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