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Our Zombies Are Different
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Line-of-Sight Name
Every Car Is a Pinto
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Never Trust a Trailer
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I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
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Good Is Not Nice
Man on Fire
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Sealed Evil in a Can
Neck Lift
Even Evil Has Standards
Would Hurt a Child
Politically Incorrect Villain
Self-Deprecation
Maybe Ever After
Redshirt Army
Loads and Loads of Characters
Love at First Sight
For the Evulz
Word of God
Spanner in the Works
Evil Is Hammy
Lighter and Softer
An Aesop
Drives Like Crazy
The End... Or Is It?
Establishing Character Moment
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As the Good Book Says...
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My Beloved Smother
Christmas Movies Index
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Determinator
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Big "NO!"
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Red Herring
Abusive Parents
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The Ace
Chiaroscuro
Better to Die than Be Killed
Combat Pragmatist
Mythology Gag
Playing Gertrude
Defiant to the End
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Small Name, Big Ego
Motor Mouth
The Dreaded
Black and Gray Morality
Closed Circle
Happily Married
Room Full of Crazy
The Remake
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Never My Fault
Meaningful Echo
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Faking the Dead
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Drugs Are Bad
Idiot Ball
Zombie Stories
Anachronic Order
Eldritch Abomination
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Adaptation Name Change
Scenery Gorn
FaceHeel Turn
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Curse Cut Short
Yandere
Jerkass Has a Point
Groin Attack
Crazy-Prepared
Disappeared Dad
Trailers Always Spoil
Reality Is Unrealistic
Creative Closing Credits
Mad Scientist
Decoy Protagonist
Married to the Job
Recycled IN SPACE!
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Costume Porn
Ambiguous Ending
It's Personal
Hero of Another Story
Monumental Damage
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Adult Fear
The Bad Guy Wins
Once More, with Clarity!
Music Stories
It Can Think
Greater-Scope Villain
Bowdlerise
Rule of Cool
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Foregone Conclusion
Didn't Think This Through
Attempted Rape
Call-Forward
Love Triangle
Armor-Piercing Question
The Cavalry
Meaningful Name
Have a Gay Old Time
Big Fancy House
Accidental Misnaming
Bloody Hilarious
Downer Ending
Getting Crap Past the Radar
The Place
Grey and Gray Morality
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
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Adorkable
Comically Missing the Point
A Date with Rosie Palms
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Those Two Bad Guys
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Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
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Big Bad Duumvirate
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Honor Before Reason
Leave the Camera Running
What You Are in the Dark
Red Right Hand
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
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Reality Has No Subtitles
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Outrun the Fireball
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You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
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Camera Abuse
Rape as Drama
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The Alcoholic
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Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
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Unreliable Narrator
Disguised in Drag
Too Dumb to Live
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Vomit Discretion Shot
No-Sell
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Here We Go Again!
Psychopathic Manchild
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Villain Ball
Cool Car
Guile Hero
Everyone Has Standards
Bound and Gagged
You Have Failed Me
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Stalker with a Crush
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Made of Explodium
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Bring My Brown Pants
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Fingore
Took a Level in Badass
"Shaggy Dog" Story
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Actually Pretty Funny
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Canon Foreigner
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It Will Never Catch On
Alliterative Name
Amusing Injuries
Victoria's Secret Compartment
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Only a Flesh Wound
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Truth in Television
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I Have Your Wife
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Flipping the Bird
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Not Quite Dead
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Agony of the Feet
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As You Know
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Evil Brit
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Laughing Mad
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I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
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Evil vs. Evil
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Papa Wolf
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Breaking the Fourth Wall
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Henpecked Husband
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The Power of Love
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Woman in White
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Mr. Fanservice
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Evil Sounds Deep
Death of a Child
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Black Best Friend
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Moment Killer
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What Happened to the Mouse?
Slasher Smile
Eagleland
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Sci-Fi Horror
Left the Background Music On
Cool Old Lady
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Hero Antagonist
Last-Name Basis
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Betty and Veronica
Sequel Escalation
Paper-Thin Disguise
Blood Knight
The Stoner
Bar Brawl
The Reveal
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As Himself
Credits Gag
Rasputinian Death
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Suddenly SHOUTING!
Cat Scare
Vacation Films
Bald of Evil
Noodle Incident
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Skewed Priorities
Wretched Hive
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Mistaken for Gay
Half the Man He Used to Be
Not So Stoic
Blatant Lies
A God Am I
Due to the Dead
Dwindling Party
Gratuitous English
He Knows Too Much
Mama Bear
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Fantasy Films
Children Are Innocent
Beard of Evil
Sinister Minister
Bad Boss
Revenge
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
An Axe to Grind
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Curb-Stomp Battle
Earn Your Happy Ending
Hypocritical Humor
Age Lift
Cassandra Truth
Fish out of Water
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Parental Incest
Eiffel Tower Effect
Heroic BSoD
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How We Got Here
Pet the Dog
Nice Guy
Homage
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Fate Worse than Death
Hollywood Law
Cold-Blooded Torture
Wham Line
Babies Ever After
Only One Name
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Dramatic Irony
Cowboy Cop
Film Series
Heroes Want Redheads
Made of Iron
The Film of the Book
Pragmatic Villainy
Dissonant Serenity
Ambiguous Disorder
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Based on a True Story
I'm a Humanitarian
Anyone Can Die
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Historical Hero Upgrade
I Did What I Had to Do
British Films
Bavarian Fire Drill
Big Brother Instinct
Setting Update
Slashed Throat
The Oner
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Dramedy
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Bond One-Liner
Adaptational Attractiveness
Wicked Cultured
Punny Name
The '90s
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Not Using the "Z" Word
Stealth Pun
This Is Gonna Suck
Thriller
The Voiceless
The '70s
Alpha Bitch
Badass Bookworm
B-Movie
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Tempting Fate
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Arranged Marriage
Kill 'em All
The Big Guy
BFG
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
Not So Above It All
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Deus ex Machina
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Men Are the Expendable Gender
Shout-Out
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'80s Hair
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He Who Fights Monsters
Our Vampires Are Different
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Crazy Jealous Guy
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All Just a Dream
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Defrosting Ice Queen
Ominous Latin Chanting
From Nobody to Nightmare
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
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Annoying Younger Sibling
You Killed My Father
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Hair-Trigger Temper
Accidental Murder
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In Name Only
Soft Glass
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Heel Realization
Book-Ends
Department of Redundancy Department
Off with His Head!
The Vamp
It's All About Me
Expository Hairstyle Change
Superhero
20 Minutes into the Future
Market-Based Title
Take That!
Martial Arts Movie
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Dirty Cop
Mighty Whitey
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Deliberately Monochrome
Chekhov's Skill
The Sociopath
Informed Ability
Brick Joke
Light Is Not Good
The Un-Favourite
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The Cameo
Amoral Attorney
Get Out!
Driven to Suicide
The Chessmaster
Villain Protagonist
Lock and Load Montage
Adults Are Useless
Rule of Symbolism
Hypocrite
MacGuffin
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Up to Eleven
Romantic Comedy
Daylight Horror
Dark and Troubled Past
Cloudcuckoolander
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Say My Name
N-Word Privileges
Tranquil Fury
Chekhov's Gun
Villain Song
Celebrity Paradox
The Atoner
Evil Counterpart
Morality Pet
The Dog Bites Back
Captain Obvious
Chekhov's Gunman
Kids Are Cruel
Arch-Enemy
Faux Affably Evil
Retired Badass
Knight Templar
Fire-Forged Friends
Gilligan Cut
Back from the Dead
Intergenerational Friendship
Evil Laugh
Gainax Ending
Plucky Comic Relief
Spell My Name with an "S"
Friend to All Children
Hell Is That Noise
Retcon
Author Appeal
Dirty Old Man
Disney Villain Death
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Naïve Newcomer
Kill It with Fire
Humiliation Conga
Contrived Coincidence
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Evil Is Petty
Red Shirt
Novelization
Dramatic Gun Cock
The Hero Dies
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Rule of Funny
Only Known by Their Nickname
What the Hell, Hero?
Black Comedy
For Want of a Nail
Double-Meaning Title
Casting Gag
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Totally Radical
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
True Companions
Action Girl
Death by Irony
Improbable Aiming Skills
Shown Their Work
Silent Movie
Stepford Smiler
Bury Your Gays
Ironic Echo
Aside Glance
Malevolent Masked Men
Award-Bait Song
Fat Bastard
Adaptation Dye-Job
"Awesome McCool" Name
Dumb Blonde
Tagline
Video Credits
Catapult Nightmare
Military and Warfare Films
Disproportionate Retribution
Redemption Equals Death
Apocalypse How
Dark Is Not Evil
MayDecember Romance
The Stinger
Artistic License Physics
Cool Shades
Improvised Weapon
The Smart Guy
Action Prologue
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La Résistance
Manly Tears
Knife Nut
Face Death with Dignity
Reasonable Authority Figure
Let's Get Dangerous!
Artistic License Military
Insistent Terminology
The Lost Lenore
Fainting
Stock Footage
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Antagonist Title
Interrupted Suicide
Only Sane Man
After the End
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Smug Snake
Sports Stories
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Fan Disservice
Missing Mom
Rewatch Bonus
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Nothing Is Scarier
Call-Back
Undying Loyalty
Put on a Bus
And the Adventure Continues
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Really Gets Around
Black Comedy Rape
Important Haircut
Riddle for the Ages
Femme Fatale
Adaptation Distillation
Historical In-Joke
Hope Spot
Determinator
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Tap on the Head
Smoking Is Cool
Make It Look Like an Accident
Destination Defenestration
No Ending
Alas, Poor Villain
Bottomless Magazines
All There in the Script
Implacable Man
Cruel and Unusual Death
Big Bad
My Greatest Failure
Cat Fight
Artistic License Biology
Soundtrack Dissonance
Your Head A-Splode
Dies Wide Open
Cain and Abel
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Irony
Early-Bird Cameo
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Laser-Guided Karma
Broken Pedestal
The Load
Scary Black Man
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Fantastic Racism
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Nice Hat
Ascended Extra
Scare Chord
Hollywood Darkness
Intrepid Reporter
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
Documentary
Romantic False Lead
Easily Forgiven
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Cool Old Guy
Awesome, but Impractical
All There in the Manual
No Antagonist
Canadian Movies
Sequel Hook
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Adapted Out
Blackmail
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Immune to Bullets
Kick the Dog
Real Life Writes the Plot
Instant Death Bullet
Berserk Button
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Fatal Family Photo
Non-Indicative Name
Refuge in Audacity
Film Noir Index
Genre Savvy
The Bully
Taking You with Me
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Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Overly Long Gag
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
One Steve Limit
Imagine Spot