8 Surprising Movie Villain Turns You Never Saw Coming

1. Keyser Söze - The Usual Suspects

Look, it might be predictable to put Keyser Söze as number one in a list about surprising villain turns, but until someone is able to pull off a twist as completely unexpected as this, he's always going to be taking the gold.

Though it's difficult now to go into The Usual Suspects blind, it shouldn't be understated just how shocking it was that the down-on-his luck and audience stand-in Verbal Klint was the criminal mastermind Keyser Söze all along.

Kevin Spacey's casting in particular helped cement the surprise, as not only was the actor relatively unknown and years away from becoming recognised for his villain roles (and being a villain in general), but he was able to throw everyone off the scent that he could be anything more than the character he was presenting.

It's an iconic twist, and could end up going down in history as the most surprising in cinema history.