Movies with an unexpected ending

List of the best movies with an unexpected ending, selected by visitors to our site: Identity, Get Out, The Voyeurs, The Invisible Guest, Fight Club, Prisoners, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Coherence, The Prestige, Arrival.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrethriller, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:31

    Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA, Japan
    Duration02:43

    Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA

    A young couple, find themselves becoming interested in the sex life of their neighbors across the street. What starts as an innocent curiosity turns into an unhealthy obsession.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountrySpain
    Duration01:49

    "The Invisible Guest” turns on a young businessman who wakes up in a hotel room locked from the inside with the dead body of his lover next to him. He hires a prestigious lawyer, and over one night they work together to clarify what happened in a frenetic race against time.

    Markimdb: 8.8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Germany
    Duration02:11

    A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:33

      When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:05

      After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter with two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:29

        On the night a comet is passing near Earth, eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events. When the power goes out, they discover that the only house on the street left with power also holds many secrets.

        Markimdb: 8.5
        Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration02:05

          A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

          Markimdb: 7.9
          Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA, Canada, India
          Duration02:32

          Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genrehorror
          CountryItaly

          Five carpoolers travel in a motorhome to reach a common destination. Night falls, and to avoid a dead animal carcass, they crash into a tree. When they come to their senses, they find themselves in the middle of nowhere. The road they were traveling on has disappeared and there is only a dense, impenetrable forest and a wooden house in the middle of a clearing, which they discover is the home of a spine-chilling cult.

          Markimdb: 8.1
          Genrethriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:29

            With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

            Markimdb: 8.5
            Genrethriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA, Hong Kong
            Duration02:31

            To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

            Markimdb: 7.7
            Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:10

            An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a 3rd person in the room. The intensity builds when a surprise twist alters everyone's perception of the crime.

            Markimdb: 7.7
            Genrethriller, drama, adventure, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:09

            In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a coldhearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nearly a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:03

            Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.

            Markimdb: 8.2
            Genrethriller, drama, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:18

            World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.

            Markimdb: 6
            Genremelodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:57

            Robert Redford stars as billionaire John Gage, who offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband (Woody Harrelson) $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife (Demi Moore).

            Markimdb: 6.4
            Genrefantastic, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Hungary, USA

            2038: George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI, and his latest prototype is almost ready. This sensitive phase is also the riskiest as he has a goal that must be hidden at all costs—being reunited with his dead wife.

            Markimdb: 8
            Genrethriller, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:43

              A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.

              Markimdb: 8.5
              Genrehorror, thriller, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:49

              When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother. The place seems quirky, but fine… until Marion decides to take a shower.

              Markimdb: 6.3
              Genrethriller, comedy, crime
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom

              A court-appointed legal guardian defrauds her older clients and traps them under her care. But her latest mark comes with some unexpected baggage.

              Markimdb: 8.5
              Genrethriller, comedy, drama
              CountrySouth Korea
              Duration01:07

              All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

              Markimdb: 6.4
              Genrethriller, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:23

              A woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution where she is confronted by her greatest fear.

              Markimdb: 6.4
              Genrethriller, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:08

              Driving cross-country, Ray and his wife and daughter stop at a highway rest area where his daughter falls and breaks her arm. After a frantic rush to the hospital and a clash with the check-in nurse, Ray is finally able to get her to a doctor. While the wife and daughter go downstairs for an MRI, Ray, exhausted, passes out in a chair in the lobby. Upon waking up, they have no record or knowledge of Ray's family ever being checked in.

              Markimdb: 7.4
              Genrefantastic, action, short
              CountryUSA
              Duration00:14

              A documentary filmmaker interviews the now-famous Trevor Slattery from behind bars.

              Markimdb: 7.9
              Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
              CountryUSA

              When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

              Markimdb: 7.6
              Genrehorror, thriller, detective
              CountrySpain, USA, France, Italy
              Duration01:44

              Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.

              Markimdb: 8.1
              Genrethriller, drama, western, crime
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:02

                Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.

                Markimdb: 6.8
                Genrethriller, detective
                CountryUnited Kingdom
                Duration01:41

                The final candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a test so simple and confusing that tension begins to unravel.

                Markimdb: 6.4
                Genrecrime, detective
                CountryUSA

                A brilliant crossword puzzle editor (Chabert) finds her life turned upside-down when she is pulled into a police investigation after several of the clues in her recent puzzles are linked to unsolved crimes. Proving her innocence means leaving the comfort of her sheltered world and working with a tough police detective (Elliott), puzzling through clues together in order to crack the case, as the two are fish out of water in each other's worlds.

                Markimdb: 7
                Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
                CountryUSA, France, Canada, China
                Duration01:51

                When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent, Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.

                Markimdb: 6
                Genrehorror, thriller, drama
                CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA

                When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

                Markimdb: 6
                Genrefantastic, action
                CountryUSA

                An ex-soldier, a teen and a cop collide in New Orleans as they hunt for the source behind a dangerous new pill that grants users temporary superpowers.

                Markimdb: 6.1
                Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
                CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                Duration01:30

                Simon Cable wakes up in a hospital bed, confused and disoriented. He soon discovers from doctors that he has amnesia and is unable to remember the last two years of his life. Cable investigates what has happened to him and slowly pieces together his enigmatic past.

                Markimdb: 7.8
                Genremelodrama, drama, detective, military
                CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
                Duration02:00

                As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.

                Markimdb: 5.4
                Genrefantastic, drama, detective
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:21

                In this mind-bending 'Sci-Fi Noir' a daring physicist folds time to travel into the past, trying to stop a mysterious woman from stealing his invention. But once there, he uncovers a surprising truth about the machine, the woman, and his own fractured reality.

                Markimdb: 6.4
                Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, adventure
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:20

                Stranded after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across the wilderness.

                Markimdb: 6.5
                Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime, detective
                CountryUSA, France
                Duration02:25

                One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off their most dangerous heist yet.

                Markimdb: 7.5
                Genreaction, thriller, crime
                CountryUSA, China
                Duration01:37

                  John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.

                  Markimdb: 5.2
                  Genrefantastic, action, adventure
                  CountryUSA, China, Canada, Mexico
                  Duration02:23

                  Autobots and Decepticons are at war, with humans on the sidelines. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth.

                  Markimdb: 7
                  Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:27

                  Just when his time under house arrest is about to end, Scott Lang once again puts his freedom at risk to help Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym dive into the quantum realm and try to accomplish, against time and any chance of success, a very dangerous rescue mission.

                  Markimdb: 6.8
                  Genremelodrama, drama, detective
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:34

                  Over the course of 12 years, and three stages of life, Sidney Hall falls in love, writes the book of a generation and then disappears without a trace.

                  Markimdb: 7.5
                  Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
                  CountryFrance, United Kingdom
                  Duration02:11

                  A man receives a mysterious e-mail appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.

                  Markimdb: 6.3
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                  CountryUSA, Germany, Canada

                  An FBI agent tracks a serial killer with the help of three of his would-be victims - all of whom have wildly different stories to tell.

                  Markimdb: 6.2
                  Genrehorror, fantastic, detective
                  CountryUSA, South Africa, United Kingdom

                  After a group of teens from a small Midwestern town begin to mysteriously disappear, the locals believe it is the work of an urban legend known as The Empty Man. As a retired cop investigates and struggles to make sense of the stories, he discovers a secretive group and their attempts to summon a horrific, mystical entity, and soon his life—and the lives of those close to him—are in grave danger.

                  Markimdb: 6.4
                  Genrehorror, thriller, drama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:23

                  A family takes refuge in a fallout shelter to avoid a dangerous outbreak.

                  Markimdb: 7.3
                  Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA

                  A newly-released prison gangster is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.

                  Markimdb: 6.8
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                  CountryUSA

                  When a 12-year-old boy goes missing, lead investigator Greg Harper struggles to balance the pressure of the investigation and troubles with his wife, Jackie. Facing a recent affair, great strain is put on the family that slowly gnaws away at Jackie's grip on reality. But after a malicious presence manifests itself in their home and puts their son, Connor, in mortal danger, the cold, hard truth about evil in the Harper household is finally uncovered.

                  Markimdb: 7.5
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA, France
                  Duration01:30

                  An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.




                  MoviesList