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