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