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