/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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Noticed that in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) has an easter egg, a poster with the founders of the original comics, Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill
13:38 UTC
In Alvin and the chipmunks (2007) the address of Dave's house is 1958 which is also the year The chipmunks debuted with the hit single "Witch Doctor".
20:48 UTC
At 1hr 30 minutes into Memento (2000) the ending is revealed in a split-second blink and you'll miss it frame.
00:05 UTC
In Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse (2023) the guidance counselor is using Infinite Campus, an Education Software used across the U.S.
23:43 UTC
In Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Robert "Bob" Floyd is seen with VFA-51 Squadron helmet bag. This is a nod to VF-51 Squadron whose planes involved in the production of 1986 Top Gun and was disbanded in 1995.
17:39 UTC
In Sharkboy and Lavagirl (2005), Max's dream journal detail several scenes of the movie before they happen. They also mention a character named Christopher Brunet helping him, who is otherwise never alluded to throughout the movie.
18:38 UTC
In Fifth Element (1997), the case that the stones are put into in 1914 is the same case that Zorg gets later, but it's missing one of the handles. The missing handle is in the gauntlet that is used to regenerate Leeloo.
00:33 UTC
Like most ships in the Aliens franchise, the Corbelan IV from Alien: Romulus (2024) is a reference to the works of author Joseph Conrad
21:57 UTC
Forrest gump (1994), writing on Bubba's helmet says "I'd rather be shrimping".
09:59 UTC
In Toy Story 2 (1999), the Pixar/Luxo Jr. Ball can be seen when the toys are entering Al's Toy Barn
22:44 UTC
In Top Gun: Maverick (2022), the camera angles depicting the first missile shot in the movie references the camera angles depicting the last missile shot in the original Top Gun (1986).
13:54 UTC
In Furiosa (2024) Scrotus wears fish skins to keep from feeling itchy from his skin disease, as well as his head being formed by his damaged amygdala.
00:37 UTC
In Dune: Part Two (2024), Paul defeats Feyd Rautha using the same maneuver Gurney teaches him in Part One's training scene.
14:54 UTC
In Slumber Party Massacre 2 (1987), the end credits let you know you'll have more than just legal problems if you pirate their film (further explanation in comments if needed).
23:45 UTC
Reposting to remove spoiler. In Scream (1996) Stu is using Tatum’s mirror. Explanation in comments.
He is using her mirror to see how his forehead looks after getting hit by Casey Becker the night before while trying to murder her.
20:26 UTC
Jurassic Park (1993) Glass mix-up
Apologies if this has been posted before but I was just rewatching Jurassic Park and had to mention this bit that foreshadows John Hammond's massive hubris with the creation of dinosaurs.
In the scene where Hammond meets Dr. Grant and Dr. Sattler he insists "I know my way around the kitchen!" yet he serves them champagne in whiskey tumblers.
Champagne flutes are specially designed to complement the carbonation in champagne, so to serve it in any other type of glass demonstrates gross ignorance. Maybe Hammond does this because he's from Scotland and used to drinking only scotch, or because he's rich and used to having people serve him rather than the other way around.
A few moments later in the scene we see in the background there were champagne flutes/wine glasses there the whole time, which Hammond ignored. It indicates that he does not, in fact, know what he's doing.
18:31 UTC
Hannibal (2001): Boar Motif
In the movie Hannibal (2001) [at 59-60+min] there is Commander Patzi, chasing Hannibal for reward.
After he lets his minion bleed out , he is shown washing his hands of blood in an ornamental fountain in Florence, IT. The fountain head is that of pig/boar with large teeth.
In the next scenes they show the breeding/antagonizing of the boars raised to torment Dr. Hannibal Lecter in Sardinia - used later to attempt to eat/kill Hannibal.
A nice motif - I've seen the movie a dozen times and never noticed the sequence.
20:52 UTC
The end credits of In the Mouth of Madness (1994) includes an interesting message below the American Humane disclaimer.
07:59 UTC
In Godzilla vs Kong (2021), Mechagodzilla uses an eerily familiar move
This foreshadows the later reveal that not only is Ghidorah in control of the mech, but that he remembers his previous life and techniques.
18:28 UTC
In Smile (2022), the production designer planted smiles throughout the film in set design and other areas - for example, the husband's contact photo changes from a smirk to a toothy grin later in the film
04:18 UTC
In Penguins of Madagascar (2014), the aspect ratio changes to widescreen in some scenes to give a faux-cinematic feel. But occasionally the image "pops out" of this aspect ratio.
23:17 UTC
In Zodiac (2007), the Vallejo P.D. Detective from the final scene — where survivor Mike Mageau picks Arthur Leigh Allen’s mugshot out of a photo lineup in 1991 — is shown earlier in the film as a Vallejo P.D. Patrolman in 1977.
21:42 UTC
In the first minutes of Transformers One (2024) the sentry reply on radio references The Shining (1980) handles for the Overlook Hotel and the Rangers that Wendy calls via Radio
21:33 UTC