36 Movie Details, Facts, and Mistakes Most People Miss

Nathan Johnson Published 11/14/2023 in ftw

Movies have a wonderful way of capturing our imagination, giving us a break from reality, and allowing us to explore a land of mystery, fantasy, and wonder. Sometimes there are little details that go unnoticed in these films.

Check out this batch of interesting movie-related things that you may not have noticed. From intentionally hidden easter eggs to editing or production mistakes, there is a bunch of interesting stuff in here.

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1.
The final scene from Back to the Future and the first scene from Back to the Future, Part II, were shot to be as identical as possible.
2.
In The Phantom Menace Keira Knightly played Queen Amidala's twin servant.
3.
In the movie, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the extra employee can be seen not once, not twice, but 3 times during a continuous shot facing the monster.
4.
Casey Affleck's character's mustache grows longer in each additional Ocean's Eleven film.
5.
In the movie, Everything Everywhere All at Once, the actor who played Evelyn is holding a piece of paper with the instructions written on it. However, the word “breathe” was misspelled in the first shot, and when it came time for her to read it later in the film, it mysteriously corrected itself.
6.
When this statue on Grand Central Station was destroyed in the first Avengers, in Age of Ultron it is replaced with a memorial.
7.
In this scene from The Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort is in front of Lake Geneva, while the banker is in front of an aquarium. The creators wanted to highlight that a big fish was dealing with a small fish.
8.
The hold up scene in the Incredibles is actually an homage to a similar scene from Die Hard with a Vengeance, which also starred Samuel L. Jackson.
9.
In Terminator 2, the guard and the T-1000 were played by identical twins, Don and Dan Stanton.
10.
In Titanic, there is a scene showing a boy playing with a spinning top on deck. This is actually a recreation of a real photo taken onboard the ship on April 11th, 1912 by Francis Browne. It shows 1st Class passenger Frederic Spedden and his 6 year old son Douglas. Both survived the sinking.
11.
In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, these rebel soldiers are played by Mark Hamill’s children. From left to right; Nathan Hamill, Chelsea Hamill, and Griffin Hamill.
12.
In Deliverance, during the “dueling banjos” scene, Billy Redden, who played the young banjo-playing local, didn’t know how to play banjo. To make it look authentic, a skilled banjo player hid behind & played the chords with his left arm in Redden’s sleeve while Redden picked with his right.
13.
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Darth Vader’s skeleton is briefly visible from several different angles when struck by the Emperor’s lightning. Many artificial components are visible, including his mechanical right arm, a respirator, and at least 3 replacement vertebrae.
14.
Adam Sandler’s love interests in Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Waterboy, Little Nicky, Pixels, & Hubie Halloween all have a double-V character names.
15.
In Men in Black, the language these aliens speak together is ‘Huttese’, the language Jabba the Hutt speaks in the Star Wars films.
16.
In the 2019 movie Joker, the design on the back of this ambulance looks like Heath Ledger’s Joker.
17.
In the movie, Screamers, the actor’s reflection is apparent in his spectacles, as is the entire team in front of him.
18.
In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Chewbacca’s seat is visibly dirtier than Han’s.
19.
In Back to the Future, the name of the mall changes after Marty runs over one of the 2 trees.
20.
In Unthinkable, they defuse a nuclear bomb in MS Excel, while typing gibberish.
21.
In Evan Almighty, God, posing as a waiter, has a name tag that says Al Mighty.
22.
In the animated movie Monsters vs. Aliens, General W.R. Monger’s insignia has Shrek’s face on it.
23.
In the superhero movie Shazam!, the same memory can be different in terms of weather and clothing items depending on whose memory it is. This is done to emphasize the person’s emotions at that moment.
24.
In the movie, Green Book, the camera can be seen through the reflection of the character’s glasses.
25.
Jim Carrey’s character in The Truman Show takes vitamin D for breakfast. Usually people take it when they have sunlight deficiency. And, as we know, Truman didn’t have sunshine because his city was just a movie set. This is one of the keys to solving this riddle.
26.
In the movie, Spider-Man: No Way Home, the dent from Spider-Man’s punch in the initial scene is apparent, but it vanishes a few seconds later as the frame changes.
27.
The Stan Lee cameo in Avengers: Endgame is based on his own actual look in the 1970s.
28.
Hela in Thor: Ragnarok immediately realizes that the Infinity Gauntlet is fake. Thanos wears it on the other hand which makes the fraud obvious to attentive viewers as well.
29.
In joker (2019), Joaquin phoenix improvised the iconic dance in the bathroom. Originally, Arthur was Just meant to stare into the mirror and quietly contemplate his actions, but after hearing some of the composer’s music, phoenix thought the dance was more appropriate.
30.
In the movie, Winter’s Bone, Jennifer Lawrence’s gloves appear suddenly when she drinks from the cup.
31.
During the vault scene in mission: Impossible (1996), Tom cruise kept hitting his head when attempting to hover inches off the floor, so he put english pound coins in his shoes to maintain his balance.
32.
In the final shot of ‘the King of staten island’ (2020), Pete davidson turns and looks to the direction where the twin towers used to stand as a tribute to his father.
33.
In the movie, Bone Tomahawk, in the first scene, the actor has decaying teeth, but in the second, it appears that they forgot to apply the proper makeup, as the teeth have suddenly returned to normal.
34.
In the movie, The Silence of the Lambs, a whole camera can be seen in the upper right corner of the frame.
35.
In the movie, Gemini Man, if you look closely at the reflection of the headlight from the car in this scene, you will notice a cameraman through the reflection.
36.
In this scene from The Incredibles, they are in the air while Elastic Girl is holding the van with her arms and legs so that it won’t fall. However, in this scene, you can see her arms and legs aren’t even touching the railing of the van, meaning that she’s not really carrying it.

1.
The final scene from Back to the Future and the first scene from Back to the Future, Part II, were shot to be as identical as possible.
2.
In The Phantom Menace Keira Knightly played Queen Amidala's twin servant.
3.
In the movie, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the extra employee can be seen not once, not twice, but 3 times during a continuous shot facing the monster.
4.
Casey Affleck's character's mustache grows longer in each additional Ocean's Eleven film.
5.
In the movie, Everything Everywhere All at Once, the actor who played Evelyn is holding a piece of paper with the instructions written on it. However, the word “breathe” was misspelled in the first shot, and when it came time for her to read it later in the film, it mysteriously corrected itself.
6.
When this statue on Grand Central Station was destroyed in the first Avengers, in Age of Ultron it is replaced with a memorial.
7.
In this scene from The Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort is in front of Lake Geneva, while the banker is in front of an aquarium. The creators wanted to highlight that a big fish was dealing with a small fish.
8.
The hold up scene in the Incredibles is actually an homage to a similar scene from Die Hard with a Vengeance, which also starred Samuel L. Jackson.
9.
In Terminator 2, the guard and the T-1000 were played by identical twins, Don and Dan Stanton.
10.
In Titanic, there is a scene showing a boy playing with a spinning top on deck. This is actually a recreation of a real photo taken onboard the ship on April 11th, 1912 by Francis Browne. It shows 1st Class passenger Frederic Spedden and his 6 year old son Douglas. Both survived the sinking.
11.
In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, these rebel soldiers are played by Mark Hamill’s children. From left to right; Nathan Hamill, Chelsea Hamill, and Griffin Hamill.
12.
In Deliverance, during the “dueling banjos” scene, Billy Redden, who played the young banjo-playing local, didn’t know how to play banjo. To make it look authentic, a skilled banjo player hid behind & played the chords with his left arm in Redden’s sleeve while Redden picked with his right.
13.
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Darth Vader’s skeleton is briefly visible from several different angles when struck by the Emperor’s lightning. Many artificial components are visible, including his mechanical right arm, a respirator, and at least 3 replacement vertebrae.
14.
Adam Sandler’s love interests in Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Waterboy, Little Nicky, Pixels, & Hubie Halloween all have a double-V character names.
15.
In Men in Black, the language these aliens speak together is ‘Huttese’, the language Jabba the Hutt speaks in the Star Wars films.
16.
In the 2019 movie Joker, the design on the back of this ambulance looks like Heath Ledger’s Joker.
17.
In the movie, Screamers, the actor’s reflection is apparent in his spectacles, as is the entire team in front of him.
18.
In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Chewbacca’s seat is visibly dirtier than Han’s.
19.
In Back to the Future, the name of the mall changes after Marty runs over one of the 2 trees.
20.
In Unthinkable, they defuse a nuclear bomb in MS Excel, while typing gibberish.
21.
In Evan Almighty, God, posing as a waiter, has a name tag that says Al Mighty.
22.
In the animated movie Monsters vs. Aliens, General W.R. Monger’s insignia has Shrek’s face on it.
23.
In the superhero movie Shazam!, the same memory can be different in terms of weather and clothing items depending on whose memory it is. This is done to emphasize the person’s emotions at that moment.
24.
In the movie, Green Book, the camera can be seen through the reflection of the character’s glasses.
25.
Jim Carrey’s character in The Truman Show takes vitamin D for breakfast. Usually people take it when they have sunlight deficiency. And, as we know, Truman didn’t have sunshine because his city was just a movie set. This is one of the keys to solving this riddle.
26.
In the movie, Spider-Man: No Way Home, the dent from Spider-Man’s punch in the initial scene is apparent, but it vanishes a few seconds later as the frame changes.
27.
The Stan Lee cameo in Avengers: Endgame is based on his own actual look in the 1970s.
28.
Hela in Thor: Ragnarok immediately realizes that the Infinity Gauntlet is fake. Thanos wears it on the other hand which makes the fraud obvious to attentive viewers as well.
29.
In joker (2019), Joaquin phoenix improvised the iconic dance in the bathroom. Originally, Arthur was Just meant to stare into the mirror and quietly contemplate his actions, but after hearing some of the composer’s music, phoenix thought the dance was more appropriate.
30.
In the movie, Winter’s Bone, Jennifer Lawrence’s gloves appear suddenly when she drinks from the cup.
31.
During the vault scene in mission: Impossible (1996), Tom cruise kept hitting his head when attempting to hover inches off the floor, so he put english pound coins in his shoes to maintain his balance.
32.
In the final shot of ‘the King of staten island’ (2020), Pete davidson turns and looks to the direction where the twin towers used to stand as a tribute to his father.
33.
In the movie, Bone Tomahawk, in the first scene, the actor has decaying teeth, but in the second, it appears that they forgot to apply the proper makeup, as the teeth have suddenly returned to normal.
34.
In the movie, The Silence of the Lambs, a whole camera can be seen in the upper right corner of the frame.
35.
In the movie, Gemini Man, if you look closely at the reflection of the headlight from the car in this scene, you will notice a cameraman through the reflection.
36.
In this scene from The Incredibles, they are in the air while Elastic Girl is holding the van with her arms and legs so that it won’t fall. However, in this scene, you can see her arms and legs aren’t even touching the railing of the van, meaning that she’s not really carrying it.

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1. The final scene from Back to the Future and the first scene from Back to the Future, Part II, were shot to be as identical as possible.

2. In The Phantom Menace Keira Knightly played Queen Amidala's twin servant.

3. In the movie, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the extra employee can be seen not once, not twice, but 3 times during a continuous shot facing the monster.

4. Casey Affleck's character's mustache grows longer in each additional Ocean's Eleven film.

6. When this statue on Grand Central Station was destroyed in the first Avengers, in Age of Ultron it is replaced with a memorial.

7. In this scene from The Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort is in front of Lake Geneva, while the banker is in front of an aquarium. The creators wanted to highlight that a big fish was dealing with a small fish.

8. The hold up scene in the Incredibles is actually an homage to a similar scene from Die Hard with a Vengeance, which also starred Samuel L. Jackson.

9. In Terminator 2, the guard and the T-1000 were played by identical twins, Don and Dan Stanton.

10. In Titanic, there is a scene showing a boy playing with a spinning top on deck. This is actually a recreation of a real photo taken onboard the ship on April 11th, 1912 by Francis Browne. It shows 1st Class passenger Frederic Spedden and his 6 year old son Douglas. Both survived the sinking.

11. In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, these rebel soldiers are played by Mark Hamill’s children. From left to right; Nathan Hamill, Chelsea Hamill, and Griffin Hamill.

13. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Darth Vader’s skeleton is briefly visible from several different angles when struck by the Emperor’s lightning. Many artificial components are visible, including his mechanical right arm, a respirator, and at least 3 replacement vertebrae.

14. Adam Sandler’s love interests in Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Waterboy, Little Nicky, Pixels, & Hubie Halloween all have a double-V character names.

15. In Men in Black, the language these aliens speak together is ‘Huttese’, the language Jabba the Hutt speaks in the Star Wars films.

16. In the 2019 movie Joker, the design on the back of this ambulance looks like Heath Ledger’s Joker.

17. In the movie, Screamers, the actor’s reflection is apparent in his spectacles, as is the entire team in front of him.

18. In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Chewbacca’s seat is visibly dirtier than Han’s.

19. In Back to the Future, the name of the mall changes after Marty runs over one of the 2 trees.

20. In Unthinkable, they defuse a nuclear bomb in MS Excel, while typing gibberish.

21. In Evan Almighty, God, posing as a waiter, has a name tag that says Al Mighty.

22. In the animated movie Monsters vs. Aliens, General W.R. Monger’s insignia has Shrek’s face on it.

23. In the superhero movie Shazam!, the same memory can be different in terms of weather and clothing items depending on whose memory it is. This is done to emphasize the person’s emotions at that moment.

24. In the movie, Green Book, the camera can be seen through the reflection of the character’s glasses.

25. Jim Carrey’s character in The Truman Show takes vitamin D for breakfast. Usually people take it when they have sunlight deficiency. And, as we know, Truman didn’t have sunshine because his city was just a movie set. This is one of the keys to solving this riddle.

26. In the movie, Spider-Man: No Way Home, the dent from Spider-Man’s punch in the initial scene is apparent, but it vanishes a few seconds later as the frame changes.

27. The Stan Lee cameo in Avengers: Endgame is based on his own actual look in the 1970s.

28. Hela in Thor: Ragnarok immediately realizes that the Infinity Gauntlet is fake. Thanos wears it on the other hand which makes the fraud obvious to attentive viewers as well.

29. In joker (2019), Joaquin phoenix improvised the iconic dance in the bathroom. Originally, Arthur was Just meant to stare into the mirror and quietly contemplate his actions, but after hearing some of the composer’s music, phoenix thought the dance was more appropriate.

30. In the movie, Winter’s Bone, Jennifer Lawrence’s gloves appear suddenly when she drinks from the cup.

31. During the vault scene in mission: Impossible (1996), Tom cruise kept hitting his head when attempting to hover inches off the floor, so he put english pound coins in his shoes to maintain his balance.

32. In the final shot of ‘the King of staten island’ (2020), Pete davidson turns and looks to the direction where the twin towers used to stand as a tribute to his father.

33. In the movie, Bone Tomahawk, in the first scene, the actor has decaying teeth, but in the second, it appears that they forgot to apply the proper makeup, as the teeth have suddenly returned to normal.

34. In the movie, The Silence of the Lambs, a whole camera can be seen in the upper right corner of the frame.

35. In the movie, Gemini Man, if you look closely at the reflection of the headlight from the car in this scene, you will notice a cameraman through the reflection.

36. In this scene from The Incredibles, they are in the air while Elastic Girl is holding the van with her arms and legs so that it won’t fall. However, in this scene, you can see her arms and legs aren’t even touching the railing of the van, meaning that she’s not really carrying it.

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1.
The final scene from Back to the Future and the first scene from Back to the Future, Part II, were shot to be as identical as possible.

2.
In The Phantom Menace Keira Knightly played Queen Amidala's twin servant.

3.
In the movie, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the extra employee can be seen not once, not twice, but 3 times during a continuous shot facing the monster.

4.
Casey Affleck's character's mustache grows longer in each additional Ocean's Eleven film.

6.
When this statue on Grand Central Station was destroyed in the first Avengers, in Age of Ultron it is replaced with a memorial.

7.
In this scene from The Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort is in front of Lake Geneva, while the banker is in front of an aquarium. The creators wanted to highlight that a big fish was dealing with a small fish.

8.
The hold up scene in the Incredibles is actually an homage to a similar scene from Die Hard with a Vengeance, which also starred Samuel L. Jackson.

9.
In Terminator 2, the guard and the T-1000 were played by identical twins, Don and Dan Stanton.

10.
In Titanic, there is a scene showing a boy playing with a spinning top on deck. This is actually a recreation of a real photo taken onboard the ship on April 11th, 1912 by Francis Browne. It shows 1st Class passenger Frederic Spedden and his 6 year old son Douglas. Both survived the sinking.

11.
In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, these rebel soldiers are played by Mark Hamill’s children. From left to right; Nathan Hamill, Chelsea Hamill, and Griffin Hamill.

13.
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Darth Vader’s skeleton is briefly visible from several different angles when struck by the Emperor’s lightning. Many artificial components are visible, including his mechanical right arm, a respirator, and at least 3 replacement vertebrae.

14.
Adam Sandler’s love interests in Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Waterboy, Little Nicky, Pixels, & Hubie Halloween all have a double-V character names.

15.
In Men in Black, the language these aliens speak together is ‘Huttese’, the language Jabba the Hutt speaks in the Star Wars films.

16.
In the 2019 movie Joker, the design on the back of this ambulance looks like Heath Ledger’s Joker.

17.
In the movie, Screamers, the actor’s reflection is apparent in his spectacles, as is the entire team in front of him.

18.
In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Chewbacca’s seat is visibly dirtier than Han’s.

19.
In Back to the Future, the name of the mall changes after Marty runs over one of the 2 trees.

20.
In Unthinkable, they defuse a nuclear bomb in MS Excel, while typing gibberish.

21.
In Evan Almighty, God, posing as a waiter, has a name tag that says Al Mighty.

22.
In the animated movie Monsters vs. Aliens, General W.R. Monger’s insignia has Shrek’s face on it.

23.
In the superhero movie Shazam!, the same memory can be different in terms of weather and clothing items depending on whose memory it is. This is done to emphasize the person’s emotions at that moment.

24.
In the movie, Green Book, the camera can be seen through the reflection of the character’s glasses.

25.
Jim Carrey’s character in The Truman Show takes vitamin D for breakfast. Usually people take it when they have sunlight deficiency. And, as we know, Truman didn’t have sunshine because his city was just a movie set. This is one of the keys to solving this riddle.

26.
In the movie, Spider-Man: No Way Home, the dent from Spider-Man’s punch in the initial scene is apparent, but it vanishes a few seconds later as the frame changes.

27.
The Stan Lee cameo in Avengers: Endgame is based on his own actual look in the 1970s.

28.
Hela in Thor: Ragnarok immediately realizes that the Infinity Gauntlet is fake. Thanos wears it on the other hand which makes the fraud obvious to attentive viewers as well.

29.
In joker (2019), Joaquin phoenix improvised the iconic dance in the bathroom. Originally, Arthur was Just meant to stare into the mirror and quietly contemplate his actions, but after hearing some of the composer’s music, phoenix thought the dance was more appropriate.

30.
In the movie, Winter’s Bone, Jennifer Lawrence’s gloves appear suddenly when she drinks from the cup.

31.
During the vault scene in mission: Impossible (1996), Tom cruise kept hitting his head when attempting to hover inches off the floor, so he put english pound coins in his shoes to maintain his balance.

32.
In the final shot of ‘the King of staten island’ (2020), Pete davidson turns and looks to the direction where the twin towers used to stand as a tribute to his father.

33.
In the movie, Bone Tomahawk, in the first scene, the actor has decaying teeth, but in the second, it appears that they forgot to apply the proper makeup, as the teeth have suddenly returned to normal.

34.
In the movie, The Silence of the Lambs, a whole camera can be seen in the upper right corner of the frame.

35.
In the movie, Gemini Man, if you look closely at the reflection of the headlight from the car in this scene, you will notice a cameraman through the reflection.

36.
In this scene from The Incredibles, they are in the air while Elastic Girl is holding the van with her arms and legs so that it won’t fall. However, in this scene, you can see her arms and legs aren’t even touching the railing of the van, meaning that she’s not really carrying it.