Reddit Users Recall the Best Films with Unexpected Endings

Many of them are real diamonds.

A Reddit user named Steynkie69 asked for movie recommendations with unexpected and non-clichéd plot twists.

As examples, he mentioned "Identity" (2003), "The Butterfly Effect" (2004), and the series "The Haunting of Hill House" (2018). Here's what other users from the /Movies subreddit recommended.

The Invisible Guest (2016)

A Spanish psychological thriller starring Mario Casas. A businessman tries to prove he's innocent of murdering his mistress. A lawyer helps reconstruct the events of that night, but each new detail turns everything upside down.

Mario Casas and Ana Wagener with surprised expressions standing on the street, cold color palette — Scene from "The Invisible Guest"

Viewers don't know who to trust until the final minute. Critics praised the film for its flawless plot logic, while audiences rewatched it en masse to find clues they'd missed.

A Simple Favor (2018)

A stylish story with Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively. A mommy blogger agrees to pick up her friend's son from school. The friend disappears. What follows is an investigation full of lies, secrets, and unexpected connections. Lively plays a woman who's definitely not what she seems.

Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively clinking wine glasses while sitting in the kitchen — Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively in "A Simple Favor"

The film hooks you with the chemistry between the actresses and its skillful balance between comedy and thriller.

Predestination (2014)

An Australian mind-bender about a temporal agent (Ethan Hawke) who hunts criminals across different eras. His final assignment leads him to the most elusive terrorist of all.

Ethan Hawke in a suit with mustache standing behind a mesh partition with uniformed people working at desks in the background — Scene from "Predestination"

Critics called it one of the smartest sci-fi films ever made, while viewers complained about headaches from trying to untangle the time paradoxes.

No Way Out (1987)

Kevin Costner plays a naval officer who falls in love with the defense secretary's mistress, then becomes the prime suspect in her murder. The investigation hits dead ends, and each new lead only makes things more confusing.

Two men in suits with passes in an office, one coming out of a glass door, the other standing behind it — Scene from "No Way Out"

Gene Hackman as the defense secretary created the image of a man willing to do anything to hold onto power. Audiences debated the realism of the final twist for years.

The Sixth Sense (1999)

The film that made M. Night Shyamalan famous as a master of unexpected twists. Bruce Willis plays a psychologist trying to help a boy (Haley Joel Osment) who sees dead people. Gradually, it becomes clear that nothing is as simple as it seems.

Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment standing in a hallway with a world map hanging on the wall behind them — Scene from "The Sixth Sense"

The phrase "I see dead people" entered pop culture, and The Sixth Sense's final twist forces you to view the entire film from a completely different angle.

The Usual Suspects (1995)

Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, and Benicio del Toro play criminals who meet at a police station and decide to pull off a job. Behind it all lurks the mysterious Keyser Söze, whom no one has ever seen.

Five men standing against a height measurement wall like in a police lineup — Scene from "The Usual Suspects"

A detective leads the investigation, but the truth he's about to uncover turns out to be nothing like what it seems. Spacey won an Oscar for this role, and the ending became one of the most talked-about in film history.

Primal Fear (1996)

Richard Gere plays a lawyer defending a young altar boy (Edward Norton's debut role) accused of murdering an archbishop. The kid looks innocent and scared, but he has a dark side. Gere thinks he understands everything until he comes face-to-face with the truth.

Edward Norton in a t-shirt shaking hands with Richard Gere in a suit, pointing at him with his finger — Edward Norton and Richard Gere in "Primal Fear"

Norton earned an Oscar nomination for this role, with critics praising his incredible believability.

The Handmaiden (2016)

A Korean drama about a con artist who becomes a maid to a wealthy Japanese woman to help a swindler rob her. But plans fall apart when the maid falls in love.

A girl in a black hanbok with a white apron stands in the corridor, looking ahead with a serious expression — Scene from "The Handmaiden"

The film's three parts show events from different perspectives. Park Chan-wook once again proved his mastery of creating layered narratives, with audiences calling the film a masterpiece of visual storytelling.

Reindeer Games (2000)

Ben Affleck's character is a thief posing as his dead cellmate to land a casino job and win over his dream girl (Charlize Theron). But it turns out everyone around him is playing their own game. Soon he's completely tangled up in a web of deception.

Ben Affleck in a beige jacket stands between two people, one of whom is smoking, in a dimly lit setting — Ben Affleck in "Reindeer Games"

Zoomboola.com especially recommends watching: the film keeps you on edge until the very end, though some viewers found the plot overly convoluted.

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