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