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