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