Top 10 Movie Tropes That Are Way Overused

[@ClassicToonFan64]

Don't forget about bad guys having the worst accuracy ever, and being unable to land even a single shot on the heroes.

[@comaster2]

Lol

[@toddstone230]

ClassicToonFan64 number 1. star wars storm troopers

[@thelegendaryhusquin9906]

Todd Stone plot armor my good sir, very impenitrable

[@MrProp16]

Todd Stone if they're shooting at a Jedi they don't want the blast to be sent back at them

[@daveymoon]

well if bad guys were to actually hit their targets, there wouldn't be much of a movie, right ?

[@isukeinukai6941]

Most overused movie tropes; Shaky cam, quick cuts, excessive slow-motion, and overly edited PG-13 action scenes.

[@bricebridges3814]

Isuke Inukai John Wick says hi

[@isukeinukai6941]

That's the one of the few exceptions.

[@aderemiporsche]

Isuke Isukai Bloodless carnage.

[@ed.9694]

Those are techniques to make a scene whenever it is necessary...

[@hulksmash2780]

Isuke Inukai. thanks !

[@dresdnhope]

“Trope. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”

[@SexyAssDanny4]

thought the same thing as soon as the countdown started. like fuck look it up first, then make a video

[@ahmedhathoutt]

Exactly. I felt like they were just listing subgenres.

[@mattj4112]

Premise of this list: let's get rid of every film genre that people like.

[@bikimbrown1545]

I would not be mad. Remember when movies didn't have so much unnecessary off topic dialogue. Every movie is the same premise in a different outfit. She is right. John Wick 12and3 were all the same movie.

[@margegarland7635]

They're not saying to get rid of them, just not use them as much and don't use them if you can't do it well and make a good quality movie.

[@xavierssounds3232]

You literally just called every idea ever, overused. There are no more ideas, everything in this list is basically every type of movie that will ever exist

[@toddstone230]

Stacy Schauls they forgot zombies and aliens and romantic comedies

[@xavierssounds3232]

No, Aliens were on there! But they definitely needed zombies on that list

[@myosotis8856]

Zombies a.k.a Post Apocalypse, ya dumbass fukk

[@xavierssounds3232]

Im not sure if post apocalyptic covers zombies, in their references it seemed they were going post apocalyptic after a natural disaster. But, for the sake of argument, ill count it lol

[@Yahucanon_Ben_Yahuah]

The implication being perhaps there should be no more movies made, eh?

[@magicman205]

This list started out okay... and then you just referenced random film genres. Disaster movies are not tropes. Alien invasion movies are not tropes. Time travel movies are not tropes.

[@paul1780]

Magicman205 Was thinking the same thing, most of these were genres, sub genres or themes.

[@Sieffy13]

They are tropes, they're plot elements of a chosen genre; Alien Invasion and Disaster movies are Sci-Fi tropes. Gangsters movies come under the Crime genre.

[@vincentde6680]

Alien invasion and Disaster are SUB-GENRES, not tropes. A trope is more like the tendency for the bad guys to have terrible aim or how every action movie ever ends with the male protagonist making out with a hot female character.

[@zaczane]

its like someone at watchmojo didn't have the time to Google the difference apparently

[@RatFacedJasper]

So, tropes now mean entire genres? What is this crap? Also, did you mean imply Immortals had superb acting? Because it most certainly did not.

[@jasontoddman7265]

Most of these aren't tropes; they're whole genres.

[@somebodyactually1490]

But all of these are ok tropes that although are overused can still be seen in good movies. Real top 10 tropes that must die list: 10. person who trained in combat/weaponry once can now beat people who have been fighting their whole life. 9. the ex military figure has his wife/sister/kid/friend/dog kidnapped and has to rescue them. (it worked for taken and some others but now it's just boring) 8. The superhero's girlfriend makes the hero pick between her or saving the whole damn world. 7. Shaky cam. (I'm trying to watch the fight and all it does is make it confusing about what's going on) 6. Love triangles in YA or love triangles in general. 5. PG 13 sex scenes. (almost nobody gets turned on by those since they don't feature the real sexy parts and you have to stare at two people's backs and shoulders moving and it's especially awkward with your parents around.) 4. Highschool movies that have segregated hierarchical cliques with the top being the popular blonde bitch and her cheerleading squad and the smexy quarterback bad boy and the mc being an unpopular nerd who everyone likes after she takes off her glasses 3. the badass take no shit 2 dimensional woman aka the appeaser of feminists. (this isn't a strong female character this is just as bad as annoying damsel in distress type) 2. the bad guy's minions can't shoot at the hero due to nothing else but plot armour. (dis)Honorable mention: badguy who has a Russian/German/British accent. 1. Forced romance. the love story between the mc and the only female in the movie in a genre such as action/horror that is just added in to add more movie time.

[@marcomeme4875]

Ýøų_måđ_břö my god THANK YOU. These are real tropes

[@razorfin699]

Ýøų_måđ_břö You the real MVP.

[@scottthompson292]

What are the odds this exact video will come out after about the time it takes for people to forget this post and WatchMojo can pass it off as an original idea...

[@newageBoundhippie]

now THAT is a list of overused tropes.

[@alzahranihamod3433]

Ýøų_måđ_břö i cant agree more with No, 1 i can hardly watch movies because of it pressence,it ruined a lot of movies for me .

[@FflawedMetalhead]

I think this channel meant to say 'THEMES' not 'Tropes'. 'Renegade cop' also makes a lot more sense than 'cowboy cop'. Even at that, what are we going to do? Stop having movies made? This list just covered no less than 75% of movies ever made.

[@unknowjlm]

If 75% of movies made are into these categories, then it might actually be overused...

[@Fools_Requiem]

If comic books never got old, movies based on comic books won't get old either... There's always a story to tell.

[@TheDarkAdventure]

"Superhero" isn't a troupe. It's not really even a genre. It's just a tool to tell a story. Technically all movies have a superhero (the main character). The character who is always right, can't die, indestructible plot armor. It's not different because they put on a mask. It's about the story you're telling.

[@NextPlayAdventure]

Thats not really true. It might be true pretty much all of the time for blockbusters, but thats about it. Part of what makes a superhero a superhero is that he has some kind of special ability (for fighting), and they fight some evil guy with some kind of specail ability. Also, superhero movies tend to be structured quite same-ishy.

[@Alias_Anybody]

The trope is probably more "Standard marvel superhero" - lighthearted action and character interaction through the movie, some jokes and a climactic battle in the end.

[@andrewgiordano6880]

Dark Adventure the superhero is always right? Someone didn't watch civil war or doctor strange...

[@TheDarkAdventure]

TastyDash you mean those movies where everything turned out great for those characters compared to what could have happened?

[@andrewgiordano6880]

Dark Adventure Actually, everything did not turn out great. 1. The Avengers are split 2. Captain America lost his identity as captain america, and gave up the title due to moral conflictions 3. Half of the Avengers are criminals 4. The two leaders of the team are split, and will remain split by the words of the directors. 5. The Accords are in session In Doctor Strange, Strange lost the Ancient One and Mordo, and broke the laws of nature and has yet to see the consequences

[@unanonymousyoutuber1410]

Top 10 WatchMojo Video Topics that are way overused.

[@bricebridges3814]

Unanonymous KZbinr 10. Anime 9. Anime 8. Anime 7. Anime 6. Anime 5. Anime 4. Anime 3. Anime 2. Anime 1. Japanese Cartoons

[@markant9534]

you_mad_bro Plus anime ballbusting! I asked a Japanese friend of the family about that today and she said it`s because Japanese women are domineering in real life!

[@VixXstazosJOB]

meh, you forgpt videogames and comics XD

[@jeffreyelya9996]

Time travel is in fact, rarely touched much anymore. The reason Back To The Future was so successful is because it got the time travel element right in a simple plot, and it's rarely been done correctly since.

[@Confettifun]

What about "the token black friend", "ugly nerdy girl becomes hot when she loses her glasses and dresses more fashionable" or better yet the most played-out trope :"whitewashing"

[@Wellnseddich]

There's a nice parody of the second one in "Not another teen movie".

[@zatoth13]

deus ex machina endings (see Matrix trilogy)

[@MultiKorven123]

1. Superhero movies are the backbone of good sci-fi and fantasy movies 2. Space and Alien movies are pretty much all the sci-fi adventure movies there is and we haven't had enough of them yet

[@Alias_Anybody]

There is way more Sci-Fi than Superhero and cliché Alien invasion movies. Space on the other hand is not absolutely necessary, but quite useful in Sci-Fi. But space isn't overused because of Sci-Fi, but because Hollywood tends to throw Action and Superhero movies into space to make them more exiting.

[@zatoth13]

Superhero movies are not the backbone of good sci-fi and fantasy movies, there are an abundance of both that are not reliant on superheros

[@higurashianduminekoconnect1702]

I know one that is used a lot and doesn't seem to even be acknowledged as a movie trope. In action movies, a bad guy, when they kill someone, they shoot them. Then the bad guy decides well want to shoot him some more, and then they usually precede to raise their gun up and shoot the corpse of who they just killed. They usually do this to a random person.

[@Zivalene]

Tropes are not inherently bad, they are simply tools and classification of story elements. It's when they are used badly and too often that they become 'cliches' which is what no one likes. If I had to name a few... "Deus Ex Machina", "Attack of the 50-foot Whatever" "I-know-you're-in-there-somewhere" and "Evil is Fun". TvTropes is a fun little hangout spot for me.

[@TheyCallMeCarg]

"Does every gangster movie have to happen in New York?" 2 of next 5 clips from a gangster movie that takes place in Boston

[@wlessfanable]

Personally, I got tired of the "Spielberg Syndrome" a LONG time ago. Take a story, deliberately add children, add as much "awwww" factor to totally dilute the story, and bake for 90 minutes. Children guarantee a hit movie no matter how crappy everything else is. Because, you know, ... .....kids!!! I think its fair to say we won't be seeing anything original for some time. Everything has been squeezed out already.

[@kisbiflos]

I can not even believe post apocalypse made it on the list, but revenge moves did not. I expected revenge to be the number 1, countless examples.

[@stingraycinematicproductio5687]

so you guys want to watch a movie where nothing happens? this list is literally every movie that will ever be made, there is no "mixing it up". no matter what spin you try to put on a movie, it will always be one of these "troupes"

[@stingraycinematicproductio5687]

tropes*

[@calltyshon]

So you call superhero troupes a troupe but never described what's wrong with them, what repeated pattern and the reason you even feel they are riding on borrowed time.

[@NextPlayAdventure]

I'm not sure what the second half of your comment is supposed to mean, but the point of tropes is that they are repetitive.

[@ryantheanimator1156]

Superheroes aren't technically a trope, it's a genre. If superheroes was really a trope, that's like saying sci-fi and fantasy is a trope as well, which is incorrect.

[@GeneBurnett]

Literacy is not exactly WatchMojo's strength. Most of what they call "iconic" is not, most of what they call "epic" is not. My favorite is "Top 10 Epic Cameos".

[@tenacious645]

calltyshon It's overused. That's the problem. That's the whole idea of the list.

[@ryantheanimator1156]

So just because 2010s is the booming age of superhero movies, it became a problem? Same shit can be said about Sci-fi and Fantasy movies during way back in the 70s. Also, superheroes is not a trope, it's a genre. They need to be more specific about the superhero tropes like good vs bad, hero wins the day, or the hero gets the girl in the end, but not taking the whole genre and call it a trope! That's like calling romance, drama, sci-fi, or any other genres a trope. Watchmojo needs to get their shit together and smarten up.

[@TheMasterQuests]

Organized crime films are rare nowadays I miss them. Also if they're overused wouldn't that mean they're cliche?

[@rosepetunia1829]

I thought of some: 1: *That one Christmas episode.* Whenever there is a Christmas episode someone ends up not having a good time like getting in a fight with their sibling and wished they were the only child or something. Then they get knocked out or fall asleep and then when they wake up they are greeted by a angel showing what it would be like without their sibling or whatever they wished for. At first they enjoy it but later on they end up crying and wish for things to be normal again. 2: *Dropping something and then falling in love.* There is always that one scene of how someone falls in love. But most of the time it's when they carry so much stuff they slip or bump into someone and drop everything. The character next to them goes "Oh hey let me help you with that!" Then they touch hands, look at each other, introduce themselves, and fall in love. 3: *That girl that picks on her best friend's guy friend and then they start dating.* Ever watch a show like ICarly or Hannah Montana and the main character has only 2 best friends? One is a guy and the other is a girl? Well if so then you probably notice that the girl best friend would always beat up and be mean to the guy friend and then later on they start dating! 4: *When the main character (usually a girl) falls in love with somebody but their friend (usually a guy) is in love with the girl.* So it happens like this, Girl: **Sigh** "Look how dreamy that guy over there is.." Guy friend: **Gets jealous** "He's not _that_ cool!" Seasons later the guy friend of the girl start dating. 5: *That one annoying kid that bullies a adult.* I have NEVER seen a kid be so cruel to a adult irl then I have on tv. There would basically be a little boy or girl that would prank or mess around with teenagers or adults. What do the teenagers or adults do? Nothing. They try to tell the kid's parents but then the kid is like "Mommy I would never! They're lying!!!" And gets away with it. 6: *That mean neighbor.* Whether the characters live in a neighborhood, apartment or anywhere they go there is ALWAYS that one mean neighbor nobody can stan! 7: *"I was embarrassing you?"* So in a episode somebody (Mainly the main character) would have a family member or a friend or something follow them around trying to be cool and be there 'friend' but then they start embarrassing them and they would always be too shy to tell them "Hey you're embarrassing me!" Cause they don't wanna make them feel bad. But when they do the character embarrassing them goes "I was embarrassing you? Well i'm sorry it's just... **Tells a sad story** " The other character would feel so bad for what they have done and start playing with whoever was embarrassing them again. 8: *The character that can never get a girlfriend.* There's always gonna be that nerdy kid who's mainly a boy that can never get a girlfriend cause he's too "Dorky" but the stupid ones always do. Just because someone is smart doesn't mean they aren't cool. 9: *When the main character finds out they're special they panic.* It happens like this: The main character's parents or grandparents will tell them that they have powers, or that they are a witch, mermaid, etc. Or they'll find out on their own. But instead being happy they start to panic and say "WHAT?! NO!! I'M JUST A NORMAL PERSON LIKE EVERYONE ELSE!" And later on when they tell their best friend their best friend gets all exited and jealous. Later on the main character complains about not being normal and their friend goes "Just be glad. I WISH I was you." Why couldn't the friend have the main character has? The main character doesn't to seem to enjoy it after all. 10: *"English please!"* Whenever a character would say something _really_ smart one of the characters would be dumb and say "Speak english please!" Why can't they just let the smart one talk and agree with them instead of being stupid and ignoring everything they said?

[@r_rfie6889]

top ten channel runnig out of idea #2:buzzfeed #1:watchmojo that would be epic

[@RedDusk369]

Wathmojo was right about one thing. Superheroes movies will eventually start to get stale, every era must come to an end I guess. Especially after Marvel and DC both reach their climactic final movie and people will be like, "Well it's finally over, now what?"........Hollywood should start to consider making crossovers with different universes the next big thing.

[@andrewsmith74]

I've never understood the public's insatiable appetite for superhero films. I can understand children enjoying them, but not teens or adults. I know that many of them are made because millions of people want to watch them, but why do millions of people want to watch them?

[@ingequak4506]

You know what's bloody annoying? When they do highschool films with the 'populars' and the 'geeks/outcastst'. I think you can guess the plot of these movies...

[@ASMRJonie]

Why do I have a feeling that I've seen this before..

[@zackscarvey7621]

So since almost no movies nor stories in general are truly "unique" we just shouldn't make anything because they're a trope according to you? Because you just put a red line through almost every movie in existence.

[@nickyoude2694]

The chosen one, or in Katniss Everdeen's case "The One who Volunteers" Some other tropes The Fish out of Water (Borat, Elf, Crocodile Dundee) The White Saviour (The Blind Side, The Help) The Love Triangle (Bridget Jones, Doctor Zhivago, almost every Y/A adaptation) The Femme Fatale (Leave Her to Heaven, Double Indemnity)

[@jaredalexander1853]

I don't know how long superhero movies will be a popular fad, but I will say that even after nearly 100 year comic books are still fairly successful, so while they might lose popularity, I don't think we will see the troupe fade anytime soon.

[@Sieffy13]

My hope is that with Fox's decision to make R rated comic book movies, it will influence other studios and we'll see a new wave of original R rated action blockbusters, much like we did in the 80s and 90's.

[@MaiiOrduna]

Many of these aren't even tropes, they're genres. That's why they have similar elements.

[@TheMarine316]

Super heroes is the only trope that shouldn't be on this list

[@ryantheanimator1156]

It's technically a genre.

[@michaelbuckelew]

themarine0316 Who saw what movie to get Space on this list? In about the past five years we've gotten Gravity, Interstellar, The Martian and Arrival. Those are all great. I haven't seen Passengers or Life yet, but were they bad enough to ruin space movies? Half this list almost seemed like someone saw Independence Day: Resurgence and picked beats from it.

[@howiehiew]

Michael Buckelew I don't know about you, but 'Earth' movies are way more played out than 'space' movies.

[@Sieffy13]

It's more of a sub-genre than a genre.

[@marcobazan4187]

well it's overused, is it not?

[@muddasonder]

Superhero movies won't die yet. It's be going on for half a century and is just growing over the years.

[@KingRynoD.LeonhartTMB]

Most of these aren't tropes. They're genres

[@SteveCarras]

Correct.

[@SrValeriolete]

"Top ten movie tropes" starts listing genres

[@danielyeatts491]

Agreed. This list would have made more sense and been more useful even if just for fun if WM had singled out particular cliches or tropes within the genres. Examples might be superheroes having to save the entire world or aliens invading and destroying everything or underdogs emerging victorious or the girl wants the guy and finally gets him or cops say funny things when they take out bad guys, etc. Rename this list as Top 10 Tired Tropes Within Popular Genres.

[@terrywitt563]

Great vid. however, superhero genre exists not only for comic fans, but for those that want an action packed family friendly slam bang uproar. Great Top Ten guys. subbed and always watching

[@agentprime2179]

I don't think I'll ever get tired of superhero movies. Although I am tired of origin stories. Granted Wonder Woman will be an origin story and sometimes you need an origin but hey sometimes they don't have to take up the majority of the movie. Remember the movie Hellboy. We basically have the opening scene that's how long 10-15 minutes and we see how Hellboy came to earth but after that he's already grown up and the BPRDs top agent. So much like the first Batman and the first Blade, Hellboy could count as a non origin story. I wish to see more first installments in a superhero movie series that aren't Origins.

[@jackskinner956]

Stark : I am iron man! Me : oh rly???

[@keithperkins3798]

So I guess all that is left is sappy chick flicks and musicals as long as no one has powers; where chosen; had to fight bad guys in the form of gangsters from New York, serial killers, zombies, or post apocalyptic nut jobs; weather a storm or natural disaster: deal with a good but not-by-the-book cop; or go into space. It will get a great rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but who will care when no one goes to see it and the movie industry fails. I have a better idea, lets first learn the difference between a genre and a trope, then we can talk. First ever Watch Mojo Top Ten I ever gave a thumbs down to.

[@penguinstrophe]

I got my list: Best friends become enemies and become best friends again Main character’s arch nemesis turns out to be his uncle/father/whatever “He is clearly saving the world but we will ignore that because he is breaking a law” Side character (usually the MC’s parent) has a short moment and then becomes useless again One or both of MC’s parents are dead

[@maddestmike5791]

"or in this case, dishonorable mentions." The most cliched line used in a WatchMojo list.

[@joshkak3559]

Am I the only one who noticed that they lowkey mock dc? Like iron man(2008) starting the whole superhero thing but actually batman begins(2005) was the first really good superhero film?

[@rashidalowais6373]

When they said superheroes at number 1, I felt a cold shiver run down my spine, my favorite movies are superhero movies

[@bikimbrown1545]

No Batman Dark Knight showed us how bad ass super hero movies are. And not once did they use the words Super Hero. I can't stand to hear those two words now. 👎

[@RC038]

last time i was this early watch mojo was still relevant

[@doctorprofessorstar7295]

What about love relationships!? Sports teams!? How dare you pick on my favorite tropes. I want more.

[@ohshialabooof8958]

No, #WatchMojo.... Watching Super Hero Movies is NOT like eating the same piece of Cake everyday, and maybe the Marvel/DC Cinematic Universe will, but Super Hero/Comic Book Movies in general will never stop being made, because People get sick of them. That is because there are Literally SO MANY Stories and characters, that are so different/unique, and run the range from simple and easy to follow, to a complicated mind fuck, happy endings, to sad endings, to twist endings, family friendly, to Mature, and fall into every catogory, from Action, and Drama, all the way to Romance, and everything in between. So they can never get old, to people stop liking them, or think they're lame, because, for the seasons I just listed, there are stories stories/characters, in all genres, with countless directions to go, there is Literally no difference between them and all other films that have ever, and will ever be made. The only difference is the Super Hero part. Lastly, there is also a chance, that if done right, the MCU/DCU could go on seemingly forever and not get old, because having a Multiverse gives you UNLIMITED Stories, and UNLIMITED options for places to go (Genres, Cross-Overs, Rating Wise, Plots, Premises, you name it Boy-eeeeee!) #InYourFuckingFaceWatchMojo! #IJustProvedYouWrongWhenYouThoughtYouWere100%RightAndThisIsYourJobThatYouGetPaidGoodMoneyFor #IfYouGuysCanGetPaidForBeingWrongMaybeICanGetPaidForBeingBetterAtGettingThingsRightThanYou #CanIHaveAJob? #Seriously #DramaticPause #CanIHaveAJobQuestionMarkExclamationPoint #IKnowWeHaveHadOurDifferencesLikeWhenIToldYouInYourFuckingFacesOrMaybeYouSaidThatToMe #WhoCanRemember #ThereIsNoWayToKnowAtThisPoint #SasquwashThatBeef! Just have your people call my KZbin account, and let's do this dance!

[@BRUH-xw3ku]

Not every movie can be Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind.

[@Able871]

Yes these tropes are incredibly overused and are bad or good based on everyone’s opinions but as long as there is someone willing to go to these movies Hollywood will keep making them personally yes I feel they are all completely overused and new ideas need to be explored but I will also keep going to these movies because overused or not the movies are still good

[@ahmedhathoutt]

I feel like 'The Chosen One' is the only one on the list that is actually a trope. The rest are just subgenres lol. This is my first time to dislike a WatchMojo video.

[@FastCarsNoRules220]

Overused tropes I see in movies and TV shows just to name a few: -Cats being the villains and dogs the heroes -The rich person always being the spoilt brat -The main character being weird or nerdy while everyone else is normal -The cop losing their job only for them to get it back after saving the day -Cops always being awful drivers in a car chase scene

[@stompgrounds]

"Superhero flicks will get old eventually." How bitch how??!?

[@chibiprussia5574]

The LEGO Movie mocked the "chosen one" :P

[@mrpinkgaming6374]

How about you try making a movie watchmojo

[@Larry_Ibarra]

After watching this video, I'd sure like to know which tropes WatchMojo DOESN'T think are overused.

[@Erinselysion]

I mean, you have valid points, but when people see the word trope they think of "boy next door" or "dumb blond that dies in horror movies", not just base concepts that plots are written around.

[@GoddessOfWhim2003]

the thing with the MCU movies is they are more than a superhero movie. GOTG is a space-opera, Ant-Man is a heist movie, Thor is a fantasy-action, Spider-Man Homecoming is a high school drama, the Cap movies are political drama-thrillers. DC hasn't figured that out and I don't think Fox has either. X-Men could be so much more, to me.

[@damiang1442]

Captain Obvious: Big movies in a suit of tropes, take that away, what are they? Mojo-Man: yyyyy... indie movies?

[@alphapapahern]

Here's a few that bug me, 1. When a mega-star appears with there back turned only to turn around to grace us with their appearance. 2. The ole, "I have something to tell you", "No, I have something to tell YOU, me first". 3. When the protagonist is oddly not looking in the direction of the action EVERYONE else is reacting to. Independence Day is LOOOOOADED with this trope. 3 1/2. This is kind of in the same category as 3, the protagonist climbing up a cliff, ladder, wherever and as they reach the top they are surprised by who or what may await them because they're looking down while climbing over the top in an odd fashion.

[@tinaf7289]

I could never get sick of Superhero movies.. keep em' coming!

[@VigilanteNZ]

some of these were entire genres lol

[@bryceclifford6823]

Sooooo, basically get rid of every movie idea that's been made and make something new. That'll never happen.

[@bryceclifford6823]

Also no mention of the shoe-horned romantic sub-plot?!

[@JohnnyMnemonic.]

Batman Wins

[@tiernanneville2023]

Top ten places Watchmojo lists are written. #3. The Car ride to work. #2. The bathroom. #1. 2 minutes before the deadline.

[@connorbrennan4233]

One film this year that didn't fall into the trap of being post-apocalyptic was Logan. Rather than being post-apocalyptic, it takes place in a society that could exist in a few years without the near-extinction of mankind or a dystopia with ruthless dictators.

[@MXOY99]

So you want every genre of film to end...?

[@xeroeddie]

Not chick flicks apparently.

[@annafowdy]

They forgot Moana. “The ocean chose me!"

[@MaCabaret]

Top ten ambiguously general watchmojo lists

[@vernondent4781]

These people don't seem willing to recognize that there is a finite number of tropes that CAN be used in movies. Eventually, filmmakers are going to run out of ideas entirely, and they will have to start repackaging the same ones, or stop making movies that have anything interesting about them.

[@berettabeast9016]

Lol this was just a list of movie genres

[@henroe3290]

Gangster movies all set in New York: Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Rock 'n' Rolla, Cray films (such as Legend) Those are all set in London

[@hidof9598]

Time travel is a kind of sub-genre,not troupe

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

"Or have the various plot points been repackaged, but with varying degrees of sucess" You just answered your own fucking question.

[@jwmiller011]

Came here expecting "underdogs" to be number one and wasn't disappointed entirely

[@OscarTheSage]

KCOC

[@victorcates9330]

trope is a real nebulous term. wiki defines it as "The word trope has also come to be used for describing commonly recurring literary and rhetorical devices,[2] motifs or clichés in creative works", but the merriam webster included "a common or overused theme or device". So with something like a super hero flick, you can regard super hero as a genre, but if you ascribe a sameness to the superheroes, they might be able to described as cliches. Similarly you might be able to describe gangster films as a genre while gangsterism could maybe be describes as a motif. definitions, eh? I'll admit with gangster films, i'm often distracted by a sense of having seen it before.

[@heisenberg3024]

You could make a list specifically for horror movies alone. Yet, none of these were even listed at all

[@dontbesmartalec]

Who else heard the name Kevin Spacey and immediately checked the date of this video

[@y2j13]

Superhero isn't a trope not everyone is the same. Genre and trope are two different things

[@harsyakiarraathallah2222]

No matter how many they been use we love to Rewatch All this movie Tropes

[@edwelljohnpavia8572]

how about top 10 award winning actors in embarrasing movies

[@MrPleers]

The multiverse.... Dr.Strange: In the multiverse of madness, Spider-man: No way home, Spider-man:Across the Spider-Verse, The Flash, ....

[@daveskinner25]

Ironically Endgame has most of these: Talking Animals (Rocket), Time Travel, Post Apocalypse (Thanos' Snap), Alien Invasion (2014 Thanos arrival) which created- Disaster, Chosen one (Iron Man), and of course Superheroes.

[@New2RetroReviews]

Superhero movies are pretty much a genre. They may fall by the wayside, but they've been doing a pretty damn good job since Ironman first debuted, hell the first two X-men movies, first two Spider-man movies, those were really good for their times, cant forget The Punisher either, not great, but entertaining, just like the Blade movies. I dont think superhero movies loose their luster each time as Watch Mojo says, but, there's some where your like "ehh, ok." Pretty much the Thor movies are in that catagory. Superhero flicks may go the way of action movies and westerns, but I think given the immense popularity of the comic book characters from pretty much the 40's onward to today, and with the MCU going strong, and even though DC is bombing at various points, (they still have done somewhat decent) I think theyve got a lot of life in them left.

[@DichterDenkerChaoten]

Movies having no superheroes in them is a much more overused trope, that has become boring by now.

[@lkgrave4959]

Every romantic comedy. It's the same plot line over and over. Boy and Girl meet, fall in love, have a falling out, realize they how much they love each other in some climatic event destined to break them up forever and than live happily ever after.

[@meta2152]

Here's a movie idea, use all 10 of these trope in one serious movie.

[@Kragatar]

#1: Dead parents. I swear, there has never been a parent in a movie who lived to the end. Even Wolverine, who is basically immortal because of his healing powers... soon as he has a daughter, boom. Dead. Every adventure movie ever, protagonist's parents are dead. Every Disney movie ever, most loved parent dies. Every movie ever where parent and child are reunited after many years, parent dies that day. Luke Skywalker finally accepts Vader as his father, boom. Dead. It's so predictable, as soon as a parent appears on screen, the ending is already spoiled because there's a 100% chance they're gonna die, one way or another.

[@lucasmarinho6816]

The number aged like the finest wine on the shelf

[@MegaLilei]

ok, this is the whole movie industry.......

[@shado5491]

And no, I don't think superhero flicks will ever get old or boring

[@Tythetank_]

lmao lets just not have anymore movies, because apparently all genres are overused.

[@lostplaya8768]

Tyler Christiansen great idea

[@ire1398]

Something mystical happens and the eyeballs get covered by a either a matte or flashy light saber color.

[@ponytailsforlunch]

"Superhero flicks will get old eventually" they just won't though, because of the new comic books being written all the time, and TV series, and the huge money they all bring in

[@anon.nobody6471]

A little thing thats been getting on my nerves for a bit: characters saying "welcome to ___" in a dramatic/sarcastic fashion, with a small twirl and their arms extended outward. Its such an annoying way to inteoduce both characters and audiences to a new setting in the story