10 Must Watch Unpredictable Films! If you are someone who watches the film and says you can predict the ending of the movie already, and what is going to happen next here I challenge you to watch these 10 Films and predict the ending.
There are such films that leave the viewers awestruck after they finish watching them. And then there are some that make you glued to your seat as you find yourself way behind the twists that the plot presents.
Following is a list of 10 Must Watch Unpredictable Films, such films the story of which makes you taken aback time and again if you start streaming them.
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10 Must Watch Unpredictable Films:
Parasite (2019)-
Bong Joon-ho directed the South Korean thriller movie that was co-written by him and Han Jin-won. The plot follows the members of the poverty-stricken Kim family all of whom engage themselves in jobs in the wealthy Park family through deceit.
But the parasitic dependency of both the family takes a darker turn when one of the previous employees shows up one day.
The movie won Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director, and Best International Feature Film in the 92nd Oscar. It premiered at Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2019.
Psycho (1960)-
Legendary director Alfred Hitchcock directed this horror movie the plot of which follows Marion disappearing after she steals money from her employer prompting her sister and lover to search for her.
Their search takes them to the infamous Bates Motel where they encounter Norman Bates. The movie is adapted from Robert Bloch’s same-named 1959 novel.
It was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Supporting Actress for Janet Leigh who played Marion Crane and Best Director for Hitchcock. The movie was released on September 8, 1960, in the United States.
Memento (2000)-
Christopher Nolan directed this neo-noir mystery psychological thriller movie that is based on his brother Jonathan Nolan’s short story “Memento Mori”.
The plot follows insurance investigator Leonard Shelby suffering from anterograde amnesia as she uses tattoos and notes to hunt the man whom he remembers to have killed his wife. This is the very last thing that he remembers.
Australian actor Guy Pearce portrayed Leonard Shelby in the movie. It premiered on September 5, 2000, at the Venice International Film Festival and was released in the United States on 16th March of the next year.
The Departed (2006)-
Martin Scorsese directed this crime thriller movie that is loosely based on the real-life Winter Hill Gang of Boston and serves as a remake of ‘Infernal Affairs’, a Hong Kong film of 2002.
The plot revolves around a spy and an undercover agent who, in order to save themselves from getting exposed to the authorities, keep on counterattacking each other while both trying to infiltrate an Irish gang.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon played the roles of the main characters Trooper William “Billy” Costigan Jr. and Staff Sergeant Colin Sullivan. The movie was released in the United States on October 6, 2006.
Donnie Darko (2001)-
Richard Kelly directed this sci-fi psychological thriller movie. The plot follows an awkward teenager named Donnie Darko who finds himself befriending a figure in a bunny costume named Frank.
But only Donnie can see that figure who informs him that the world will end in twenty-eight days six hours forty-two minutes and twelve seconds.
Jake Gyllenhaal played the role of Donnie Darko with James Duval as Frank The Rabbit/Frank Anderson. The movie premiered at Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2001.
Gone Girl (2014)-
David Fincher directed this psychological thriller movie that is adapted from the same 2012 novel by Gillian Flynn.
The plot is centered upon the mysterious disappearance of Amy Dunne on the day of her and her husband’s fifth wedding anniversary. Rosamund Pike portrayed Amy Dunne in the movie full of plot twists with Ben Affleck starring as her husband Nick Dunne.
Pike was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role. The movie premiered at the New York Film Festival on September 26, 2014, and was released in the United States on 3rd October that year.
The Usual Suspects (1995)-
Bryan Singer directed this neo-noir mystery movie that finds a con man recounting a story of five criminals united by the leadership of Keyser Soze, a notorious mastermind. The movie premiered at Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 1995.
The Sixth Sense (1999)-
M. Night Shyamalan directed this psychological thriller movie The plot finds a child psychologist named Malcolm Crowe and a young boy Cole Sear who is able to encounter dead people.
Bruce Willis played the role of Malcolm with Haley Joel Osment playing Cole in the movie for which role he was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. The film was also nominated for another five Academy Awards. It was released in the United States on August 6, 1999.
Oldboy (2003)-
Park Chan-wook directed this South Korean neo-noir action thriller movie that is loosely adapted from the same Japanese manga. South Korean actor Choi Min-sik played the main character Oh Dae-su in the movie. It was released on November 21, 2003.
Se7en (1995)-
This crime thriller movie is also directed by David Fincher. Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, and Gwyneth Paltrow are the primary cast members of the movie. It was released on September 22, 1995.
