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The best movies with twist endings

Few things beat that moment when a movie flips the story you thought you were watching. The Sixth Sense, The Prestige and Shutter Island all reward close attention and a second viewing. Watch with someone who has not seen them yet, and keep your phone away so nothing gets spoiled.

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64 movies

  1. The Sixth Sense poster The Sixth Sense1999
  2. The Usual Suspects poster The Usual Suspects1995
  3. Fight Club poster Fight Club1999
  4. Psycho poster Psycho1960
  5. Se7en poster Se7en1995
  6. Shutter Island poster Shutter Island2010
  7. The Prestige poster The Prestige2006
  8. Memento poster Memento2000
  9. The Empire Strikes Back poster The Empire Strikes Back1980
  10. Planet of the Apes poster Planet of the Apes1968
  11. The Others poster The Others2001
  12. Gone Girl poster Gone Girl2014
  13. Primal Fear poster Primal Fear1996
  14. Oldboy poster Oldboy2003
  15. Parasite poster Parasite2019
  16. Vertigo poster Vertigo1958
  17. Chinatown poster Chinatown1974
  18. Get Out poster Get Out2017
  19. The Game poster The Game1997
  20. The Sting poster The Sting1973
  21. Twelve Monkeys poster Twelve Monkeys1995
  22. Arrival poster Arrival2016
  23. Atonement poster Atonement2007
  24. Soylent Green poster Soylent Green1973
  25. Witness for the Prosecution poster Witness for the Prosecution1957
  26. Murder on the Orient Express poster Murder on the Orient Express1974
  27. Sleuth poster Sleuth1972
  28. The Crying Game poster The Crying Game1992
  29. The Wicker Man poster The Wicker Man1973
  30. Don't Look Now poster Don't Look Now1973
  31. Angel Heart poster Angel Heart1987
  32. Jacob's Ladder poster Jacob's Ladder1990
  33. Unbreakable poster Unbreakable2000
  34. Split poster Split2017
  35. The Village poster The Village2004
  36. Donnie Darko poster Donnie Darko2001
  37. The Illusionist poster The Illusionist2006
  38. Saw poster Saw2004
  39. Identity poster Identity2003
  40. The Machinist poster The Machinist2004
  41. Orphan poster Orphan2009
  42. Us poster Us2019
  43. Barbarian poster Barbarian2022
  44. The Mist poster The Mist2007
  45. Mystic River poster Mystic River2003
  46. Gone Baby Gone poster Gone Baby Gone2007
  47. Prisoners poster Prisoners2013
  48. Knives Out poster Knives Out2019
  49. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery poster Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery2022
  50. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood poster Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood2019
  51. Lucky Number Slevin poster Lucky Number Slevin2006
  52. Matchstick Men poster Matchstick Men2003
  53. Fracture poster Fracture2007
  54. Presumed Innocent poster Presumed Innocent1990
  55. No Way Out poster No Way Out1987
  56. Arlington Road poster Arlington Road1999
  57. Frailty poster Frailty2002
  58. A Beautiful Mind poster A Beautiful Mind2001
  59. Life of Pi poster Life of Pi2012
  60. Searching poster Searching2018
  61. Predestination poster Predestination2014
  62. Triangle poster Triangle2009
  63. Coherence poster Coherence2014
  64. Dark City poster Dark City1998

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