27 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History About Movies For Monday, December 15, 2025
No one's really going to see stuff at the movie theater these days. This is, in part, because of how expensive it is. I mean, sixteen bucks for a ticket? And that's not even including popcorn, a drink, or candy. Going to the movies used to be a pretty cheap way to spend some time with your friends or family, but now it's a whole wallet-flattening event. And fewer people are choosing to attend movies on their opening weekend; if you're going to spend movie theater prices, you have to make sure that the film has a good score on Rotten Tomatoes first!
But you don't need a ticket to scroll through these facts; you don't need a Netflix subscription either, just an open and curious mind for BTS movie trivia.
2001: A Space Odyssey

Source: The Hollywood Reporter
James Cameron

He made this whole movie just to promote his art skills.
Steven Spielberg

Ridley Scott

Martin Scorsese’s Mom

Peter Jackson

The Shining

13 Going on 30

Source: SuperiorlyInferior/YouTube
Practical Magic

Source: Vulture
Clueless

Seaon Connery and Harrison Ford

Makeup, wardrobe, acting, and well, genetics.
300

Very wholesome side gig.
The Nostromo's Set

Raise the Titanic

Grand Moff Tarkin

Robotech

Source: Screen Rant
Romeo + Juliet

Jurassic Park

Chunk is literally a fashion icon!
Source: 5 Ridiculously Detailed Movie Gags (Almost Nobody Caught)
Pulp Fiction

Singin' in the Rain

Fight Club

Maybe the Starbucks cuo in Game of Thrones was just an homage to Fight Club.
Alejandro González Iñarritu

Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Birdman

Source: The Hollywood Reporter
The Gyllenhaals

Some nepo babies do deserve their fame.
Source: GQ
The Departed

The Sound of Music

Cher

This is shocking no one, I think.