Atonement is one of many books or movies with a twist that changes your outlook on the entire story
Fight Club
I'm biased to this movie; I am a huge fan of the use of anagnorisis in the revealing of Tyler Durden's identity. Like Atonement, Fight Club uses an unreliable narrator to change your perspective of the events in the movie, questioning what was supposed to be reality and what is a figment of the protagonist's imagination.
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
This is probably one of the most famous reveals of all time, this will continue to shock new generations who watch the original trilogy.
Donnie Darko
In this movie, like Atonement, there is a catalyst or one important event that changes the course of the characters lives. Both movies have alternate realities/ endings and have a sense of the characters lacking volition in their lives.
Psycho
The archetypal twist ending, Alfred Hitchcock's thriller has one of the most famous twists, and has made "Norman Bates" eponymous with creepy.
Plot twists are generally found in most critically acclaimed movies, and some that aren't exactly effective at winning over the audience. *cough* Shyamalan *cough* Twists will continue to be a popular, (and sometimes overwrought) device to catch the attention of and win or lose their viewers.
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