15 Mystery Films With Twists That Are Nearly Impossible to Predict

Collider published 12 hours ago a spoiler-filled roundup of 15 mystery films the outlet says are essentially impossible to predict, highlighting movies whose endings force viewers to rethink everything that came before. The list includes Christopher Nolan's Memento, in which Leonard Shelby's Sammy Jankis story is revealed as a manufactured coping mechanism; The Usual Suspects, where meek narrator Verbal Kint is unmasked as Keyser Söze; and Se7en, which culminates in the revelation that the box contains the severed head of Detective Mills' pregnant wife.

It also covers Greg Jardin’s 2024 sci‑fi horror comedy It's What's Inside, whose body‑swap plot hides the twist that Forbes was actually his sister Beatrice in swapped bodies; Shutter Island, where Teddy is revealed to be patient Andrew Laeddis as part of a role‑playing experiment; Last Night in Soho, in which an elderly landlady is exposed as a serial killer hiding bodies in the walls; Gone Girl, where Amy fakes her death and frames Nick before returning; What Lies Beneath, where the ghost of Madison helps Claire overcome her murderous husband; The Prestige, which hinges on twins and a cloning machine that requires drowning duplicates; and Gone Baby Gone, where a supposedly criminal kidnapping is orchestrated to remove a child from neglect and the detective's choice carries lasting moral consequences.

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Culture, Memento, Shutter Island, Gone Girl, It's What's Inside