18. E.T: The Extra Terrestrial
The alien did look a little strange in this Spielberg gem but I clearly remember that it wasn't this small. And not just the alien, but everything around him seems to have been sized down too. A classic example of false advertising. First Jaws, then this. Thank you, Mr. Spielberg.
17. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
I'm sure Stephen Spielberg's wife would've surely had more problems with him cheating than that of Tiger Woods if only the man hadn't been so subtle about it. But this is pure genius. To create a magical scene out of what look like small grey rocks on larger brown ones requires something exceptional that you don't find in too many directors.
16. Independence Day
A fake White House and not just the first, Roland Emmerich's Independence Day was probably the only movie that passed it off as close-enough to real. The darn thing's on its poster and it look pretty darn real. But this image reveals that the aliens in the film were probably more real than the White House here was.
15. 300
What?! The crazy-assed eight-packs weren't real? Gerard Butler's abdomen is just a contorted muscle that glows brighter than the sun? The great Leonidus didn't really die? The blood, is that fake too? And that intercourse scene? Oh, all of us know that one was real.