A number of films and music videos released today feature audio commentaries.

While many of
them will not hold the interest of the casual viewer, specific releases stand out, mainly those with
elements of historical interest or subject-specific information from expert advisors. For example, the
inventor of the steadicam, featured throughout the audio commentary track for The Shining,
discusses his work with the ground-breaking technology in several films leading up to that landmark
production. Non-movie buffs may be interested in the anecdotes offered by advisors to the
filmmakers, such as the FBI profiler commenting on The Silence of the Lambs (Criterion DVD
release). Filmmakers and cast may reveal stories from behind the scenes, explain the process
involved in their work, or simply offer additional laughs.

Films[edit]
 The science-fiction movie Sunshine (directed by Danny Boyle) contains an audio track
with physicist Brian Cox. The author and professor, who served as an advisor on the
production, discusses scientific accuracies (and inaccuracies) depicted in the movie.
 The 2009 Blu-ray edition of the film Galaxy Quest includes a tongue-in-cheek trivia
commentary called "Galactopedia". Written by Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda, the
Galactopedia purports to be based on Galaxy Quest encyclopedias, technical manuals,
and other imaginary books that presumably come from the universe in which Galaxy
Quest was a real TV show.
 The Halestorm Entertainment movie Sons of Provo features a commentary on the film,
and then a commentary on the commentary, where they discuss what they said in the
commentary.
 The DVD release of Ghostbusters contains a "video commentary" track with director Ivan
Reitman, writer/star Harold Ramis, and associate producer Joe Medjuck. Silhouettes of
the trio were added to the picture using one of the subtitle tracks, in a manner that made
it seem as if they were sitting in a theater commenting on the movie as it was screened
for them. This was seen as a homage to (or imitation of) Mystery Science Theater 3000.
In some scenes, arrows, lines, or circles may be drawn onto the screen to highlight
things the directors are talking about. The DVD releases of Men in Black and Muppets
from Space had similar features.