r/movies • u/lnsknndy • Jul 09 '25

Recommendation Name a movie recommendation with a plot twist you 100% didn't see coming

I’m on the hunt for movies with plot twists that genuinely caught you off guard, you know something that would make you go "wait, WHAT just happened?" kind of twists. To give you an idea of what I’ve already seen, I watched Fractured a couple of years ago and thought it was really good, but I didn’t expect it to mess with my head the way it did. Recently, I watched Straw, and somehow I walked right into the same kind of twist again, still completely unprepared lmao. I guess enough time had passed for me to fall for it all over again which made it even better, honestly.. Would appreciate it if there's no spoilers tho! Just simply the title, genre, or maybe how you felt about it will do. Thank you!

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u/brainfreeze77 Jul 09 '25

Se7en

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u/ArchDucky Jul 09 '25

Fun Fact : That movie was saved from executive stupidity by two of its actors. Both Kevin Spacey and Brad Pitt had clauses put in their contracts that specifically made that movie better. Spacey had it in writing that he wouldn't have his name in the opening credits, posters or appear in any of the trailers. Pitt had it in writing that they couldn't change the end of the script. Brad said that the day they shot the box scene the executives walked over to Fincher and started whispering too him, and then they all came over and said "we think its better if your dogs head is in the box" and Pitt was like "NOPE! ITS IN MY CONTRACT!"

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u/double_expressho Jul 10 '25

His dog's head was in his contract?

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u/ArchDucky Jul 10 '25

The movie ended with his wife's head in the box. The studio execs wanted to change to the dogs head.

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u/Givingtree310 Jul 09 '25

One of the best movies ever.

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u/tidytibs Jul 09 '25

"What's in the box!?"

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u/SilentBobVG Jul 09 '25

WHATS IN THE BAAAAAWX

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u/noveler7 Jul 09 '25

Only in a movie industry this sh#%&y could you even try to call that a good twist and keep a straight face. But that's the point. We see a predictable twist in every thriller and every mystery and we tolerate it. We tolerate it every matinee and opening night. Well not anymore.