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Drives Like Crazy
Auto Erotica
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
The Bully
Man on Fire
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Genre Throwback
Fingore
Cowboy Cop
Fatal Family Photo
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Improvised Weapon
NO INDOOR VOICE
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Villain Protagonist
Failed a Spot Check
Monumental Damage
Retirony
Driven to Suicide
Dressing as the Enemy
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
The Dog Bites Back
Bond Villain Stupidity
The Remake
Television Movie Index
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
The Ghost
Romantic False Lead
Bullying a Dragon
Room Full of Crazy
For Want of a Nail
Intergenerational Friendship
Trailers Always Spoil
Irony
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Character Development
Big-Bad Ensemble
Too Dumb to Live
Anti-Villain
Cool Guns
Ax-Crazy
Frame-Up
Authority Equals Asskicking
Grievous Bottley Harm
The Starscream
Gilligan Cut
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Meaningful Name
The Chessmaster
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Disproportionate Retribution
Darkest Hour
Camera Abuse
Does Not Like Shoes
The Power of Love
The Big Guy
Death Seeker
Storming the Castle
Insane Troll Logic
Tranquil Fury
Vampire Fiction
Works Set in World War II
Enemy Mine
Science Fiction Films
Call-Back
Shown Their Work
Combat Pragmatist
Instant Death Bullet
Evil vs. Evil
Bittersweet Ending
As the Good Book Says...
Mistaken for Gay
Badass in a Nice Suit
Bury Your Gays
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Honor Before Reason
Historical Hero Upgrade
Non-Indicative Name
Italian Films
Sealed Evil in a Can
Berserk Button
Eiffel Tower Effect
Good Is Not Nice
Gender Flip
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Precision F-Strike
As Himself
Friend to All Children
Genre Savvy
Rasputinian Death
Hero of Another Story
Same Language Dub
Only a Flesh Wound
Chase Scene
Disappeared Dad
Together in Death
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Early Installment Weirdness
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Catch-Phrase
Thriller
Important Haircut
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Be Careful What You Wish For
Based on a True Story
Have a Gay Old Time
The Dragon
Children Are Innocent
A Minor Kidroduction
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Stuff Blowing Up
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Bloodier and Gorier
The End... Or Is It?
Fake Shemp
All There in the Script
Adaptation Dye-Job
Race Against the Clock
Insistent Terminology
It Will Never Catch On
Deadpan Snarker
Word of God
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Drowning My Sorrows
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Evil Laugh
Femme Fatale
Only Sane Man
Blackmail
Your Head A-Splode
Papa Wolf
Green-Eyed Monster
Heroic Sacrifice
Every Car Is a Pinto
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Sadistic Choice
You Have Failed Me
Hollywood Law
Slasher Movie
Mr. Exposition
In the Back
Riddle for the Ages
Becoming the Mask
Hong Kong Films
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
Police Brutality
Big Eater
Pretty in Mink
Artistic License Gun Safety
Retired Badass
Small Name, Big Ego
Catapult Nightmare
The Stinger
Rousing Speech
Antagonist Title
Karma Houdini
The Film of the Book
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Eyepatch of Power
Brick Joke
Anyone Can Die
Get Out!
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Evil Counterpart
All There in the Manual
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Villain Ball
No OSHA Compliance
Zombie Stories
'80s Hair
BrotherSister Incest
Villain with Good Publicity
Rape as Drama
Bait-and-Switch
No Ending
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
The '70s
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Bad "Bad Acting"
Stalker with a Crush
Creative Closing Credits
Faking the Dead
Actor Allusion
Film Noir
Men Are the Expendable Gender
The Voiceless
Moment Killer
Captain Obvious
The Vamp
Apocalypse How
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Adaptational Attractiveness
No Name Given
The '90s
Never My Fault
Babies Ever After
Undying Loyalty
Would Hit a Girl
Creepy Child
Leave the Camera Running
Historical-Domain Character
Fanservice Extra
Tagline
Reality Is Unrealistic
It Can Think
Playing Gertrude
Accidental Misnaming
The Hero
What You Are in the Dark
Older Than They Look
Department of Redundancy Department
Mad Scientist
Blood Knight
Hypocritical Humor
Knife Nut
Villain Song
Unreliable Narrator
Shipper on Deck
Framing Device
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Whole Plot Reference
Vomit Discretion Shot
Bi the Way
Asshole Victim
Flipping the Bird
Famous Last Words
Credits Gag
What Happened to the Mouse?
Defiant to the End
Attempted Rape
Rule of Funny
Double Entendre
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Foreshadowing
Scenery Gorn
Kick the Dog
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Accidental Murder
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Groin Attack
Easily Forgiven
Love Triangle
Belligerent Sexual Tension
An Axe to Grind
Domestic Abuse
Evil Plan
Artistic License Physics
Death of a Child
Retcon
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Immune to Bullets
Documentary
The Dreaded
Extreme Doormat
Kill It with Fire
Broken Bird
Conspicuous CG
Amoral Attorney
Christmas Movies Index
Spanner in the Works
Match Cut
Recap /
RiffTrax
aka: Riff Trax Movies
Depraved Bisexual
How We Got Here
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
And the Adventure Continues
Rule of Cool
Narrator
Rewatch Bonus
An Aesop
Heroic BSoD
Not So Stoic
Public Domain Feature Films
Badass Bookworm
Death by Adaptation
Smoking Is Cool
Sinister Minister
Up to Eleven
Dual Wielding
Killed Mid-Sentence
Armor-Piercing Question
Hate Sink
Central Theme
Fainting
Comically Missing the Point
Big Brother Instinct
Light Is Not Good
Better to Die than Be Killed
Mythology Gag
Bound and Gagged
Random Events Plot
Guile Hero
World of Ham
Rated M for Manly
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Alpha Bitch
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Sci-Fi Horror
Woman in White
Totally Radical
Plot Hole
Mystery and Detective Films
Aside Glance
Body Horror
The Mafia
Crazy-Prepared
Soft Glass
Let's Get Dangerous!
Contrived Coincidence
Wham Shot
Developing Doomed Characters
Affably Evil
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Hero Antagonist
I Did What I Had to Do
No Antagonist
Make It Look Like an Accident
What the Hell, Hero?
This Is Gonna Suck
Taking the Bullet
Film Noir Index
Hollywood Darkness
FaceHeel Turn
Historical In-Joke
Market-Based Title
Anguished Declaration of Love
Novelization
Dramedy
She's Got Legs
Needs Wiki Magic Love
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Diabolus ex Machina
Bottomless Magazines
My Greatest Failure
Beware the Nice Ones
Death by Sex
The '60s
Rule of Symbolism
Arch-Enemy
Defrosting Ice Queen
Grey and Gray Morality
It's All About Me
Cruel and Unusual Death
Demoted to Extra
More Dakka
Deus ex Machina
Paper-Thin Disguise
Time Skip
Only One Name
As You Know
BFG
Shout-Out
Earn Your Happy Ending
Scenery Porn
Fan Disservice
Adaptation Distillation
Intrepid Reporter
Hope Spot
Once More, with Clarity!
Took a Level in Badass
"Shaggy Dog" Story
Villain Opening Scene
Ambiguous Disorder
Male Frontal Nudity
Blood from the Mouth
For the Evulz
Alas, Poor Villain
MacGuffin
Smug Snake
One-Word Title
Bland-Name Product
Shirtless Scene
Broken Aesop
Ungrateful Bastard
Demonic Possession
Dull Surprise
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Stealth Pun
Cool Car
Dramatic Irony
Parental Abandonment
Really Gets Around
Laser-Guided Karma
Translation Convention
Informed Ability
Slasher Smile
Took a Level in Jerkass
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Guns Akimbo
The Bad Guy Wins
Improbable Weapon User
Chewing the Scenery
Wretched Hive
Cool Old Guy
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
In Medias Res
Adapted Out
Properly Paranoid
Romantic Comedy
Broken Pedestal
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Mercy Kill
The Stoic
Foil
Freudian Excuse
Made of Iron
Arranged Marriage
Wrong Genre Savvy
Disguised in Drag
Author Avatar
Manipulative Bastard
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Ironic Echo
Big Bad Duumvirate
Idiot Ball
Superhero
Dark Reprise
Damsel in Distress
Mighty Whitey
Beta Couple
Abusive Parents
Big Damn Heroes
Spiritual Successor
Dogged Nice Guy
Evil-Detecting Dog
The Mole
Those Wacky Nazis
Gory Discretion Shot
Male Gaze
Spared by the Adaptation
My God, What Have I Done?
Anachronic Order
Happily Married
Married to the Job
Truth in Television
Bowdlerise
Ascended Extra
Ambiguously Gay
Villainous Breakdown
Put on a Bus
Biopic
Your Cheating Heart
The Cavalry
Dissonant Serenity
Running Gag
Cat Fight
Car Fu
Author Appeal
Obfuscating Stupidity
All for Nothing
Nice Guy
Cloudcuckoolander
Bar Brawl
Ghost Fiction
Even Evil Has Standards
Animal Title Index
Major Injury Underreaction
Overprotective Dad
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Politically Incorrect Villain
Brainless Beauty
Lampshade Hanging
Gratuitous English
Pretty Little Headshots
A Date with Rosie Palms
N-Word Privileges
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Psychological Thriller
And Starring
Animated Credits Opening
Redemption Equals Death
Sole Survivor
Nice Hat
Australian Movies
Card-Carrying Villain
A God Am I
The Stoner
Psycho for Hire
Stylistic Suck
The Great Depression
Heel Realization
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Exact Words
Bald of Evil
Distracted by the Sexy
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Artistic License Geography
Revenge
Would Hurt a Child
Token Minority
Stealth Hi/Bye
Music Stories
Covers Always Lie
Fourth Date Marriage
Dramatic Gun Cock
Scare Chord
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Hair-Trigger Temper
Faux Affably Evil
Line-of-Sight Name
Mama Bear
Wham Line
Interrupted Suicide
Coming-of-Age Story
Crucified Hero Shot
Corrupt Corporate Executive
I Need a Freaking Drink
Knight Templar
Lock and Load Montage
Say My Name
Curse Cut Short
Country Matters
Evil Brit
Pay Evil unto Evil
Black Comedy
Badass Normal
Celebrity Paradox
Kill 'em All
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Everyone Has Standards
The Reveal
Never Trust a Trailer
Video Credits
Meaningful Echo
Dirty Old Man
Tempting Fate
Obstructive Bureaucrat
Cat Scare
Bolivian Army Ending
Sanity Slippage
Shell-Shocked Veteran
The '80s
The Alleged Car
Badass Grandpa
Jitter Cam
Determinator
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Back from the Dead
Pragmatic Adaptation
Plucky Comic Relief
Action Girl
Adult Fear
Race Lift
Drill Sergeant Nasty
Drugs Are Bad
Continuity Nod
Cluster F-Bomb
Sequel Hook
Bloody Hilarious
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
One-Man Army
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Ominous Latin Chanting
He Knows Too Much
Adults Are Useless
No-Sell
Adorkable
Double-Meaning Title
Russian Films
Dumb Blonde
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Posthumous Character
Cassandra Truth
Pimped-Out Dress
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Five-Man Band
Sexy Discretion Shot
Facial Horror
Age Lift
War Is Hell
Greater-Scope Villain
The Atoner
Military and Warfare Films
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Bare Your Midriff
Air-Vent Passageway
Deal with the Devil
The Ditz
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Heroes Want Redheads
Visual Pun
Kubrick Stare
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Hypocrite
Madness Mantra
Amusing Injuries
Action Prologue
Re-Cut
Daylight Horror
Not Quite Dead
Only in It for the Money
Here We Go Again!
Award-Bait Song
Downer Ending
Action Survivor
Red Right Hand
Pyrrhic Victory
Film Series
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Horror Films
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Awesome, but Impractical
Lighter and Softer
Parental Neglect
Morality Pet
Crazy Jealous Guy
Deconstruction
Dirty Cop
Betty and Veronica
Refuge in Audacity
Kids Are Cruel
Daddy's Girl
Pet the Dog
Gainax Ending
Wicked Cultured
Neck Lift
Not What It Looks Like
Silent Movie
Nothing Is Scarier
Straight Gay
Adaptational Villainy
Reality Has No Subtitles
Artistic License Military
Expository Hairstyle Change
Black Dude Dies First
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Black Comedy Rape
Skewed Priorities
Reality Ensues
Improbable Aiming Skills
Cold-Blooded Torture
Slashed Throat
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Those Two Bad Guys
Love at First Sight
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Left the Background Music On
The Sociopath
Extremely Short Timespan
Death Glare
Spell My Name with an "S"
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Almost Kiss
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
The Smurfette Principle
The Smart Guy
Mood Whiplash
Batman Gambit
Eye Scream
Darker and Edgier
Title Drop
Stepford Smiler
Motor Mouth
The Load
Mr. Fanservice
Epic Movie
Toplessness from the Back
Manly Tears
Fanservice
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Dirty Coward
Call-Forward
Big Applesauce
Insult Backfire
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Cool Shades
Empathic Environment
Ship Tease
Cool Old Lady
Big Bad
Naked People Are Funny
Mexican Standoff
Bavarian Fire Drill
Deliberately Monochrome
Boom, Headshot!
Abhorrent Admirer
Ass Shove
True Companions
Shower Scene
Parental Incest
Big "NO!"
Sports Stories
Made of Explodium
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
Creator Cameo
Didn't Think This Through
Blatant Lies
Badass Boast
You Killed My Father
Did Not Get the Girl
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Not Using the "Z" Word
Not So Above It All
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Fiery Redhead
Chekhov's Skill
Japanese Films
In Name Only
Adaptation Name Change
Ambiguous Ending
Historical Villain Upgrade
Costume Porn
Off with His Head!
Expy
Big Fancy House
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Agony of the Feet
Horror Comedy
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Final Girl
Bond One-Liner
Cain and Abel
Setting Update
Advertised Extra
Large Ham
Dutch Angle
The Lost Lenore
20 Minutes into the Future
Beard of Evil
Dying Moment of Awesome
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Book-Ends
Fantastic Racism
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Chiaroscuro
Police are Useless
I'm a Humanitarian
Heterosexual Life-Partners
Not So Different
Face Death with Dignity
Mundane Made Awesome
Those Two Guys
Sequel Escalation
Early-Bird Cameo
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Offscreen Teleportation
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Black Best Friend
My Beloved Smother
Adaptation Expansion
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Humans Are Bastards
Disney Villain Death
The Musical
Pragmatic Villainy
Yandere
HeelFace Turn
Vitriolic Best Buds
Hoist by His Own Petard
Self-Deprecation
Eureka Moment
B-Movie
Despair Event Horizon
Taking You with Me
Recycled IN SPACE!
Ms. Fanservice
Black and Gray Morality
Missing Mom
Sassy Black Woman
Due to the Dead
The Faceless
Curb-Stomp Battle
Meet Cute
Sacrificial Lion
The Lancer
Super Strength
It's Personal
Silence Is Golden
Artistic License Biology
Soundtrack Dissonance
Captain Ersatz
Vacation Films
Flashback
Protagonist Title
Overly Long Gag
Star-Crossed Lovers
"Awesome McCool" Name
All Just a Dream
The Brute
Product Placement
Naïve Newcomer
Mind Screw
Woman Scorned
Scary Black Man
Reckless Gun Usage
Gone Horribly Right
Jerkass Has a Point
The X of Y
Casting Gag
Disney Death
Funny Background Event
Eagleland
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Psychopathic Manchild
Real Life
Fatal Flaw
Loophole Abuse
Obviously Evil
I Have Your Wife
Fantasy Films
Punch-Clock Villain
Corpsing
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Fate Worse than Death
Shut Up, Hannibal!
La Résistance
The Casanova
Serial Killer
Dark and Troubled Past
Show Within a Show
The Chick
Establishing Character Moment
Meaningful Background Event
Martial Arts Movie
Parental Substitute
Loads and Loads of Characters
Punny Name
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Index of Film Westerns
Foregone Conclusion
Fish out of Water
Karmic Death
Rule of Three
Rich Bitch
After the End
Dark Is Not Evil
Butt-Monkey
Fun with Acronyms
Dies Wide Open
Death by Irony
An Arm and a Leg
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Red Shirt
Calling the Old Man Out
Hidden Depths
Manchild
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Adaptational Heroism
Training Montage
And I Must Scream
The Cameo
Implacable Man
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Gold Digger
Malevolent Masked Men
Red Herring
He Who Fights Monsters
Unusual Euphemism
Spiteful Spit
Oh, Crap!
The Ace
Hell Is That Noise
Jerk Jock
Neck Snap
Noodle Incident
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Evil Sounds Deep
Handicapped Badass
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Actually Pretty Funny
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Badass Longcoat
Twist Ending
The '50s
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Worthy Opponent
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Outrun the Fireball
Bring My Brown Pants
Eldritch Abomination
Real Life Writes the Plot
The Hero Dies
Decoy Protagonist
Tap on the Head
Logo Joke
Anachronism Stew
Evil Is Petty
Action Genre
Half the Man He Used to Be
The Un-Reveal
Chekhov's Gun
Henpecked Husband
British Films
Bloodless Carnage
Annoying Younger Sibling
Bad Boss
Break the Haughty
Anti-Hero
Genre Shift
Destination Defenestration
Last-Name Basis
Mugging the Monster
Take That!
Canadian Movies
From Bad to Worse
The Alcoholic
Leitmotif
Animal Motifs
Funny Foreigner
Ripped from the Headlines
Never Found the Body
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
Bilingual Bonus
Dark Action Girl
Humiliation Conga
Canon Foreigner
The Oner
Poor Communication Kills
Only Known by Their Nickname
Fire-Forged Friends
Take a Third Option
Jump Scare
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Arc Words
The Place
French Films
Stock Footage
Affectionate Parody
Fat Bastard
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Maybe Ever After
German Films
Our Zombies Are Different
Mooks
A Father to His Men
Artistic License Law
MayDecember Romance
Dwindling Party
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Brutal Honesty
The Quiet One
Jerkass
Homage
She Cleans Up Nicely
Serious Business
Evil Is Hammy
Composite Character
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Artistic License History
Reasonable Authority Figure
Closed Circle
Our Vampires Are Different
Epic Fail
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Imagine Spot
One Steve Limit
Adaptational Badass
Chekhov's Gunman
Alliterative Name
From Nobody to Nightmare
Break the Cutie
Redshirt Army
Gorn