- 7/10/2025
Some movie scenes are memorable for all the wrong reasons! Join us as we count down the most hilariously awkward moments that were actually meant to be serious. From superhero meltdowns to bizarre death scenes, these cinematic gems had audiences laughing when they should have been crying!
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00:00You are tearing me apart, Lisa!
00:02Why are you so hysterical?
00:04Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the funniest movie scenes that were meant to be taken seriously.
00:10We'll be getting into spoilers, so consider this your warning.
00:13What is that? What is that? What is it?
00:16Oh, no, not the beast!
00:19Number 10, Earth Moving Backwards, Superman.
00:30There's no denying that this movie is one of the greatest comic book films of all time, but not everything about it is a standout.
00:37You don't even care where the other missile's headed, do you?
00:42Certainly I do.
00:45I know exactly where it's headed.
00:47Hackensack, New Jersey.
00:51For example, the scene in which Superman decides to undo Lois Lane's death is iconic for all the wrong reasons.
00:57He achieves this by flying around the planet in such a way that he reverses its rotations and essentially goes back in time.
01:07It's a stunning display of his power.
01:09At least, that was the idea.
01:10The entire act, however, just looks a bit goofy.
01:13Maybe it's the complete ridiculousness of how he went back in time,
01:16or maybe it's the constipated look on his face as he soars through the skies.
01:19Either way, this Superman scene is super corny.
01:22Number 9, Darth Vader shouting no.
01:25Star Wars Episode 3, Revenge of the Sith.
01:27Darth Vader is a lot of things.
01:29An expert swordsman, a master of the Force, one of the greatest Sith Lords of all time.
01:34What he's not is somebody who's good at conveying emotions.
01:37When he discovers that his wife Padme was killed, he belches out one single word.
01:45It's a moment where this Dark Lord wallows in his pity.
01:48However, the way he says no is so over the top, it borders on parody.
01:52He screams like a toddler who doesn't want to take a nap.
01:55It's just like how Anakin delivers that line about not liking sand.
01:58I don't like sand.
02:01It's coarse and rough and irritating.
02:05Sorry, but there's no way we could take this seriously.
02:07The fact that this scene has been a meme for decades only proves that.
02:11Number 8, Emo Peter Parker, Spider-Man 3.
02:18In the third installment of the Raimi trilogy, Peter Parker gets infected by the Venom symbiote,
02:23which causes ripples across both his regular life and his life as Spider-Man.
02:26In fact, he undergoes a radical personality change.
02:29Your shots are so good.
02:31I'd love to show you sometime.
02:34Peter Parker.
02:36Instead of busting down bank robbers, he's busting out sick dance moves.
02:40Instead of web-slinging, he's hair-whipping.
02:42Bully Maguire, as he's been dubbed by the internet, is a hysterical glimpse at a Spider-Man with no moral compass.
02:47But you've got to admit, the whole thing is pretty funny.
02:50I'll pay you the usual rate.
02:52If you want the shots, I'll take the staff job.
02:56Double the money.
02:57Sure, he's a jerk, but he's an entertaining jerk.
03:00You can't help but laugh every time he tries to get people's attention,
03:02with his signature hair and signature attitude.
03:05Careful, or else he'll put some dirt in your eye.
03:07I'm gonna put some dirt in your eye.
03:11Number 7, Why Kate Hates Christmas.
03:14Gremlins.
03:15Talk about a scene that comes straight out of left field.
03:17As the gang tries stopping the mayhem made by the gremlins, Kate, played by Phoebe Cates,
03:21interrupts everything so that she can rant about why she hates Christmas.
03:24She delivers a wild tangent about how they found her dad dead in their chimney dressed as Santa Claus,
03:29and that's why she dislikes the holiday.
03:31The worst thing that ever happened to me was on Christmas.
03:35Oh god, it was so horrible.
03:41Um, okay.
03:43There's a time and place to discuss something like this, but it's not now.
03:46The sudden complaint about Christmas is so laughably bizarre,
03:49you cannot but wonder if it's supposed to be a joke.
03:51The house was freezing, so I went to try to light up the fire,
03:55and that's when I noticed the smell.
03:58It'd be like if Ripley took a break during Alien to complain to the Nostromo crew about Thanksgiving.
04:03Many viewers were baffled by the scene's inclusion, and rightfully so.
04:06And me and mom were expecting them to pull out a dead cat or a bird,
04:10and instead they pulled out my father.
04:12Would you be able to tell that this is an Academy Award winning actress from this clip alone?
04:23Neither could we.
04:24In her final moments, Talia al Ghul fails to bring Gotham to its knees.
04:28There's no way this bomb will be stopped.
04:34Not long after that, she passes on.
04:36Unfortunately, there's hardly any intensity to this scene.
04:39She pretty much just closes her eyes and turns her head, and that's it.
04:42It's a cheesy piece of acting that fell flat with audiences everywhere.
04:46My father's work is done.
04:49Even Marion Cotillard wasn't a fan of this scene.
04:57Talia should have been remembered as the heiress to the League of Shadows,
05:00and an enemy who nearly killed Batman.
05:02And though I'm not ordinary,
05:05I'm a citizen.
05:08Unfortunately for her, she's mostly known as the character with the most anticlimactic death in history.
05:13Number 5. Fake Baby.
05:14American Sniper.
05:15Make no mistake about it.
05:17This is a serious film that explores mature themes surrounding PTSD.
05:21However, there's one part of American Sniper that's not like the rest.
05:24I'm making memories by myself.
05:29I have no one to share them with.
05:30When Chris is holding his newborn daughter in his arms,
05:33he's really just holding a prop.
05:34It's so glaringly obvious, you have to wonder what they were thinking.
05:38It's really hard to get reinvested in Chris and Talia's conversation
05:41when you're thinking to yourself,
05:42was that baby a plastic doll?
05:43If you think this war isn't changing you, you're wrong.
05:47The fake infant was so hard to ignore,
05:51that the internet had a collective frenzy over it.
05:53Next time, maybe just stick with the real deal.
05:56It's true.
05:56Number 4. Getting hit by a car.
06:07Meet Joe Black.
06:08Maybe we're not supposed to laugh at Brad Pitt getting run over,
06:11but with the way this scene plays out,
06:12how can we not?
06:13It starts off innocently enough,
06:22with two characters staring at each other longingly,
06:24but things quickly take a turn.
06:26Our leading man is fatally struck by multiple cars.
06:29Thankfully, the Final Destination-style way that he dies
06:31is actually only a setup for the rest of the movie.
06:33You are?
06:36Yes.
06:43Who am I?
06:44Still, the escalation of horrific events is just too funny.
06:48Things have never gone off the rails quicker than they did in this 90s drama.
06:51It's slapstick at its finest.
06:53Oh, boy. Okay.
06:55Now I gotta go, so...
06:59Yep. Understood.
07:01Number 3. The Martha Scene.
07:02Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice.
07:04The Martha debacle is one of the DCEU's most monumental missteps.
07:08In theory, it's not a bad scene.
07:10Batman is reminded of Superman's humanity,
07:12and in turn, how much he's lost his own.
07:14But the execution was a blunder of epic proportions.
07:17What does that mean?
07:20Why did you say that name wrong?
07:21They beat the crud out of each other,
07:23but stopped because their moms have the same name.
07:25What makes it worse is that Superman could have just said
07:28his mother's name was Martha right at the start.
07:30Why did you say that name?
07:33Martha, why did you say that name?
07:35If he did that, they might not have started fighting in the first place.
07:38Audiences couldn't help but chuckle over this clumsy conclusion to the two's bickering.
07:42Not surprisingly, this moment has been forever immortalized in pop culture
07:45as one of the Internet's many punching bags.
07:51Number 2.
07:51Malice is faked.
07:52The Wicker Man.
07:53There's absolutely nothing funny about Edward Malice being tortured to death.
07:57At least, there shouldn't be.
07:58I don't believe in your guns!
08:01I don't believe in sacrifice!
08:03No, no, don't move me!
08:22What is it?
08:25What is it?
08:25On paper, being turned into a ritualistic sacrifice is gruesome.
08:29So with that said, why does this clip look like we're watching a comedy?
08:32Oh, no, not the bees!
08:34Not the bees!
08:36Ah!
08:38Oh, my eyes!
08:39My eyes!
08:40Nicolas Cage's classic overacting is on full display here,
08:43which makes what should be a grim moment a zany masterpiece.
08:47We're not crying because his death is traumatic.
08:49We're crying because it's making us laugh to the point of tears.
08:52Bees.
08:53So many bees!
08:54Oh, no, not the bees!
08:57Not the bees!
08:58Ah!
08:58Oh, no, my eyes!
09:01My eyes!
09:02This probably wasn't the reaction the filmmakers were expecting,
09:05but the scene has become a legendary reminder of the beautiful chaos that is Nicolas Cage.
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09:241. Johnny's Death. The Room
09:29This whole movie is one giant, unintentional comedy.
09:32I did not hit her. It's not true. It's bullshit. I did not hit her. I did not.
09:38Oh, hi, Mark.
09:39From Johnny's rant that he didn't hit Lisa, to his emotional outburst about it later,
09:43the moments go on and on.
09:44But what takes the cake in the end is Johnny's death.
09:47Grief-stricken over losing his greatest love, Johnny decides to take his own life.
09:51Why? Why is this happening?
09:53Why? Why? It's over.
09:57Depression and the consequences of it are by no means a joke and should be portrayed delicately.
10:02Unfortunately, this movie doesn't know how to do that.
10:05Remember, this is actually supposed to be a drama, but everything about it is so cheesy.
10:09By the time this ending happens, there's no way we can take this moment seriously.
10:13I killed him.
10:14Mark, we're free to be together.
10:17I love you.
10:19I love you.
10:22Tramp.
10:23Yeesh.
10:24Rip Johnny.
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