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