10. THE MARTIAN
When a group from NASA secretly works to save a stranded astronaut on Mars they call their effort Project Elrond in a reference to the secret mission that is the heart of the plot for The Lord Of The Rings. Also actor Sean Bean has major parts in both movies.
9. JAMES BOND: SKYFALL
The Mi6 safe house location in the film is hidden behind a storefront that says "Hildebrand - Prints and rarities - Established 1953, London" which is a reference to James Bond creator Ian Fleming's collection of five short stories titled For Your Eyes Only which included one called The Hildebrand Rarity.
8. STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
While rummaging through the Millennium Falcon, Finn comes across the training orb used by Luke Skywalker from when he trained with Ben Kenobi during his first voyage on the ship. A nice homage to the original Star Wars movie.
7. ANT-MAN
While watching the Ant-Man scenes within Hank Pym's house keep an eye out for shrunken items sprinkled throughout the house from the scientist's experiments. One of the items to look out for is a little red chair that is a reference to Pym's first comic book appearance in Tales To Astonish where he shrinks this chair to test his invention before using it on himself.
In another scene of the movie the character Darren Cross during his speech introducing the Yellow Jacket militarized shrinking suit jokes about Hank Pym saying "an Ant-Man sounds like tales to astonish" referencing the Marvel comic book series in which the Ant-Man and Wasp characters were first introduced. Hank Pym first appeared in Tales To Astonish #27 and the Wasp joined him in his adventures beginning with issue #44.
6. MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
The movie references a popular character from past Mad Max films, Gyro Captain, in a gruesome scene. When the Road Warrior is captured by the War Boy's one of the captors is hoisting a totem that has a human skull mounted at the top wearing the Gyro Captain's cap and flight googles. Alas it appears this is the end of the road for the Gyro Captain in Mad Max films.
5. FANTASTIC FOUR
When the Johnny Storm character is introduced in the movie there is a hint to his future fate hanging from the rear view mirror of the car he is racing -- A Super Mario Fire Flower which spits out flames in the video game.
4. JURASSIC WORLD
Jeff Goldblum may not have appeared in Jurassic World, but the book God Creates Dinosaurs (written by his Jurassic Park character Dr. Ian Malcolm) is shown in the movie during several different scenes.
3. AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
When Tony Stark needs to replace JARVIS at the end of Age of Ultron to help him control the Iron Man suit he considers several alternate AI programs to use including versions called Friday, Jocasta and Tadashi. Friday is a reference to an AI secretary used by Stark in Marvel's comic books; Jocasta was a robot built by Ultron as his wife in a comic book story arc; and Tadashi refers to the character that created the Baymax robot in the Disney animated movie BIG HERO 6.
2. INSIDE OUT
Disney / Pixar films are know for being filled with Easter eggs, especially ones with clues to upcoming movies, and INSIDE OUT is no different with references to The Good Dinosaur and Finding Dory. In one scene you can see an image of Nemo on the box for a board game called FIND ME in a tease for the upcoming sequel. There is also a scene where Riley's family car has a run in with a dinosaur tale to tease The Good Dinosaur.
1. FURIOUS 7
While the Rock's character is staying in the hospital he's watching a football game that features footage of his real life self (Dwayne Johnson) playing as a defensive tackle in a Miami Hurricanes versus Florida State Seminoles game.
So what are some of your favorite Easter Eggs from movies that you've stumbled across?
