Top 20 Unexpected Plot Twists That Redeemed Bad Movies

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Published 2023-05-04
Sometimes, there's a cinematic silver lining! For this list, we’ll be looking at the films that aren’t the best, but save themselves from mediocrity with jaw-dropping twists. Since we’ll be talking about the stories all the way through, here’s your spoiler alert! Our countdown includes "The Boy", "Dead Silence", "Ender's Game" and more! Which movie do you think has a twist that boosts its quality? Let us know in the comments.

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All Comments (21)
  • @jonn8911
    Calling orphan a bad movie is insane
  • I definitely agree with everyone. Orphan (2009) is not a bad movie. Isabelle Fuhrman gives an unforgettable performance for her age when it was released.
  • @trinaq
    I was honestly taken aback by the "Orphan" twist when I initially saw it. Isabelle Fuhrman gave such a chilling, unsettling performance. 😱
  • The Book of Eli and Fallen are both amazing movies. Denzel Washington is a national treasure.
  • “Devil” scene when the old lady rose up behind the last surviving guy sent chills through my body in the theater no lie
  • @mrchenz1371
    Honestly, Orphan is my favorite movie. Fuhrman gives an amazing performance, and Vera Farmiga plays her part so well. Also, the conflict between them is spot on.
  • @RuneKatashima
    The Ender reveal is bigger than that. Because he kind of threw away troops believing it a simulation so he threw away many thousands of lives.
  • @WillieManga
    My personal pick is The Village. Some may say it's a great film ruined by its twist, but I think the opposite personally. It's actually a pretty typical monster movie on the surface. Even though it's set in the 19th century, it's still kinda cliche. Cept it's not set in the 19th century. It was in modern day with police cars and mentions of aircraft, with the elders lying to the younger people to maintain power over them. Sound familiar? It turns The Village from a generic film to a simulation of what it's like to live in a cult all your life, not allowed to see how the world has changed, in for a surprise if you find your way to modern civilization.
  • Final Destination 5 isn't bad. It's one of the stronger ones in the series even without the Flight 180 twist.
  • Orphan is such a great horror film, the twist involving Esther was awesome
  • @spectreagent
    As a former critic, even the twist at the end of Final Destination 5 caught me by surprise.
  • @CandaceDreamer
    Orphan is even scarier when you find out that it’s based on a true story where a 30 something year old woman poses as a child and causes havoc and abuse to the family. I’ve never actually seen the movie but the true crime story is super disturbing and unreal.
  • I never watched Orphan when it was released it seemed like a predictable b rated horror/thriller but my Fiance kept talking about how good it was and to my surprise I watched it with her and it's an underappreciated gem
  • @Randomark3087
    Devil is highly underrated. I actually remember there being a number of rumors about Dr Gordon being an accomplice in Saw 3D.
  • @shadowct6
    I think that whoever found Malignant a bad movie it's because took it too serious, when right on the beginning of the movie it is quite clear that it has the intetion to be watched not so serious.
  • @Julia-lk8jn
    I really, really loved Skeleton Key because of the slowly building tension, the general mood and the lovely set pieces like that old building. And, absolutely gorgeous - SPOILER!!! - ... the twist on that "it can't hurt you if you don't believe in it" with a subtly implied but never outright spoken: "it can hurt you plenty if you DO believe in it". There was a lovely hint at that in the "then get out while you still don't believe" that one character told the main, and it flips so many events. Yep, I guess the movie could have been faster paced, but IMO that slow burn worked great. "Fallen" kind of suffered from an omnipotent enemy, I thought. If a demon can jump into pretty much anybody, then he'll easily bring down the hero: just get close enough to somebody super powerful and start dealing out punches. The fact that there was no protection against that possession makes the battle too uneven. Great acting, though!
  • Finding out that the main character was one of the patients in Shutter Island blew me away when I first watched it
  • @leonwatson79
    How is Orphan a bad film, it’s a great film even without the twist.
  • @zakdean3002
    Surprised to see some of these labeled as “bad” movies. Malignant, Skeleton Key, Orphan, Life. Maybe not classics, but bad? Really?