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