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