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