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