History Main / FacialDialogue

** In the second installment "Mutiny" and "Retribution", many characters exchange significant looks when they cannot talk freely. It's because they are in front of their superiors and one of those is InsaneAdmiral who loses his ability to control his crew. It heavily overlaps with MeaningfulLook, but some of the conveyed messages were rather complex. For example, Hornblower signals to 1st Lt Buckland that he shouldn't interfere with crazy Captain Sawyer and that he should carry out his order to arrest all the other lieutenants, him including.

* [[CuteMute Akira Oono]], the titular character of ''Manga/HighScoreGirl'', relies almost entirely on facial expressions to communicate with others and never talks onscreen.

* Mathilda May's character in ''Film/Lifeforce1985'' is a mostly silent (and [[EvilIsSexy always]] [[MsFanService unclothed]]) [[OurVampiresAreDifferent space vampire]]. Many of her interactions with her intended victims are entirely done via facial expressions, the best examples being during the sequences where she escapes from the Research Center at the beginning of the movie: a devilish smirk when she spots a soon-to-be-a-shrivelled-corpse guard, a dismissive glance when she encounters the rest of the security forces in her way out that soon morphs into a sadistic grin ''and'' a death glare as she blasts them away without a second thought, just to name a few.

* Kotarou from ''Manga/GakuenBabysitters'', who rarely speaks actual words due to being a young toddler, usually communicates in this fashion.

* Mathilda May's character in ''Film/{{Lifeforce}}'' is a mostly silent (and [[EvilIsSexy always]] [[MsFanService unclothed]]) [[OurVampiresAreDifferent space vampire]]. Many of her interactions with her intended victims are entirely done via facial expressions, the best examples being during the sequences where she escapes from the Research Center at the beginning of the movie: a devilish smirk when she spots a soon-to-be-a-shrivelled-corpse guard, a dismissive glance when she encounters the rest of the security forces in her way out that soon morphs into a sadistic grin ''and'' a death glare as she blasts them away without a second thought, just to name a few.

** The page quote comes from an episode. After Ivanova told Delenn that Sheridan had been "carrying on cranky", Delenn (being a Minbari, mostly fluent in English but not a native speaker) tried to look up the word "cranky", only to be given the runaround as she got shunted from one synonym to another. Finally, partway into a conversation with Sheridan, she finally got it just by looking at his rather grumpy expression.

** The first episode has an amusing moment while Gil-galad holds his speech, involving Elrond, Galadriel and Gil-galad himself. It begins with Galadriel smiling to herself while watching Elrond mimicking Gil-galad speech. As Gil-galad speaks, he has a staring with Galadriel, making clear that the speech is meant for her to understand is time to give up her quest. After Gil-galad announces that he will send everyone, including her back in Valinor, Galadriel's jaw drops as she realizes Elrond and Gil-galad decided this behind her back, she than gives a nonverbal "How dare you" to Elrond, who realizes he just got into troubles.

* Toothless from ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' cannot speak, but you can always get a pretty good idea of what he's thinking by reading his facial expressions. There are even a few scenes where Hiccup and Toothless seem to communicate with ''only'' this.
* In the first ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' film, Diego has almost no dialogue during the scene where it's revealed that [[spoiler:Manny lost his family to human hunters]]. But his facial expressions tell the audience [[HeelRealization exactly what he's feeling.]] Likewise, Sid takes Diego's advice and doesn't say a word, but the look on HIS face says it all, too.

* Dopey, from ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', does this throughout the entire film. Like Gromit, he does so because he is mute.

** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqIBGEcKhGs the elevator scene]] communicates Cap's thoughts and feelings with almost no dialogue, apart from a light exchange with Rumlow. He's not paying attention at first, even as Rumlow gets on the elevator informing mission control out loud that STRIKE team is on-site, but then he notices one of his fellow riders keeping his hand close to his gun and they're not making eye contact, and Cap has a moment of confusion. More riders get on, he exchanges with Rumlow, then he notices a businessman sweating nervously, and Cap's confusion grows, as do his suspicions that something's up. Finally, more STRIKE members board and ask for "Records", of all destinations, before taking positions to put Cap in the center of a crowd. Cap's face shows the suspicion and confusion change into understanding and determination, as he realizes what's about to unfold.