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