/r/MovieDetails
Details in Movies, Movie Details!
This subreddit is dedicated to the obscure details and easter eggs found in movies.
Don't forget you can get screenshots from movies at movie-screencaps.com.
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Rules
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| Rule 1: Detail Guidelines | Not blatantly obvious observations, but obscure enough that people could have missed it, or they noticed it but the significance didn’t click. Details must be obscure, relevant, and intentional. They must also be about something on screen, not off screen. See rule 8 for more info. Moderators reserve the right to remove posts that don't fit. |
| Rule 2: Flair your post. | Please flair your post apropriately, moderators will change or remove it if it is incorrect. |
| Rule 3: Be civil | Be civil. Uncivil comments including "detail is obvious" will be removed and may get you banned. Political comments may be removed because they can easily devolve into off-topic arguments. Repeated shitposting and rule-breaking may also get you banned. |
| Rule 4: Titles must include the movie name and release year | All submissions must include the name of the movie and the year of release in the title |
| Rule 5: Explain your post. | Make sure your submission has an explanation either in the title or in the comments and add "(explanation in comments)" to your title. Details must also be adequately explained with a relevant screencap or clip. |
| Rule 6: No unreleased movies or spoilers in titles. | No spoilers in the title or untagged comments. Don't browse /new if you're worried about this. Until a movie becomes available for purchase on multiple storefronts, digitally or physically, it is not allowed on r/moviedetails. *Unless it's confirmed to never be released on any other platforms (such as Netflix exclusives). |
| Rule 7: Movies only, no games or TV shows. | Submissions must be movies; TV shows and games should go to /r/TVDetails and /r/GamingDetails. Additionally, movie trailers are not eligible for submission. See this multireddit for more details subreddits. |
| Rule 8: No offtopic posts. | No memes, meta, questions, theories or political posts. Also, Movie mistakes, special effects, posts about minor roles of famous actors, behind the scenes clips and images, script details, and production/offscreen trivia are not allowed here. See the sidebar for more appropriate subreddits if your post doesn’t belong here. |
| Rule 9: Avoid reposts. | No common reposts, recent reposts (within 6 months), or reposts of posts that had previously gained over 20,000 upvotes. See a repost? crosspost it to r/MovieDetailsRepost |
| Rule 10: Factual posts require a source. | By default, all Trivia posts require a source. Other posts may require a source depending on the context of the detail. IMDB is not an accepted source, along with uncited blog posts and articles (such as WhatCulture and Factinate). If you claim that something is on the DVD commentary, you must provide proof that it is (with either a video, a detailed description with a full quote and timestamp, or some other direct form of evidence). |
Notes
If a post or comment breaks the rules, please don't just complain. Hit the report button and we'll look into it ASAP :).
Appeals to bans or post removals should be sent via modmail.
NSFW content is allowed but must be distinguished as such.
Intentionally spoiling content may lead to a ban.
Bots must be approved by the mod team and receive a bot flair, otherwise they will be banned
If 10% or more of your content is from the same domain, youtube account or similar you will be permanently banned as a spammer.
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Elemental (2023) Ember could've started her Glass Blowing career a lot sooner if the advertising for classes sign wasn't blocked from her sight
23:28 UTC
In The Iron Giant (1999), as the Giant's fingers dangle outside the window, the piano score mimics the melody the fingers would play.
23:22 UTC
In "Frailty" (2001), Fenton refuses to be helped into the cop car (explanation in comments)
20:16 UTC
In Dune (2021) during Paul's vision of Jessica, her tattoo is the Litany Against Fear in the Fremen language
15:21 UTC
In Cloud Atlas (2012), Robert Frobisher's steam train journey from Cambridge to Edinburgh in 1936 was on the same route as Timothy Cavendish's intercity train journey from London to Edinburgh in 2012.
04:19 UTC
This article in Ratatouille (2007) is about Linguini's new role as owner and executive chef of Gusteau's, and includes quotes from other Ratatouille characters. About Linguini's cooking style, Poissonier Lalo is quoted in the article as saying "It's like watching a giant, wild noodle make soup."
01:33 UTC
Oppenheimer (2023) : "In exactly one hour, fifty-eight minutes, we'll know", says Robert Oppenheimer to a concerned Leslie Groves, about potential atmosphere ignition. And at 1:58:00 EXACTLY in the movie : "It worked" says Frank Oppenheimer to his older brother. Explanation in comments.
Can't be a coincidence. It's the first time I catch such a detail !
12:09 UTC
On the screen of one of the handheld information devices in the movie Red Planet (2000) can be seen the phrase HAB GPS GROK. "Grok" is the only Martian word in Robert A. Heinlein’s novel about a Martian-raised human, Stranger in a Strange Land.
17:54 UTC
Hudson's helmet from Aliens (1986) has a calendar that reveals some details about his character and the Alien timeline
Hudson's helmet from Aliens (1986) reveals the following things:
- He has been in the service for at least a year (12 months, with the last month being still "active").
- July is the current active month. This further confirms the information from other Alien timelines that Aliens take place in July 2179. James Cameron is great at small details like this.
- He was already obsessed with "Game Over" even before the dropship crashed. It originally meant the end of his military service.
19:31 UTC
In Argylle (2024), you can see Elly is drinking a can of "Statesman"
16:21 UTC
In Oppenheimer (2023), while delivering a speech celebrating the bombing of Hiroshima, Oppenheimer is struck by haunting visions of people suffering the effects of the bomb. One of the them, a young woman whose skin seemingly peels off her face is actually played by Nolan's daughter, Flora Nolan.
14:36 UTC
In I Am Legend (2007), Robert Neville raids an apartment with numerous public health warnings about the Krippin Virus in it - including one about the dangers of infected dogs, foreshadowing later events in the movie.
08:09 UTC
In "2 Fast 2 Furious" (2003), at the beginning of the opening race, the order of the shots showing the cars burning out before they set off foreshadow their final standings - the earlier the shot, the further back in the race
Just after Tej shouts "Go!" each individual car is shown burning out before setting off, the order of the shots is as follows: Orange Julius' Mazda RX-7, Slap Jack's Toyota Supra, Suki's Honda S2000 and finally Brian's Nissan Skyline GT-R. At the end of the race, Orange Julius comes last, abandoning the race before the bridge jump, Slap Jack loses control and crashes just after, Suki comes 2nd and Brian wins - the opposite of their burnouts.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_mM7MTBCDA at 0:43.
00:14 UTC
In "Camp" (2003), Stephen Sondheim's limousine has a license plate that says "4UM." This is a punny reference to the title of his musical "A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum."
17:34 UTC
In Alien: Covenant (2017), the Engineer Docking Claw ship is seen crashed in the mountains for a brief second when the Covenant crew leave the planet
In Alien: Covenant (2017), the Engineer Docking Claw ship is seen crashed in the mountains for a brief second when the Covenant crew leave the planet. This might indicate that a battle took place between the two spacecraft and the Engineers actually tried to defend themselves against David. Both ships would crash, but on the opposite sides of the city (we see that David's Juggernaut also crashed into a forest, but no explanation was given in the movie).
13:44 UTC
In Abominable (2006), the first time we see Paul Gleason's character, he's drinking from a mug that reads "Don't mess with the bull" -- a reference to his famous line in The Breakfast Club (1985) [reposted with corrected movie year]
18:37 UTC
In The Flash (2023), the computer wallpaper behind Barry reads "Looney Toons" instead of "Looney Tunes". This is a common Mandela Effect that people get confused.
15:17 UTC
In Sonic 2 (2022) Tails's computer has a few references to the games (More in the comments)
06:45 UTC
In LOTR: Return of the King (2003) Faramir is shot by 2 arrows and doesn't die. It took 3 to kill his brother Boromir.
00:32 UTC
In Road House (2024) there’s a restaurant named “Double Deuce”, which is the name of the bar in the original movie
19:20 UTC
Early in Glass Onion (2022), musician Yo-Yo Ma explains what a fugue is: “A fugue is a beautiful musical puzzle, based on just one tune. And when you layer this tune on top of itself, it starts to change and turns into a beautiful new structure.” This heavily foreshadows the plot of the movie.
This detail was confimred by the editor of the movie: >!Early on in the film, legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma makes a cameo in which he explains a musical fugue. His short lesson in classical music contains an Easter egg that is reflected in Ducsay’s expertly crafted structure and the duality of Monaé’s characters, as pointed out by Vulture film critic Alison Willmore (and super fans on Twitter): “Johnson was attracted to the challenge of running through the same basic story twice, inspired by the compositional technique of a fugue, while keeping the viewer invested. ‘The audience absorbs Andi in one way and then you get this new piece of information that completely alters your understanding of her,’ Johnson says. ‘Helen pulls you in more."!<
!https://netflixqueue.com/crafting-the-mystery-of-rian-johnsons-glass-onion!<
17:59 UTC
In Glass Onion (2022), Serena Williams is holding a copy of the novel "Gravity's Rainbow". It was also referenced in Knives Out (2019).
17:08 UTC