Some of the Plot Twists types and Examples.
-Flashbacks or sudden revelation, uncovering hidden elements, explanations or motives, often of a past event.
(The Village 2004, The Prestige 2006)
-Time period shifts, or virtual reality
(Darko 2001, Inception 2010, Predestination 2014)
-'Unreliable narrator' who basically fabricated much or all of the entire preceding story.
(Shutter Island 2010, Life of Pie 2012, The Usual Suspects 1995)
-"Conspiracy"/ Red herring / is a false clue intended to lead investigators toward an incorrect solution.
(The Da Vinci Code 2006, The Adjustment Bureau 2011, Enemy Of the State 1998)
-Shock Ending (the Mist 2007, Se7ven 1995, Remember me 2010)
-Reversal of Identity, True nature or identity of a character(s) revealed
(The Sixth Sense 1999, Matchstick Men 2003, Oldboy 2003)
-Non-linear narrative, revealing truth outside of a clear timeline or reverse chronology.
(Premonition 2007, Arrival 2016, Pulp Fiction 1994)
-Peripeteia / reversal of motivation or A sudden reversal of fortune (or character)
(The Game 1997, Saw series 2004-2017)