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Movies That Look Like One Thing but Are Actually About Something Else

Movies that absolutely trick you, that look like it is about something but a twist or specific scene changes it all.
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From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   61%
2
Sunshine (2007)
Sunshine (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   76%
3
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
4
Atonement (2007)
Atonement (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
5
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
6
The One I Love (2014)
The One I Love (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
7
Audition (1999, Takashi Miike)
Audition (1999, Takashi Miike)
8
Burning (2018)
Burning (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
9
Dressed to Kill (1980)
Dressed to Kill (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
10
Mother! (2017)
Mother! (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   68%
11
Gone Girl (2014)
Gone Girl (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
12
Barton Fink (1991)
Barton Fink (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
13
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010)
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
14
Parasite (2019)
Parasite (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
15
Perfect Blue (1997)
Perfect Blue (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
16
The Prestige (2006)
The Prestige (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   76%
17
The World's End (2013)
The World's End (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
18
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
19
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
20
The Gift (2015)
The Gift (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
21
Black Swan (2010)
Black Swan (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
22
Swiss Army Man (2016)
Swiss Army Man (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   72%
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Predestination (2014)
Predestination (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
24
The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
25
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
26
The Fall (2008)
The Fall (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   62%
27
Blue Ruin (2014)
Blue Ruin (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
28
The Witch (2016)
The Witch (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
29
Prisoners (2013)
Prisoners (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
30
A Ghost Story (2017)
A Ghost Story (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
31
Children of Men (2006)
Children of Men (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
32
The Village (2004)
The Village (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   43%
33
Donnie Darko (2001)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
34
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
35
The Host (2006)
The Host (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
36
Her (2013)
Her (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
37
You Were Never Really Here (2018)
You Were Never Really Here (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
38
Moon (2009)
Moon (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
39
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
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The House That Jack Built (2018)
The House That Jack Built (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes®   61%
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