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