Intrigue in the plot, shocking events, an unexpected ending - this is what attracts viewers of films with a sophisticated ending.
Cinema fans are presented with the best movies with unpredictable denouement - a list. Rating arranged in chronological order.
10. Remember | year 2000
Tape “Remember” 2000 opens the rating of films with unpredictable denouement. Leonard Shelby is looking for his wife’s killer. The murder provoked the appearance of amnesia in the hero. He remembers everything that came before him, but cannot keep in his mind the information of fifteen minutes ago. Leonard has to keep notes on current events, developed versions and conjectures. He applies particularly important information to his body in the form of tattoos. The intrigue is created due to the fact that the narrative is divided into five-minute segments, which are shown in reverse chronological order. And in the "five-minute" cut three-minute pieces, where events unfold in normal time.
9. The mysterious river | 2003 year
Great acting made movie Mysterious River (2003) twice nominated for an Oscar. Killed daughter Johnny Markum and his friend Detective Sean Devin is investigating this murder. Johnny himself wants to find the killer and take revenge on him. His suspicions fall on childhood friend Dave Boyle. The fact is that Dave was raped by a maniac 30 years ago and his psyche was disturbed. Sean fulfills this version and during the investigation discovers Dave’s car with traces of blood, but he says that the car was stolen from him. Johnny finally makes sure that Dave is a killer and at gunpoint forces him to admit it, and then kills and throws the body into the river. But this is not the end of the story. The next day, Sean tells Markum that Dave could not kill his daughter.
8. Taking life | 2004 year
"Taking life" (2004) - A film about a serial killer whom the police have not been able to catch for 20 years. Martin Escher escapes from home and meets a young man on a bus. They decide to continue the journey together by car. But on the way, Martin pushes the guy under a passing car, and he dies. Escher picks up the documents of the deceased and begins to live under his name. After 20 years, a corpse with cut off hands and a broken face is discovered. This is not the first crime with such an emphasis, but the killer lives the lives of those killed: uses their houses, pays with credit cards. The police are confused. Then the case is transferred to the FBI agent, Illyana Scott. During the investigation, she managed to find a witness for another of the same murders of James Costa. He is trying in every possible way to help her, because according to all the information, Costa is the next victim. And the offender is actually discovered and killed during the shootout. But Martin’s mother appears, who claims to have seen her son. Illyana hurries to meet her, but finds her dead, and next to James Costa.
7. The price of treason | 2005 year
Picture "The price of treason" (2005) talks about a simple employee Charles Shine, whose life has changed dramatically due to a minute of being late for the train. Charles has a family, a job, but he is bored with this daily routine. And when a beautiful girl decided to meet him on the next train, he did not refuse her. This was followed by dinner at a restaurant and an evening at the hotel. But suddenly an armed man bursts into the room, beats Charles and rapes the girl. From this moment, the hero’s life turns into a continuous lie, the end of which is not expected.
6. Do not tell anyone | 2006 year
"Do not tell anyone" (2006) a thriller with an absolutely unpredictable denouement. Alexander Beck's wife Margot was attacked in the park. Alexander tried to protect her, but was stunned by the blow. For eight years he lives with the pain of loss. Suddenly, at the scene of the murder of his wife, two more bodies are found and in the pocket of one of them is the key to Margot's bank cell. Police decide to resume the investigation. At the same time, a letter with a video recording on which his wife is received by Alexander receives an email. Following, he receives a text from his wife asking for a meeting. Suddenly, a friend of Margo is killed, and in Alexander’s apartment they find a murder weapon. He escapes from the police and begins his investigation.
5. Faces in the crowd | 2011
Unpredictable denouement of the film “Faces in the crowd” (2011) puts him in fifth place in the ranking. Anna Marchent goes after a meeting with her friends on a date with her boyfriend Bryce and passing an abandoned building she becomes an involuntary witness to the murder. The killer notices Anna and begins to pursue her. The heroine falls from the bridge and hits her head. The killer considers her dead, but Anna comes to her senses. Only after the fall does she remember nothing and will not even recognize Bryce. The faces of the people with whom she communicates, as soon as they leave the field of view, are immediately forgotten. The psychotherapist teaches Anna to recognize people by their characteristic signs: gait, scars, etc. The police presses on Anna so that she remembers the maniac’s face, but to no avail. The killer finds out that Anna is alive and that she saw his face, but cannot remember.
4. Source code | 2011
"Source" (2011) - a thriller full of mysteries and unexpected turns of events. Soldier Colter Stevens ended up in the body of another man riding a train with a girl. An unexpected explosion destroys the train, and Colter wakes up already in a secret laboratory. There they explain to him that he was chosen for a special mission - to save Chicago from the explosion of a second more powerful bomb. And the program "Source Code" allows you to inhabit the body of another person in the last 8 minutes while he is alive. The operation manager explains that the program cannot change the past and Colter cannot save the dead on the train, but the hero does not believe him.
3. Unknown | 2011
"Unknown" (2011) - a film about a man trying to regain his own life. Martin Harris leaves for a conference in Germany and crashes there. After spending several days in a coma, he regains consciousness and discovers that his documents are not with him. To confirm his identity, he goes to the hotel and finds out that another person lives under his name. Moreover, Harris’s wife lives with him, who does not recognize him. Martin tries in every possible way to find at least someone in a foreign country who could confirm his identity. He goes to Professor Cole, who was also supposed to take part in a conference that reveals a secret to him: Martin is not a learned biologist at all, but a hired killer.
2. Captives | year 2013
Film "Captives" (2013) talks about the terrible story that occurred in the family of Keller Dover. Thanksgiving was stolen by his daughter and a neighbor's girl. Suspicion falls on the driver of the van parked near the house, he is arrested, but released due to insufficient evidence. Keller is not going to wait for the police and begins the search himself. He is convinced that the driver is a maniac. Dover searches for him and locks him under arrest. A few days later a neighbor girl is found alive and pumped up with drugs. She led Keller to a hunch about a real kidnapper.
1. Disappeared | year 2014
Thriller "Disappeared" entered the top ten films of 2014. Nick Dunn returns home and discovers that his wife has been abducted. The detective investigating this case, notices the contradiction in Nick’s behavior and finds evidence that Nick himself could kill his wife and present it as an abduction. Moreover, the police found his wife’s diary in which she described her fear of her husband. Nick is the prime suspect. At the same time, he discovers a series of evidence that his wife is alive and specifically throws up evidence proving her husband’s guilt.