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