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- DirectorMark WatersStarsLindsay LohanJonathan BennettRachel McAdamsCady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.If you watch Mean Girls backwards, it's about a girl who becomes so unpopular she has to move to Africa.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsLeonardo DiCaprioKate WinsletBilly ZaneA seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.If you watch Titanic backwards, it's about a ship that emerges from icy waters, and then everyone on it goes home.
- DirectorKeenen Ivory WayansStarsMarlon WayansShawn WayansBusy PhilippsTwo disgraced FBI agents go way undercover in an effort to protect hotel heiresses the Wilson sisters from a kidnapping plot.If you watch White Chicks backwards, it becomes Black Dudes.
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsJohn CusackThandiwe NewtonChiwetel EjioforA frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.If you watch 2012 backwards its about earth healing itself.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleHeath LedgerAaron EckhartWhen the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.If you watch The Dark Knight backwards, the Joker saves a burning stack of money, gives it to the mob, and pulls a pencil out of some guys eye. I guess, he's not a bad guy at all.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittCate BlanchettTilda SwintonTells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with consequences.If you watch The Curious Case of Benjamin Button backwards, it's about a guy seeing everyone else around him getting younger.
- DirectorNorman FergusonT. HeeWilfred JacksonStarsDickie JonesChristian RubMel BlancA living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.If you watch Pinocchio backwards, it is the story of how a real boy gets changed into a block of wood.
- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsJames FrancoAmber TamblynKate MaraA mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.If you watch 127 Hours backwards, it's the uplifting story of an amputee who finds an arm in the desert, attaches it, and discovers a love for biking.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodBee VangChristopher CarleyAfter a Hmong teenager tries to steal his prized 1972 Gran Torino, a disgruntled, prejudiced Korean War veteran seeks to redeem both the boy and himself.If you watch Gran Torino backwards, it's about a zombie who becomes more and more racist.
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsAl PacinoMichelle PfeifferSteven BauerIn 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.If you watch Scarface backwards, it's about a man who gives up cocaine and crime to follow his dream of becoming a dishwasher to earn enough money so he can visit Cuba.
- DirectorGarry MarshallStarsRichard GereJulia RobertsJason AlexanderA man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets... only to fall in love.If you watch Pretty Woman backwards,Richard Gere robs a woman of everything until she turns to prostitution.
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsEllen BurstynMax von SydowLinda BlairWhen a young girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.If you watch The Exorcist backwards, it's about a girl who's very sick until she eats pea soup and gets better.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsElijah WoodIan McKellenOrlando BloomA meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.If you watch The Lord of the Rings backwards, it's a saga about a little guy who gets a cool ring from a volcano and spends the rest of the films walking home.
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsDaniel RadcliffeRupert GrintEmma WatsonAn orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.If you watch Harry Potter backwards, it's about an institute that gradually robs a teenage wizard of his age and talent until he's got nothing left and must resign himself to living under a family's stairs.
- DirectorEric DarnellTom McGrathStarsChris RockBen StillerDavid SchwimmerA group of animals who have spent all their life in a New York zoo end up in the jungles of Madagascar, and must adjust to living in the wild.If you watch Madagascar backwards, it's about a group of animals who get fed up by dancing lemurs, lock themselves up in boxes and ship themselves to a zoo.
- DirectorJoe CarnahanStarsLiam NeesonDermot MulroneyFrank GrilloAfter their plane crashes in Alaska, six oil workers are led by a skilled huntsman to survival, but a pack of merciless wolves haunts their every step.If you watch The Grey backwards, it's about a man who wins a staring contest with a wolf, then finds another man underwater and kisses him, they find several other men, ressurect a few wolves and are rewarded with a plane.
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsNatalie PortmanMila KunisVincent CasselNina is a talented but unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her artistic director and a seductive rival, Nina's grip on reality slips, plunging her into a waking nightmare.If you watch Black Swan backwards, it's about a dancer who cures her insanity by sleeping with Mila Kunis.
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsGeorge ClooneyBrad PittJulia RobertsDanny Ocean and his ten accomplices plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously.If you watch Ocean's Eleven backwards, it's about a bunch of guys donating money to a casino, then leaving in style.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard DreyfussWhen a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.If you watch Jaws backwards, it's about a shark that keeps throwing up people until they have to open a beach.
- DirectorJohn Lee HancockStarsQuinton AaronSandra BullockTim McGrawThe story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All-American football player and first-round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.If you watch The Blind Side backwards, it's about how Sandra Bullock becomes disappointed with her black son and abandons him in the street.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsHilary SwankClint EastwoodMorgan FreemanFrankie, an ill-tempered old coach, reluctantly agrees to train aspiring boxer Maggie. Impressed with her determination and talent, he helps her become the best and the two soon form a close bond.If you watch Million Dollar Baby backwards, it's about Clint Eastwood reviving a crippled boxer, then teaching her to get progressively worse at boxing.
- DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsSylvester StalloneTalia ShireBurt YoungA small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the world heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.If you watch Rocky backwards, it's about a boxer gets beaten so badly he loses all his conditioning and leaves his girlfriend.
- DirectorHenry SelickStarsDakota FanningTeri HatcherJohn HodgmanWandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, an 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.If you watch Coraline backwards, it's about a young girl that teaches a soul-eating witch how to be a nice personand leaves the witch's world only to find out that the real world sucks.
- DirectorAndrew AdamsonVicky JensonStarsMike MyersEddie MurphyCameron DiazA mean lord exiles fairytale creatures to the swamp of a grumpy ogre, who must go on a quest and rescue a princess for the lord in order to get his land back.If you watch Shrek backwards, it's about an insane ogre who kindaps a man's wife and puts her in a tower, alienates his friends and winds up living alone in a swamp.
- DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.If you watch The Matrix backwards, Neo gets tired of using his superpowers to fight, so he jacks into the ship's computer and sucks all of the kung fu knowledge out of his brain and then plugs himself into the Matrix, and begins his new life as Thomas Anderson.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsJesse EisenbergAndrew GarfieldJustin TimberlakeAs Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.If you watch The Social Network backwards, it's about a billionaire who reconciles with his best friend, loses his fortune, becomes a nerd, and his girlfriend comes back to him.
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJamie FoxxChristoph WaltzLeonardo DiCaprioWith the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.If you watch Django Unchained backwards, it's about a well dressed but murderous black guy who meets a bearded white guy who escorts him through Mandingo fights, bad weather and shoot-outs before betraying and selling him to slave traders.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittEdward NortonMeat LoafAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.If you watch Fight Club backwards, you see Edward Norton turn from a crazy street person into a successful and productive member of society.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom HanksMatt DamonTom SizemoreFollowing the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.If you watch Saving Private Ryan backwards, it's about a bunch of soldiers wandering through Europe and then going to the beach.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsTom HanksHelen HuntPaul SanchezA FedEx executive undergoes a physical and emotional transformation after crash landing on a deserted island.If you watch Cast Away backwards, it's exactly the same movie.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsGuy PearceCarrie-Anne MossJoe PantolianoA man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer.If you watch Memento backwards, it makes more sense.
- DirectorCatherine HardwickeStarsKristen StewartRobert PattinsonBilly BurkeWhen Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire.If you watch Twilight backwards, it's still a crappy film.