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