American Beauty vs. Donnie Darko

In this corner, winner of 5 Oscars, American Beauty – Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation for his daughter’s attractive friend. Buy American Beauty

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Donnie Darko – A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after narrowly escaping a bizarre accident. Buy Donnie Darko

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial vs. Gremlins

E.T. – A group of aliens visit earth and one of them is lost and left behind stranded on this planet. The alien is found by a 10 year old boy, Elliot. Soon the two begin to communicate, and start a different kind of friendship in which E.T learns about life on earth and Elliot learns about some new values for the true meaning of friendship. E.T. wants to go home, but if Elliot helps him, he’ll lose a friend. Buy E.T. The Extra Terrestrial

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Gremlins – A boy inadvertently breaks 3 important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town. Buy Gremlins

Back to School vs. Rushmore

It’s crazy out there…ya gotta look out for number 1…but don’t step in number 2!

Back to School – To help his discouraged son get through college, a fun loving and obnoxious rich businessman decides to enter the school as a student himself.  Rodney’s son is probably the biggest geek every to grace the silver screen, but don’t let influence your vote. Buy Back to School

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Rushmore – Max Fischer is a more than determined student at his prep school, Rushmore Academy where he oversees anything with the word “extra-curricular”. He befriends a preschool teacher named Ms. Cross, whom he ends up falling in love with. Only to find things take a turn for the worst when his mentor, Herman Blume, an unhappy millionaire falls for her as well. As a result, their personal and professional lives spiral out of control. Buy Rushmore

Bull Durham vs. Major League

Bull Durham – A fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him. Buy Bull Durham

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Major League – The new owner of the Cleveland Indians puts together a purposely horrible team so they’ll lose and she can move the team. But when the plot is uncovered, they start winning just to spite her. Buy Major League

Happy Gilmore vs. Tin Cup

Battle of the Golf Flicks here kids.  Who takes the prize…Wannabee Hockey Player/Golfer Happy Gilmore or the headcase Tin Cup Costner…and yes…Renee Russo is hot in this movie…I don’t care what anyone says.

Happy Gilmore – Happy Gilmore, a failed hockey player, tries his hand at golf when his grandmother finds herself owing back taxes and short on cash.  Happy takes his unpopular hockey mentality to the PGA tour where he gains the adoration of the blue collar American, while ticking off the PGA Tour champion Shooter McGavin. Buy Happy Gilmore

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Tin Cup – A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his successful rival’s girlfriend. Buy Tin Cup

Pulp Fiction vs. Snatch

Pulp Fiction – Jules Winfield and Vincent Vega are two hitmen who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace. Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his next fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents. Buy the Movie Pulp Fiction

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Snatch – Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.  Buy the Movie Snatch

Rudy vs. Hoosiers

Rudy - Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame. Buy the Movie Rudy. vs. Hoosiers – A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the championship.Buy the Movie Hoosiers

The Goonies vs. Stand by Me

Remember the “Truffle Shuffle”?  How about “Chopper…Sick balls”?  These two classics of the 80′s are such great reminders of growing up…the nostalgia is so thick you could cut it with a knife.  Good luck deciding between these flicks.

Stand by Me – Based on Stephen King’s Short story “The Body”, “Stand By Me” tells the tale of Gordie Lachance, a writer who looks back on his preteen days when he and three close friends went on their own adventure to find the body of a kid their age who had gone missing and presumed dead. The stakes are upped when the bad kids in town are closely tailing – and it becomes a race to see who’ll be able to recover the body first. Buy Stand By Me

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The Goonies -  The Goonies are a group of friends living in a village, the groups leader Mikey Walsh, his older brother Brand and gang members Andy, Data, Stef, Mouth, and Chunk are being evicted from their homes which are to be demolished. Setting out to find a way of saving their homes, The Goonies find a treasure map and they set off in search for the treasure of the legendary pirate One-Eyed Willy which is located beneath a abandoned restaurant. Buy The Goonies

Sleepless In Seattle vs. You’ve Got Mail

Ok, both of these films suck…but some of you might have an opinion on which one sucks less.  Start Voting.

Sleepless In Seattle – Sam is a recent widower who is seeking someone new. Sam’s son Jonah, is also looking for a new mother, so when Jonah puts his father on national radio, hundreds of women write to him. One of the women is Annie. She’s engaged to Walter, but he’s a bit strange. Annie goes to great lengths to meet Sam. Buy Sleepless In Seattle

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You’ve Got Mail – An updating of 1940′s The Shop Around the Corner to the Internet Age, You’ve Got Mail follows the squabbling and romance of two competing book retailers on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Buy You’ve Got Mail

Saving Private Ryan vs. Platoon

A battle between two of the greatest war movies made.   Difficult to pick a winner for this one.  Good luck.

Saving Private Ryan – Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all three of the grave telegrams on the same day. The United States Army Chief of Staff, George C. Marshall, is given an opportunity to alleviate some of her grief when he learns of a fourth brother, Private James Ryan, and decides to send out 8 men (Cpt. Miller and select members from 2nd Rangers) to find him and bring him back home to his mother. Buy the Movie Saving Private Ryan

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Platoon – Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a young, naive American who gives up college and volunteers for combat in Vietnam. Upon arrival, he quickly discovers that his presence is quite nonessential, and is considered insignificant to the other soldiers, as he has not fought for as long as the rest of them and felt the effects of combat. Buy The Movie Platoon

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