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