Movie audiences love a good plot twist. Most of the time, we don't see it coming. A good plot twist hits us like a punch to the gut, making us gasp and yell shocked comments at our screens. Even if the film is amazing, it's usually the plot twist that we remember most.

When we think of memorable plot twists, we tend to recall iconic thrillers like Seven, The Usual Suspects, The Sixth Sense, or Fight Club. But thrillers aren't the only films with great plot twists. movies have them, too. Here are 10 action movie plot twists that, in the middle of blowing up buildings and cars, also blew our minds.

In , James Bond's past comes back to haunt him, as he attempts to stop a crime syndicate from utilizing a deadly space-based weapon known as "GoldenEye". Goldeneye was a significant milestone in the 007 franchise. It was Pierce Brosnan's first film as James Bond, who often tops the rankings of 007 actors. Goldeneye also introduced a new M, the chief of MI6, with Judi Dench, who would go on to play the character for many years.

Goldeneye also introduced, for the first time, another 00 agent and a partner of James Bond: Alec Trevelyan (Sean Bean), also known as 006. James and the audience are led to believe that 006 is killed at the beginning of the film. But it's later revealed that Alec is severely scarred but still alive -- and now heads the crime syndicate that Bond is trying to stop.

1996's is the first installment in the tremendously popular and successful movie franchise starring Tom Cruise. Impossible Missions Force (IMF) agent Ethan Hunt (Cruise) is shocked when his team is mysteriously killed, including his mentor Jim Phelps (Jon Voight). Afterward, he meets with IMF's director, who says they're looking for a mole within the agency-- and implies that Hunt might be the traitor.

Hunt goes on the run but eventually uncovers the truth: Phelps is still alive and faked his own death. Not only that, but Hunt's longtime mentor is actually the mole that IMF has been hunting.

Quentin Tarantino'sintroduces audiences to The Bride (Uma Thurman), later identified in Kill Bill: Vol. 2 as Beatrix Kiddo. After getting brutally ambushed on her wedding day, ultimately losing both her unborn child and her groom, Beatrix embarks on a bloody quest for revenge on her former lover. A legendary assassin known simply as Bill (David Carradine), who orchestrated her wedding day massacre.

After nearly 2 hours of blood-soaked violence, Tarantino ends his first film with this bomb from Bill: "Is she aware her daughter is still alive?" As it turns out, Bill removed the baby from Beatrix's stomach while she was in a coma. He spent the next four years raising their daughter, loving and providing for her.

is the third, and originally last, film in the Indiana Jones film franchise. Here, Indy teams up with his estranged father, Henry (Sean Connery), to search for the Holy Grail, a cup that provides eternal life to its drinker. Indy is like the American version of James Bond, especially when it comes to womanizing.

In the Last Crusade, Indiana has a fling with Dr. Elsa Schneider (Alison Doody). But as it turns out, Dr. Schneider is in cahoots with the Nazis, working against Indiana to obtain the Holy Grail for their own purposes.

Secret agent James Bond is a notorious womanizer. His sexual appetite is one of his defining characteristics, and it shows throughout the franchise. Almost every movie introduces a new beautiful woman that Bond pursues, romances, and then discards by the next film, never to be seen or heard from again -- a character that's come to be known as the Bond Girl.

The 2006 James Bond reboot,,flipped this formula on its head. Here, 007 (Daniel Craig) falls in love with British Treasury agent, Vesper Lynd (Eva Green). It seems like Bond's playboy days are behind him when he resigns from MI6 and sails off with Vesper. But Britain's most famous secret agent is stunned to learn that he's actually been deceived. Vesper is a double agent herself, secretly working with a criminal organization. Her murder sets the stage for 007's womanizing and vengeful warpath, which defines and consumes Bond for most of the Daniel Craig films.

Directed by the legendary Steven Spielberg, is a gritty sci-fi action film starring Tom Cruise. Here, he plays Precrime chief John Anderton, who can stop murders before they take place with the aid of precognitive triplets. Anderton's life, however, is turned upside down when the triplets predict that he will be the killer in a future murder. In a surprising twist, we learn that Anderton's would-be murder is a part of a giant conspiracy. Anderton was set up by his mentor and the head of the Precrime department, Lamar Burgess (Max von Sydow), who's trying to conceal a murder that he had committed in the past.

Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan, took the superhero genre to the next level. Here, Batman (Christian Bale) meets his match in the Joker (Heath Ledger), as he faces the extreme repercussions of becoming a masked hero. One of the film's best moments, and one of Batman's movie moments ever, is the interrogation scene between Batman and the Joker. This moment is their first real conversation, the first time these timeless foes really get to interact.

After a lot of huffing and puffing from Batman, the Joker reveals the locations of his two hostages: Gotham's district attorney, Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), and Batman's love interest, Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal). Batman predictably goes after Rachel, while the Gotham City police race toward Harvey. Batman bursts through the door to save Rachel -- and is stunned, along with the audience, to see Harvey there instead. The Joker, with his sadistic games and schemes, deceived Batman, purposely switching the locations of his hostages.

Created and directed by James Cameron, gave birth to one of the most iconic action franchises in cinema. In this 1980s classic, a soldier from an apocalyptic, war-ravaged future is sent back in time to protect the mother of the future's unborn savior, John Connor, from a ruthless killing machine. This soldier, Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) is a human, who ends up getting intimate with the woman he's trying to save.

In a mind-bending twist that crosses time and space, it's revealed that Reese is actually John's father. In the years since its release, The Terminator has become one of the greatest sci-fi films ever made.

follows, well, a fugitive on the run from the law. After being falsely accused of his wife's murder, Dr. Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford) races to clear his name, while Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) relentlessly hunts him down. Kimble eventually uncovers the truth of what happened. He was the intended target that night, not his wife -- and the murder was arranged by Kimble's own colleague and friend, Dr. Charles Nichols (Jeroen Krabbé). The Fugitive is regarded as an action classic and was nominated for several Oscars the year it was released.

Oldboy kicks off when Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) is inexplicably imprisoned for 15 agonizing years by a mysterious captor. He is eventually released, but only because his captor allows it. Seeking answers, Dae-su embarks on a murderous, vengeful spree, crossing paths with a young woman named Mi-do (Kang Hye-jung), with whom he forms an intimate bond.

In a shocking twist, Mi-do is revealed to be Dae-su’s own daughter, a cruel scheme orchestrated by his captor, Lee Woo-jin (Yoo Ji-tae). Using hypnosis, Woo-jin manipulated them into falling for each other as a twisted act of revenge. Despite its dark story, Oldboy is widely regarded as a foreign-language masterpiece and one of the greatest films ever made.