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