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