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