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Danny Peary Cult Movies List
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I Need a Freaking Drink
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Hell Is That Noise
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Good Is Not Nice
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It's All About Me
Shipper on Deck
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He Knows Too Much
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Half the Man He Used to Be
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Children Are Innocent
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Department of Redundancy Department
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All There in the Script
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Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Drowning My Sorrows
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Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Chiaroscuro
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Reality Has No Subtitles
Villainous Breakdown
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Actually Pretty Funny
Darkest Hour
Fantasy Films
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Took a Level in Badass
Biopic
Christmas Movies Index
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Nothing Is Scarier
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Jerkass Has a Point
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Authority Equals Asskicking
Dies Wide Open
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Evil Plan
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He Who Fights Monsters
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Once More, with Clarity!
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Henpecked Husband
Butt-Monkey
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Punny Name
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Artistic License History
Your Head A-Splode
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Woman Scorned
Five-Man Band
Undying Loyalty
Animated Credits Opening
And the Adventure Continues
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Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Silence Is Golden
Big Brother Instinct
In Name Only
Gone Horribly Right
The '50s
Ripped from the Headlines
Dumb Blonde
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Pragmatic Villainy
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Central Theme
Early Installment Weirdness
Bond One-Liner
After the End
Slasher Smile
All for Nothing
The Casanova
Refuge in Audacity
Pet the Dog
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Betty and Veronica
Gilligan Cut
Shut Up, Hannibal!
The X of Y
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A Minor Kidroduction
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Martial Arts Movie
As the Good Book Says...
Moment Killer
She Cleans Up Nicely
Informed Ability
Dark and Troubled Past
Not Quite Dead
MayDecember Romance
Missing Mom
Badass in a Nice Suit
Blood Knight
Cat Fight
Ass Shove
Mind Screw
Bad Boss
Epic Movie
Casting Gag
The Load
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Narrator
Older Than They Look
Improbable Aiming Skills
Big Applesauce
Pragmatic Adaptation
Artistic License Gun Safety
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
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Redshirt Army
Together in Death
Documentary
Greater-Scope Villain
Let's Get Dangerous!
All There in the Manual
Did Not Get the Girl
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Smug Snake
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Bloody Hilarious
Cool Old Guy
Bald of Evil
This Is Gonna Suck
Never My Fault
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Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
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Naïve Newcomer
Exact Words
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Nice Hat
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
The Un-Favourite
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Super Strength
Creepy Child
How We Got Here
Chekhov's Gun
Spiritual Successor
Self-Deprecation
Daddy's Girl
Black Comedy Rape
Random Events Plot
Ambiguous Ending
Too Dumb to Live
Market-Based Title
Scenery Porn
The Smurfette Principle
Due to the Dead
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Horror Comedy
All Just a Dream
Meaningful Name
Happily Married
Leave the Camera Running
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Fate Worse than Death
Anyone Can Die
A Father to His Men
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Rule of Symbolism
Plucky Comic Relief
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Artistic License Physics
The Sociopath
Oh, Crap!
La Résistance
Badass Normal
Fan Disservice
Anachronism Stew
Villain with Good Publicity
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Truth in Television
Evil Laugh
I Have Your Wife
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
The Bad Guy Wins
Male Gaze
Expy
Took a Level in Jerkass
Sanity Slippage
Earn Your Happy Ending
Instant Death Bullet
Defiant to the End
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Domestic Abuse
The Film of the Book
Disappeared Dad
Hair-Trigger Temper
Superhero
B-Movie
Distracted by the Sexy
Translation Convention
Unreliable Narrator
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Humans Are Bastards
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Bait-and-Switch
Frame-Up
Heroes Want Redheads
Wretched Hive
Eye Scream
Wham Shot
Laser-Guided Karma
No OSHA Compliance
Tranquil Fury
Non-Indicative Name
Video Credits
Russian Films
Intergenerational Friendship
Beta Couple
Abusive Parents
Interrupted Suicide
Sexy Discretion Shot
Stealth Pun
Awesome, but Impractical
Developing Doomed Characters
Sequel Hook
I Did What I Had to Do
Film Noir Index
Dark Is Not Evil
Ship Tease
The Reveal
Overly Long Gag
Pretty in Mink
Television Movie Index
Vomit Discretion Shot
Love Triangle
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Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Fantastic Racism
Brick Joke
Cloudcuckoolander
Psychological Thriller
The Quiet One
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Adaptational Badass
Police are Useless
The Atoner
Serial Killer
Scenery Gorn
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Brainless Beauty
The Big Guy
Film Noir
Not So Above It All
Mexican Standoff
And I Must Scream
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Body Horror
The Ace
Comically Missing the Point
Gorn
Hypocritical Humor
Rasputinian Death
Eagleland
Easily Forgiven
Big Fancy House
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Say My Name
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Only Sane Man
Alpha Bitch
From Nobody to Nightmare
German Films
A Date with Rosie Palms
Crazy Jealous Guy
Eldritch Abomination
Unusual Euphemism
Beware the Nice Ones
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Ominous Latin Chanting
Advertised Extra
Shirtless Scene
It Can Think
Funny Background Event
Final Girl
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Would Hit a Girl
The Alcoholic
Fourth Date Marriage
Deadpan Snarker
Reasonable Authority Figure
Chekhov's Gunman
Knife Nut
Didn't Think This Through
Serious Business
Silent Movie
Spiteful Spit
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
Downer Ending
The Cameo
Call-Forward
True Companions
Aluminum Christmas Trees
The Stoner
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Book-Ends
An Axe to Grind
Kill It with Fire
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Bound and Gagged
Adults Are Useless
Blatant Lies
The Mole
Cain and Abel
Dogged Nice Guy
Cool Shades
Cruel and Unusual Death
Adorkable
Guile Hero
Death by Adaptation
Improbable Weapon User
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Cat Scare
Hate Sink
My God, What Have I Done?
Offscreen Teleportation
Ghost Fiction
Soundtrack Dissonance
Sequel Escalation
Eiffel Tower Effect
Rule of Cool
Evil Counterpart
FaceHeel Turn
Blackmail
Mama Bear
Every Car Is a Pinto
Pimped-Out Dress
Determinator
Failed a Spot Check
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
Double-Meaning Title
Kill 'em All
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Obviously Evil
Animal Motifs
Cassandra Truth
Only in It for the Money
Wham Line
Idiot Ball
Pyrrhic Victory
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Fish out of Water
Loophole Abuse
The Musical
Dutch Angle
What You Are in the Dark
Auto Erotica
Novelization
Break the Haughty
Mooks
Knight Templar
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Tap on the Head
Even Evil Has Standards
Adaptation Expansion
Our Zombies Are Different
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Maybe Ever After
Military and Warfare Films
Cowboy Cop
As Himself
Bloodless Carnage
Red Shirt
Armor-Piercing Question
Amusing Injuries
Trailers Always Spoil
Anguished Declaration of Love
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Big Eater
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Neck Snap
Riddle for the Ages
Real Life
Heroic BSoD
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Evil vs. Evil
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Demonic Possession
Foregone Conclusion
Obstructive Bureaucrat
One Steve Limit
Crapsack World
Up to Eleven
Babies Ever After
Disproportionate Retribution
Empathic Environment
Meaningful Echo
Show Within a Show
NO INDOOR VOICE
As You Know
Rated M for Manly
Covers Always Lie
Meaningful Background Event
Car Fu
Arranged Marriage
The Remake
Taking the Bullet
Fingore
Gratuitous English
Mythology Gag
Race Against the Clock
Back from the Dead
Author Avatar
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Major Injury Underreaction
Precision F-Strike
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Take That!
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
No-Sell
Motor Mouth
Put on a Bus
Curb-Stomp Battle
Attempted Rape
Adaptational Attractiveness
Faking the Dead
The '90s
Dying Moment of Awesome
Mystery and Detective Films
Evil Sounds Deep
Canon Foreigner
Better to Die than Be Killed
Heel Realization
Properly Paranoid
Diabolus ex Machina
Horror Films
Be Careful What You Wish For
She's Got Legs
Death by Irony
Our Vampires Are Different
Costume Porn
Camp Gay
What Happened to the Mouse?
Credits Gag
Death Glare
Kubrick Stare
Noodle Incident
Punch-Clock Villain
Yandere
All Men Are Perverts
Disney Villain Death
Mistaken for Gay
Morality Pet
Toplessness from the Back
Sassy Black Woman
Bilingual Bonus
Bottomless Magazines
Love at First Sight
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Japanese Films
Loads and Loads of Characters
Big Bad
Fatal Family Photo
Reality Is Unrealistic
Adult Fear
Tagline
An Arm and a Leg
Hero of Another Story
Historical-Domain Character
Jump Scare
Broken Pedestal
Handicapped Badass
Zombie Stories
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Catch-Phrase
Grievous Bottley Harm
Death of a Child
Air-Vent Passageway
Get Out!
Lock and Load Montage
The Dreaded
Aside Glance
Stock Footage
Training Montage
And Starring
Adaptation Name Change
Artistic License Geography
Parental Substitute
Insistent Terminology
Mood Whiplash
The Bully
Mundane Made Awesome
Eureka Moment
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Soft Glass
Ungrateful Bastard
Depraved Bisexual
Room Full of Crazy
Stalker with a Crush
The '60s
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Paper-Thin Disguise
Karma Houdini
Based on a True Story
More Dakka
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Bavarian Fire Drill
Captain Obvious
The Ghost
Beard of Evil
Visual Pun
Black Best Friend
Dual Wielding
Fanservice Extra
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Really Gets Around
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Those Two Guys
Same Language Dub
Dirty Coward
Sinister Minister
Dramatic Gun Cock
Establishing Character Moment
Spared by the Adaptation
Honor Before Reason
Kick the Dog
Monumental Damage
Annoying Younger Sibling
Light Is Not Good
My Beloved Smother
Dressing as the Enemy
Vampire Fiction
The '80s
Manchild
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Ax-Crazy
The Cavalry
Action Prologue
Bury Your Gays
War Is Hell
Jerk Jock
Gender Flip
Expository Hairstyle Change
The Dog Bites Back
Apocalypse How
Defrosting Ice Queen
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Badass Bookworm
Cluster F-Bomb
Camera Abuse
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Big-Bad Ensemble
Genre Savvy
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
For Want of a Nail
French Films
Make It Look Like an Accident
Villain Opening Scene
Does Not Like Shoes
Drugs Are Bad
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Affably Evil
The Un-Reveal
Sports Stories
Sadistic Choice
From Bad to Worse
Implacable Man
Politically Incorrect Villain
Animal Title Index
Deliberate Values Dissonance
No Name Given
Pay Evil unto Evil
The Lost Lenore
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
World of Ham
Darker and Edgier
Composite Character
Posthumous Character
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Ms. Fanservice
Skewed Priorities
Star-Crossed Lovers
Have a Gay Old Time
Creative Closing Credits
Cold-Blooded Torture
Enemy Mine
Shown Their Work
Arch-Enemy
Worthy Opponent
No Antagonist
Dropped a Bridge on Him
N-Word Privileges
Evil Is Hammy
Police Brutality
Jerkass
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Anti-Hero
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Nice Guy
Leitmotif
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Arc Words
"Shaggy Dog" Story
Ambiguously Gay
Small Name, Big Ego
Everyone Has Standards
Meet Cute
Chase Scene
Extremely Short Timespan
Naked People Are Funny
Country Matters
The Hero Dies
Flipping the Bird
Four-Temperament Ensemble
In Medias Res
Evil Brit
Chewing the Scenery
Black Comedy
The Stinger
Rich Bitch
Rousing Speech
The Dragon
Only a Flesh Wound
Bowdlerise
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Parental Abandonment
Accidental Murder
Dull Surprise
Action Girl
Twist Ending
Early-Bird Cameo
The Faceless
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Ironic Echo
You Have Failed Me
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Artistic License Biology
Batman Gambit
No Ending
Deliberately Monochrome
Almost Kiss
The Oner
Made of Explodium
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Dwindling Party
Crucified Hero Shot
Totally Radical
Celebrity Paradox
Heterosexual Life-Partners
Asshole Victim
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Bond Villain Stupidity
Big "NO!"
Amoral Attorney
Guns Akimbo
Playing Gertrude
Alliterative Name
Broken Bird
Bolivian Army Ending
Thriller
Dark Reprise
Take a Third Option
Driven to Suicide
Coming-of-Age Story
Manly Tears
Broken Aesop
Wicked Cultured
Mad Scientist
Hong Kong Films
Match Cut
Insane Troll Logic
Cool Guns
The Lancer
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
Protagonist Title
Bar Brawl
Logo Joke
Setting Update
Reality Ensues
Daylight Horror
Poor Communication Kills
Lighter and Softer
Token Minority
An Aesop
Sci-Fi Horror
Hope Spot
Antagonist Title
Works Set in World War II
Hollywood Darkness
Bad "Bad Acting"
You Killed My Father
Straight Gay
Vitriolic Best Buds