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