Tropescilloscope: Roger Ebert: Great Movies List

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