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