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