Tropescilloscope: Danny Peary Cult Movies List

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