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Even Evil Has Loved Ones
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Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
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Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
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Room Full of Crazy
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For Want of a Nail
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I Need a Freaking Drink
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Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
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Silence Is Golden
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Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
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Historical Villain Upgrade
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I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
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Nice Guy
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Hope Spot
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Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
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All Girls Want Bad Boys
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You Have Failed Me
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Off with His Head!
Truth in Television
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Big "NO!"
Earn Your Happy Ending
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Cool Car
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Take That!
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Failed a Spot Check
Take a Third Option
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He Knows Too Much
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Say My Name
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Made of Iron
Adults Are Useless
The Stoner
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Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Once More, with Clarity!
Bavarian Fire Drill
Market-Based Title
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Together in Death
Manly Tears
Same Language Dub
Rule of Funny
Match Cut
Double-Meaning Title
Crucified Hero Shot
Badass in a Nice Suit
Cain and Abel
Politically Incorrect Villain
Frame-Up
Intergenerational Friendship
Authority Equals Asskicking
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Kill 'em All
Those Two Bad Guys
Biopic
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Implacable Man
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Would Hit a Girl
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From Nobody to Nightmare
The Dog Bites Back
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Smoking Is Cool
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Punch-Clock Villain
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Author Appeal
The Reveal
The Alcoholic
Spell My Name with an "S"
Trailers Always Spoil
Death Seeker
Didn't Think This Through
Obfuscating Stupidity
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B-Movie
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Amusing Injuries
All There in the Script
Neck Lift
Mugging the Monster
Heroic BSoD
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In Medias Res
Not So Above It All
Fish out of Water
Stuff Blowing Up
Big Fancy House
Ironic Echo
Sinister Minister
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Reality Ensues
Red Eyes, Take Warning
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Broken Bird
The Un-Favourite
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Epic Movie
Self-Deprecation
Eiffel Tower Effect
Married to the Job
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Extremely Short Timespan
Taking You with Me
Pimped-Out Dress
Bond Villain Stupidity
Dark Reprise
Badass Boast
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
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Annoying Younger Sibling
Catapult Nightmare
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
Boom, Headshot!
No OSHA Compliance
Action Genre
Title Drop
Retirony
Happily Married
Sealed Evil in a Can
Leave the Camera Running
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Horror Films
Meaningful Name
Have a Gay Old Time
Badass Grandpa
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Fire-Forged Friends
Country Matters
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Black Comedy
Mr. Exposition
Television Movie Index
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Eye Scream
Grievous Bottley Harm
The Hero Dies
Action Girl
Deliberately Monochrome
As the Good Book Says...
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Fun with Acronyms
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Let's Get Dangerous!
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Scenery Gorn
Award-Bait Song
Fate Worse than Death
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Crazy Jealous Guy
Gorn
Air-Vent Passageway
Eagleland
Villain Ball
Death by Irony
Training Montage
The Cavalry
Expy
Domestic Abuse
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Children Are Innocent
Improbable Aiming Skills
The Alleged Car
Translation Convention
Bilingual Bonus
Major Injury Underreaction
Psychopathic Manchild