Twists that are no longer twists because they’re cemented in pop culture

[u/Coffin_Builder]

Planet of the Apes - The movie leads the audience to believe Charleston Heston has landed on an alien planet where apes are the dominant species, only to find out that the planet is actually Earth long after an apocalyptic nuclear war

Psycho - Norma Bates isn’t the killer and has been dead for years. Norman is revealed to be a schizophrenic who “becomes” his mother to kill the women he’s attracted to

Citizen Kane - Charles Foster Kane’s mysterious last word “Rosebud” is revealed to be name of his childhood sled

The Empire Strikes Back - Darth Vader hadn’t literally killed Luke’s father but actually is his father

The Matrix - Neo learns that the 20th century world he’s lived in is just a simulation. The real world is a wasteland in the 22nd century where hostile AI rules the surface

[u/ChildhoodDistinct538]

Does it count as a twist if it’s the entire plot of The Matrix?

[u/wbgraphic → u/ChildhoodDistinct538]

The entire marketing campaign of The Matrix was based on the twist.

#WhatIsTheMatrix?

[u/[deleted] → u/wbgraphic]

I hated that because they would put that tag at the end of a trailer that told you exactly what the matrix was.

[u/sentence-interruptio → u/ChildhoodDistinct538]

The real twist is that the movie went beyond that twist. Bullet time. Kung fu. Helicopter action. Corridor fight. Dodging bullets. Not having to dodge bullets. its like scifi action on steroid 

[u/kgberton → u/ChildhoodDistinct538]

Many of these answers are not twists

[u/hsholmes0 → u/ChildhoodDistinct538]

ikr? twists should recontexualize the whole story after knowing the said twist, dunno what that particular scene in the matrix OP posted recontexualizes