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