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