7 Biggest Movie Clichés

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Fight Club
Lethal Weapon 3
Octopussy
Man on Fire
Breaking Bad
The Rundown
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Eraser
Blade Runner
Blue Ruin
The Rock
Ghostbusters II
Patriot Games
Men in Black
Gone Girl
101 Dalmatians
The Princess Diaries
When a Stranger Calls
Silent Hill
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Sleepwalkers
Cujo
Back to the Future
Independence Day
John Wick Chapter 2
The Descent
The Man from U.N.C.L.E
Edge of Tomorrow
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
American Werewolf in London
Mirrors
The Orphan
What Lies Beneath
The Omen
Black Widow
The Avengers
War Games
Ghostbusters II
Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom
Face/Off
Commando
Kiss of the Dragon
Blade 2
Ninja Assassin
Old Boy
Ip Man
Iron Protector
Transporter 3
Dirty Harry
Last Action Hero
Wild Wild West
Airforce One
Cobra
Stargate
Temple of Doom
The Mummy Returns
Star Trek
Army of Darkness
300
True Lies
The Matrix
X-MEN
Enemy of the State
Jason Bourne
Eagle Eye
The Kingsman
Patriot Games
Taken
Avatar
Underworld
The Truman Show
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[@nathanonder]

Old Boy is one of those movies that does the “1 vs. 100” extremely well. Showing the hero physically exhausted after just a few seconds of fighting but still pushing through the horde of bad guys. The back and forth of each party getting the upper hand on each other. Until the point where each side is literally just tired and throwing stuff at each other. It’s just awesome. That movie is awesome.

[@aduckwithayoutubechannel]

I think “Daredevil” did it pretty well, too. The hallway fight in season 1 is so damn gripping for the exact reasons you’ve stated.

[@hunterprice3320]

​@@aduckwithayoutubechannelTook the words right out of my mouth lol

[@joppekoops]

It's logical that the first script idea you think of is cliché, because other filmmakers probably also thought of that idea first, so it gets overused. The problem is you mostly don't realise it's a cliché until it is too late. For example, I just realised the first two clichés mentioned, are in some way in my shortfilm from last year 😬

[@ThinkingArtEntertainment]

I'm surprised you didn't use "No cell service". Although, it's one I'm definitely guilty of overusing because of the ubiquity of cell phones and the question "why can't they just call the cops?"

[@nictheartist]

Add to that ' no battery' - way more realistic, because people do tend to forget to recharge in time. And if then there's no access to a charger...

[@CompoundProjects]

My favorite part of the “enhance” cliche is that it’s always said by the boss person. It’s said as a good idea, something that the silly tech wizard was not thinking of doing. “Oh wow, enhance? Why didn’t I think of that?”

[@nilaymajumder2925]

Bingo!

[@KNT.63]

Shazam!

[@JustTezFilms]

There's also the one when characters crash their car after getting into an argument or just randomly t-boned by someone (probably in a big truck of some kind) running a red light lol

[@stephajn]

The 9th season of Red Dwarf had the best instance of “enhance” with Rimmer directing the scene looking at reflections of reflections of reflections to read a newspaper. It’s like the show became self aware! 😆

[@jaronlockridge]

That shotgun part was amazing 😂😂😂

[@theghostsofgiants]

There's a scene in an X-Files episode where they want to enhance but they're like "the image is too low res" and it's a great scene.

[@AustinThomasFilms]

Loved all the examples here. If you ever cover cliches/tropes again in the future, it would be neat to see an episode on horror specifically because there are so many.

[@WhySteve]

To be fair, "the car wont start" cliché happens to me all the time in real life and in the worst situations.

[@rv1202]

If you have a Silverado 2014-2019 you suffer from this right after you begin to drive. That’s a twist on the cliché and thanks KZbin for helping me find solution

[@jasonrusso151]

so daily routine doesn't always need to be filmed since we know that it is inevitable, like taking a dump. Who films that?

[@WhySteve]

@jasonrusso151 from now on, I'm dedicating an entire tiktok to this idea.

[@jasonrusso151]

what is a "tiktok"@@WhySteve

[@wildman2012]

"If I told you once, I've told you a thousand times: avoid cliches like the plague, they're a dime a dozen!"

[@masudashizue777]

This cliche problem was worse than I thought. Thank you for pointing it out.

[@garymathis1042]

The bomb that has a countdown display.

[@ZachTigue]

I'm SO glad you mentioned Hershel lol. As soon as that was a cliche my mind went straight there.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Wow, I never thought about these. Perfect thing to look out for.

[@Mr.ThomasAnderson]

“Write, shoot, edit, repeat”. Aw, I knew he was gonna say that.

[@brianb2000]

“They never put anything good on the newspaper anymore” - James Bond after killing bad guys in newsroom

[@davidp158]

Throw in the Wilhelm scream into those fight scenes, and all is forgiven.

[@browncoatstudios]

re: New Black Adam trailer: I guess Dwayne Johnson didn't watch this episode of yours (walks away from explosion)

[@FlyingBanana78]

Love the sci-fi " some kind of " which is especially used in star trek at least once an episode. But is used quite often in other non star trek movies and shows.

[@ianjtgove]

The "English please!" cliche is one that I've not had much trouble with when writing, but now after what you said about using cliches and turning them on themselves, I think I have an idea of how to incorporate it into the international film I'm making: Instead of somebody speaking English with technical terms and somebody else saying "Speak English" as in "Dumb it down for me", instead it'll be someone literally speaking in another language and somebody else saying "Speak English" as in "I genuinely don't understand what you're saying, I don't speak that language". XD

[@AidenPearce8281]

For me there are clichés that have become very annoying these days because of the frequent repetition 1- A person in the subway or train kills all criminals 2- A man who hits or kills a whole team of people and they attack him one by one instead of a group 3- An unhandsome and foolish man gets a wonderful girl that everyone wants 4- When the hero falls under the threat of a weapon from the main villain and can kill him easily the main villain starts talking about several things while another person sneaks behind him to distract him to make the hero kill him while the main villain had the opportunity to kill him all the time 5- That there should be a boy from the age of 13 to 15 who is capable of hacking and can access confidential information quite easily, and yet he is in high school!!! 6- The hero is subjected to fatal blows that no one can bear, yet the main villain who is not injured by any scratch is killed with ease. 7- The main villain can't fight like the hero and doesn't know martial arts like kung fu or any sport, yet threatens the hero throughout the movie and in the end fails to fight I mean why doesn't the main villain know a sport or some moves to takedown or end the a hero ! 8- The bully boy who teases and insults the shy hero of the movie all the time and then the best girl in school loves him, whom the bully wanted for himself and then either the hero kills him or becomes his friend and this is rare 9- That the genius is a shy and eccentric person and is always killed in the last half of the movie 10- When a place is bombed nothing happens and then suddenly after a moment of silence the place explodes and then everyone looks at the person carrying the detonator and says something silly as usual 11- That rain, thunder and lightning begin to fall at the moment of fighting with the main villain 12 - the villain must be Russian and the hero is American

[@XerazoX]

Also this: "I need to tell you something..." *gets interrupted*

[@dallasdandigitalproduction393]

Yep so many of these I've seen. I hate one liners in movies. I can't hear "I'll be back" in any Terminator film w/o throwing up in my mouth a little.As a kid I could tolerate it, but now I see how they pull the gravitas out of a scene

[@captainobvious9233]

Decent Cars owned by the Characters : Don't Start. Rusted Post Apocalypse Cars that have been sitting idle for decades : Character fiddles with engine for 2 seconds and car starts up.

[@DIRECTORFLIT]

What camera do you use in the studio? Image quality always so 🔥

[@JpBoudreaux]

One I've always noticed that goes with the 1 vs 100 usually is the "crawl away from the dogpile unnoticed" always goofy imo

[@mediaproductionpro]

0:25 “betrays”? I feel like they meant to say “portrays”, no? Maybe I’m just crazy, but that immediately shook me. Great video by the way, but that’s almost always the case.

[@NonsenseNerd]

Ay I saw “What Lies Beneath” in the mirror Cliché! I wanna think that when I mentioned it on twitter to your question of underrated movies.

[@patrickskramstad1485]

A good way to avoid the cliche aspect of these would be to foreshadow them earlier in the story. Add more realism. Add more causality.

[@melokelo1498]

Not me being emotionally hurt not to see Kung Fu hustle in the 1 vs 100

[@SirSquier]

A shotgun that carries 3 bullets.... a shotgun... that carries... 3 bullets... Strange shotgun you got there mate.

[@SlugfestWizard]

Also avoiding the line, "as you know".

[@truefan4136]

Some of the clichés,like the 100 to 1 or the car won't start are almost unavoidable because they are too central to storytelling in my opinion,many of the other can become annoyingly predictable which leads to the question why wasn't ,the walk in slow motion , walk cool and trip or the superheroes just posing then rushing to battle not on the list, these definitely deserve a spot on the list.

[@PranavBhasin]

Appreciate you, Ryan!

[@ArtFreex]

Now I wanna know who came up with these clichés first... when they weren't clichés.

[@Ranger7Studios]

No one in the world keeps their keys in the visor. This is a very untrue trope.

[@Chromedbustop]

I think Battlestar Galactica actually made one of the better uses of "enhancing". If only because it actually took hours to enhance an image and someone had to work on it for most of that time. It wasn't just a magical preset and keybind :)

[@metube3398]

You forgot the cliché: when dead bodies in movies always pose the same dramatic pose. That is one cliché i just hate.

[@XerazoX]

you forgot this: "I need to tell you something..." *gets interrupted*

[@WatchNoah]

"Enhance" is definitely the worse cliché especially and often used in tv-series, I always thought that it is complete nonesense and have seen it way to often. But as you said it definitely is getting more realistic with ai upscaling etc. that is already possible, even tho not in the way that it is shown in the movies. I can also think of the clichés "timers run out but can be stopped in last second" or "loading screens that finish just in time". EDIT: And also: "person is nearly getting shot by bad person, you hear the gunshot and then its the good guy who came in the last moment to shoot the bad guy" (also often seen this with a knive/sword/... instead of a gun)

[@salvation7362]

The biggest movie cliche is a female character's personality based on their hair colour. With blondes being slutty or dumb, black hair for villains/bad girls, brunettes are dependable/girl next door and redheads are smart/nerdy. Another is that every smart character will have a Rubik's Cube on their desk or use one , because only smart people can memorize an algorithm?

[@i.o.digital6998]

Loved this!

[@MrPleers]

Walking away like a boss from a huge explosion.

[@sadness212]

Please make more of these kind of videos 💚

[@zongmuas]

No one does the 1 vs 100 like Jackie Chan, honestly. He always utilizes all the extra.

[@bullymonk710]

Getting shot when you speak faster is underrated

[@Swaysphotolife]

piggy backing on the infinite ammo one, idk why but every time i see a shotgun in a scene i like to count how many times they cock it before they shoot, or when one person is surrounded by police and you hear all the guns getting cocked but they are just getting raised.

[@WhatsYourGhostStory]

I was looking for the Supertroopers "enhance" moment or Archer's, "I swear I had a line for this" about one-liners to put a comedic cap on those segments.

[@aratrikm]

It sucks to see that you guys put soo much effort but youtube doesnt recommend them much But thanks for giving us so much information for free.

[@hyperv69]

was waiting for "super trooper" Enhance scene

[@earhythmic]

Was waiting for the Super Troopers 2 “enhance” scene 😂

[@URBONED]

I think Back to the Future gets a pass on the car not starting because the entire premise of the film is built around it, it's an annoying cliche when its just a throw away moment to create some uninspired suspense. A few really basic cliches that I thought of, which are more common in amateur films, but equally frustrating when they're in big budget films: 1. Leaving the door unlocked or totally open on a car or into a room - sometimes not even in a horror film, but just a basic drama where any normal person would do it. 2. Scenes/films opening with an alarm clock going off. This screams student film and despite seeming pretty harmless, it's just so uninspired. 3. Characters hanging up the phone without saying goodbye. Certain circumstances this is fine, and I get not wanting to waste screen time, but its literally a one word exchange to make it feel less like a movie scene. 4. Characters falling over when they're being chased - come up with a unique way for the villain to catch up with the protagonist. 5. More of a character/plot structure issue - but characters constantly making stupid decisions simply because the plot needs to move in the direction the writer wants (literally every episode of ObiWan Kenobi). Have plot naturally unfold based on decisions the characters make, not the other way around.

[@reedgrenager6121]

How pulling the blanket over the loved one sleeping on the couch. Thats been pretty overused.

[@deadplthebadass21]

I love the 1 v 100 one too, with good fighting it's always badass 😂

[@MarcyFilms]

"This is sparta" was needed 100%

[@filmriot]

Agreed. One of the best moments.

[@MarcyFilms]

@@filmriot hell yeah man!

[@ImaginationFolder]

I can't wait to watch this and do every one of these clichés in a video 😂

[@Smaalerbedwarswet]

Didn't realize the car won't start was such a HUGELY overused one

[@NikLinenbergerMusic]

In defense of John Woo, he uses his gun fights as sword fights or martial arts fights. So I feel the infinite ammo cliche works. Each bullet is like a strike so you’d have infinite strikes. Hope that makes sense…

[@rhemasartspace]

The 1 vs 100 makes the main character invincible. Still love this cliche in kung fu movies though.

[@MichaelAdelMusic]

I saw "Enhance" coming before I even clicked on the video

[@twistkanyike]

I agree with them all, however I'm surprised you left out the one of an entire community receiving the same message on their cellphones at the same time, about one of them and the victim is the only one that doesn't pay attention and the rest look at him/her in awe. Usually in high school/campus flix.

[@Narwhalicorn0204]

What about the cliche about the victim throwing away their weapon when they strike the perp just once to get away

[@DethronerX]

LOL Good one. Yeah Id prefer there were none or updated surprises. As for infinite Shotgun ammo, the other is infinite ammo in pocket, or Evil Dead's Ash's shirt pocket with infinite supply of shotgun shells. The one vs many, lol I KNEW Oldboy was coming : D By the way, the only place they work in is, drumroll......Video Games

[@CortesFantásticosOficial]

Please, bring a part 2

[@babutechmbr4860]

Thanks for Your Work 👍✨

[@jodyhayes]

Whats about typing on a keyboard fast and then saying "I'm In!"

[@theusorelha]

part 2 please!

[@CrashTv3166]

Come on , Ryan you a horror movie buff what about the falling down in the woods or running back into the house . Geeeez lol

[@misterkeltele8665]

Thanks a lot

[@jbcometrue]

1 vs 100 or the tv tropes name "The conservation of ninjutsu"

[@same1eka]

I keep my keys under the mat like a house key. Am I the only one?

[@johnberry5296]

Surely Blade Runner invented the “enhance”, it’s the best scene of that movie? Also you forgot by personal favourite - throwing your empty pistol at the antagonist when you finally do run out of bullets 🔫

[@Jamessmith-xk3fh]

The one in Teen Romance movies where the "ugly" girl gets turned pretty but she wasn't really that unattractive to begin with lol

[@madhuravani8823]

You should come ...see this is one cliche I heard mostly in Hollywood movies

[@Wellch]

Go to a bar, a fight will likely occur. Chances are greater with a martial arts or muscleman, Chances are greater with a martial arts or musclewoman.

[@SirTotallyAverage]

While the "enhance" cliché is pretty egregious, I don't think it's #1. Number One has to be "You gotta see this" and all it's insipid variations.

[@jazzew]

I was just thinking of that when I saw the "enhance" cliché. Ha! Yeah, surprised it isn't even there! XD

[@thesoundofcoolness]

Glad you mentioned the "speak English" line. I noticed it a few years ago and started seeing it in every second blockbuster. It's the same joke??

[@Wellch]

Say Do you know any English?

[@thesoundofcoolness]

Too complicated for you?

[@lexmax08]

Batman Begins overdid the sudden disappearance. They made fun of it on Dark Knight Rises.

[@wangobadankas4038]

Blades that go "ssshing" every time they move.

[@NicoleSeelig]

You could say the same about punching noises. There's actually more chance of certain blades making swishing sounds than punches landing with a punching sound.

[@GaviLazan]

People do write clichés on purpose - when they are using it as a meme or for parody.

[@vortexdigital19]

Hey dude could you make some tutorial about revealing character like predator in "PREY" movie

[@shawndiao3772]

They forgot to put the iconic one liner from die hard T-T

[@vortexdigital19]

Where is the tutorial that you promised about your short movie "SENTRY" VFX

[@abn3r507]

Arnold was the king of one liners....

[@Darkwolves35]

Okay the one v. One hundred is a big indeed but I'll only apply to the mortals as their the main one who can fall from exhaustion, but for the supernatural, especially for vampires, werewolves, and demons etc. Because human attribute doesnt really apply them😁😆😄, I just wanted to get that out.

[@districtoneEDM]

Really sad you didn't add the super troopers "enhance" scene into the enhance segment. At least as a joke

[@GroberWeisenstein]

most of Hollywood films are nothing but a big tapestry of cliches starting with their plots. original artistry is not supported

[@Fushikatz]

There wasn‘t really a how to avoid them in this episode, just listing them.

[@bullymonk710]

Just avoid them, duhh..

[@FilmscoreMetaler]

The #1 most annoying cliché is how in every adventure movie ever no one gets the McGuffin. If there's a cave involved, it will collapse. And of course, the real treasure has been friendship all along.

[@russ7868]

Remember "The Running man"?... When I seen them switch Arnolds face with someone else to make people thing he was killed, I thought it was unrealistic but now, it's a reality. The same thing with the "Enhance". It is already becoming a reality. Just saying...

[@chialeux514]

I want to see a spacecraft approaching a planet with its main thrusters pointed in the right direction. I want to see a teen girl not walk backwards into a scary room when she realizes the light switch isn't working. I want to see a bomb that doesn't beep & have a blinking light to advertise is presence and whose timer is disabled and there's still 27 seconds left.

[@TaffyRanganai]

I was hoping to see RRR in "1 vs 100"

[@giovannidecristofaro8905]

I hate the "news on TV at the right moment" info dump/recap

[@battleframestudios8989]

I'd say a more agregious cliche would be the "girl power" moment or a chick who's just better than all the men in the movie and has no flaws because empowerment.

[@zionleach3001]

I actually one-liners. Just depends on the delivery, can either be cheesy and cringe. Or actually cool/funny.

[@lucinematic]

I love when cliche is used purposely and turned around

[@diogo.tupinamba]

do a short film using ONLY cliches, that would be funny to watch

[@ficklefilms2904]

Enhance... clicks keyboard... enhance... clicks keyboard... enhance... oh, just print the damn thing. 😅 (If you know, you know.)

[@144digital]

What about the KZbin video sponsor segment cliche?

[@HitechProductions]

While enhance might be the worst, hacking the FBI/CIA/NSA/etc. in an extremely short amount of time is a contender for that title. ;^)