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