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Does This Remind You of Anything?
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I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
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Your Head A-Splode
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War Is Hell
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20 Minutes into the Future
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Be Careful What You Wish For
Did Not Get the Girl
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Here We Go Again!
Dark Is Not Evil
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Danny Peary Cult Movies List
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Big Brother Instinct
Artistic License Biology
Maybe Ever After
Not Quite Dead
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Not So Above It All
Alas, Poor Villain
Dramatic Irony
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Lampshade Hanging
Call-Back
Guile Hero
What You Are in the Dark
The Ghost
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Vomit Discretion Shot
And the Adventure Continues
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast
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And I Must Scream
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Take a Third Option
Beard of Evil
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
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All Men Are Perverts
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Didn't Think This Through
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You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
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Malevolent Masked Men
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I Need a Freaking Drink
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What the Hell, Hero?
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Fantasy Films
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Defiant to the End
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Evil vs. Evil
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Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
One-Man Army
Heterosexual Life-Partners
Those Two Guys
Yandere
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Book-Ends
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Hooker with a Heart of Gold
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Serious Business
Good Is Not Nice
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Only One Name
Say My Name
Not Using the "Z" Word
A Father to His Men
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Alliterative Name
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Thriller
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Once More, with Clarity!
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Get Out!
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Adults Are Useless
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Improbable Weapon User
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Hypocrite
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The Power of Love
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It's Personal
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Manipulative Bastard
Naïve Newcomer
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Slashed Throat
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As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Mr. Exposition
Drowning My Sorrows
Mexican Standoff
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My God, What Have I Done?
Dies Wide Open
Bound and Gagged
Abhorrent Admirer
Genre Throwback
Death by Sex
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Missing Mom
Card-Carrying Villain
Chewing the Scenery
Awesome, but Impractical
Improbable Aiming Skills
Sinister Minister
B-Movie
Driven to Suicide
Fiery Redhead
Fat Bastard
Intergenerational Friendship
Fanservice
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
The Chick
Man on Fire
Mistaken for Gay
Deus ex Machina
Only a Flesh Wound
Rousing Speech
Mundane Made Awesome
Logo Joke
Pun
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Adapted Out
Took a Level in Jerkass
No Ending
Death by Adaptation
Darkest Hour
Sanity Slippage
Pragmatic Adaptation
Reckless Gun Usage
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
The Starscream
Skewed Priorities
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
MayDecember Romance
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Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Bland-Name Product
Beware the Nice Ones
Science Fiction Films
Hollywood Darkness
Training Montage
Laughing Mad
Trailers Always Spoil
The Smart Guy
Put on a Bus
Anguished Declaration of Love
Bowdlerise
Scenery Porn
Ungrateful Bastard
Sequel Escalation
Knife Nut
Hell Is That Noise
The Dreaded
Big Eater
Epic Movie
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Let's Get Dangerous!
Artistic License History
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Rated M for Manly
Documentary
Wretched Hive
Artistic License Gun Safety
Chekhov's Skill
Enemy Mine
Smoking Is Cool
Death of a Child
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Instant Death Bullet
Vitriolic Best Buds
Ominous Latin Chanting
Affectionate Parody
Asshole Victim
Nice Guy
Failed a Spot Check
Advertised Extra
Taking You with Me
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Artistic License Physics
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Expository Hairstyle Change
Ship Tease
Chekhov's Gunman
Rule of Symbolism
Cowboy Cop
Would Hit a Girl
Hero of Another Story
Despair Event Horizon
Henpecked Husband
Lock and Load Montage
Fanservice Extra
The Stoic
Adaptational Badass
Genre Shift
'80s Hair
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
How We Got Here
Meaningful Echo
Punch-Clock Villain
Canon Foreigner
Rewatch Bonus
Artistic License Military
Parental Abandonment
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
Bolivian Army Ending
Properly Paranoid
"Shaggy Dog" Story
No Name Given
Hair-Trigger Temper
Villain with Good Publicity
Evil Brit
Fatal Flaw
Too Dumb to Live
Plot Hole
Broken Bird
Big Bad
Groin Attack
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Film Series
Made of Iron
Insult Backfire
Rich Bitch
Recycled IN SPACE!
Artistic License Geography
Creator Cameo
Real Life Writes the Plot
Shell-Shocked Veteran
I Did What I Had to Do
Manchild
The End... Or Is It?
Death Seeker
Imagine Spot
One Steve Limit
Big Applesauce
Deal with the Devil
Meet Cute
Framing Device
Downer Ending
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
Scary Black Man
Fate Worse than Death
Pyrrhic Victory
Flipping the Bird
Dark Reprise
Fake Shemp
The Dragon
Lighter and Softer
Determinator
Call-Forward
Last-Name Basis
Bare Your Midriff
Stylistic Suck
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Body Horror
Match Cut
Fish out of Water
Major Injury Underreaction
Christmas Movies Index
Up to Eleven
Gory Discretion Shot
Novelization
Captain Obvious
The Hero
Bloody Hilarious
Double-Meaning Title
Chase Scene
The Atoner
The Quiet One
Sadistic Choice
Death by Irony
Setting Update
Cat Fight
Psychological Thriller
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Decoy Protagonist
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Bury Your Gays
Time Skip
Dogged Nice Guy
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Adaptation Dye-Job
Totally Radical
Final Girl
Wrong Genre Savvy
Alpha Bitch
The Alcoholic
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Obfuscating Stupidity
Bottomless Magazines
Adaptation Expansion
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Domestic Abuse
Woman in White
Tagline
Pretty Little Headshots
Evil Counterpart
Interrupted Suicide
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Obviously Evil
Token Minority
Product Placement
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Plucky Comic Relief
Only Sane Man
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Hoist by His Own Petard
The Lancer
Crazy Jealous Guy
Not What It Looks Like
Author Avatar
Military and Warfare Films
Dark and Troubled Past
Badass in a Nice Suit
All There in the Manual
Made of Explodium
Playing Gertrude
Real Life
Toplessness from the Back
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Pragmatic Villainy
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Never My Fault
Happily Married
Dwindling Party
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Badass Bookworm
Moment Killer
The Alleged Car
Department of Redundancy Department
Would Hurt a Child
Hypocritical Humor
He Knows Too Much
Cassandra Truth
Animated Credits Opening
Daylight Horror
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Manly Tears
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Back from the Dead
Bad "Bad Acting"
Bloodless Carnage
Shipper on Deck
Biopic
Reality Is Unrealistic
World of Ham
Dirty Cop
Evil Sounds Deep
You Killed My Father
Adaptational Attractiveness
Based on a True Story
Bring My Brown Pants
Auto Erotica
Disney Villain Death
Jerkass
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Empathic Environment
Brainless Beauty
Works Set in World War II
Mama Bear
Male Frontal Nudity
Faux Affably Evil
Loophole Abuse
Love at First Sight
Our Vampires Are Different
Gainax Ending
Aside Glance
Funny Foreigner
Spell My Name with an "S"
Villainous Breakdown
Heroes Want Redheads
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
FaceHeel Turn
Storming the Castle
Music Stories
Continuity Nod
Chekhov's Gun
Truth in Television
Tempting Fate
Badass Boast
Animal Title Index
Dressing as the Enemy
She's Got Legs
Due to the Dead
In Name Only
Catapult Nightmare
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Facial Horror
Arc Words
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Rasputinian Death
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Pay Evil unto Evil
Red Shirt
Romantic Comedy
"Awesome McCool" Name
Tap on the Head
No OSHA Compliance
Historical-Domain Character
Arch-Enemy
Eldritch Abomination
Ambiguously Gay
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Even Evil Has Standards
Fatal Family Photo
Anachronism Stew
Earn Your Happy Ending
Reality Has No Subtitles
It's All About Me
The Big Guy
Damsel in Distress
The Un-Reveal
Hero Antagonist
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
All Just a Dream
Gold Digger
Big "NO!"
Line-of-Sight Name
Casting Gag
The Bad Guy Wins
Green-Eyed Monster
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Retired Badass
Big Fancy House
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
All for Nothing
Broken Aesop
As Himself
Horror Comedy
Rule of Three
Fan Disservice
Heroic BSoD
Nice Hat
Psychopathic Manchild
Evil Laugh
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Madness Mantra
Apocalypse How
Knight Templar
Bar Brawl
Country Matters
Sealed Evil in a Can
Translation Convention
Almost Kiss
Only Known by Their Nickname
Pimped-Out Dress
Dirty Coward
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Wham Shot
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
The Voiceless
Mythology Gag
Room Full of Crazy
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Credits Gag
Black and Gray Morality
Destination Defenestration
Not So Different
Historical Hero Upgrade
Scare Chord
Establishing Character Moment
Police are Useless
The Dog Bites Back
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Everyone Has Standards
Mercy Kill
Killed Mid-Sentence
Small Name, Big Ego
Freudian Excuse
Ms. Fanservice
Posthumous Character
Bavarian Fire Drill
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Reality Ensues
An Axe to Grind
Slasher Movie
Bad Boss
The Sociopath
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Neck Snap
Poor Communication Kills
Air-Vent Passageway
Eyepatch of Power
N-Word Privileges
Humiliation Conga
Gratuitous English
Self-Deprecation
Ironic Echo
Dutch Angle
Calling the Old Man Out
Badass Grandpa
My Greatest Failure
Hollywood Law
The Musical
Blatant Lies