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