History JustHereForGodzilla / LiveActionFilms

* A lot of people have watched ''Film/ZabriskiePoint'' solely because of its Music/PinkFloyd connection. [[note]] As for ''More'' and ''La Vallée'', the main reason that anyone even hears about these films today is that Pink Floyd is still selling the albums (''More'' and ''Obscured by Clouds'') of the music that they wrote for the soundtracks.[[/note]]

* The biggest reason anyone watched ''Cagefighter: Worlds Collide'' was because they were wrestling fans interested in seeing Jonathan Good (the-then [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling AEW]] World Heavyweight Champion Wrestling/JonMoxley aka. Dean Ambrose from Wrestling/{{WWE}}) [[MetaCasting basically playing himself]] as the antagonist Randy Stone, a pro-wrestling champion put up against an MMA champion fighter. They even used actual footage from Moxley's championship run in AEW in the film's trailers.

* ''How I Won the War'' is a very strange case. The only reason people see it? Music/JohnLennon.

* Possibly the only reason why anyone went to see the ''Beach Party'' reunion film ''Back To The Beach'' was to see the [[Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse Pee Wee Herman]] cameo.

* If the internet is to be believed, most of the people who watched ''Film/{{Hawking}}'' after 2010 were just there for Creator/BenedictCumberbatch's performance. Granted, it is a great performance and landed him a BAFTA nomination.
** Some fans have watched ''Literature/WarHorse'' as well as ''Film/TheOtherBoleynGirl'' just because he was in it for a few minutes.

* Some fans of specific actors or directors will want to watch their entire filmography, down to nigh-impossible to find short films and episodes of TV series. Finding the actor attractive being one reason.
** In general, if you have a favorite B-movie actor and plenty of time and/or disposable income on your hands, you'll watch droves of otherwise unwatchable films just to catch a glimpse of your hero - and that goes double if you're a horny dude and the "star" is a sexy babe. Take Anna Nicole Smith, for instance. How many boys aged 14 to 25 watched the DTV movie ''To the Limit'' [[{{Fanservice}} just to see her naked body]] - when [[EnsembleDarkhorse she wasn't even the main character in that film]], and in fact it was a sequel to an earlier film, ''Da Vinci's War'', which she wasn't in and which was made before most people had even heard of her? There's a reason some second hand [=DVDs=] can be quite pricey.

** The ''Film/MonsterVerse'' relies on two things to draw in audiences: monster fighting and star actors- and they have plenty of both:
*** ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'':

*** Ironically, one of the biggest criticisms leveled against the movie was exactly Godzilla's and Cranston's limited screen-time ([[spoiler:the former mostly has cameos until the final fight, the latter is killed off about half an hour in]]), and while most critics applauded this "held-back" approach, audiences were less forgiving (there was a significant drop in attendance following a strong opening), proving this trope to be a double-edged sword.[[note]]However, the former case is fairly true to the source material. There are quite a few Japanese Godzilla films where the titular monster doesn't show up until the end, with maybe only a flashback montage at the beginning. ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' is such an example, and [[Film/Godzilla1954 the one that started it all]] has even ''less'' Big G on-screen than either. Though in fairness, these movies have a lot more of other kaiju and much shorter runtime respectively.[[/note]]
*** ''Film/KongSkullIsland'' capitalizes on the fame of MCU actors Creator/TomHiddleston, Creator/SamuelLJackson, and Creator/BrieLarson to draw in audiences who don't care about or even hate Kaiju movies. And for the rest, well, there's more than enough [[RuleOfCool giant monkey action]] to go around!
*** ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'':

*** ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'':

*** Ironically, one of the biggest criticisms leveled against the movie was exactly Godzilla's and Cranston's limited screen-time ([[spoiler:the former mostly has cameos until the final fight, the latter is killed off about half an hour in]]), and while most critics applauded this "held-back" approach, audiences were less forgiving (there was a significant drop in attendance following a strong opening), proving this trope to be a double-edged sword.[[note]]However, the former case is fairly true to the source material. There are quite a few Japanese Godzilla films where the titular monster doesn't show up until the end, with maybe only a flashback montage at the beginning. ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' is such an example, and [[Film/Godzilla1954 the one that started it all]] has even ''less'' Big G on-screen than either.[[/note]]