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