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