These Incredible Plot-Twist Movies Will Leave Your Jaw on the Damn Floor (2024)

This Best Picture winner follows the Kims, a poor family with big dreams trying to do everything they can to move up in society and out of their dingy basem*nt apartment. They finally get their chance when the son connects with a wealthy family, but things end up taking a v dark turn.

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Written and directed by Jordan Peele, Get Out revolves around a Black man who joins his white girlfriend on a weekend getaway to her parents' estate, and though he's initially confused by the family's overly accommodating behavior, it soon becomes clear they're hiding a sinister secret.

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What happens when a woman in a seemingly perfect marriage goes missing on her fifth wedding anniversary? A media circus ensues—and as it turns out, her so-called happy union was a *lot* more complicated than people realized.

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Arrival follows the story of a skilled linguist who's recruited by the army to communicate with extraterrestrial life...as well as to figure out whether the aliens come in peace or as a threat.

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This war drama follows two lovers over several years after they are torn apart by a lie constructed by the woman's jealous younger sister, and we'll warn ya now: The ending is going to positively break you.

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In this dark comedy, a washed-up Hollywood star attempts to pull off an ambitious Broadway show to restart his career, and let's just say that the stress (and the pressure of his imposter-syndrome) really take a toll on him.

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When a hot-shot prosecutor is put on a seemingly easy case before leaving for a lucrative new job, he's happy to take it on—except the murder suspect turns out to be far more cunning than the lawyer could have expected.

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This Quentin Tarantino flick follows a struggling TV actor and his stunt double bestie during the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age. Oh, and it also happens to be the same time as the events of the Manson Family murders.

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Set in Edwardian London, The Prestige revolves around a bitter magician who drives himself to the brink of madness trying to figure out his rival's latest trick, which seemingly involves teleportation.

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Whiplash follows the incredibly intense relationship between an aspiring jazz drummer at an elite music conservatory and his terrifying instructor. Though they achieve success together, the teacher's methods prove to be a bit too ruthless.

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Okay, this one is real dark. In it, a lawyer agrees to represent an alter boy accused of murdering an archbishop, and as the Church's dark secrets are revealed, the lawyer realizes this seemingly simple case is far more complex (and dangerous) than he initially believed.

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Set in a small, Amish-style community cut off from the outside world, The Village follows one boy's journey to the neighboring town to obtain medicine for a sick girl, despite warnings about the dangers that lurk outside of the village.

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Jason Segel stars in this drama as Will, the son of a famous scientist who discovers definitive proof of an afterlife—though he begins to question whether he should have kept his discovery secret when suicide rates spike.

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In this horror flick, a young woman returns from a stint in a psychiatric facility to find that her widowed father is now engaged to her mom's former nurse, Rachel...oh, and her mom's ghost starts appearing, claiming that Rachel murdered her.

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In this psychological thriller, a mysterious woman living in 1960s London forms a strange connection with Eloise, a modern-day woman who's somehow able to experience the '60s in London despite never having lived through the decade—and it's nothing like she imagined.

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This epic sci-fi drama revolves around a group of astronauts (including Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, and Jessica Chastain, among other big names) who are sent on a perilous mission through a wormhole in the hopes of finding a habitable planet. Expect the unexpected with this one.

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Based on Stephen King's novella of the same name, The Mist revolves around a group of strangers who become trapped in a local grocery store during a terrible storm, and as you can probs guess, things quickly get tense...especially when one of the trapped citizens decides they need to make a human sacrifice.

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This fun whodunit flick features an all-star cast and a mystery surrounding the death of a wealthy patriarch, and it really will keep you guessing until the very one. Oh, and if you like this one, then you've gotta check out Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as well.

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As the title implies, this whole damn movie is a roller coaster ride, following a successful banker who—after his estranged brother reappears on his birthday—agrees to take part in a highly involved and increasingly personal game.

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Based on the Bret Easton Ellis novel of the same name, this film is centered around a handsome, young professional who works on Wall Street by day and murders by night, and his character is more complicated than he initially appears.

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