20 Times Directors Sneak Easter Eggs

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InDeath Becomes HerMadeline and Helen found out they both took the potion. Helen said she took it on October 26th, 1985. This referencesBack to the FutureBoth movies featureRobert Zemeckis directed them.

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InCharlie and The Chocolate Factory(2005). Charlie’s father works at the Smilex toothpaste factory. Smilex was the name of the poisonous gas The Joker made inBatman(1989), Tim Burton also directed it.

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InRatatouille(2007). Linguini's boxers have a logo. That isThe IncrediblesThe films share the "i" logo. Brad Bird directed both.

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InTrading Places(1983). Louis Winthorpe’s (Dan Aykroyd) prison number matches Jake Blues’ (John Belushi) prison number inThe Blues Brothers (also starring Aykroyd, both movies weredirected by John Landis) as an homage to Belushi, who died the year before.

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InExplorers(1985). A newspaper headline says "Kingston Falls 'Riot' Still Unexplained." Kingston Falls was the town for the events inGremlins(1984) took place. Joe Dante directed both films.

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InThe Polar Express(2004). The train has a flux capacitor. Robert Zemeckis, the director, also directedBack to the Futurethe movies.

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James Wan put an Annabelle doll (center frame) in an underwater scene inAquamanthis nods to his work inAnnabelle' and Conjuringfilms, which he directed later.

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InThe Lego Movie(directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller), you see a poster for “Macho and the Nerd” in Emmet’s apartment. This is the Russian name for21 Jump Street(2012), Lord and Miller also directed it.

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InTomorrowland(2015). The store has a shelf forThe Iron Giant(1999). Brad Bird directed both films.

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InThe Princess Diaries(2001). Mia breaks glass at a party; a waiter reassures her, “It happens all the time.” InPretty Woman(1990), a waiter played by the same actor says the same line to Vivian after she throws a snail across the room. Garry Marshall directed both films.

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Iron Man 3: When Gary shows Tony Stark his tattoo, Stark guesses it’s "Hispanic Scott Baio." This extends a running joke inKiss Kiss, Bang Bangwhich Shane Black directed and Robert Downey Jr. starred in.

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Specifically the "Brazilian Billy Bob Thorton" and "Native American Joe Pesci" jokes in the bar scene.

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In Quentin Tarantino’sJackie Brown(1997), Jackie drives a white 1980 Honda Civic, the same car Butch drives inPulp Fiction(1994). Tarantino also directed this. The same car appears in another Tarantino movie, parked outside the My Oh My strip club.Kill Bill: Vol. 2(2004).

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The Bluth family stair car fromArrested DevelopmentThe car appears in the background of the airport fight scene inCaptain America: Civil War. The directors, Anthony and Joe Russo, also directed the pilot episode of the comedy series.

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InOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood(2019). Antonio Margheriti directed one of the Italian films Rick Dalton stars in. This name was an Italian alias the Basterds used to enter the Nazi film screening inInglourious Basterds(2009).

(Side note: Antonio Margheriti was also anaccomplished Italian filmmakerin real life!

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InJoker(2019). Murray Franklin introduces a guest named "Ethan Chase" on his show. Ethan Chase was also Zack Galifianakis' character name inDue Date(2010), another movie Todd Philips directed.

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InShazam(2019). Director David Sandberg also directedAnnabelle: Creation(2017). The film included the doll in the bottom left corner during the pawn shop scene.

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InValerian and The City of a Thousand PlanetsThere is a shop called "Korben's." The lead character's name inThe Fifth ElementKorben Dallas is in it. Luc Besson directed both films.

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InLogan Lucky(2017). Steven Soderbergh directed this. In an interview, a civilian called the heist "Ocean's 7-Eleven," referencing theOcean's ElevenThe series Steven Soderbergh directed.

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InInside Man(2006). The police gave bank robbers and hostages pizza from Sal's Famous Pizzeria, the same pizzeria fromDo The Right Thing(1989). Spike Lee directed both films.

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InThe Gentlemen(2019). Guy Ritchie directed this. You see the poster forThe Man from U.N.C.L.E(2015) in the background, which Guy Ritchie also directed.