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Trailers Always Spoil
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Here We Go Again!
Beard of Evil
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Cat Fight
Abusive Parents
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Evil Is Hammy
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After the End
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast
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La Résistance
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All There in the Script
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Evil Plan
Red Right Hand
In Medias Res
All Men Are Perverts
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Rule of Three
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Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Hidden Depths
Good Is Not Nice
Manipulative Bastard
Kick the Dog
Evil Brit
Silence Is Golden
From Bad to Worse
Jerkass
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Historical Hero Upgrade
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Psychological Thriller
Determinator
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Beware the Nice Ones
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Dirty Old Man
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Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
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Your Head A-Splode
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Have a Gay Old Time
Cool Old Lady
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Black Best Friend
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
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Pet the Dog
Spell My Name with an "S"
Arch-Enemy
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Kids Are Cruel
Manchild
All Just a Dream
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Rape as Drama
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It Will Never Catch On
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Love at First Sight
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It Can Think
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Riddle for the Ages
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Arranged Marriage
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I Need a Freaking Drink
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Our Vampires Are Different
Break the Haughty
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Even Evil Has Standards
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Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Shown Their Work
One Steve Limit
Intrepid Reporter
And I Must Scream
Evil vs. Evil
From Nobody to Nightmare
Nice Hat
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Friend to All Children
Death by Adaptation
Badass Longcoat
Psycho for Hire
The Load
Martial Arts Movie
Eagleland
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Destination Defenestration
Evil Is Petty
Hope Spot
Whole Plot Reference
Armor-Piercing Question
Match Cut
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Men Are the Expendable Gender
Nothing Is Scarier
Every Car Is a Pinto
Eyepatch of Power
As Himself
The Voiceless
Bring My Brown Pants
Actually Pretty Funny
Half the Man He Used to Be
Big Applesauce
No-Sell
Malevolent Masked Men
Artistic License Law
Boom, Headshot!
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Naked People Are Funny
How We Got Here
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Humans Are Bastards
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Defiant to the End
Red Eyes, Take Warning
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Tempting Fate
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Let's Get Dangerous!
Badass in a Nice Suit
Rule of Symbolism
Honor Before Reason
Anti-Hero
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Chiaroscuro
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
"Awesome McCool" Name
Deal with the Devil
Red Shirt
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As You Know
Poor Communication Kills
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The Casanova
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Bottomless Magazines
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Parental Abandonment
Artistic License Geography
Too Dumb to Live
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Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Early-Bird Cameo
The Oner
Took a Level in Jerkass
Fourth Date Marriage
Handicapped Badass
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Music Stories
Ass Shove
Disappeared Dad
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Crucified Hero Shot
Bare Your Midriff
Translation Convention
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Berserk Button
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Improvised Weapon
Man on Fire
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
The Place
Actor Allusion
Those Two Bad Guys
Heroic BSoD
Costume Porn
Death of a Child
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Coming-of-Age Story
Would Hit a Girl
My Greatest Failure
Lighter and Softer
Dies Wide Open
Death Seeker
Darkest Hour
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Biopic
Composite Character
War Is Hell
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Did Not Get the Girl
Cool Car
Irony
Never Trust a Trailer
Rich Bitch
Wretched Hive
Drugs Are Bad
Expy
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Attempted Rape
Self-Deprecation
Get Out!
Bait-and-Switch
N-Word Privileges
Only in It for the Money
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Our Zombies Are Different
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Dramatic Irony
The Chessmaster
Fire-Forged Friends
Covers Always Lie
Be Careful What You Wish For
Villain Song
Chekhov's Gunman
Determinator
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
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Not So Above It All
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Tagline
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Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Five-Man Band
Immune to Bullets
The Mafia
Amoral Attorney
Mama Bear
Broken Bird
Curse Cut Short
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Henpecked Husband
Obviously Evil
Canon Foreigner
Improbable Aiming Skills
Corpsing
Shout-Out
Reality Is Unrealistic
Cool Shades
Daddy's Girl
Faux Affably Evil
Silent Movie
Real Life
Karmic Death
Back from the Dead
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Foil
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Dark Action Girl
Parental Neglect
Contrived Coincidence
Visual Pun
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Television Movie Index
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Fingore
Big "NO!"
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Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
The Cavalry
Smug Snake
Off with His Head!
Horror Comedy
Creator Cameo
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Morality Pet
Blood from the Mouth
Freudian Excuse
Film Noir Index
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Crazy-Prepared
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Never Trust a Trailer
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Time Skip
Sealed Evil in a Can
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
20 Minutes into the Future
Almost Kiss
Adaptational Badass
Stepford Smiler
Police are Useless
The Great Depression
Villain Ball
Slashed Throat
"Shaggy Dog" Story
The Hero Dies
Chekhov's Skill
Catch-Phrase
Tap on the Head
Final Girl
The Alcoholic
Toplessness from the Back
Does Not Like Shoes
Sinister Minister
It's All About Me
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Leitmotif
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Bloodless Carnage
Historical-Domain Character
Say My Name
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What You Are in the Dark
Up to Eleven
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Spiteful Spit
Sports Stories
Not So Stoic
BFG
Betty and Veronica
Naïve Newcomer
Novelization
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Children Are Innocent
Bad Boss
Enemy Mine
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Adaptation Name Change
Redemption Equals Death
In the Back
The Starscream
Well-Intentioned Extremist
The Ace
The Cameo
Vampire Fiction
Manly Tears
Meaningful Name
Ironic Echo
Department of Redundancy Department
Asshole Victim
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Adaptational Heroism
Woman in White
Genre Savvy
Shower Scene
The Bad Guy Wins
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Mistaken for Gay
Artistic License Biology
Hero of Another Story
Earn Your Happy Ending
Historical Villain Upgrade
Big Fancy House
Villain Opening Scene
Bloody Hilarious
Once More, with Clarity!
Flipping the Bird
Breaking the Fourth Wall
The Musical
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Disproportionate Retribution
Recycled IN SPACE!
True Companions
Creepy Child
Mundane Made Awesome
Not So Different
Taking the Bullet
Meet Cute
Hate Sink
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
The Chick
Paper-Thin Disguise
Room Full of Crazy
Central Theme
Film Noir
Villainous Breakdown
'80s Hair
Sole Survivor
Hell Is That Noise
Action Prologue
Science Fiction Films
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Rule of Funny
Make It Look Like an Accident
Small Name, Big Ego
Retcon
Informed Ability
Sadistic Choice
As the Good Book Says...
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Brainless Beauty
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I Did What I Had to Do
Dirty Cop
Would Hurt a Child
Closed Circle
Light Is Not Good
Cat Scare
Punch-Clock Villain
Oh, Crap!
Male Frontal Nudity
Bittersweet Ending
Homage
One-Word Title
She's Got Legs
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Epic Movie
Failed a Spot Check
Random Events Plot
Word of God
Mind Screw
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
An Aesop
Took a Level in Badass
This Is Gonna Suck
MayDecember Romance
Due to the Dead
Dwindling Party
You Have Failed Me
Psychopathic Manchild
Blood Knight
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Everyone Has Standards
Captain Obvious
Decoy Protagonist
Pimped-Out Dress
Never Found the Body
Disney Death
Antagonist Title
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Alliterative Name
Gory Discretion Shot
Made of Iron
Drowning My Sorrows
Fanservice Extra
Ms. Fanservice
Deconstruction
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Fish out of Water
Cool Old Guy
Anguished Declaration of Love
Narrator
Mercy Kill
Affectionate Parody
The Bully
Easily Forgiven
Bloodier and Gorier
Hong Kong Films
The Un-Reveal
Reality Ensues
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Sacrificial Lion
Agony of the Feet
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Ripped from the Headlines
Affably Evil
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Faking the Dead
Author Appeal
Idiot Ball
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Fatal Family Photo
The Lancer
She Cleans Up Nicely
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Historical In-Joke
Dropped a Bridge on Him
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I Have Your Wife
Line-of-Sight Name
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The Alleged Car
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
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Fatal Flaw
Chase Scene
A Minor Kidroduction
Better to Die than Be Killed
Ambiguous Disorder
Not Using the "Z" Word
Fantastic Racism
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Alas, Poor Villain
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Vomit Discretion Shot
Anachronism Stew
One-Man Army
Foregone Conclusion
The Film of the Book
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Fake Shemp
Bi the Way
Air-Vent Passageway
Knight Templar
Insane Troll Logic
Mighty Whitey
The Remake
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Jump Scare
Lampshade Hanging
Bilingual Bonus
Maybe Ever After
The End... Or Is It?
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Wrong Genre Savvy
NO INDOOR VOICE
Those Two Guys
The X of Y
Twist Ending
Heroes Want Redheads
Cowboy Cop
Gorn
Romantic False Lead
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
The Dog Bites Back
Parental Incest
Smoking Is Cool
Crapsack World
Big Bad Duumvirate
Not Quite Dead
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Truth in Television
BrotherSister Incest
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You Killed My Father
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Scenery Porn
No Antagonist
Stylistic Suck
Dying Moment of Awesome
Heel Realization
Scary Black Man
Butt-Monkey
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
The Faceless
The '90s
Not What It Looks Like
Refuge in Audacity
Never My Fault
Cruel and Unusual Death
Only Sane Man
Take a Third Option
Big Eater
Ascended Extra
The Mole
Authority Equals Asskicking
Aside Glance
Black Comedy Rape
The Lost Lenore
For Want of a Nail
Crazy Jealous Guy
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Totally Radical
Offscreen Teleportation
Book-Ends
Kill 'em All
Shirtless Scene
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Canadian Movies
Rated M for Manly
Made of Explodium
Evil-Detecting Dog
The Stoic
Death by Irony
Bolivian Army Ending
Award-Bait Song
Left the Background Music On
Politically Incorrect Villain
Despair Event Horizon
Slasher Movie
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
The '80s
Pay Evil unto Evil
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Heterosexual Life-Partners
Gratuitous English
What the Hell, Hero?
All for Nothing
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
The '50s
Implacable Man
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Daylight Horror
Market-Based Title
Romantic Comedy
Catapult Nightmare
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Genre Shift
Continuity Nod
Grey and Gray Morality
Ax-Crazy
Loads and Loads of Characters
Evil Sounds Deep
No Name Given
Demoted to Extra
Older Than They Look
Training Montage
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Spanner in the Works
Extreme Doormat
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Tranquil Fury
Dark and Troubled Past
Based on a True Story
Mythology Gag
Pretty Little Headshots
Race Lift
Age Lift
Vacation Films
Demonic Possession
Only One Name
Grievous Bottley Harm
Pretty in Mink
Insult Backfire
I'm a Humanitarian
Artistic License Physics
The Big Guy
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Artistic License Gun Safety
Green-Eyed Monster
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Adaptation Distillation
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Kubrick Stare
Animal Title Index
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Storming the Castle
Evil Laugh
Posthumous Character
Call-Back
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Christmas Movies Index
Wicked Cultured
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Jerk Jock
Sexy Discretion Shot
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Redshirt Army
Bullying a Dragon
Wham Line
Fun with Acronyms
Laser-Guided Karma
Abhorrent Admirer
Dark Is Not Evil
Hero Antagonist
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Leave the Camera Running
Auto Erotica
Setting Update
Ship Tease
Amusing Injuries
Mystery and Detective Films
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Overprotective Dad
Meaningful Background Event
Comically Missing the Point
Drives Like Crazy
Hypocrite
He Knows Too Much
Adults Are Useless
Death by Sex
Face Death with Dignity
Diabolus ex Machina
The Reveal
Interrupted Suicide
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Laughing Mad
Put on a Bus
World of Ham
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Lock and Load Montage
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Big-Bad Ensemble
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Jitter Cam