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A while back, Reddit user u/These_Ad1806 asked, "What movie has the best twist?" and there were a lottttt of common responses.* Here are some of the agreed-upon best movie twists ever!

*We also used replies from these threads.

🚨🚨WARNING: SPOILERS (obviously) AHEAD!!!🚨🚨

All the twists in Predestination, but we'll go with the last one, where Ethan Hawke's character is revealed to be older John:

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"Predestination is a slow burn, and then you get to the end, and you become mentally unstable for hours/days afterward."

—u/Actually-Yo-Momma

"I was figuring it out, and then it just kept going!"

—u/heeywewantsomenewday

In Cabin in the Woods, when the point of the ritual was revealed:

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"The Cabin in the Woods got me good. I wasn't expecting a twist in a run-of-the-mill horror film."

—u/nooneneededtoknow

"I showed this movie to my girlfriend, who was watching it for the first time. I tried to say it was a horror movie, but couldn't be very convincing about it because of how different it is; the best I could say was that she'll probably be saying 'What the fuck?' during this movie more than any other movie she's ever watched."

—u/aperturesciencelabs

In From Dusk Till Dawn, when Salma Hayek's character turned into a vampire, turning it into a vampire film:

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"If you're looking for a literal 'plot twist' — as in, the entire plot of the film twists into an entirely different direction, this is a good one. If somehow you've never seen it, don't read about it. Just watch it blind, enjoy it like we did when it came out."

—u/AnnJilliansBrassiere

In Oldboy, when Dae-su realized Mi-do was his daughter:

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"This is probably the best twist in any movie I’ve seen. Watch the original, of course."

—u/ChaoticCatharsis

"The first time you watch it, it's literally an experience because when it came out, it was literally so different from anything you've seen before. And in the last moments of the movie, everything is put together, and your mind is blown. This is one movie I wish I had never watched, just so I could watch it again for the first time."

—u/Buboi23

In Parasite, when it turned out the housekeeper's husband was living in the basement:

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"The scene where that maid tried to get into that secret basement just turned the movie upside down. That was so unexpected!"

—u/SaabudaanaKhichadi

"The twist wasn’t only a twist; it freaking changed the film's GENRE."

—u/graysongear

In Se7en, when it turned out David's wife's head was in the box, and David was meant to fulfill the seventh sin:

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"I was high as hell and eating some drive-thru Del Taco the first time I watched it. My bean burrito legit dropped out of my hand when I realized what was in the box."

—u/guyfawkeslulz

In Arrival, when it was revealed that Banks's memories of her daughter were actually visions of the future:

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"I loved the twist in Arrival! Watching it start to all come together was awesome."

—u/zuzulex

"My wife and I had just had a baby girl when we watched it, and we bawled when that twist was revealed."

—u/bakere05

In Gone Girl, when it was revealed that Amy had faked her kidnapping/murder:

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"I wish I could forget I ever watched it just to experience the second half of the film again."

—u/filipelm

"When I got to the end of the book, I legit gasped out loud and yelled out of shock 😂😂"

—u/SynQu33n

In 12 Monkeys, when it's revealed that the vision Cole had of a man being killed at an airport was in fact his own death:

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—u/Oddballbob

"12 Monkeys is so good, and the ending was just mind-blowing and sad at the same time."

—u/Difficult_Stuff6112

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In Shutter Island, when it was revealed that Teddy was actually Andrew Laeddis, a murderer and psychiatric patient:

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"First time I watched Shutter Island, I was so floored."

—u/saltierthangoldfish

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In Lucky Number Slevin, when it was revealed that Slevin was really Henry:

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Like, six reveals happen in this scene: that Nick was the man Goodkat killed at the start of the movie, that Slevin has orchestrated this whole thing, that Slevin is the son of the man (Max) who was killed after bad betting on a horse race, that Goodkat was the one that killed Max and was meant to kill Slevin, too, but instead raised him as his own, and that the Rabbi and the Boss were the mobsters from the story. Each one is given its own moment to shine, and together they comprise this truly gl

53 Of The Best Movie Plot Twists Of All Time