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Evil Sounds Deep
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Room Full of Crazy
Took a Level in Badass
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Didn't Think This Through
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Red Eyes, Take Warning
Half the Man He Used to Be
Kick the Son of a Bitch
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Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
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Does This Remind You of Anything?
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Would Hurt a Child
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Light Is Not Good
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Dark Is Not Evil
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Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
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Have a Gay Old Time
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Fate Worse than Death
What Happened to the Mouse?
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Only Sane Man
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Unwitting Instigator of Doom
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Real Life Writes the Plot
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Oh, Crap!
Dwindling Party
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Meet Cute
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Only a Flesh Wound
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War Is Hell
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Shown Their Work
Maybe Ever After
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Would Hit a Girl
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Dies Wide Open
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What You Are in the Dark
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You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
The Place
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Determinator
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Cowboy Cop
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Those Two Bad Guys
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The Big Guy
Jerkass Has a Point
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I Have Your Wife
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This Is Gonna Suck
I Need a Freaking Drink
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
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Covers Always Lie
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Dirty Coward
Gold Digger
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Rule of Symbolism
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
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N-Word Privileges
Five-Man Band
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Naïve Newcomer
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Gratuitous English
Skewed Priorities
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All for Nothing
Anti-Villain
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Death by Sex
'80s Hair
Hidden Depths
Daddy's Girl
Meaningful Name
Tempting Fate
Evil vs. Evil
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Advertised Extra
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It Can Think
Red Shirt
Smoking Is Cool
Ungrateful Bastard
Karma Houdini
Attempted Rape
Car Fu
Let's Get Dangerous!
Creepy Child
What the Hell, Hero?
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
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The Bad Guy Wins
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Bare Your Midriff
Eye Scream
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Defiant to the End
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Big Applesauce
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Naked People Are Funny
Smug Snake
Corrupt Corporate Executive
He Who Fights Monsters
Evil Plan
Artistic License History
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Eyepatch of Power
Extremely Short Timespan
The Dreaded
Action Girl
Fan Disservice
Sexy Discretion Shot
And the Adventure Continues
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Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Mr. Fanservice
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You Have Failed Me
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All Just a Dream
Armor-Piercing Question
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World of Ham
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Kill It with Fire
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Every Car Is a Pinto
Not Quite Dead
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Action Survivor
Wicked Cultured
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Knife Nut
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Spiritual Successor
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Evil Is Petty
Closed Circle
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Green-Eyed Monster
Parental Neglect
Punch-Clock Villain
Berserk Button
Mythology Gag
For Want of a Nail
Our Vampires Are Different
Artistic License Physics
Outrun the Fireball
Kids Are Cruel
Love at First Sight
Stalker with a Crush
Crazy-Prepared
Important Haircut
In Medias Res
The Film of the Book
Dark Action Girl
Film Series
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Villain with Good Publicity
Mr. Exposition
Boom, Headshot!
Your Head A-Splode
Be Careful What You Wish For
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Arranged Marriage
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
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Thriller
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"Shaggy Dog" Story
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Improbable Aiming Skills
Worthy Opponent
Ass Shove
Adult Fear
Even Evil Has Standards
Break the Haughty
Funny Foreigner
The Dog Bites Back
Straight Gay
Evil Brit
Chekhov's Gunman
Big Eater
No Ending
Bond Villain Stupidity
Tap on the Head
Vampire Fiction
Call-Forward
Alpha Bitch
Handicapped Badass
Nice Guy
The Un-Reveal
Alliterative Name
Jerkass
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Silence Is Golden
Becoming the Mask
Off with His Head!
Jitter Cam
Playing Gertrude
Catch-Phrase
Woman Scorned
The Voiceless
Index of Film Westerns
Almost Kiss
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Here We Go Again!
Cool Shades
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Public Domain Feature Films
Everyone Has Standards
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Mind Screw
Overprotective Dad
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Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Historical Hero Upgrade
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Noodle Incident
Actually Pretty Funny
Major Injury Underreaction
Easily Forgiven
Manipulative Bastard
Truth in Television
I Did What I Had to Do
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Dramatic Irony
Rated M for Manly
Aside Glance
Cain and Abel
Fire-Forged Friends
Big Bad
Anti-Hero
Psycho for Hire
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Fiery Redhead
Slasher Movie
Laughing Mad
The Mafia
Adaptation Expansion
Villain Ball
It's All About Me
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Bury Your Gays
Anyone Can Die
Black Dude Dies First
Bloodless Carnage
Disappeared Dad
Adapted Out
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Cool Old Guy
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Kubrick Stare
Badass Grandpa
Real Life
From Nobody to Nightmare
Not What It Looks Like
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Married to the Job
Manchild
Works Set in World War II
Vacation Films
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
As the Good Book Says...
Russian Films
You Killed My Father
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Yandere
Animal Motifs
Fanservice Extra
Big Brother Instinct
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Chewing the Scenery
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
The Power of Love
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Composite Character
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
Loads and Loads of Characters
Implacable Man
The Smart Guy
In the Back
As You Know
Self-Deprecation
Dutch Angle
No Antagonist
Show Within a Show
Pretty in Mink
Redshirt Army
Psychopathic Manchild
Author Avatar
Totally Radical
Crapsack World
Meaningful Background Event
Deal with the Devil
Taking the Bullet
Does Not Like Shoes
Red Right Hand
Ms. Fanservice
Damsel in Distress
B-Movie
Took a Level in Jerkass
Depraved Bisexual
The Great Depression
Earn Your Happy Ending
Shower Scene
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Cat Fight
Beware the Nice Ones
Beard of Evil
Ship Tease
Eiffel Tower Effect
Fake Shemp
Arc Words
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Those Two Guys
Faux Affably Evil
Precision F-Strike
An Axe to Grind
Dirty Cop
Ascended Extra
Your Cheating Heart
Wretched Hive
How We Got Here
Fatal Family Photo
Martial Arts Movie
Call-Back
The '70s
Gender Flip
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Reality Ensues
Adaptation Distillation
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Adaptational Badass
Bloodier and Gorier
Sequel Escalation
HeelFace Turn
Bolivian Army Ending
The Hero Dies
Bound and Gagged
Insult Backfire
Psychological Thriller
Fish out of Water
Babies Ever After
After the End
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Jerk Jock
Fantastic Racism
Failed a Spot Check
Scare Chord
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Immune to Bullets
Darkest Hour
Obfuscating Stupidity
The Cavalry
Stealth Pun
Neck Lift
Artistic License Gun Safety
Death by Irony
Brick Joke
La Résistance
Spiteful Spit
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Older Than They Look
Intergenerational Friendship
Novelization
Loophole Abuse
Mood Whiplash
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Facial Horror
Mexican Standoff
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
The Remake
Plucky Comic Relief
Intrepid Reporter
Sports Stories
Science Fiction Films
Nothing Is Scarier
Epic Movie
Rape as Drama
Our Zombies Are Different
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Deadpan Snarker
Big "NO!"
Never Trust a Trailer
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Papa Wolf
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
Blood from the Mouth
Music Stories
Bloody Hilarious
No Name Given
Idiot Ball
Death by Adaptation
German Films
Epic Fail
Instant Death Bullet
Horror Comedy