10 Movies That Missed Out The Money Shot

5. The Victory At Orleans - Joan Of Arc

Not only did Georges Méliès basically invent special effects and cinema as we know it (so that far less talented and respectful people could make all those Pauly Shore films), but he also invented intelligent, RESTRAINED film-making. In 1900, the grandfather of film made Joan Of Arc, shooting over 200 metres of film and twelve different sets (a huge amount back then), but even he knew his limits.

Thanks to the prohibitive cost, Méliès was forced to leave out one of the single most definitive moments in Joan Of Arc's entire life (bar her death): the victory at the Siege Of Orleans (the achievement that gave her her other nickname of the Maid Of Orleans).

He realised he didn't have the space nor the budget to do justice to the battle, so he simply left it out. Better to leave us wanting more than to give an unsatisfying replacement.