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50 Movies With Crazy Plot Holes

A Quiet Place

A Quiet Place

In this movie, you have to stay totally quiet at all times. So, people didn’t sneeze, pass gas, or burp? It isn't like you can hold that stuff sometimes. Plus, not wearing shoes makes footsteps quieter, but it doesn’t mute them. Everyone naturally makes sounds even when they're just breathing. 

That became painfully aware if you saw this movie in the theater. Everyone was making deafening noise. Around their home, they used sand as pathways, but where did they get all the sand? The setting is New York, but they don't seem close enough to walk to the beach. Finally, how did no one devise a way to rid the world of those creatures via meat covered explosion?

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

This one raises some eyebrows. If you haven’t seen the film, one of the villains can turn into a rat—we’re talking about Peter Pettigrew. Pettigrew decided to be the family rat, and he became Ron’s familiar. George and Fred, Ron’s older brothers, had a map that showed where everyone was.

We mean everyone. If someone roamed the halls, you could see where they were. It shows Pettigrew showing up on the map at one point, so the map picked up that the rat was Pettigrew. So that begs the question: why didn’t they notice their younger brother sleeping with Pettigrew every single night? They may not have known Pettigrew, but Fred and George wouldn't let Ron live that down. 

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The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises

The ending of this film is a gaping hole. Bruce Wayne, the richest dude in the world, just escaped to Europe to “hide” after coming out as a batsuit-wearing vigilante (something that made international news). Apparently, no one in Europe watches the news, or they would have recognized him while he drank his morning coffee at a very public café.

It becomes pretty obvious that there's no way this would be the case if you watched literally any other superhero movie. Iron Man was pretty much spotted wherever he went. Sure, he had the bright red and yellow suit, but you'd recognize someone like Batman waltzing down the street or sitting at your favorite local cafe. 

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Gravity

Gravity

Anyone who knows anything about space was confused by the scene where George Clooney’s character sacrifices himself to save Sandra Bullock. In space, there’s very little gravity, so he could have just simply floated back to the ISS by tugging on the tether. Overall, the movie seems to play fast and loose with the physics of space.

Unless the pair were caught in Earth's gravitational pull (in which case both would die), once Bullock's character stopped Clooney's, he would have stopped. There wouldn't be any more pulling, right?   Guess Clooney living out the rest of his life in the space station wasn’t as impactful as dying in space.

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Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark

Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark

Indiana Jones is a terrible archaeologist. He literally destroys everything he touches, and that makes real archaeologists and anthropologists cringe. They hate being compared to this vandal. However, that isn’t the problem we want to bring up today—although it is pretty egregious. We want to talk about Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Why did Indie have to stop the Nazis in the movie? Anyone who opens it dies, so the Nazis would have likely brought the power back to a high-ranking officer (maybe even Hitler), and WWII wouldn’t have happened. Indie basically allowed WWII to happen. That makes him the ultimate villain and vandal in our book. 

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The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

Who hung the poster after Dufresne crawled through the hole? Some fans say that the poster was allowed to fall into place after crawling through, but nah. That thing was tight to the wall. Furthermore, Dufresne had to make sure that it would stick to the wall night after night while he dug.

Then there's the issue that the guards would have noticed a freely flapping poster long before Dufresne got away. A hole would have definitely been noticed sooner. The idea of Dufresne escaping prison through a hole he dug in a wall is farfetched enough, but adding all this just makes it totally implausible. Still a good enough movie, though. 

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The Karate Kid

The Karate Kid

This kid is a cheater, plain and simple. In a real karate match, he would have been disqualified for using an illegal kicking maneuver. Furthermore, he likely would have been charged with assault. So much for being the hero, right? Don’t kick your opponent in the face during a karate match. 

That doesn't even scratch the surface, either. Mr. Miyagi's hands are also pretty dirty. Miyagi lied repeatedly by claiming Daniel was a member of a non-existent dojo. He also lied and said that Daniel was a black belt (when in reality he'd only had been training for two months). Finally, Miyagi stole a black belt out of a duffle bag!

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The Matrix

The Matrix

This movie has a lot of rules, and there are a few plot holes fans have pointed out over the years. One of the rules is that you need an “Operator” to dial you in and out of the real world. So, who dialed Cypher out when he met up with Smith and betrayed the group? I’ll wait for an answer.

Then, there's the whole fact that Morpheus knew Neo was The One. How? How on earth did Morpheus look at the slightly better-than-ordinary Neo and think, "Ah, yes. The man I've been searching for!" The Oracle had to have told Morpheus more than we know. In that case, why not just tell the audience that instead of letting this plot hole sit for years? 

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The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect

In this movie, Ashton Kutcher’s character goes back in time to put stigmata wounds on his hand so they would appear to deceive his cellmate. The idea of the butterfly effect is that any small thing can change the course of the future in a major way. Why didn't changing this seemingly little aspect alter the future a lot more? 

I guess Kutcher found the only thing that doesn’t cause a butterfly effect in a movie about that very concept. The only explanation we can imagine is that the changes were so minute that they didn't really change much. That is almost as ridiculous, so it makes zero sense. We won't let this one go. 

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Titanic

Titanic

We had to add this one, okay? You all know what’s coming: Jack could have 100% fit on the wooden “raft.” There was no need for him to die. Rose was just selfish, and that’s perfectly exemplified when she later throws the giant diamond into the ocean knowing the search crew had been looking for it the whole time. Rose was a pretty crappy person.  

The show Mythbusters even picked up this little plot hole since it's a hotly debated topic. The results? Both Adam and Jamie successfully floated on the makeshift raft. We're guessing that they both weigh more than Rose, too, so the point is even clearer. Poor Jack gave his life for nothing.

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Django Unchained

Django Unchained

We get that picking at a Quentin Tarantino movie is pretty low-hanging fruit. We get that his films don't make a ton of sense, but there are some things in Django Unchained we can't let go of. As crazy and out-of-left-field as this movie is, it has some pretty bad historical inaccuracies.

The worst of which is the fact that dynamite wasn’t invented yet. Anything involving dynamite makes zero sense. Django took place in 1858, and dynamite wouldn't be invented until 1866 — nearly 10 years after the movie supposedly took place! Then again, we’re not looking at Quentin Tarantino for historical accuracy.

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Spiderman 3

Spiderman 3

For many, this movie is one of the worst Spiderman movies in the franchise. Looking back, it certainly had its ups and downs (some of which we'll defend to the death). However, I still want to point out the plot holes, regardless. The movie makes it perfectly clear that Flint Marko was made of sand. It was a massive part, so we have one question...

When Flint Marko is turned into sand, why didn’t his locket turn to sand? Everything else on his person turned into sand, but the metal locket doesn't? Alright. Furthermore, in the final battle, why did he just “die.” He was sand. You can’t kill sand. It just gets smaller. Even heated sand just turns into glass. What gives?

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The Hangover

The Hangover

The whole point of The Hangover is that a group of guys run off to have a Bachelor party for their soon-to-be-married friend. They wake up, and surprise, surprise — the groom (Doug) is gone! How does no one find Doug before the friends find him? Surely someone would have heard him yelling or banging on the door.

Even if the staff didn't see or hear him on the roof, someone on the street surely would have noticed him. You're telling me Doug didn't try and get anyone's attention on the street? In order for the movie to work out, Doug would have had to sit there quietly, hoping his friends find him. 

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Independence Day

Independence Day

Apparently, humans are able to create a computer virus that is perfectly compatible with alien technology. Now, I’m not an expert, but wouldn’t that take extensive knowledge of alien technology,to begin with? I guess USB ports are universal—literally. Honestly, we can barely handle our tech down here on Earth. 

Having Apple communicate with Android sometimes gets funky, so you're telling me we can successfully infiltrate alien technology? Yeah, okay. Because this plot hole is so ridiculous and never really explained, it's become one of the most famous plot holes on this list. That's when you know you really messed up...

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Harry Potter

Harry Potter

This is an “in general” one for the Harry Potter universe, but it all starts in the third film when the time turner is revealed. By the end of the series, a lot of things have happened, including the deaths of favorite characters. In the third movie, the time turner is used to go back and save Buckbeak (an animal, essentially).

Why is it not used again to save anyone else that died in the film? Then, what happens to the Time Turner? It could have been easily used in the fourth movie to save the characters that famously die (and also prevent some other bad stuff from happening). The Time Turner is the single most powerful item in the Harry Potter universe. 

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E.T.

E.T.

E.T.’s ship pulls a major non-bro move by leaving without him. First of all, that's rude. Second of all, that kinda exposes the existence of E.T.'s species — we're assuming the aliens don't want to that to be front-page news. If only there were something E.T. could do!

Oh, wait. He can fly. Now, he just has to spend the next two hours making a friend so that friend could put him in a bike and fly to E.T.’s ship. Or – hear me out – E.T. could just fly to his ship and skip the middle man.

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The Lion King

The Lion King

This is one of my favorite Disney movies, but one thing has always bugged me: why didn’t Scar kill Simba when he was a cub? He had plenty of chances, including immediately after killing Mufasa. Snuffing the tike out right then and there would have solved all his problems because the Mufasa line would have ended. 

The story is supposed to be a retelling of Hamlet, which follows traditional royalty rules — the son takes over when the father dies. Scar could have just snuffed out Mufasa and followed it up by taking Simba along with him or vice versa. The movie makes it quite clear that Simba goes to dangerous places. It wouldn't be a huge deal if he, ya know, went a little too far one day. 

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Lord of the Rings

Lord of the Rings

Now, I love the Lord of the Rings movies a lot but there are some pretty glaring plot holes. The Fellowship of the Ring has to take the one ring to this super tall mountain across Middle Earth to drop it into a volcano. When they get there, they can’t get out until giant eagles carry Frodo and Sam to safety. You can probably guess where the plot hole is at this point.

Where were these eagles this whole time? Why didn’t they just carry the ring there themselves (or Frodo)? The whole trip would have been a lot easier, but apparently, Middle Earth just isn’t that important. Some have explained this plot hole by saying the Eagles didn't want to get involved, and they aren't taxies. But...um...it's the possible end of the world? Pretty rude for them not to get involved. 

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Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park

I think we can all agree that the T-Rex is big. It’s established that he’s so big that it causes vibration in water—a dinosaur detector, if you will. How on earth does the T-Rex sneak into the visitor’s center to eat the velociraptors? No one notices him until it’s too late, which is absolutely ridiculous.

The T-Rex surely smashed through a wall, which would have been painfully obvious since most of the building probably would have collapsed around it. The fact he snuck into the visitors center almost suggests he bowed through the doors quietly, tiptoeing his way around until the big scene in the main hall. Clever girl.

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The Santa Clause

The Santa Clause

This one has a lot of plot holes, so sit tight. Why don’t the elves care about Santa being replaced? Was the original Santa that bad of a boss? Tim Allen's character, Scott, just kinda murders Santa like it's no big deal. Ya know, casually ruining Christmas and everything. Then he takes his place, and the elves are like, "Haha, yeah that guy sucked. Let's roll with this new guy!"

Next up, I really think adults should be concerned about all the gifts they didn’t buy that show up on Christmas morning. There’s no other excuse other than the fact Santa Clause is real, but some still vehemently deny his existence. Alternatively, a strange man comes down your chimney on Christmas Eve? Not really comforting. 

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Gremlins

Gremlins

One of the rules in this movie is that you can’t feed Gremlins until after midnight. As a wise man once said, time is relative. That means, technically, isn’t it always after midnight? Not only is it always midnight somewhere in the world, but it’s also simultaneously later than midnight following the first night the Gremlins appear. I wonder if Einstein can explain this one. 

Then there's the whole water thing. Do they just reproduce every time they need a drink of water? Everything needs water, so that's a lot of little Mogwais. What about other liquids? What if they eat a piece of fruit or coconut (aka coconut water) and get some of the juice in their mouth? 

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Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

Obi-Wan’s main goal is to keep Luke from his father, Darth Vader. Does Obi-Wan put Luke into some kind of witness protection program? Nah, he just drops him off on Vader’s home planet with his family. Oh, and Luke keeps his last name, “Skywalker!” Honestly, it’s a surprise that Anakin didn’t find Luke sooner.

There's no real answer to this one, so it's just left hanging out there. The only explanation is that Vader was too busy to find his son (even though that was pretty important to him). Running the evillest empire in the whole galaxy takes a lot of overtime hours, I guess. 

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Back to the Future

Back to the Future

Marty works pretty hard to pair his mother and father together. The issue here is that his parents don’t remember the guy that paired them together? Most people remember when they first met up with the love of their life or even their ex for that matter. For some reason, these two forget completely. 

In reality, their son would grow up to look suspiciously like the guy that got them together? Listen, we get that it's supposed to be sweet or whatever, but at that point, most people would assume Marty was that guy's kid! The only explanation is that their son just slipped their mind.

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Thor

Thor

In the final scene of the first Thor movie, the Bifrost was destroyed. This is the only way to get out of Asgard, and Thor is left distraught with the idea of not being able to return to Earth. Except, he does. Travelling without the Bifrost is no big deal. 

During The Avengers, he pops back on Earth like it was no big deal. Why was Thor so upset, and why was it even an issue in the first place? Then, at the end of Thor 2, the Bifrost is just magically rebuilt. If rebuilding it was as easy as that, why was it such an issue in the first place? Dramatics just for dramatic sake. 

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Batman Begins

Batman Begins

Was anyone else confused by the microwave that evaporates all the water? Everyone caught in the rays would also be microwaved considering our bodies are mostly water. Everyone would have been a casualty, but thanks to a plot hole, everything was okay! Try as they may, some people try to patch this plot hole, but it doesn't work out. 

Some people have stated that microwaves can be directed, and that's why it was so important to put the machine on the train. But that just raises further questions. If it was supposed to be a weapon used in the desert, why would the microwaves shoot downward? Also, how far do the rays go? 

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Toy Story

Toy Story

When we meet Buzz Lightyear, the little guy thinks he’s a real a person and not a toy. In fact, he believes it so much that Woody has to convince him otherwise. It takes a good half of the movie for him to realize he's a toy. So, why would Buzz freeze whenever humans enter the room? If he wasn’t a toy, he wouldn’t have to.

Also, why wouldn't he look at the humans and think "I'm sure small and made of hard plastic!" A lot of people had hopes that the reasoning would be explained in Toy Story 2, but it never was. The writers just sort of dropped it. Thankfully, it doesn't completely ruin the movie like some of the other plot holes on the list. 

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Edward Scissorhands

Edward Scissorhands

Everyone should remember the beautiful ice sculptures from Edward Scissorhands. They were awfully extravagant and created from huge blocks of ice. Wait a minute. How did Edward get the ice? The film is in a warm climate, so someone would have had to deliver the ice. That or Ed would have had to carry the giant blocks himself.

Getting the ice is only the start of the plot holes, too. Where does he hold the ice? Or is the ice delivered one piece at a time? Next, how does he prevent the ice from melting? It takes a lot to prevent ice from melting, but his carvings stay perfect throughout the film. 

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The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense only works if one fact remains true throughout the film: Bruce Willis doesn't know he's dead. I find it hard to believe Bruce Willis's character didn’t know he was a ghost before the ending of the movie. If anything, he should have been questioning why, out of everyone in the world, only a small boy would talk to him.

There are times when he thinks someone is talking to him, but they're really not. But people can't answer his questions. Everyone is just being rude and ignoring him? One person ignores you, okay, but several in the same day really might make a person question what's going on. In every other film where people die and they're a ghost, they figure it out immediately. 

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Star Trek

Star Trek

Spock destroys Nero’s planet, and then Nero is sent back in time. The logical thing for him to do would be to save his planet, right? Nope. Nero spends 25 years ruminating and plotting his revenge on Spock. He has to take him out to....to do what exactly? 

Instead, Nero could easily go to his home planet and warn everyone to escape before their impending doom. Sure, they'd live on another planet, but like, they'd be alive? That's the important thing, we thought. Nah! That wouldn't make sense. It's all about Spock! He has to pay for the crimes he'll commit!

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Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

This one is a classic, but even classics aren’t impervious to glaring plot holes. If anything, they're more susceptible to being called out! The entire plot of Citizen Kane is about Charles Foster Kane and his last word, “rosebud.” All that is well and good, but no one was in the room to hear “rosebud” when it’s spoken.

Later, Kane’s butler says he was in the room, but I highly doubt that. The butler wasn’t making any noise and waited patiently for the maid of all people to put the sheet over Kane’s face? Sure. Everyone assumes that the Butler was lying, but he just pulled "Rosebud" out of thin air? 

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Ant-Man

Ant-Man

So, in Ant-Man, Hank Pym makes it painfully clear that when Scott Lang (Ant-Man) shrinks, his mass stays the same. For example, when he is ant-sized and falls from the edge of the bathtub onto a tile floor, it cracks the tile as if a full-grown man hit the tile. However, that consistency doesn’t stay throughout the full movie.

How can Ant-Man ride an ant? Would he not squish it? Lang is also seen crawling through ant tunnels, which couldn't support a fully grown man. Also, how does Pym carry a tank in his pocket? It would definitely tear the pocket. Ant-Man continuously plays fast and loose with Lang’s mass. 

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Cinderella

Cinderella

Not gonna lie, this one has bothered me for a while. When Cinderella is running off just before midnight, she accidentally leaves behind a shoe. First of all, why does the shoe not change back at midnight like everything else does? Somehow, the shoe is impervious to that part of the spell.

Second of all, you mean to tell me that no one else in the village had the same shoe size as Cinderella? That’s a little far-fetched. Any woman that’s gone shoe shopping knows that her shoe size is always slim pickin’ no matter what size she is. Some have made the point that her shoe size was four-and-a-half. That just raises further unrealistic questions considering she wasn’t 4’10”.  

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Signs

Signs

Let’s examine this one together. The aliens in Signs were defeated with water, right? Why did they bother coming to Earth in the first place? The planet is made of 70% water. People are made of water. Heck, they even land in a corn field! Anyone that’s been near plants in the morning knows that there would be a ton of dew on those leaves.

Some interpretations say that the movie is a metaphor for faith and the aliens were actually demons. Okay, well, people get baptized in rivers. What now? That water is evaporated and is in the air. Furthermore, the Pope has 100% blessed America, so in theory, that water is blessed. The whole thing just doesn’t work. Admit it!

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The Mummy

The Mummy

So, when Imhotep is released, the only way he can look like a person is if he…borrows? We’re gonna say borrows body parts from other people. He takes the skin from one of the Chads in the beginning and takes the eyes from another. The only problem, is Imhotep takes the eyes from the one wearing glasses.

Wouldn’t Imhotep also need glasses or is he just okay walking around with super blurry vision? For a guy that needs glasses, he sure gets around really well. Guess he’d be a lot less scary if he walked around squinting at everything. Also, while we’re on the topic, why wouldn’t he drain one person of everything instead of picking and choosing? Glasses guy didn’t have nice skin, I suppose.

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Star Wars

Star Wars

It’s well known that Vader can sense Luke, especially when he’s using the force. That’s how Vader knows that Luke is his son at the end of their battle. But we have some questions involving this. Namely, why can’t Vader sense that Leia is his kid? It’s almost like there are some specifics that are untold.

Some have suggested that Leia isn't trained, but that doesn't matter. The Force is as strong in her as it is in Luke. In fact, she communicates with Luke that way. Why can't Vader do the same? Leia even saves Luke at the end of The Empire Strikes Back. She also uses it several times in the franchise, including when she saved herself in space. 

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Interstellar

Interstellar

Interstellar has an interesting concept that they’re going to a planet where time moves faster. One hour on the planet is equal to seven years on Earth. So, they know they will lose years on their mission’s deadline, and because of that, they need to make sure everything is fast, consistent, and accurate. There’s no time to beat around the bush.

The problem is that they rush decisions as if they don’t matter. These are supposed to be the smartest people on Earth. No one decides to run drills, walk-through scenarios, or anything? If it saves more than 30 seconds on the planet, then it helps. That 30 seconds can really add up in Earth years. 

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The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

We don’t want to pick on Disney movies or kid films, but this one has always bugged me. Ariel chooses to sign away her beautiful voice in place of legs, and that causes a major issue: how will she communicate with Prince Eric? Um…speaking isn’t the only way you can communicate with someone, Ariel.

She could – I dunno – write?! Ariel clearly knows how to write because she signs her name in the contract. Not only does she sign her name, but she also signs it in beautiful cursive! Some kids nowadays don’t even know how to write in cursive. Ariel knows more than enough details about their first meeting to prove that it was her. Girl, just write!

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Die Hard 2

Die Hard 2

How dare we bring up the sequel to the best Christmas movie of all time?! Yeah, we had to put that dig in there. Our problem with Die Hard 2 isn’t the stunts or anything like that. The plot hole deals with the fact the planes can’t land at the airport and they also can’t go elsewhere because there’s not enough fuel.

Even air traffic controllers are calling this one out. First of all, there are other airports nearby, and there’s no way the planes wouldn’t have enough fuel to reach them. Second of all, air traffic controllers have stated that after 20 minutes of no communication from the tower, all the airplanes would automatically redirect to the next closest airport. 

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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

For this one, we’re discussing the 2001 version with Angelina Jolie. The big plot hole with Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is that she literally could have done nothing in the movie, and everything would have ended up just fine. Before you say anything, give me a second and let me what I mean.

The movie states that the pieces of the Triangle can only be found by those who don’t want to use it. Because Lara Croft doesn’t want to use them, she’s the only person that knows about them that can find them. Her best move, at this point, is to do nothing. Alternatively, she could just destroy one of the pieces.

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Grease

Grease

Grease is 100% supposed to be about life as a teenager in the ‘50s. It follows teenage hormones, school, working, falling in love – the works. Everything is realistic (except for the fact the whole school is full of professional dancers and singers). So, what’s with the flying car at the end?

It just comes out of left field, doesn’t it? Because of this, people have tried to rationalize it the best they can by saying stuff like Sandy died but that’s just false. Those that worked on the movie stated Sandy was alive and well. The real reason? “Why not?” At least that’s what the director of the movie stated.  

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Home Alone

Home Alone

This one is so much of a plot hole that Macaulay Culkin even called it out (along with several other people who watched the show). The movie makes a point of showing that a tree fell on the phone lines. That’s why Kevin couldn’t call out, but he calls and successfully orders a pizza. Clearly, the phone works.

Maybe the lines only work locally, so he couldn’t call his mom. Even if that made sense, why didn’t Kevin just call the police? A bunch of strange dudes breaking into your house and then trying to harm you – most people would call the police. Not this kid. Instead, he set up trap after trap.

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Armageddon

Armageddon

Armageddon is a pretty good movie, and it was certainly a blockbuster when it came out. However, even the actors are pointing out some pretty crazy plot holes that popped up. One was ridiculed by Ben Affleck in particular during the DVD commentary, and it’s honestly a little funny.

Affleck pointed out that the Earth was in peril, so NASA decided to train a bunch of drill workers to be astronauts. This was a long and expensive process. Affleck just had one question: Why not train astronauts to control the drill instead of the other way around? When he asked the director, Michael Bay stated, “shut the f*ck up.”  

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Ocean’s Eleven

Ocean’s Eleven

Ocean’s Eleven was all about how these eleven smart guys trick their way into a casino to steal all the cash. They do this by swapping a duffle bag full of flyers for ladies of the night with the bag of cash. At the end, it’s revealed that the plan was successful. They had the cash, and the flyers were left behind.

We want to know how the bag got down there. There’s no way the team could have gotten it down in the room. The film makes it clear that there's no way anyone who enters the vault could be carrying the flyers. Even Steven Soderbergh (the director) says that this was a huge mistake. That doesn’t even touch the fact that $163 million in cash would weigh around 3,500 pounds.

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Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull

Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull

Bet you know the plot hole that’s coming. There’s a scene in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull that Indie finds himself in a town full of manakins that are going to be nuked. His solution? Why jump in a fridge, of course! That will surely protect him from all the fire, death, and radiation, right?

Even if you look past that, the fridge gets thrown a pretty decent distance with him inside. He rolls out with very little (if any) damage. Sure, the movie stated the fridge was lead-lined, but he was right smack-dab in the middle of the explosion. Guess people in the ‘50s didn’t need those under-the-desk drills – just have kids cram into a freezer.

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Shrek 2

Shrek 2

Sure, Shrek isn’t the most realistic cartoon on earth. We’re not going to pick at land laws or the magic that turns Fiona into an ogre. Our problem lies with Donkey and the Dragon. The Dragon takes a shine to Donkey immediately, and she makes that much extremely obvious in the first movie.

By the second, we learn that they’re in a relationship. Then, at the very end of Shrek 2, a group of baby donkey-dragon hybrids pop up. We don’t want to get into the birds and bees, but we have to ask: how did a donkey and dragon have babies? That’s a little bit too mythical. 

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Homecoming (and the Avengers Timeline)

Homecoming (and the Avengers Timeline)

I’m not gonna lie – this one can be a little hard to follow, so stick with me here. The setting of Spiderman: Homecoming is in 2020. This is made clear a few ways. One, there’s a transitional scene that states it’s eight years after the New York incident with the Avengers. You’re still with me, right?

Well, the fight with Thanos had to have occurred in 2018 at the earliest. The Blip, where he snapped and people disappeared, lasted for five years before people were returned. Anyone else remember the scene when Peter Parker blipped? I do. There’s no way Homecoming could exist because Peter Parker wouldn’t return until 2023 at the earliest.

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Ghostbusters 2

Ghostbusters 2

Ghostbusters 2 wasn’t a bad movie, but it certainly didn’t stand up to the first one. That’s a hefty standard to live up to, but the sequel kinda crapped the bed almost immediately. How? Well, Ray Stantz and Winston Zeddemore are working a kid's birthday party. Fighting ghosts has become this big show.

During this show, one of the kids decides to cop an attitude and tells the pair of Ghostbusters that his dad thinks they’re all a bunch of scam artists. Um…scam artists? New York was literally attacked by a 50-foot marshmallow man, the gatekeeper, the key master, Zool, and hell hounds. That’s a pretty elaborate scam.

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X-Men

X-Men

This is a plot hole that’s occurred in a few different variations of X-Men. Magneto famously wears a helmet that prevents Charles Xavier from reading his mind, which is all fine and dandy, but Magneto isn’t exactly the secretive type. He tells his plan to other people, especially Mystique. The pair go together like peanut butter and jelly.

Mystique knows more details about Magneto’s plans than anyone else, so why not just read her mind? She’s not wearing the helmet. Magneto is also often surrounded by a group of other mutants, so just track them if you can’t find him. Either Xavier didn’t really want to find Magneto, or this is a huge plot hole. 

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Taken

Taken

Maybe this is just a question that we have, but why does everyone keep taking Bryan Mills’ (Liam Neeson’s character) family? Once, we can understand. Twice? Alright, things are getting a little suspicious. Then there’s a third movie?! Excuse me? Why is everyone picking on Bryan?

The series ended after the third one. While many suspect that it’s because of bad ratings, it’s actually because the writers started running out of people for Bryan Mills to save. Neeson threatening to kill someone over his third cousin’s teacher’s best friend’s daughter doesn’t really have the same gravitas.  

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Kill Bill

Kill Bill

Kill Bill is a great movie with a lot of epic scenes – like any Quentin Tarantino movie. We all know he likes to play fast and loose with sequences and when stuff was actually invented (see our other addition on this list from him). However, we can’t let this one go. Remember that Beatrix (The Bride) was stuck in the coffin because her limbs atrophied?

It took hours for her to muster up the strength to break loose. With a little more work, she broke out and was able to…walk again? Not only was she able to move around just fine, but she also started taking revenge almost immediately. Beatrix has some amazing healing abilities, in that case.

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