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