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