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