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