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