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