The Empire Strikes Back

Carrie Fisher and Peter Mayhew show that Princess Leia and Chewbacca are actually BFFs.

Kermit and Piggy visit Mark Hamill and Yoda on the Dagobah set

The Shining

Lisa Burns and Louise Burns look far less creepy between their haunting stints in hallways.

Stanley Kubrick taking a mirror selfie with his daughter, while Jack Nicholson thought it was a photo of him.

The Muppet Movie

Jim Henson and Kermit staring deeply into each other’s eyes.

Edward Scissorhands

Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder hugging it out between takes.

Harry Potter

Maggie Smith relaxing between scenes that were actually deleted from the final cuts. Incredibly, she participated in the filming while going through chemotherapy.

300

Director Zack Snyder looking small as he goes over lines with Leonidas.

BEN-HUR

Inception

Ellen Page and Leonardo DiCaprio on the set of Inception. It’s not surprise it looks a lot different than the movie.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Peter Ostrum and Gene Wilder switch looks for a moment.

Silence of the Lambs

Hannibal Lecter enjoying a fry between shots

The Sound of Music

Christopher Plummer and Julie Andrews shop for postcards.

Kill Bill

Uma Thurman and Lucy Liu stop fighting long enough to show they’re actually great friends.

E.T.

Director Steven Spielberg giving E.T. a bath on the set of the film.

The Big Lebowski

Director Joel Coen checking in on The Dude during the trippy dream sequence.

Django Unchained

Leo taking a break from the director’s point of view.

The Dark Knight

Heath Ledger practices for the final scene of the movie when he’s hanging from the skyscraper. It looks a bit different than you may remember.

The Joker without his recognizable makeup.

Christopher Nolan using toy cars to plan out chase scenes with his stunt director.

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Bill Murray literally “on the set”.

Filming of the MGM Lion

Star Wars

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Carrie Fisher grabs Mark Hamill a beer between shooting some of the most intensive scenes of the movie.

Chewbacca getting a bit frisky during one of the funnier outtakes.

Frankenstein

Even Frankenstein’s monster needed to find time for a cup of tea and a quick snack!

Ghostbusters

The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man wreaking havoc on an innocent city.

Godzilla

Similarly, Godzilla (albeit only his lower half) terrorizes a poor Japanese town.

The Wizard of Oz

The amazing set of Munchkinland.

Back To The Future

The DeLorean, which was much smaller than most of us remembered.

The Hobbit

Titanic

This proves once and for all that the wooden board did have enough room for Jack.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, Alan Rickman, Mike Newell prove that Harry and Snape actually can get along.

Enemies become friends when the camera isn’t rolling, as Voldemort and Dumbledore share a laugh.

The Avengers

Director Joss Whedon showing the heroes how it’s done.

Mark Ruffalo looking significantly less intimidating as The Hulk.

Marie Antoinette

Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman use some technology that definitely doesn’t mix with their outfits.

Lord of the Rings

Gandalf, along with his stunt and riding doubles.

Jaws

Steven Spielberg bravely lounges in the mouth of the shark.

Planet of the Apes

Charlton Heston has a heart-to-heart with an ape.

The Lord of the Rings Triology

Gandalf (Sir Ian McKellen) keeping dry between takes

Alien

Ridley Scott pours some condensed milk on Ian Holm.

Spartacus

A group of extras look pretty relaxed for having just fallen victim to battle.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

George Lucas and Amrish Puri take a break under an umbrella.

The Royal Tenenbaums

Bill Murray, Grant Rosenmeyer, Jonah Meyerson roughhouse in the hospital.

Star Wars – Special Edition

Boba Fett unmasked on the set of the additional Jabba’s Palace scenes filmed for the Star Wars special editions

Singin’ in the Rain

JURASSIC PARK III

John Rosengrant, an effects artist for the movie, wears a raptor half-suit for Jurassic Park III.

Return of the Jedi

Carrie Fisher and Warick Davis (Ewok Wicket) on the set of Return of the Jedi!

Life of Pi

Suraj Sharma acts out his scene in a zoomed out look of what most of the movie’s filming looked like.

Pulp Fiction

John Travolta and Bruce Willis laugh about something between scenes.

Rear Window

It wasn’t all serious business on the set of Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller. James Stewart and Grace Kelly found time to goof off by riding an improvised dog chariot.