History LateArrivalSpoiler / LiveActionFilms

** Lampshaded mercilessly by ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'': Darth Maul, who was shown as being oblivious that [[spoiler:Qui-Gon died]], complaining to Marluxia that "some people haven't seen this movie yet." This is made more absurd when one considers that his introduction into the comic included whining about his fate in the end of the movie.

* There's a very subtle one in [[https://d1w8cc2yygc27j.cloudfront.net/-1912745952726777239/-2540778125453243600.jpg this poster]] for ''Film/TheUsualSuspects''. The tagline is a hint. [[spoiler: Kevin Spacey (aka Verbal Kint) is the only one who's over his name. Also, he's the last in the lineup and the last one named.]]

* The iconic scene from ''Film/SayAnything'', where Lloyd is holding the boombox over his head, is now the cover art for the film.
** Now? [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8a/Say_Anything.jpg It's on the original theatrical poster.]]

* In Tim Burton's ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'', Bruce Wayne isn't revealed to be Batman until over halfway into the film. Although to be fair, unless that film was your first exposure ever to ''Batman'', you already knew that before the movie began.

* ''Film/TheAbominableDrPhibes'': Phibes' disfigured face, only revealed late in the film, is shown on the theatrical poster.

* In Tim Burton's ''Film/Batman1989'', Bruce Wayne isn't revealed to be Batman until over halfway into the film. Although to be fair, unless that film was your first exposure ever to ''Batman'', you already knew that before the movie began.

* The trailers for the second part of the ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy, ''The Two Towers'', made it very, ''very'' clear that Gandalf was [[spoiler: not in fact dead]] as the first movie had implied. Which was a pretty major plot twist in the book, but apparently the marketing team thought genre-savvy movie-goers probably figured it out.

** The 1990 and 1992 Fullscreen VHS boxset releases of the trilogy opened with a trailer for the full trilogy on video, including the line "Is Darth Vader my father?" from ''Jedi'', ensuring that even the most ignorant first-time viewers weren't surprised. Letterboxed copies don't have this preview, preserving the twist.

** In Tim Burton's ''Film/Batman1989'', Bruce Wayne isn't revealed to be Batman until over halfway into the film. Although to be fair, unless that film was your first exposure ever to ''Batman'', you already knew that before the movie began.
* The final shot of ''Film/BeingThere'' is often spoiled by reviewers, biographies and documentaries of Creator/PeterSellers (as well as the 2004 biopic ''The Life and Death of Peter Sellers''), and even TV promos (and the trailers for that biopic). What's really sad is that it's an unusually powerful TwistEnding [[spoiler:in that it forces the viewer to rethink what they know about Chance the Gardener -- as said at the MisaimedFandom entry, perhaps the viewer WASN'T as privy to his actual nature as they thought... or was she? Plus, it's a sudden injection of sheer fantasy into what was a fairly realistic satire up to that moment]].
** Heck, the shot is often used on the cover.
* Believe it or not, there's even a few people who have watched ''Film/CitizenKane'' for the first time and do '''not''' know what the secret of "Rosebud" was, even though there's a trope for that: [[spoiler: ItWasHisSled]]. Those who defend the view that this is a commonly-known thing will point out that the thing in question was not ultimately more than a small part of what the movie was about, though.

* Because it's been in so many other ''{{Franchise/Batman}}'' media anyway, it's impossible not to know that Harvey Dent becomes Two-Face. The only question in any of the series is how, and when. Still, there was an interview with Creator/AaronEckhart in the July/August 08 ''Men's Health''. It lists his movie roles, including his turn in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' as "Harvey Dent, a.k.a. Harvey Two-Face". Which kind of blew the surprise considering that nobody knew if he actually would become Two-Face during that film or not. [[spoiler: Of course he did!]]

** Also something that might have thrown people by the Burton/Schumacher films: Harvey Dent was played by Billy Dee Williams in the first movie, and [[TheOtherDarrin Tommy Lee Jones]] (as Two-Face) in the third. Lest you think that changing actors can be done subtly, Williams is black and Jones is white.
*** As mentioned on the ''Film/BatmanForever'' page, Williams took the minor role of Harvey Dent expecting that in sequels he would become Two-Face, and had it in his contract. The studio bought him out, when they wanted to use Tommy Lee Jones instead.
** In Tim Burton's ''Film/Batman1989'', Bruce Wayne isn't revealed to be Batman until over halfway into the film. Unless that film was your first exposure ever to ''Batman'', you already knew that before the movie began.

* There's a very subtle one in [[http://www.posters.ws/images/408149/usual_suspects.jpg this poster]] for ''Film/TheUsualSuspects''. The tagline is a hint. [[spoiler: Kevin Spacey (aka Verbal Kint) is the only one who's over his name. Also, he's the last in the lineup and the last one named.]]

*** A trailer for ''Far From Home'' released May 6, 2019 spoils ''Endgame'' while revealing more details about the plot of ''Far From Home'', which takes place after ''Endgame''.

** The trailers for ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' have never hidden the fact that half the life in the universe got [[BadassFingersnap dusted by Thanos]] at the end of ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''. They've only hidden how they're going to get everyone back. There's even a LogoJoke of the Marvel logo being dusted away in one of the trailers.

* ''Film/AShotInTheDark'' was the second film in Creator/PeterSellers' ''[[Franchise/ThePinkPanther Pink Panther]]'' film series and it's the one where all the elements of the later films in the series are introduced. But because it doesn't have "Pink Panther" in the title, it's likely to be one of the ''last'' films of the series you're going to watch. There are two elements in this film that were played as plot twists that became unsurprising [[RunningGag running gags]] in the later films:

* The trailers for ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' have never hidden the fact that half the life in the universe got [[BadassFingersnap dusted by Thanos]] at the end of ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''. They've only hidden how they're going to get everyone back. There's even a LogoJoke of the Marvel logo being dusted away in one of the trailers.

* The final shot of ''Film/BeingThere'' is often spoiled by reviewers, biographies and documentaries of Creator/PeterSellers (as well as the 2004 biopic ''The Life and Death of Peter Sellers''), and even TV promos (and the trailers for that biopic). What's really sad is that it's an unusually powerful TwistEnding [[spoiler:in that it forces the viewer to rethink what they know about Chance the Gardener -- as said at the MisaimedFandom entry, perhaps the viewer WASN'T as privy to his actual nature as they thought... or was she? Plus, it's a sudden injection of sheer fantasy into what was a fairly realistic satire up to that moment]]. That said though, given the reasons it tends to be spoiled -- it's the CrowningMomentOfAwesome for both the character and perhaps the actor (it was conceived as a response to how well the movie and his performance were working), as well as a starting point for discussions about the film -- it's perhaps more justifiable than other examples of this trope.

* There are plenty of people who are going to be upset, but shouldn't be, about ''Film/TheExpress'''s built-in DownerEnding: Ernie Davis died of leukemia two years after the film's signature CrowningMomentOfAwesome. Some of the current commercials {{lampshade|Hanging}} this (probably hoping to stave off such a reaction).

* The CriterionCollection special edition reissue[=/=]re-release of ''Film/SevenSamurai'' includes a booklet that features essays from a number of commentators that go into different aspects of the film. While there is an ''attempt'' to avoid spoilers (largely by having some of the commentators refer to events in the film obliquely), reading through the guide reveals most of the ending -- [[spoiler:the bandits are routed and the villagers are saved (and the symbolic return of their harvest is shown), Kikuchiyo is killed during a climactic battle, and a photograph spoils the three surviving samurai -- Kambei, Katsushiro and Shichiroji -- who are left feeling aimless and unsure after their PyrrhicVictory]].

** In Tim Burton's ''Film/{{Batman}}'', Bruce Wayne isn't revealed to be Batman until over halfway into the film. Unless that film was literally your first exposure ever to ''Batman'', you already knew that before the movie began.

** Trailers for the fifth movie obviously center on the Ministry's refusal to accept that Voldemort has returned.
** Trailers for the fifth movie also clearly show that Sirius Black is [[spoiler:a good guy]], spoiling TheReveal at the end of the third film. It's made even more explicit in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaCwrQCjeRk this promo]] for the same film.

* The DVD and video covers for the original ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'' has [[spoiler:the final, iconic shot of the Statue of Liberty]]. Despite this, there are still some people who don't know the ending.

** The 1992 FOX Video VHS boxset release of the trilogy opened with a trailer for the full trilogy on video, including the line "Is Darth Vader my father?" from ''Jedi'', ensuring that even the most ignorant first-time viewers weren't surprised. Letterboxed copies don't have this preview.

** The VHS release of the original ''Film/TheMatrix'' spoiled the whole "[[spoiler: reality isn't real, everyone's in a LotusEaterMachine]]" revelation ''on the back of the freaking box''! And then the DVD release did it again.

** The VHS release of ''Film/ANewHope'' opened with a trailer for the full trilogy on video, including the line "Is Darth Vader my father?" from ''Jedi'', ensuring that even the most ignorant first-time viewers weren't surprised.