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The 30 Best Movie Plot Twists of All Time — Tilt Movies

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The 30 Best Movie Plot Twists of All Time

The top 30 of The Playlist's ranked countdown of cinema's greatest rug-pulls — spoiler-free by design: the list names the films, never the twists.

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30 titles

Vertigo

#1

Vertigo

1958

Chinatown

#2

Chinatown

1974

Memento

#3

Memento

2000

Se7en

#4

Se7en

1995

Diabolique

#5

Diabolique

1955

L.A. Confidential

#6

L.A. Confidential

1997

Psycho

#7

Psycho

1960

The Empire Strikes Back

#8

The Empire Strikes Back

1980

Planet of the Apes

#9

Planet of the Apes

1968

The Usual Suspects

#10

The Usual Suspects

1995

Oldboy

#11

Oldboy

2003

Audition

#12

Audition

2000

The Crying Game

#13

The Crying Game

1992

The Wicker Man

#14

The Wicker Man

1973

The Sixth Sense

#15

The Sixth Sense

1999

Orphan

#16

Orphan

2009

The Mist

#17

The Mist

2007

The Vanishing

#18

The Vanishing

1988

The Wizard of Oz

#19

The Wizard of Oz

1939

Murder on the Orient Express

#20

Murder on the Orient Express

1974

Twelve Monkeys

#21

Twelve Monkeys

1995

No Way Out

#22

No Way Out

1987

Primal Fear

#23

Primal Fear

1996

Fight Club

#24

Fight Club

1999

The Orphanage

#25

The Orphanage

2007

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

#26

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

1920

The Parallax View

#27

The Parallax View

1974

Scream

#28

Scream

1996

Reservoir Dogs

#29

Reservoir Dogs

1992

The Secret in Their Eyes

#30

The Secret in Their Eyes

2009