| Explanation | Movie | Year |
| He came from a family of Jewish cantors, but he just wanted to sing that new stuff... And somehow, the world could hear him sing. | |
| Just some political metaphor about the gold standard. | |
| It's none other than Tomania's Hynkel! Or is it that poor barber who lost his memory in the first World War? | |
| Actually the name of a ballet in the movie; it isn't a documentary about footwear. | |
| Who is he? That's what Holly Martins wants to know. | |
| Just some street where a bunch of rich people live... And the site of a homocide. | |
| No, it didn't actually stop turning, everyone was just spellbound by the alien robot. | |
| Jeff broke his leg so he looks out of it a lot, since he has nothing else to do in his apartment. | |
| Scottie is a little scared of heights. He doesn't do too well chasing criminals across rooftops. | |
| Hmm... Their first 8 plans must have failed. | |
| | Explanation | Movie | Year |
| Oh, you know, that fast jazz stuff... Some people like it that way. | |
| The director had previously done six full-length movies, two shorts, and one collaboration with Alberto Lattuada. | |
| No, not explosions, just enlarging photographs. | |
| It's the protaganist, the antagonist, and some guy who isn't attractive, but works with the protagonist. | |
| The baby's only the son of Satan, nothing that exciting. | |
| It's pretty much just a giant cage, used in a ritual on some strange island. | |
| Not the actual animal, just a boxer who tends to act like one. | |
| He wasn't actually an animal; he just had a messed up face. | |
| Well, the first scene takes place there; it's in North Dakota. | |
| The 'third act' of a magic trick. | |
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