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