10 More Subtle Signs Movie Characters Weren't Telling The Truth

From one sliver of pseudoscience to another now, with The Joker's (Heath Ledger) indicative eye contact in The Dark Knight.

You'll surely remember that the Joker tells two conflicting stories about how he got his iconic scars, and also attempted to tell a third to Batman (Christian Bale) at film's end, before the Caped Crusader hastily interrupted him.

Yet when the Clown Prince of Crime is telling the first story to criminal Gambol (Michael Jai White) - that his drunk father cut his face with a knife - note that he looks up to the left several times, as is a commonly believed indicator that somebody is lying (though, in reality, has no scientific basis at all).

But when the Joker tells the second story to Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal) a little later - that he self-harmed in a deluded attempt to make his scarred wife feel better - he maintains firm eye contact with her throughout, suggesting he's actually telling the truth this time.

While in fairness it's entirely possible that the Joker made up both stories for kicks, many fans believe it to imply that his second tale was indeed true.