Ben Affleck's 2014 psychological thriller "Gone Girl" is being highlighted for its acclaimed mid-film plot twist, now that the film is available to stream on Netflix. Directed by David Fincher and adapted by Gillian Flynn from her own bestselling novel, the film follows Nick Dunne (Affleck), whose wife Amy (Rosamund Pike) vanishes from their Missouri home, setting off a police investigation and media frenzy that appears to implicate Nick in her disappearance.

The pivotal twist, which arrives roughly halfway through, reveals that Amy staged her own disappearance and fabricated evidence to frame Nick for her murder after discovering his affair, recasting her from apparent victim to the story's calculating architect. The article credits the film's enduring reputation to Fincher's direction, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross's score, and its sharp commentary on marriage and the portrayal of women in crime narratives, arguing it remains one of the genre's best twists over a decade after release.