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