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