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