A good plot twist is one that seamlessly fits into the story, while leaving the audience gasping in shock, prompting them to revisit the film, simply to figure out the clues.

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In no particular order, here are some of the most epic plot twists that movies have gifted us, over the years:

Can there be more 'Bollywood' plot reveal than a song? Mehbooba Mehbooba wins the cake for the most filmy yet perfect plot reveal.

Admit it, no one predicted that.

When her husband cheats on her, Amy plans the perfect revenge - frame him for her murder and escape the married life.

The climax, when Vidya Bagchi's real identity is revealed, is even more shocking than watching insurance agent-cum-contract killer Bob Biswas pushing her in front of a train.

The scene where a supposedly blind pianist watches a crime scene being cleaned up, is peak black comedy. But, the last scene where Akash hits the can with his stick, thereby proving he regained his eyesight, is as shocking as it comes. Talk about going down the 'rabbit' hole!

For a children's movie,Makdeeprovided a surprisingly intelligent take on the evils of superstition and a thoroughly terrifying witch.

Unless you had already read the book before, there's no way you guessed the twist.

Patrick Bateman fashions himself to be a serial killer, convincing the audience along the way, only to realize he is a sadist suffering from vivid delusions. What a 'killer' imagination!

The fact that Scabbers is Peter Pettigrew almost trumped this scene. But you can't think of Harry Potter without thinking of Snape 'always' being there for Lily's son, Harry.

Three blind men rob a bank and get the man who hired them convicted -Aankhenisundoubtedly one of Hindi cinema's finest heist movies.

The police can not convict the Salgaonkars because the body of the boy whose murder the family is accused of,is never discovered. However, the bigger reveal was why the murder took place in the first place.Drishyam left the audience pondering how far would parents go for their children.

The horror film that proved, quite literally, that racism kills.

Leaving the melodrama aside,Humraazactually served a fair share of plot twists. But the first twist, where it is revealed that Priya (Ameesha Patel) and Karan (Akshaye Khanna) are partners, and the climax where Priya and Raj (Bobby Deol) outsmart Karan, are especially noteworthy.

One of Manoj Bajpayee and Urmila Matondkar's finest performances,Kaunalso happens to be a brilliant psychological thriller where the woman being hunted is actually the serial killer.

Okay, in hindsight, maybe the clues were all there. But when theGuptfirst released, the plot reveal was shocking, to say the least.

Orphan took the phrase 'there's more to it than meets the eye' quite literally when it revealed that Coleman's adopted child is actually a33-year-old woman suffering from hypopituitarism.

A fine example of DiCaprio's acting prowess, Shutter Island ends with a question most people struggle to answer - is it better 'to live as a monster, or to die as a good man?'

Though the Kim family discover a fair share of secrets when they infiltrate theParks home, the biggest twist for the audience is revealed at the end - when Ki-taek's new living quarters are revealed.

Before Shah Rukh Khan became the industry's favourite romantic hero, he was the villain who pushed his girlfriend off a balcony. And scared the sh*t out of every person in the audience.

Honey Trehan's debut filmleft the audience shocked when it revealed that Vasudha, a victim of child sexual abuse, is the one who kills her uncle after years of abuse. However, equally shocking was the fact that her mother had been complicit in hiding the abuse.

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