History BreakingTheFourthWall / LiveActionFilms

* In Stephen Spielberg's ''Film/TheFabelmanns'', Logan threatens aspiring filmmaker Sammy to never reveal to anyone how he saw him crying. “I won’t,” Sammy says. “Unless I make a movie about it someday,” before repeatedly insisting that he won't. In a semi-autobiographical movie covering said very event.

* ''Film/NotOkay'': After Danni watches the vile lambasting on her laptop as a result of her fake sob story, the miserable girl looks directly at the camera and tells the viewer to [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor "Be careful what you fucking wish for."

* ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife'': A man comes out of a gorilla suit to announce to us, "Hello, good evening, and welcome to The Middle of the Film."

* One of the victims in ''Psycho Ape'' quotes an entire monologue from ''{{WesternAnimation/Ratatouile}}'' - a while later the actor breaks character to ask the director if this scene is now going to have be cut for copyright infringement, with the resulting conversation [[ThrowItIn left in the movie]].

* One of the victims in ''Psycho Ape'' quotes an entire monologue from ''{{WesternAnimation/Rattatouile}}'' - a while later the actor breaks character to ask the director if this scene is now going to have be cut for copyright infringement, with the resulting conversation [[ThrowItIn left in the movie]].

* One of the victims in ''Psycho Ape'' quotes an entire monologue from ''{{WesternAnimation/Rattatouile}}'' - a while later the actor breaks character to ask the director if this scene is now going to have be cut for copyright infringement, with the resulting conversation [[ThrowItIn left in the movie].

* A couple of examples from ''Psycho Ape'':
** A pair of newscasters go off script to debate

* One of the victims in ''Psycho Ape'' quotes an entire monologue from ''{{WesternAnimation/Rattatouile}}'' - a while later the actor breaks character to ask the director if this scene is now going to have be cut for copyright infringement, with the resulting conversation [[ThrowItIn left in the finished product]].

* It's rare to find one of Creator/AmicusProductions' portmanteau horror films that ''doesn't'' end with a character breaking the fourth wall, frequently directly addressing the audience. Noteworthy examples: ''Film/{{Asylum}}'', ''Film/TalesFromTheCrypt'', ''Film/TheHouseThatDrippedBlood'', and ''Film/FromBeyondTheGrave''.

** In ''Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper'', one scene suddenly stops as Kermit scolds Miss Piggy for over-acting.

* ''Film/InspectorGadget'': Uses this in a very unsubtle way. The nostalgia critic gets suitably annoyed when reviewing the film. (See [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IlbxUbR_us4#t=252s Here]])
* In a rare horror version, Creator/JohnCarpenter's movie ''Film/InTheMouthOfMadness'' has the premise that breaking the fourth wall lets the {{Eldritch Abomination}}s hiding behind it in.
-->''Yes, but what about people who don't read books?''\\
''There'll be a movie.''
* In ''Film/IntoTheWild'' there's a scene where the protagonist stares at the camera and gesticulates.

* In ''Film/KickAss'' the main character narrates the whole thing, discussing superhero tropes with the audience as they come up and at one point telling the audience off for assuming he'll survive because he's narrating, mentioning other films where [[PosthumousNarration that's not the case]].

* ''Film/TheProducers'',

* ''Film/Deadpool2016'' doesn't so much break the fourth wall as take a bulldozer to the wall, burn it, and then explode the ashes.

* In ''Film/BigShotConfessionsOfACampusBookie'', Benny Silman (Creator/DavidKrumhotlz) in addition to narrating, also breaks the fourth wall when he discusses the film's events.

* In ''Film/TheBigShort,'' Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling) breaks it frequently to address the audience, sometimes in the middle of a scene. Other characters do this as well, although not quite as much.

** In ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'', Kermit tells Fozzie not to explain the story so far to Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, for fear of boring the audience. Fozzie then gives the other characters a copy of the script to read, and later Dr. Teeth uses the screenplay to locate Kermit and his friends at a key plot point.

** In ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'', Kermit tells Fozzie not to explain the story so far to the other characters, for fear of boring the audience (Fozzie then gives the other characters a copy of the script to read). In ''Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper'', one scene suddenly stops as Kermit scolds Miss Piggy for over-acting.

* At the end of the [[Film/TheThreeStooges Three Stooges]] short "So Long Mr. Chumps", Moe and Larry are [[WorkingOnTheChainGang chipping stones]] on [[HardHead Curly's head]]. Larry starts to place another when Curly cries out, "Hey, wait a minute - that's a real one! I'm no fool!" [[note]]Larry even appears to start {{Corpsing}} during the FadeToBlack.[[/note]]

* In ''Film/BedtimeStories'' the narrator breaks the fourth wall near the end of the movie, asking the main character if this is really how he's gonna have the story end.