10 Great Movies Where The Hero Was The Killer All Along

The revelation that a movie’s main character was secretly the killer all along is a hoary old cliché, but a few choice movies have made this infamous twist shine. It is a played-out, tired trope. A murder mystery sets up an intriguing bevy of suspects, gives viewers good reason to believe that each of them is guilty, and then finally comes to its barnstorming conclusion. However, just as the satisfying killer reveal is about to happen, the movie lets everyone down by revealing that the main character was the killer all along.