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