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