Best thriller movie continuity mistakes of 2019

Please vote as you browse around to help the best rise to the top.

Fractured picture

Continuity mistake: Ray is sitting in the lobby with his wife. She is stroking the face of her daughter with her left hand, but the hand is not there in the close-ups. (00:18:25)

Sammo

More Fractured continuity mistakes
Grand Isle picture

Continuity mistake: Buddy just tried to pull into a Ponzi scheme a guy at the diner's. He sits down and talks to his wife. Notice that before the first cut he switches grip on the stack of papers, but in the reverse shot he's back holding them like at the beginning. (00:06:50)

Sammo

More Grand Isle continuity mistakes
More The Wave continuity mistakes
Coyote Lake picture

Continuity mistake: Mario was chewing a mouthful, then lifted his drink to wash down the food, but when the camera shifted, he was back to chewing a mouthful. (00:01:59)

KeyZOid

More Coyote Lake continuity mistakes
Close picture

Continuity mistake: In the police station, a guard comes out of the toilet and fumbles with his zip, the shot goes to a man on white talking in his phone. When he comes out of his office the man is still fumbling with his zip again. (01:01:03)

GilRil

More Close continuity mistakes
Black and Blue picture

Continuity mistake: When Alicia puts flowers on her mother's tomb, she casts a shadow on the gravestone in side view, but none with the camera behind her back. (00:03:05)

Sammo

More Black and Blue continuity mistakes
Inherit the Viper picture

Continuity mistake: When Kip is parked outside of "Payless Drugs", the driver's side windshield is smeared/smudged but is clean/clear when he pulls out seconds later. (00:37:48 - 00:38:19)

KeyZOid

More Inherit the Viper continuity mistakes
Crawl picture

Continuity mistake: After the intro, the protagonist receives a phone call from her sister. When she turns around to check out of the TV screen, one of her fellow swimmers, with quite characteristic purple hair, is immediately seen sitting down. Back to the view from inside the locker, the same aubergine-haired girl is coming from the lockers to the benches, to go sit. (00:03:45)

Sammo

More Crawl continuity mistakes
Cold Blood picture

Continuity mistake: When the guy leaves the motel, he only grabs his jacket, but when he's outside, he has a helmet in his hand. (01:14:55)

Triviani

More Cold Blood continuity mistakes
Escape Plan: The Extractors picture

Continuity mistake: At the start of the film, a man is giving a tour of a building under reconstruction to some potential buyers. One shot, as he's telling them that this sits on a 14-acre lot, there are just 3 people as they walk through a doorway. The film jump cuts to a closer angle, and suddenly a 4th person appears in front of them from thin air. (00:02:34)

Quantom X

More Escape Plan: The Extractors continuity mistakes
The Wolf Hour picture

Continuity mistake: For a second time in the movie, someone buzzes June on the intercom. She tries to overcome her fears and get out of the apartment, but can't. She shuts the door, leans with the left hand on the doorframe by the chain, and lowers her arm. In the next shot, Naomi Watts is breathing deeply still with her hand by the chain. (00:06:05)

Sammo

More The Wolf Hour continuity mistakes
Guava Island picture

Continuity mistake: After the cartoon segment, Deni entertains some playful banter with his girlfriend and takes off, putting a shirt on while he runs. When the neighbour asks him "Late again?", the guitar strap is on opposite sides of the instrument as the editing switches to a reverse shot. (00:06:40)

Sammo

More Guava Island continuity mistakes

Join the mailing list

Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback.