20 Big-Time Plot Twists

[Kim Welch]

This is pretty interesting

http://www.premiere.com/features/4042/20-big-time-plot-twists.html

Update, November 2026
Plot twists work when they're surprising but inevitable in hindsight. The best ones, like The Sixth Sense or The Usual Suspects, plant clues the audience sees but doesn't understand until the reveal. Rewatch a twist film and note every clue the filmmakers gave you.

Keep learning with StudentFilmmakers
Sign up free at StudentFilmmakers.com to get invitations to our free live webinars with ASC cinematographers, directors and editors, and watch on-demand master classes anytime at studentfilmmakers.com/courses.

 

[Kim Welch]

Below is the movie i did an essay on for my "writing about movies" class. I think my paper is posted in here a coulple of years ago. if you have not seen this movie i suggest you do.

Movie: The Usual Suspects (1995)
Director: Bryan Singer
The Setup: After a group of criminals are caught during a heist, one of them, a crippled man named "Verbal" Kint, reveals that the entire plot was the work of master criminal (and urban legend) Keyser Söze.
The Twist: I TOOK IT OUT SO YOU GET TO ENJOY IT.
Fun Fact: Soze is actually Turkish for "talks a lot."