There are many comic bits involving small animals that leap onto the face of an unsuspecting character, holding on viciously while the actor flails his arms and turns around helplessly.
Category: Unrealistic
Binocular vision
To convey what a character is seeing through binoculars, viewers are shown a figure-eight shaped frame, even though when you look through binoculars you don’t really experience this.
Free Parking
In movies there is always a free parking space.
Vintage Cabs
Although Checker cabs have long disappeared from New York City streets, they persist in movies and were used exclusively for decades after they been all but replaced by Impalas in the 1980’s.
Wacky Hallucinogens
Hallucinogens are almost always portrayed as funny
Amnesia As Entertainment
Movie heroes are constantly getting concussions that cause them to completely forget who they are. Fortunately, their memories invariable return by the closing credits.
Fast Talking
Listening to one side of a phone conversation can be pretty boring, so cinematic phone conversations tend to lack a lot of silent listening. Both sides of the conversation are made clear by repetition, and when the person on the other end does speak, it’s usually for ridiculously short durations.