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