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Top 20 Most Paused Movie Moments


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looking at 20 movie moments that had
audiences doing double and sometimes
triple takes let’s take a look number 20
where’s Ron ghostbusters believe it or
not the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man isn’t
the most random character who pops up in
this comedy classic when our heroes are
forced to shut down their protection
grid a horde of ghosts are released as
all hell breaks loose numerous onlookers
gather around the firehouse if you’ve
seen your fair share of adult films one
particular New Yorker might stand out
sporting his signature mustache porn
star ron jeremy gazes up with his mouth
of gait sprinkled amongst a crowd of
extras it’s easy to miss the hedgehog
and you may need to zoom in to get a
good look number 19 the Diggler Boogie
Nights it’s only fitting that we
transition from ron jeremy to a film
about the porno industry jeremy didn’t
shed any skin in ghostbusters but the
artist formerly known as Marky Mark
bears all in Boogie Nights I got a
feeling okay not really nowadays it’s
common knowledge among cinephiles that
Mark Wahlberg’s 13-inch penis was
phony-baloney back when the film was
first released on home video though this
scene had many pausing their TV sets to
investigate the authenticity of Dirk
Diggler ‘s Diggler this thing was like
down past my knee what makes this moment
especially pause worthy is that the size
of his penis had been built up
throughout the film literally ahem
teasing the audience you know that
reputation 13 inches tough load I will
treat you gently it isn’t until the end
that were given a peek at his manhood in
all of its prosthetic glory I am still
number 18 this shield our
men let’s face it this is not the worst
thing you’ve got me done when Nick Fury
appeared in the post-credits scene for
2008 iron men it became clear that this
wasn’t just the launching point for a
potential trilogy but an entire
cinematic universe
even before fury showed up there were
signs that Marvel had bigger plans in
mind in Tony Stark’s workshop Captain
America’s incomplete shield resides on
his desk the star spangled shield would
make a more obvious appearance in Iron
Man 2 and within the next year Chris
Evans made his cinematic debut as the
First Avenger cap shield was one of the
first Easter eggs to foreshadow what
Marvel had in store for us demonstrating
early on that no detail is too small in
the MCU number 17 I’m taller speed
where’s Payne he lost his head speed
more than lives up to its title
delivering high octane thrills around
every turn the film is so fast-paced
that you can’t blame viewers for
overlooking one of the most obviously
fake decapitations in blockbuster
history duking it out atop a subway
train
it appears the villainous Payne has the
upper hand over Jack Travon pain enters
a world of pain however when he’s
beheaded by an overhead light
considering how pain prides himself on
being the smartest man in the room this
is an ironic way for him to go out and
Traven’s cool one-liner only makes his
yeah taller when you rewind slow down
and hit pause though it becomes
increasingly apparent that Dennis Hopper
has been replaced with a lifeless dummy
number 16 zipper trouble there’s
something about Mary in an era where
comedies generally played it safe with a
pg-13 rating there’s something about
Mary went all out with the hard are
humor got it stuck you got what’s done
it Oh
so when Ben Stiller’s Ted gets his junk
trapped in a zipper the filmmakers don’t
refrain from giving us an up-close and
all too personal look based on how the
characters describe this ghastly sight
the audience is able to paint a graphic
picture in their heads but whatever
you’re imagining can’t prepare you for
the real deal holy shit like a train
wreck
you simply can’t look away from the
veiny bubble popping out of Ted’s
trousers even after we hit the pause
button it’s hard to tell how Ted managed
to get his beans over his Frank is it –
Franco – beans perhaps we’re better off
not knowing
number 15 roller undercarriage V for
Vendetta you grace in David Lloyd in
Alan Moore’s original graphic novel a
couple of panels find protagonist Evie
in the nude Natalie Portman didn’t go
topless for the 2005 screen adaptation
but the movie did deliver a little fan
service for eagle-eyed viewers in order
to assassinate a clergyman who’s been
molesting children Vee sends Evie in to
seduce him although she tries to warn
the bishop he fails to catch on and gets
kicked in his frankincense house for
confession
you little babe as Eevee rolls off the
bed to escape there’s an ever so brief
glimpse of what she’s wearing underneath
number 14 song the back-up plan
Jennifer Lopez’s butt has essentially
become part of her brand and it’s
seemingly on full display in this
romantic comedy this is my office
playing a woman who finds true love
after being artificially inseminated
lopez observes her changing body in the
mirror assuming you weren’t watching the
film with your significant other there’s
little doubt that you rewound and pause
to further examine Jenn’s curvy rear in
a thong as Lopez revealed in an
interview she actually had a body double
stand-in for her Lopez claims it was her
idea to include this scene saying quote
we should have a real pregnant lady
double do it oh well it’s not like you
can’t see J Lo’s legendary booty
elsewhere number 13 topless frames the
rescuers I do it all the time dolly come
on stop Barney at first glance the
rescuers is another innocent family romp
from the house of mouse when the film
was released on home video for the
second time in 1999 however attentive
viewers noticed something a tad too
risque about this G rated flick hitching
a ride on the Orville Bernard and Bianca
fly past the image of a topless lady in
the New York background of course you’d
never spot the scantily clad woman
unless you paused with perfect precision
chances are we’ll never know who was
responsible for sneaking this bit of
nudity into the film all we know is that
Disney had to recall over three million
videos to correct the controversy number
12
legendary cameo man of steel Christopher
Reeves sadly didn’t live long enough to
see Henry Cavill assume the mantle of
Superman this 2013 film does feature a
symbolic passing of the torch though
which also serves as a tribute to the
actor who originally made us believe a
man could fly proudly flying offense
okay as General Zod plots to terraform
the planet
Clark Kent transforms right before our
eyes sky rocketing towards the world
engine revs his face begins to shine
through if only for a fleeting instant
being faster than a speeding bullet
you’ll need to pause to catch Reeve
briefly taking over cavils face let’s
just be grateful it’s more seamless than
cavils removed mustache in just
sleek a man on you used to say that hope
is like your car keys easy to lose if
you dig around usually close by number
11 mrs. Robinson the graduate mrs.
Robinson you’re trying to seduce me this
scene is intended to be sexy and
uncomfortable all at once director Mike
Nichols achieves this through clever
editing that puts the audience in
Benjamin Braddock shoes making it clear
that she’s indeed trying to seduce
Benjamin we get a glimpse of a naked
mrs. Robinson in the reflection of her
daughter
Aline’s photograph Oh God standing right
in front of her
Benjamin does his best to avert his eyes
but ultimately catches a couple of peeks
of the topless mrs. Robinson these bits
of nudity fly by so quickly that the
audience may second guess what they just
saw Jesus Christ Benjamin I want you to
know that I’m available to you if you
want to sleep with me the store markers
you won’t sleep with me this time I want
you to know that you can call me up any
time you want to make some kind of an
arrangement with the ability to pause
the film however you can see clearly
everything that mrs. Robinson was
offering number 10 horror history The
Cabin in the Woods congratulations go to
maintenance this whole movie is
basically a love letter to the horror
genre packing in both subtle and blatant
references everywhere unless you’re a
speedy reader a pause button is
necessary to fully appreciate this scene
betting on what will plague the titular
cabin an underground organization lists
a series of monsters on a white board in
addition to obvious creatures like
zombies vampires and mummies the board
also includes more obscure creatures
like dismemberment goblins snowmen and
mermen there’s always next year
Evil Dead even gets a couple shout outs
with Deadites and an angry molesting
tree present there’s one particular name
on the board that remains clouded in
mystery though who exactly is Kevin is
he from We Need to Talk About Kevin or a
slasher version of home alone I’ve made
my family disappear
number 9 extra from an extra Teen Wolf
when a film stars Michael J Fox as a
teenager who transforms into a
basketball-playing werewolf you can
expect to see some bizarre imagery the
film’s strangest moment however
apparently wasn’t even intentional in
the end Scott Howard wins the big game
shares a passionate kiss with a booth
and they all live happily whoa wait a
second is that an extras fly down I
would have also accepted the scene at
the end at the basketball game where the
guy in the crowd has his dick out
contrary to what Family Guy will tell
you it turns out the extra in the crowd
isn’t a guy but a woman whose face can
be seen in the film’s full-frame version
christina haggerty another Teen Wolf
extra provided further insight into this
wardrobe malfunction suggesting that the
woman’s pants were probably unzipped or
unbuttoned because they were too tight
number eight
commando cartoons Who Framed Roger
Rabbit you don’t know how hard it is
being a woman looking the way Jessica
Rabbit could be a Playboy bunny and not
just because her husband is a literal
rabbit this cartoon Dame is one of the
most overtly sexual temptresses ever put
to paper so much so that she might have
snuck her private parts past the censors
I’m not bad when the film was released
on laserdisc reports surfaced that
Jessica can be spotted going commando
when she’s flung out of Benny the cab at
24 film frames per second this moment
goes by in a flash and in more ways than
one although the scene has been paused
time after time it’s still heavily
debated if Jessica really exposed
herself in any case the scene was
altered in future releases to avoid
further controversy number seven give up
the ghost three men and a baby do you
remember there was a ghost in your movie
there are several movies that supposedly
experienced paranormal activity on set
but she wouldn’t expect three men and a
baby to be one of them what’s your point
there’s a scene in the movie where
people say that the camera caught a
ghost on film apparently in the
background on one of the scenes there
was this boy that nobody ever remembers
from set spirit photography in what
seems like a pleasant scene between Ted
Danson his mother and his infant
daughter a mysterious figure is visible
in the background as if that’s not eerie
enough a rumor surface that a
nine-year-old boy took his own life in
the house where the film was shot years
earlier there’s actually a reasonable
explanation for all of this the image in
the window is just a Ted Danson cutout
and the scene was really shot on a
soundstage the story was that this kid
died in the house
we shot the movie yes little boy yeah
well we shot on a soundstage they built
the settin all considering that Leonard
Nimoy directed the film though you can’t
blame people for wanting to believe
something supernatural was afoot number
six the Munchkin suicides The Wizard of
Oz as Dorothy the Scarecrow and the Tin
Man set out to meet the wizard an
unidentified munchkin prepares to meet
his maker at least that’s how the urban
legend goes according to an age-old
rumor this otherwise cheerful musical
number features a munchkin hanging
himself between some trees in the
background the scene had conspiracy
theorists everywhere pausing their TVs
until the film received a remastered
release revealing that the silhouette
was really a stork stretching its wings
out yet some continue to argue that the
bird was merely edited into later
versions as a cover-up could there be
something more sinister going on behind
the emerald curtain number five secret
surprises Tron Disney is known for
working Hidden Mickeys into their movies
causing audiences to constantly
freeze-frame one of the most elusive
examples can be found in this 1982
sci-fi adventure in most cases Hidden
Mickeys are subtly integrated into the
background this one however practically
engulfs the entire screen as the solar
sailer flies by you’d think this would
be easy to spot but Mickey’s distinctive
Mouse ears would have aid most people if
it weren’t for the pause button
Mickey isn’t the only one who makes a
cameo as pac-man somehow wandered out of
his maze and into the grid it’s a shame
wreck-it Ralph wasn’t around since he
happens to know both Tron and pac-man
[Music]
number 4 disney debauchery The Lion King
ever wonder what those sparkling dots
are if you thought can you feel the love
tonight had sexual undertones be
[Music]
collapsing by a cliff Simba releases a
cloud of dust that appears to spell out
the letters s and X hey when you’re a
growing lion without a mate you’re bound
to have some pent up sexual frustration
to be fair Disney animator Tom Saito
claims it actually spells out sfx in
reference to the special-effects crew
you can pause the scene all you want but
there will likely never be a definitive
answer as to whether this is just a case
of sloppy penmanship
or if Simba is sending a subliminal
message about his animalistic urges
number three a head bang in good time
Star Wars Episode four a new hope Star
Wars is one of those films that
audiences can continually rewatch
without ever growing tired of it the
same can be said about this scene which
has given countless fans pause entering
a room with a squad a clumsy
stormtrooper bumps his head on the door
above the head bumping stormtrooper is
so infamous that he even has his own
Wikipedia page George Lucas even decided
to embrace this happy accident
amplifying the sound effect for the
film’s 2004 DVD re-release and paying
homage to the scene and attack of the
clones when Jango Fett bumps his head
considering that stormtroopers are
clones of Jango we guess their head
bumping habit is hereditary their lack
of spatial awareness may also explain
why they never hit their targets number
2 Brad Pitt flashes Fight Club in this
cult classic Edward Norton’s narrator
mentions that Tyler Durden likes to
sneak his own contributions into movies
while working as a projectionist that’s
when you’ll catch a flash of Tyler’s
contribution to the film
it appears Tyler also had some fun in
the editing room for this movie as he
splices himself into four scenes before
properly introducing himself nobody
knows that they saw it but they did in
addition to these subliminal frames
Tyler was also present in a TV ad
dressed as a waiter which could be
alluding to his other job peeing into
soup at a hotel ingeniously
foreshadowing Tyler’s true identity
moments like these demonstrate why Fight
Club merits repeated viewings with the
remote on standby
you know hummingbird
that’s Tyler at work before we unveil
our top pick here are some honorable
[Music]
Jim you do realize that that that little
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I move for a vote of no confidence in
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number one sexy double-cross Basic
Instinct Basic Instinct is the most
passe has the most positive moment in
movie history in all of movie history it
is the most positive what what moment
would that be
it’s towards done yes audiences were
completely caught off guard when
Catherine Tramell exposed her nether
regions and apparently so was Sharon
Stone the actress claims she originally
wore underwear for the steamy
interrogation scene but complied with
director Paul Verhoeven’s request to
take them off Stone assumed the nudity
would be simply hinted at until she saw
the film with a test audience although
ver heaven has denied these accusations
Stone allegedly slapped him for
misleading her in any case the final
product forever solidified Catherine’s
status is the ultimate femme fatale well
Catherine’s dialogue is mostly comprised
of seductive one-liners it’s her cross
legs that do all the talking here it’s
nice as one of the raciest moments ever
filmed it’s only natural that this would
also be the most paused all of movie
history thousands and thousands of
thousands of movie you have that moment
that’s just incredible I’m popular too
yes you are
that’s one scary cut out of Ted dance
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