Movie Cliches

[snooky]

Timers on bombs so that the defuser and viewers know exactly how long he has and ain't it great how he always manages to pick the right wire to clip with 1 second left.

Cars never have that infuriating buzz that reminds you to put your seatbelt on.

All leading characters are dashing or beautiful and have perfect teeth (with a few exceptions I grant you).

Photographs taken on cameras with very low resolution can be blown up 'in the lab' so as to read number plates, ticket stubs, etc. giving the cops that vital lead.

In detective series like Cannon, the manatory light-hearted scene at the end when the baddie has already been caught and the good guys share a joke - ending with a freeze-frame of everybody laughing.