Greatest Plot Twists
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Greatest Plot Twists

The more movies are made, the more difficult it becomes to conjure up something original. Rank the following, which have stood the test of time by remaining unforgettably shocking.

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1 The Sixth Sense
M. Night Shyamalan put a new twist on an old classic: he had a living character turn out to be dead. 504 1246
2 The Usual Suspects
Who is Keyser Soze? The answer is Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey), a weaselly little small-time criminal. 473 1141
3 The Empire Strikes Back
"I am your father." So intones Darth Vader (James Earl Jones) to Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) in a shocking family reunion. 465 1131
4 Planet of the Apes
Charlton Heston's stranded astronaut discovers the Statue of Liberty washed up on a desolate beach. 461 1103
5 Psycho
Featuring two stunning twists: the climactic revelation that Norman Bates is Mother and Janet Leigh's early exit. 460 1026
6 Blade Runner
Ridley Scott's sci-fi epic initially confounded viewers with an ending hinted at by a piece of origami. 165 801
7 Chinatown
Audiences gasped upon learning, along with Jack Nicholson, that Faye Dunaway's daughter is also her sister. 149 755
8 Citizen Kane
Orson Welles proves that the complex search for the real Kane is more rewarding than the riddle that ignited it. 132 760
9 The Maltese Falcon
The jewel statue is not just a MacGuffin but also a fantastic twist, when it turns out that it's a fake. 128 714
10 The Crying Game
When Stephen Rea's IRA operative falls in love with the girlfriend of a kidnapping victim, he discovers that she is really a he. 24 758