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