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