Here, are the Top 10 movies with the crazy plot Twists to watch once in a lifetime.
10. The Cabin in the Wood (2012)
The Cabin in the Woods is a 2012 SIC-FI Movie based on life of college students travel to a cabin in the woods, unaware they are part of a ritual run by scientists. The scientists control them, unleashing monsters based on the students’ archetypes (whore, athlete, scholar, fool, virgin). The ritual is to appease ancient gods. When the students learn the truth and refuse to kill each other, they unleash all the monsters on the scientists. Finally, they decide to allow the old gods to destroy mankind, and a giant hand emerges from the earth to bring everything to an end.
9. Arrival (2016)
Arrival is a 2016 Thriller Drama Movie. Twelve extraterrestrial spacecraft land on Earth, prompting worldwide hysteria. A linguist, Louise Banks, and a physicist, Ian Donnelly, are commissioned to interact with the aliens. They decipher the aliens’ sophisticated language, which modifies Louise’s view of time, enabling her to perceive the future.
The aliens claim to be here to provide a “weapon,” which Louise understands is their language, a device for humanity’s future. Misinterpretation and fear create international tensions, with countries threatening the aliens. Louise, employing her new power of seeing the future, averts war by calling a Chinese general and giving him a message only he would understand.
The aliens leave behind their language for humans. Ian and Louise get together and have a daughter, but Louise is aware of their future: her daughter will die young, and Ian will abandon her. Still, she decides to have the child, embracing the bittersweetness of time and choice.
8. Primal Fear (1996)
Primal Fear is a 1996 mystery crime thriller Movie. Arrogant attorney Martin Vail represents Aaron Stampler, a seemingly innocent altar boy charged with killing a much-loved archbishop. Aaron is adamant he did not do it, but evidence to the contrary mounts, such as a disturbing videotape that shows the archbishop’s sexual abuse. Vail learns that Aaron has a violent alternate personality, “Roy,” who confesses to the crime.
Vail employs an insanity defense, and Aaron is acquitted. Vail later finds Aaron has pretended to be mentally ill and is a calculating murderer, having also killed his missing girlfriend. Shocked and disillusioned, Vail departs from the courthouse with an awareness that he has been deceived by an intelligent psychopath.
7. Saltburn (2023)
Saltburn is a 2023 Comedy Thriller Movie. Oliver, an Oxford scholarship student, becomes friends with the rich Felix Catton and is invited to his family home, Saltburn. Oliver becomes fixated on Felix and his family, deceiving them with false stories about his own past.
His fixation causes horrific actions: he drinks Felix’s bathwater, sleeps with his sister Venetia, and menaces his cousin Farleigh. Once Felix finds out Oliver’s deception and rejects him, Felix is mysteriously killed. Oliver then manipulates the situation to alienate and kill the rest of the Catton family.
Years after, Oliver confesses to having planned it all, including Felix’s death and Venetia’s suicide. He inherits Saltburn and the Catton wealth, having methodically dismantled the family he coveted.
6. The Village (2004)
The Village is a 2004 Thriller Movie. A 19th-century village is afraid of monsters that inhabit the nearby woods. Lucius wishes to go “into the towns” for medicine, but the elders won’t let him. When he goes secretly, the monsters threaten the village. Ivy, Lucius’s fiancée, is sent through the woods for medicine when Lucius is stabbed.
Ivy comes across an animal, which she kills, and it turns out to be Noah, one of the villagers in disguise. She then encounters a park ranger outside the woods. The ranger obtains her medicine without exposing the modern world.
It’s shown that the village is a contemporary settlement established by Edward Walker, who employed his fortune to keep them isolated from violence. The “creatures” were the elders in disguise to prevent villagers from escaping. Ivy returns with the medicine, and the elders maintain their illusion.
5. US (2019)
Us is a 2019 Psychological horror movie. In 1986, young Adelaide experiences a traumatic encounter with her doppelgänger, Red, in a funhouse. Years later, Adelaide, her husband Gabe, and their children, Zora and Jason, are attacked by their own doppelgängers, “the Tethered.”
Red, the sole speaking doppelgänger, tells them they are supposed to “untether” themselves. The Wilsons struggle to survive, murdering their doubles and seeing the Tethered’s countrywide rebellion.
Adelaide confronts Red, revealing Jason’s rescue. Adelaide is found to be the actual doppelgänger, having exchanged places with the true Adelaide years back. Red had spearheaded the rebellion of the Tethered. The doppelgänger, who has taken Adelaide’s place, escapes along with her family, as the Tethered create a gigantic human chain.
4. Prisoners (2013)
Prisoners is a 2013 Thriller Movie. Two little girls, Anna and Joy, vanish after Thanksgiving. Detective Loki is on the case, arresting Alex Jones but letting him go for lack of evidence. Anna’s dad, Keller, certain of Alex’s guilt, kidnaps and tortures him.
Loki discovers a dead man and a suspect, Bob Taylor, who commits suicide after completing mazes and having bloody attire. Keller finds out Alex’s aunt, Holly, is in on it. Joy is rescued alive, but Anna remains missing.
Keller discovers Anna at Holly’s residence, where she confesses to kidnapping children with her late husband. Loki shows up, kills Holly, and saves Anna.
Loki later discovers a faint whistle, which means Keller might still be alive in Holly’s secret pit.
3. Prestige (2006)
The Prestige is a 2006 psychological Thriller Movie. Magicians Robert Angier and Alfred Borden become arch-enemies when Angier’s wife is killed as a result of a trick. They sabotage one another’s performances, and their rivalry intensifies.
Borden executes what appears to be an impossible teleportation illusion. Angier becomes fixated on discovering the secret and employs a device from Nikola Tesla that duplicates him, producing a dazzling but unsafe variation of the illusion.
Borden is set up for Angier’s murder. Angier appears as Lord Caldlow, goading Borden. Borden, in return, uncovers his secret: he is a pair of identical twins who have a single life, each living half of it.
Angier is murdered by Borden. Angier’s burning theater explodes to show that he created duplicates of himself every evening and drowned the original in each play. Borden drives off with his daughter, Jess, and the movie closes on the revelation about Angier’s secret.
2. Inception (2010)
Inception is a 2010 SCI-FI Action Movie. Dom Cobb and his crew are involved in corporate espionage by invading people’s dreams. Saito hires them for an impossible job: to plant an idea in the subconscious of Robert Fischer so that his father’s business evaporates.
They form a three-tiered dream, where each tier has slower time. Cobb fights projections of his late wife, Mal, who destroys their mission. He explains he and Mal became stuck in the dream world, and he unknowingly led her to believe the actual world was not real, causing her to commit suicide.
The team enters Fischer’s subconscious, encountering obstacles and assaults. Cobb and Ariadne extract Fischer and Saito from Limbo, a profound dream world. Fischer is given the implanted thought.
They all awaken on the plane. Cobb goes home, not knowing if he is in reality, but decides to be with his children.
1. Donnie Darko (2001)
Donnie Darko is a 2001 SCI-FI Psychological Thriller Movie. Donnie Darko, a rebellious teenager, is informed by a rabbit-like character called Frank that the world will end in 28 days. He narrowly escapes a freak jet engine explosion in his bedroom. During the next month, he sees strange visions and sleepwalks under Frank’s influence.
Donnie discovers theories of time travel and begins dating Gretchen. Frank is manipulated into causing self-destructive behavior by Donnie, which results in a flood at school.
A child pornography ring is also revealed, thanks to the manipulation.
On Halloween night, Gretchen is murdered by Frank, who is dressed as a rabbit. Donnie murders Frank. A vortex forms, sending a jet engine through time.
Donnie rewinds to the evening of the accident, coming to terms with his death as the engine rams into his room. Individuals he had some interaction with awaken from nightmares. Gretchen and Donnie’s mother experience an odd, transitory feeling of familiarity.
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