10 Fiendishly Clever Secrets Hidden In Famous Movie Posters

1. Passengers (2016)

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Passengers, starring two of the hottest properties on the planet in Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt, simply didn't live up to the hype that those two mega A-list names warranted.

It was well put together, with some beautiful cinematography and set design, but its central romance and mystery were both lacking.

The above poster contained a mystery, too, on top of the one at the heart of the film itself. What exactly does the series of dots and dashes, placed just below the title text, mean?

It doesn't take a genius to figure out that this is Morse code, but since most normal people aren't very fluent in that particular form of communication, the help of a translator is needed.

The sequence shown on the poster reads "SOS". The movie is about two passengers, travelling on a spaceship, who wake up 90 years too early - and so are stuck, seemingly doomed to die from old age before the ship reaches its destination.

And what do you do when you're trapped on a ship? Send out an SOS. It's a little on-the-nose once the code is actually translated, but this was a smart way to get people to interact with the movie's marketing campaign.

Did we miss any other movie poster secrets? Let us know in the comments thread!

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