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