To tie in with the release of Ashley Judd's new thriller Twisted, Virgin Media presents its list of the best plot twists in movie history. Be warned, though: if you haven't seen the following and don't want the surprises ruined, you'd better stop reading now...

Angel Heart (1987)

Private eye Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) is recruited by the enigmatic Louis Cyphre (Robert De Niro) to locate Johnny Favourite, a popular bandleader who went missing during World War Two. The case takes him to New Orleans, where everyone he talks to winds up mysteriously murdered. SPOILER ALERT! Harry Angel is Johnny Favourite, who sold his soul to the Devil for fortune and glory only to lose his memory during the war.

Arlington Road (1999)

Widowed college professor Michael Faraday (Jeff Bridges) is convinced his son has been kidnapped by his white supremacist neighbour (Tim Robbins). Seeing the boy in a van heading towards FBI headquarters, he drives his car through the barricades and into the parking lot. SPOILER ALERT! Michael's son is nowhere to be found. But when he returns to his car he finds his neighbour has planted a bomb in the trunk which promptly explodes.

The Crying Game (1992)

Wracked with guilt for his part in the death of an English soldier in Northern Ireland, reformed IRA terrorist Fergus (Stephen Rea) heads to London. There he befriends the dead man's lover, sultry lounge singer Dil (Jaye Davidson). After a few dates the two retire to her place where Fergus discovers... SPOILER ALERT! ...Dil is a bloke! (Not much of a surprise - the Oscar voters gave the game away when they nominated Davidson for a best supporting actor award.)

Fight Club (1999)

A corporate drone (Edward Norton) enters a twilight world of bare-knuckle boxing and urban terrorism when he meets charismatic rebel Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt). Soon "Fight Clubs" are springing up all across the country, but as the violence escalates our hero wonders what he's got himself into. SPOILER ALERT! Tyler Durden is simply a figment of the narrator's imagination, and the only way he can destroy him is to shoot himself in the head.

No Way Out (1987)

Tom Farrell (Kevin Costner), a naval attaché at the Pentagon, is ordered to locate the murderer of a high-class escort he himself had been seeing. The real killer, Secretary of Defence David Brice (Gene Hackman), has pinned the blame on a bogus Russian mole, codename "Yuri". SPOILER ALERT! After a race against time to prove his innocence, Tom heads to a secret Soviet safe house where it is revealed he was agent Yuri all along.