with the biggest plot twist
1) Parasite
Parasite is a South Korean comedy thriller by Bong Joon-ho. The movie is the first Korean film to win the Palme d'Or, in the festival's history. The plot revolves around Ki-Taek. He is an unemployed, poverty-stricken father who lives with his wife Choong-Sook, and their two children, Ki-Woo and Ki-Jung, in a small, insect-infested semi-basement flat in a poor district of Seoul.
One day, Ki-Woo hears about a well-paid job as a private tutor from a friend who is going abroad to study. Ki-Woo takes the job and enters the house of the wealthy Park family, while his real family waits in the background.
A desperate Kim family resorts to underhand tactics to find work at the Parks, going so far as to take the dubious step of infecting the housekeeper's quarters with peach fuzz to drive her away. In developing this idea, Bong has made a film with a massive plot twist along with being disturbing.
2) Bodies Bodies Bodies
Halina Reijn is the director of the 2022 American black comedy horror film Bodies Bodies Bodies. Critics praised it for its strong sense of humor and outstanding performances. The plot revolves around a house party when a group of friends play the morbid game Bodies Bodies Bodies, which takes a deadly turn.
The group's suspicion, distrust, and animosity toward one another grow with each body discovered, to the point where they appear to be more terrified of one another than of the unidentified murderer.
We finally get to witness the genuine architect of cinema violence in Bodies Bodies Bodies. The conclusion takes a surprising turn, altering its essence and leaving the protagonists troubled by what they have learned.
3) The Boy
The Boy is a William Brent Bell film that revolves around Greta an American woman who takes a job as a nanny in a remote British town. But quickly discovers she has been hired to care for a life-sized porcelain doll instead of a child.
She tries to stay for the shock, believing the "parents" use it as a means of dealing with the loss of a son. But as she takes up her job and starts looking for the doll, she starts finding secrets more wicked than she might ever have dreamt of.
4) Old
Old is one of the many plot twists by filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan. The film tells the story of a group of holidaymakers who find themselves on a beach and automatically age without explanation. This sudden aging sends these people into a frenzy as they fight to survive and escape the beach, watching the critical birthdays of loved ones who are younger and seeing the elderly near death.
5) Gone Girl
Gone Girl is a film by Gillian Flynn, which begins with the disappearance of Amy Dunne. The creators initially make it seem as if Nick might have murdered her. But as the film becomes clearer and clearer, it looks more likely for Nick to be the killer.
But then comes the big plot twist in this thriller, halfway through: Amy is alive, and she staged everything to have Nick accused of murdering her after she knew he was having an affair with someone else.
6) The Cabin in the Woods
The Cabin in the Woods opens with a group of misfits, gathering for a weekend in the woods at a remote cabin. From the outset, however, it becomes clear that this is no ordinary sleepover. An unknown corporation is calling the shots from underground. They're monitoring the campers' every move with spy cameras and choreographing everything.
Just when you think you know where things are going, the film's plot twist suddenly hits like a bombshell: the company has been playing the group for an evil purpose.
7) Get Out
Writer and director Jordan Peele's psychological horror film Get Out follows a black man who arrives with his white girlfriend at her family's estate for a weekend getaway. But soon he's puzzled and perplexed by her overly accommodating behavior. It soon becomes clear that they're hiding an unsavory secret.
8) The Uninvited
Directed by the Guard brothers, The Uninvited is a psychological horror film whose plot revolves around Anna after her sister and a terminally ill mother die in tragedy when a fire burns down their house. Traumatized, Anna's memories of the night are buried, and after a stay in a psychiatric hospital, she returns home to find her father engaged to Rachel, who was once her mother's nurse.
The Uninvited offers bone-chilling plot twists and turns that have stunned audiences for over a decade.
9) Interstellar
Interstellar is a science fiction epic drama film that is a thrilling ride. The story is about astronauts who travel through the wormhole near Saturn with the last hope of finding a new home on Earth.
The film is about mankind's last hope to have a habitable planet when resources are running out and the human race is slowly dying out. The film begins with Cooper, a former NASA pilot, played by Matthew McConaughey, who's been assigned to lead a mission through the wormhole to find a new planet in another galaxy.
But the show begins with a plot twist when Dr Brand, Michael Caine, informs Cooper that NASA had sent another team, Lazarus, on the same mission, but had been ominously silent.
10) Arrival
Arrival, directed by Denis Villeneuve and adapted by Eric Heisserer, is one of the greatest science fiction films ever made. One of the many reasons it's a good sci-fi film is its sensational ending. It presents a theatrical story about extraterrestrial visitors and, more importantly, how humans would react to such visitors.
In the end, the film is about how a simple linguistics teacher tries to stop the third world war born out of fear and uncertainty.
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