Top 20 Smartest Decisions in Movies

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These movies would be very different if these characters were idiots! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most effective choices made by cinematic characters. More than a few spoilers! Our countdown includes moments from movies “Knives Out”, “Aliens”, “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and more! Did we forget any wise decisions from movie characters? Let us know in the comments below.
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@WatchMojo 7 месяцев назад

Did we forget any wise decisions from movie characters? Let us know in the comments below. For more content like this, click here: Did we forget any wise decisions from movie characters? Let us know in the comments below. Don't forget to play our Live Trivia (www.watchmojo.com/play) games at 3pm EST for a chance to win cash! The faster you answer, the more points you get!

@Jeremiah_Rivers76 7 месяцев назад

For a kid, Danny doubling back on his path to shake Jack off was a smart move!

@scottwestleysmith3196 7 месяцев назад

Doctor Strange - the only hero who made the bad guy rage quit.

@Tboss12345 7 месяцев назад

He deserves a medal for that 🎖️🏅

@WatchMojo 7 месяцев назад

@Studentie84 2 месяца назад

I think Doctor Strange would have given up long before Dormammu would. Water boarding is pretty effective to get what you want

@justapeacefulmanwhosbornin7291 7 месяцев назад

MCU Doctor Strange: “Dormammu, I’ve come to bargain.” That scene was absolutely insane.

@marcinsmyk 7 месяцев назад

This almost-eternal torture could make Strange the oldest Avenger

@starscreamthecruel8026 7 месяцев назад

That was my fav part of that movie. I love it when they have either villians or heroes use their BRAINS not their muscles, to win the day. It makes them more real. Sure Dr Strange used magic too but he had to have the intelligence to figure out the time loop would work in the first place.

@zukini8763 7 месяцев назад

The name Dormammu makes me chuckle.

@Irhak69 7 месяцев назад

and knowing that Dormamu and Strange is played by same actor it's even better - why are you arguing with yourself? :P

@skilldeadly8888 7 месяцев назад

Shawshank should be 1. The amount of planning, work, and shit (literally) that he had to go through to pull it off was amazing. Plus one of the most satisfying endings to a movie ever.

@renotscloud987 7 месяцев назад

Ya and godfather getting number one 😂 what gangster doesn't think to take out the competition

@darkabz2346 7 месяцев назад

@@renotscloud987 yeah its way too cliche to be no 1

@precious_muse 7 месяцев назад

I’d add giving the mother ship a “cold” in Independence Day, or the way that David used the satellite signals to discern that the aliens started a countdown.

@justapeacefulmanwhosbornin7291 7 месяцев назад

1990’s ‘Home Alone’ is also part of my childhood. 🙂

@lyttleton 7 месяцев назад

Same such a classic

@ronattamurray142 7 месяцев назад

I love alone movie so much every Christmas day i watch it

@dreamguardian8320 7 месяцев назад

I remember watching it a lot as a kid. The first movie is always the best.

@competitionglen 7 месяцев назад

It never gets old.

@iamNell 7 месяцев назад

Most of us 90's kids really

@jondoe-du2fr 7 месяцев назад

Superman 2 (1980). The moment when Kal-El/Superman takes on Xod an co at his ice fortress and he steps into the transformation pod so that he retained his powers while they lost theirs. That was very much a 'brains over brawn' move because he was no match for the 3 of his fellow Kryptonians combined.

@Spikes01k 7 месяцев назад

9:45 as HISHE has pointed out, Captain Marvel should have used the gauntlet when she had a chance. She would have been fine and uninjured from its use.

@melbell0865 7 месяцев назад

Kinda like how, also in HISHE, they should’ve just time traveled to before Thanos destroyed the stones.

@willlyhickey 7 месяцев назад

Oh man how can you not include Daniel Day Lewis at the end of The Last of the Mohicans, where he shoots the guys with the muskets and grabs their guns while running so his doesn’t have to reload?! Brilliant even in rewatches.

@cesarvictorino4301 7 месяцев назад

Top 10 Movie Villains You Didn’t See Coming.

@kamarichristie4346 7 месяцев назад

@tymoviedatabase7788 7 месяцев назад

They've done that before lol

@mr.decencykeepinitreal6348 7 месяцев назад

‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ = One of the best movies in 2010s.

@tammylynnbeatricedoyle4500 7 месяцев назад

Great list 👌 Totally love Shawshank ❤️

@Reaperguy67 7 месяцев назад

Same here. They did such a great job with the movie.

@Deathstroke4200 7 месяцев назад

Fury Road! Absolutely love that film. Excited for the sequel/ spinoff. But I'm really hoping George Miller has something in mind for Tom Hardys "Max".

@theantiwokereviewer 7 месяцев назад

#6: Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief did the same thing against a hydra, and what makes it even smarter is that the book didn’t

@mr.decencykeepinitreal6348 7 месяцев назад

‘The Thing’ is still one of the best Hollywood remakes/science fiction-horror movies of all time.

@danielsantiagourtado3430 7 месяцев назад

Taking out the other families on the godfather was great

@mr.decencykeepinitreal6348 7 месяцев назад

‘Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark’ = My number one favorite Indiana Jones movie. 😏

@jaclynsanture6643 7 месяцев назад

Mine too, same with the Last Crusde.

@starscreamthecruel8026 7 месяцев назад

Mine too.

@matthewwriter9539 7 месяцев назад

2:52 Using the scientific method is always a good idea/smart decision. I don't care what movie or story we are talking about. ...also use the process of elimination whenever necessary.

@NehemiahRants 7 месяцев назад

Appreciate all the effort you put into your videos

@nwbluezebra 7 месяцев назад

I think you could add Draft Day to this list. The strategy used by Kevin Costner’s character was brilliant on draft day to get back the picks he traded away.

@AirbenderHawk 7 месяцев назад

Clash of the Titans is one of my favorite parts in which the hero uses mirrors, just like the original.

@jaclynsanture6643 7 месяцев назад

His sheild, I always thought it was really amaizing

@dreamguardian8320 7 месяцев назад

The 1981 version will always be my favorite.

@starscreamthecruel8026 7 месяцев назад

I have both versions and love both for different reasons. Although the storylines dont quite match up and obviously the special effects are better in one than the other, it still makes them both unique from each other.

@darthstarkiller1912 7 месяцев назад

Love the booby traps in "Home Alone". Still make me laugh so much.

@jaclynsanture6643 7 месяцев назад

Me too, I always want to do same.

@dreamguardian8320 7 месяцев назад

I wish I had that much brains as a kid.

@josiahphillips7966 7 месяцев назад

So no watchmen? Osimandius Revealing that he already did his plan 20 mins ago. Before the heros even show up is such a smart move

@LastKnight0727 7 месяцев назад

"You sly dog, you got me monologing, too bad I already did everything now I'm just bragging"

@josiahphillips7966 7 месяцев назад

@@LastKnight0727 I am just shocked this isn't on the list

@Dragoness-si2xr 7 месяцев назад

Isn’t he a villain? Because I think this excludes them

@LastKnight0727 7 месяцев назад

@@Dragoness-si2xr why would that exclude them? It's a general list according to the title.

@Dragoness-si2xr 7 месяцев назад

@@LastKnight0727 before the countdown began it Stated it wouldn’t include villains or animated movies. And there were None mentioned

@allen604 7 месяцев назад

Enemy of the State. Will Smith gets the mob and the NSA agent to kill each other. Enemy at the Gate: Every sniper scene

@AquaBlue77 7 месяцев назад

Love all of these. Does David and Jennifer going to get Falken in WarGames count as a smart decision, here?

@justapeacefulmanwhosbornin7291 7 месяцев назад

Top 20 known Superman-inspired characters.

@topdollar8 7 месяцев назад

Shaun Of The Dead when they act like zombies to blend in.

@BlenderStudy 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! That's an awesome collection of good movies. 🤣

@Mos41f 7 месяцев назад

1. Jeremy Irons grand scheme to steal gold bullion from Federal Reserve Bank of NY. 2. Joker's scheme to get caught on purpose in The Dark Knight. 3. Any of the unmaskings in Mission Impossible movies. 4. Clive Owen hiding inside the vault in Inside Man.

@carlstawicki1915 7 месяцев назад

6:02 Ripley only had to fight the queen at the end because she foolishly stopped to torch the egg pods while rescuing Newt. She didn't have to do that because the site was being nuked anyway. So...One of the smartest decisions was made after one of the dumbest.

@mr.decencykeepinitreal6348 7 месяцев назад

2023 MCU Tony Stark with all six Infinity Stones: “And I…am…Iron Man.” *snaps* Robert Downey Junior did an impressive on that scene, his character from Earth-199999 died like a true hero…

@dontbelieveme1406 7 месяцев назад

Unlike horror movies, when ppl are getting chased

@BrooklynKasinganeti 7 месяцев назад

13:44 I legit spit out my juice. Thanks watchmojo😢 Also great list 😊😊😊

@Fixxer315 7 месяцев назад

Here are some of my favorites: Raiders of the Lost Ark: Rather than getting into a sword fight with a goon midway through the film, Indiana simply shoots him. Superman II: Superman uses Lex Luthor to trick General Zod & Co into losing their powers. Tomorrow Never Dies: James Bond tricks an assassin into electrocuting himself with Bond's phone/car remote/taser Buffy the Vampire Slayer---OK,t his is from the TV show, but I like the conclusion to Helpless (Season 3), where Buffy tricks a pill-popping vampire to drink holy water.

@SuperJutah 7 месяцев назад

If I had my perse right now I'd be punning

@CodyFairlessLee 7 месяцев назад

I love PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, INCEPTION, CLASH OF THE TITANS (2010), and THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION.

@Gor85 7 месяцев назад

So many great moves😁I love Home Alone!😀Bobby trapping the house is perfect😁Capturing the bus for re-run is great move!😀Using cargo loader against allien queen too :D Indy and Marion closing their eyes when the Arc is opened is very smart move! They are not evil so they were spare. Mcclane taping a gun behind his back is perfect😁I remember when in the fourth the turned the gun to the villain and said"how about yippee-kay-yay mother booom!"Danny whipping the snow trail to hide,Terminator calling dog the wrong name also very smart. Andy's scheme to escape perfect too😀Michael Corleone taking out the competition is brilliant move. Deserving number 1😀

@Animeguy300 7 месяцев назад

Marvel movie always nave smartest decision

@user-Natsu2001 7 месяцев назад

Indy and Marion were the only ones that got spared because they closed their eyes

@AquaBlue77 7 месяцев назад

That. And I also believe they were spared because they were not the evil Nazis, noting that they were speared through their evil malicious hearts. While Indy and Marion, good-hearted people with no malice in their bodies, were not. The Ark were the Judge and Jury here and eliminated the evil, malicious people there.

@user-Natsu2001 7 месяцев назад

@@AquaBlue77when Indy said to keep your eyes shut, he wasn’t just telling Marion, he was telling tha audience too and also the moral of the story is when god tell us not to touch his stuff, we shouldn’t touch it

@AquaBlue77 7 месяцев назад

@@user-Natsu2001 Yes. My mind just keeps going to what I said in my reply, that I tend to forget all about the moral story of just that, too. So, you're absolutely correct.

@NATTURALIE 7 месяцев назад

Your videos are so good

@jacobdrolet4262 7 месяцев назад

Katniss using poison berry to trick the game keepers in thinking she & Peeta would kill themself have no won in the hunger game,then at the end come out with two victories too.

@hector_extraHEC 7 месяцев назад

i say Gandalf making Sam go with Frodo was pretty wise… Samwise 👍

@jaclynsanture6643 7 месяцев назад

Yes!

@antoniobotello4996 7 месяцев назад

Awesome 👍

@octoberalvarez3490 7 месяцев назад

Not enough people talk about that magazine armor Brad Pitt used in World War Z

@ernstbtmn 7 месяцев назад

No bullet proof vest? A Fistful of Dollars

@JupitersAscension 7 месяцев назад

What could have happened if Durmamu ignored Strange? I think Strange could not have influenced the events in the dark dimension

@simplysean88 7 месяцев назад

Strange could just off himself. I think the loop triggers on his death. if Dormammu thought this through, imprisoning Strange might have worked.

@ladyjustice1474 7 месяцев назад

The Fugitive, Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones.

@ewok40k 7 месяцев назад

Robocop: you are fired!!!! Return of the Jedi: how can they jam us .. if they dont know were coming?

@jonmendelson1104 7 месяцев назад

Spaceballs: Jammed...raspberry. There's only man who would dare give me the raspberry. Lone Star!

@manueltapia1859 7 месяцев назад

Emma tricking Payton by making her believe the baby is the room while she closes the door and her mom faking an asthma attack to fight back in The Hand that Rocks the Cradle 1992, put the potion that turns children in mice in the soup the witches will eat The Witches 1990 😊

@harryboyes2812 7 месяцев назад

How about intentionally designing the first Death Star with a weak point? Especially since it was done right under the Empire's nose.

@christopherhaines2492 7 месяцев назад

The scene in Kingsman: The Secret Service when Egsy switches drinks with Michael Cain's character.

@nykhlfc6times632 7 месяцев назад

In the 80's film "FROM THE HIP" it's a court-room thriller with John Hurt as the suspect and Judd Nelson (Breakfast Club) as the brilliant but cocky lawyer who is tasked with getting him acquitted. But he believes Hurt is guilty. He just has to prove it. So he winds him up until Hurt shows his guilt. Its like ' A FEW GOOD MEN' But was done years before.

@blakefifield 7 месяцев назад

Could you please do Top 10 Best Anthology TV Shows?

@emiliobello2538 7 месяцев назад

Wow. Also do a Top 10 Foreign Films that deserved more nominations at The Oscars

@RVDDP2501 7 месяцев назад

Pardon my asking, I noticed you cropped the image of the Ark of the Covenant in the Raiders of the Lost Ark section, I'm curious why

@CloneScavengerVulpin8389 7 месяцев назад

Intelligence beats power.

@sxehero1376 7 месяцев назад

🎯

@nicbarrax76 7 месяцев назад

Chili Palmer using the airport locker to put Barboni away is one of my favorites. Get Shorty. Great film!

@dimitru6024 2 месяца назад

Riddick wants to get his hands on what's inside a safe but does not know the combination that opens the safe. So he leaves things near the safe that fool the owners into thinking the safe has been opened and emptied and closed, and Riddick hides to watch the owners open the safe which, obviously, gives away the combination that opens it. "RIDDICK"

@ozzman123 7 месяцев назад

Red Cliff - When Zhuge Liang o [kongming] of the shu kingdom places a bet with Zhou Yu of wu. Kongming wagers agains Zhou Yu's orders of eliminating one of Cao Caos officers, to kongmings ability to make 100,000 arrows in a few days. Kongmimg cannot possibly do so from scratch, so he uses a few men to outfit a small group of straw covered boats to literary steal the arrows from their enemy. This movie is based on history and real people. There are many moments like this throughout too. ❤

@INFAMOUSLSG 7 месяцев назад

Though its not show here look at palmer-things face before he gets tested. He gives a "Well, guess you about to catch me" look, it's very subtle.

@canos263 7 месяцев назад

Top 10 Soundtracks in movies. Btw, Clash Of Titans has a great one.

@renotscloud987 7 месяцев назад

I thought obi wan taking the high ground then baiting anikin to try to jump over would be up there

@ViewerOnline101 7 месяцев назад

Booby trapping the house? Yeah, I guess that was smart. Or he could have, you know, just called the cops from the beginning. You know, like he did only after he let them go through all his traps. He could have had the cops have them lie in wait for the thieves, but decided to let them go through his house of horrors first... because. I wouldn't exactly call that smart. Amusing, impressive, but not smart.

@juliusfrauenglass2411 7 месяцев назад

you forget the burglars masqueraded as cops and Kevin also thought he was in trouble for stealing.

@SirsasthNigam. 7 месяцев назад

Clash of Titans: both Perseus:uses Medusa 's head to turn Cetus to stone 2010 Perseus:throws Medusa's head into the sea

@nrkgalt 7 месяцев назад

James Bond in Casino Royale transferring a bomb from a fuel truck to the belt of the bad guy. James Bond in The Living Daylights cutting the laces on his boots to make the bad guy fall out of a plane. John McClane in Die Hard giving Hans Gruber an unloaded gun. Or maybe that was a boneheaded decision on the part of Hans Gruber to not notice the gun was lighter.

@jamalvargas6146 7 месяцев назад

A History Of Violence (2005) When Tom Stall\Joey Cusack went to confront his brother Richie Cusack In Philadelphia RIP William Hurt BTW

@srayj 7 месяцев назад

Jason Bourne and basically everything he does, but especially pulling a map off the wall in order to escape the embassy.

@glennbabic5954 7 месяцев назад

Why three levels of dreams? You don't need inception to brainwash modern audiences into believing Nolan nonsense is profound.

@pushkalvasudev790 7 месяцев назад

Id say the boyfriend from lights out had one of the most ingenious way to survive

@YEOsCanal 7 месяцев назад

Well, I think you're turning a molehill out of a mountain. A few of the films featured here are some of my favorites. Still, the smart decisions discussed here are actually things anyone would have thought of.

@jayfree126 7 месяцев назад

Ironman learns from his losses in every movie. He made sure to have contingencies in case Thanos ended up with all the stones. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 salute

@starscreamthecruel8026 7 месяцев назад

the curse of a super high intelligence. Contingencies for contingencies.

@MusicLady82 7 месяцев назад

Exit Wound's: when DMX's character gets trapped in a room he used his belt to create a cord so he could shoot the antagonists without revealing himself saving himself from being shot himself when taking the antagonists out.

@tygurlz6789 7 месяцев назад

you can bet your sweet behind i cried when tony went, ripped my damn heart out.

@Marc15663 7 месяцев назад

Watched to make sure Terminator 2 was on the list and wasn’t disappointed.

@PixelDicaprio 7 месяцев назад

I’d argue on Home Alone’s only because while it got the bad guys in sticky situations and stalled them on what they came there to do, he also made it a death trap for his family/mom when they/she returned. I haven’t seen the movie fully to know if the whole family returned with the mom or not but I know the premise enough to say this

@The_Legend47 7 месяцев назад

Kevin cleans up the house as best he can b4 his family gets back home, **4 the most part**

@The_Legend47 7 месяцев назад

About the only thing he COULDN'T fix again, was the spider tank, I believe it was....

@prisonmike4971 7 месяцев назад

Inception isn't this high concept, only for smart people movie. It's so straightforward- the cast literally explain the movie during the movie...why was anyone confused by this?

@sister_bertrille911 7 месяцев назад

"Keep the change, ya filthy WatchMojo animals!"

@theflaggedyoutuberii4311 7 месяцев назад

3:15 R j Mccready is from fallout not The Thing, This is Mcready,😮.

@ak-ec6tv 7 месяцев назад

A few good men. Where he questions the decisions is worth a shout

@DanBrown4114 7 месяцев назад

The entire plot of Lucky Number Slevin.

@xtrafe5953 7 месяцев назад

What happened to the rest of the video after Medusa?

@fredhorne2320 7 месяцев назад

Bringing two guns-Scream 3.

@carlstawicki1915 7 месяцев назад

In the movie Silver Bullet, the sister found out who the werewolf was by checking the townspeople for the one with an injured eye.

@TerrelBlack86 5 месяцев назад

Andy should be number 1 hands down

@BobDylan-ho2gd 7 месяцев назад

Red cliffs. Wu burning Cao Caos massive naval fleet with burning ships with the help of a wind direction. 🔥

@Oct8pus 7 месяцев назад

Entertaining list, but I feel like you guys spent 10 minutes putting it together. A lot of these "smart" decisions are just plot points executed by intelligent characters. There are so many films where the decisions are so brilliant, we never even saw them coming

@JackOfAllRAIDs 7 месяцев назад

This video shows that WatchMojo doesn't know the difference between wisdom and intelligence. Some of the clips (using Medusa's head, for example) use wisdom to defeat the enemy. Tony Stark creating his suit, however, is much more a display of intelligence than wisdom.

@jssp4709 7 месяцев назад

Three mentions for the MCU and zero for the third act of a magic trick?

@Hhammer 7 месяцев назад

I’m 100% sure this video was uploaded 2 weeks ago and now re uploaded

@Ginalopez7877 7 месяцев назад

How are these spoil alerts ? Its not like we havent seen these movies like a couple of times we already know thier plot twists..

@G1Grimlock94 7 месяцев назад

Greek crazy history

@user-jg6pi2si8v 7 месяцев назад

The smartest decision in movies is to Film Schlindlers List mainly in Black and White

@biffstrong1079 7 месяцев назад

Closing their eyes wasn't that clever.

@Bergarita 7 месяцев назад

The black lady cop in the Room where she figures out how to find the mom

@kimelito 7 месяцев назад

Snatch could have been on this list aswell

@Toledotourbillion 7 месяцев назад

Have to disagree with Aliens and Endgame despite they being my favorites. They're more plot armor than acts of genius.

@joshkeller2671 7 месяцев назад

Absolutely hate that the big bang theory pointed out that Indiana Jones had no role in raiders of the lost ark. With or without him the nazis open the ark and all die