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