Top 50 Plot Twist Films
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Based on several lists available on Internet.
Methodology:
Eligibility: Lists with 10 to 30 entries.
Not eligible: too specific lists such as "available on Netflix", documentaries only, "best of the decade", etc. and lists made by users in imdb, mubi, icm, etc
Distribution of points:
For ranked lists:
#1: 20 points
#2: 18 points and so on until #10: 2 points
#11 or lower: 1 point
Not ranked lists: points are splitted equally.
For instance: lists with 15 entries: 20+18+...+2+1+1+1+1+1=115 / 15 = 7.67 => 8 points for each film.
Tied films split the points
Bonus for each additional entry: 2 points
Tie-brake rules:
#1: Total of points
#2: Number of entries
#3: Year of release
#4: Alphabetical order
About this list:
Lists used: 78
Nominated films: 200
My Top 10 (based on nominated films) (in alphabetical order)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Dogville (2003)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Inception (2010)
Matrix, The (1999)
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
Oldeuboi (2003)
Secreto de Sus Ojos, El (2009)
Spoorloos (1988)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
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1 -
The Usual Suspects
1995, in 24 top lists Check -
2 -
The Sixth Sense
1999, in 20 top lists Check -
3 -
Psycho
1960, in 39 top lists Check -
4 -
Fight Club
1999, in 19 top lists Check -
5 -
Planet of the Apes
1968, in 16 top lists Check -
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
1980, in 25 top lists Check -
7 +1
Se7en
1995, in 29 top lists Check -
8 -1
Memento
2000, in 27 top lists Check -
9 -
The Prestige
2006, in 15 top lists Check -
10 -
The Others
2001, in 9 top lists Check -
11 +3
Saw
2004, in 6 top lists Check -
12 -
Primal Fear
1996, in 0 top lists Check -
13 -2
Shutter Island
2010, in 8 top lists Check -
14 -1
Oldeuboi
2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check -
15 +8
Gone Girl
2014, in 12 top lists Check -
16 +8
The Village
2004, in 5 top lists Check -
17 -2
Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
18 -1
The Crying Game
1992, in 11 top lists Check -
19 +2
Orphan
2009, in 1 top list Check -
20 -2
Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
21 -5
The Game
1997, in 3 top lists Check -
22 -
Soylent Green
1973, in 3 top lists Check -
23 new
Get Out
2017, in 16 top lists Check -
24 -5
Donnie Darko
2001, in 21 top lists Check -
25 -
American Psycho
2000, in 12 top lists Check -
26 -6
The Mist
2007, in 2 top lists Check -
27 -1
Jacob's Ladder
1990, in 3 top lists Check -
28 -
Mulholland Dr.
2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check -
29 -
Les diaboliques
1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check -
30 -
Sleepaway Camp
1983, in 1 top list Check -
31 -4
La piel que habito
2011 — a.k.a. The Skin I Live In, in 4 top lists Check -
32 new
Atonement
2007, in 6 top lists Check -
33 +4
Scream
1996, in 8 top lists Check -
34 -2
The Departed
2006, in 20 top lists Check -
35 +7
From Dusk Till Dawn
1996, in 2 top lists Check -
36 -3
Inception
2010, in 21 top lists Check -
37 +6
The Wicker Man
1973, in 13 top lists Check -
38 -7
Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
39 +8
Black Swan
2010, in 12 top lists Check -
40 -6
Secret Window
2004, in 0 top lists Check -
41 -
The Shawshank Redemption
1994, in 24 top lists Check -
42 -7
The Machinist
2004, in 1 top list Check -
43 -4
Unbreakable
2000, in 6 top lists Check -
44 -8
Twelve Monkeys
1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check -
45 new
Arrival
2016, in 11 top lists Check -
46 -8
Identity
2003, in 1 top list Check -
47 -7
No Way Out
1987, in 1 top list Check -
48 -4
Angel Heart
1987, in 4 top lists Check -
49 -4
Spoorloos
1988 — a.k.a. The Vanishing, in 15 top lists Check -
50 new
Friday the 13th
1980, in 3 top lists Check
Last updated on Aug 17, 2018 by BaalMan;