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