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