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