All about feature films. See also Directors, Film Genres.
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- Actionized Sequel: Putting in more action scenes since you don't need all the backstory.
- Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Characters angst more in the movie than they did in the book.
- Adaptational Attractiveness: Characters are more attractive than they were in previous adaptations.
- Adaptational Ugliness: Characters are less attractive than they were in previous adaptations.
- Adaptational Curves: Characters are bustier or more muscular than they were in the source material.
- Adrenaline Makeover: People change their look when setting out for adventure.
- Age Lift: A character's age in the adaptation is different from how old they were in the source material, usually for plot reasons.
- Alan Smithee: A person involved with the production isn't satisfied with how it turned out, so they disavow their involvement and have their contributions credited to a pseudonym.
- All in the Eyes: Emphasizing the eyes by dimming everything else.
- Animated Credits Opening: Animated opening to a live-action film.
- Award-Bait Song: A song that stands out in a movie and is expected to win an award.
- Award Snub: Didn't get an award, but should have.
- Bad to the Bone: A badass song for a badass scene.
- The Bad Guy Wins: When the villain wins instead of the hero.
- Big Damn Movie: A film of a TV series with a more epic plot.
- Bolivian Army Ending: Did they die or not?
- Box Office Bomb: When a movie fails to make back its budget in gross revenue.
- Busby Berkeley Number: An intricate dance number.
- The Centerpiece Spectacular: An exciting set piece designed to keep the audience enthralled with the movie.
- Charge-into-Combat Cut: The film switches to a different scene just as an epic battle is getting started.
- Clifftop Caterwauling: Roaring on the edge of a cliff.
- Color Wash: Saturating the colors on the film.
- Consolation Award: Compensating for lack of awards by giving minor one out of pity.
- *Crack!* "Oh, My Back!": The pains of old age.
- Crush Filter: The idealized, dreamy vision a person sees when they look at their crush.
- Dark World: A Mirror Universe with a dark twist.
- Deliberately Monochrome: Black and white, but on purpose
- Deliberate VHS Quality: The film looks like it was filmed on VHS to make it seem more retro.
- Development Hell: It still hasn't come out?
- Saved from Development Hell: Seemed like it would never come out, now it finally is
- Disney Acid Sequence: A surreal scene in a movie
- Door Roulette: Trying out different doors to find the right one
- Dueling-Stars Movie: A movie starring two actors fans want to see together
- Dump Months: Studios tend to release their worst movies in particular months of the year
- Enforced Method Acting: Getting the best acting by not telling actors about upcoming scenes or lines
- Everything but the Girl: A person with new talents can get everything but the girl he wants
- Exploitation Film: A film with excessive violence or sex for no real reason
- Fake Action Prologue: Seems like an action film, but it isn't
- Fake-Out Opening: That opening scene? Has nothing to do with the actual movie.
- Fake Video Camera View: Showing a scene apparently through the lens of a video camera, even to including a "REC" warning or red dot.
- Falling Chandelier of Doom: If a fancy room gets damaged enough, expect a chandelier to crash to the floor.
- Film Adaptation (Live-Action)
- The Film of the Book: A book becomes a movie
- The Film of the Play: A play becomes a movie
- The Film of the Series: A TV series becomes a movie
- The Film of the Song: A song becomes a movie; will sometimes be In Name Only
- Finale Movie: A work that isn't a film series receives a conclusion to its story via a feature-length film.
- Fun-Hating Confiscating Adult: The cranky old geezer who snatches away any toy ending up on his/her property.
- George Lucas Altered Version: When a film is significantly altered after its original release using technology that wasn't available at the time of the original release.
- Gorgeous Period Dress: A colorful dress to show off the fancy new color films
- "The Graduate" Homage Shot: Making sure the bride doesn't run off with the wrong man
- Gratuitous Special Effects: Special Effects in film genres that don't usually have them.
- Hammer and Sickle Removed for Your Protection: A Cold War film that removes references to Soviet Russia to help the film age better.
- Hey, It's That Place!: Recognizing a setting from other films and TV shows
- Hey, Let's Put on a Show: Setting up a play to raise money
- Hollywood Costuming: When Hollywood doesn't bother researching historical costumes
- Homage Shot: A shot referencing another film
- Iconic Logo: Recognizing the company by their logo, without a title
- Infectious Enthusiasm: Enthusiasm sweeps up everyone, including the one who disdains involvement.
- Instant Waking Skills: Waking up without the grogginess
- Just Keep Driving: Drivers don't notice the huge action scene around them
- Kuleshov Effect: Combining shots and objects makes them more expressive.
- Leave the Camera Running: Leaving the camera idling for a while nothing happens.
- Little Dead Riding Hood: Dressing up people in red is bad
- Marquee Alter Ego: A costumed actor shows off his face for fan recognition
- Medium-Shift Gag: A movie abruptly shifts to a different medium for a quick joke.
- The Mockbuster: Blatant knock-offs of popular films.
- The Movie: A TV episode in movie form
- Movie Multipack: Filming film franchises close together
- Movie Superheroes Wear Black: In order to achieve that Darker and Edgier look
- "No Talking or Phones" Warning: Before the film begins, there is a short film informing the audience not to talk or have their phones on during the movie.
- Novelization: The Book Of The Film
- Numbered Sequels: Attaching a number to the title to indicate it's the next one
- Sequel Number Snarl: When the numbering of sequels gets... odd.
- Obscured Special Effects: Don't let them see how fake that effect looks.
- Obvious Stunt Double: When a stunt double looks nothing like the actor they are filling in for.
- Oddly Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo: Strangely titled sequels
- Old-Timey Cinema Countdown: A retro monochrome countdown shown on a projector before a film.
- Onscreen Chapter Titles: When a film is divided into chapters, like a novel.
- Pilot Movie: A feature-length film that is intended to serve as the beginning of a television show.
- Playing Gertrude: Older women played by young actresses
- Posthumous Credit: The work credits a person involved with production who died before the work was released.
- Pursued Protagonist: Person running from bad guys at the beginning of a film
- Real Footage Re-creation: A very faithful recreation of something that actually happened and was captured in film and/or photos.
- Reality Has No Soundtrack: A film lacks background music for realism.
- Reality Has No Subtitles: The movie doesn't include subtitles for when characters are speaking foreign languages.
- Rebuilt Set: Taken apart, then rebuilt for a sequel
- Re-Cut: A film is given a re-release with the change of certain footage being cut or replaced, scrapped footage being restored and/or newly shot footage being added to the film.
- Release Date Change: The film's release date is changed slightly.
- Runaway Train: No one's at the helm, and it's about to fall off a cliff!
- Scream Discretion Shot: You hear the scream, but you don't see what they're screaming about
- Screamer Trailer: Subtle scary images in film trailers
- Sequel Escalation: It's the same, but with more!
- Sequelitis: The opinion that a film series has too many sequels, particularly because of the later installments declining in quality.
- Sequel Goes Foreign: Changing location for a sequel
- Sequel Hook: The film ends by hinting towards the possibility of a sequel.
- Sequel Non-Entity: A character can't make it for a sequel for a quick, justified reason
- Silence Is Golden: Movies with little dialogue
- Special Effect Failure: That looks so fake!
- Spiking the Camera: Don't look at the camera!
- Spoofing in the Rain: When it starts raining a reference to Singin' in the Rain will occur.
- Summer Blockbuster: Heavy on action, light on plot
- Tagline: A short sentence explaining the film, TV show, etc.
- The Theme Park Version: A simplified version of a complex idea
- Thematic Series: A series of loosely connected films
- Title Card: Shot of text to give information without sound.
- Trailer Delay: A large gap between the release of a preview and the film itself.
- Token Romance: Needless romantic subplot.
- Video Credits: Showing the people along with their credits
- Wheel of Decisions: A Wheel of Fortune method of deciding a matter.
