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