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