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