Thankfully I have somewhere to go today or I would literally sit here all day watching the percentages change minute by minute.

ChipFTAC01 said:

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Come on Fletch! Surely can take down Big?

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YouBet said:

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The Drama/Horror bracket was an amazingly easy one to pick this go round. Clear winner in every case IMO.

This bracket did have the first match-up where I have not seen either movie so I abstained on that match-up: Gandhi vs whatever the competitor was - already forgot.

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Pretty easy bracket for me too. But you've never seen "Do the Right Thing"????

Spike Lee's movie is the movie equivalent of NWAs Straight Outta Compton album for hip hop music. Now if you don't like hip hop ok but still gotta recognize it's place in history. And Do The Right Thing is in \the National Film Registry, The Library of Congress and makes many best off all-time top 100 lists.

Gandhi was a great performance and a pretty good movie but kind of dry - just a Hollywood favorite in a rather blah year (other nominees were Missing, Tootsie, the Verdict, and ET which was never going to win like Star Wars) Easy choice really.

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Yeah, I somehow missed this one. Was it early '90s? If so, I was at A&M and pursuing other activities.

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ChipFTAC01 said:

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Come on Fletch! Surely can take down Big?

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If Fletch loses against Big, then this board is illegitimate and deserves to be removed from TexAgs.

My toughest choice this round. Stared at it for at least 3 minutes before selecting:

#4 The Terminator vs. #13 The Road Warrior

Zombie Jon Snow said:

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MW03 said:

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MuckRaker96 said:

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Voting is now closed for the first round of the Drama Region. The Round of 64 for all 4 regions will start as soon as I get them loaded.

#26 Dirty Dancing 55%, #7 Cocktail 45%

#10 Footloose 54%, #23 Poltergeist 46%

#12 Full Metal Jacket 61%, #21 The Untouchables 39%

#15 A Nightmare on Elm Street 55%, #18 Amadeus 45%

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Those are all spot on.

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The Untouchables is a guilty pleasure, so I'll concede that one. However, you're trying to tell me that Dirty Dancing is a better movie than Cocktail?

That Footloose is better than Poltergeist?

You're going to sit there - owning a fireworks stand - and tell me that A Nightmare on Elm Street is a better movie than Amadeus??

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Ferris Bueller's Day Off vs Stripes was the hardest choice for me

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Not for me. Stripes was early 80's and a little before my time. Ferris was summer of 86 when I was in middle school. It was just the coolest thing at the time. At that age, those were the older, cool, high school kids. Families with kids in that age group loved this movie. Parents could relate. Teens could relate. It's quintessential mid 1980's and darn near perfect.

I love Stripes but it's more niched in the Cold War comedy. Ferris is truly time piece Americana.

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Zombie Jon Snow said:

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MW03 said:

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MuckRaker96 said:

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Voting is now closed for the first round of the Drama Region. The Round of 64 for all 4 regions will start as soon as I get them loaded.

#26 Dirty Dancing 55%, #7 Cocktail 45%

#10 Footloose 54%, #23 Poltergeist 46%

#12 Full Metal Jacket 61%, #21 The Untouchables 39%

#15 A Nightmare on Elm Street 55%, #18 Amadeus 45%

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Those are all spot on.

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The Untouchables is a guilty pleasure, so I'll concede that one. However, you're trying to tell me that Dirty Dancing is a better movie than Cocktail?

That Footloose is better than Poltergeist?

You're going to sit there - owning a fireworks stand - and tell me that A Nightmare on Elm Street is a better movie than Amadeus??

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I mean depends what you mean by better movie. Better quality maybe not in all cases. But I tend to go more by which ones I have or want to watch repeatedly or which one is more of a cultural touchstone for the 80s.

Amadeus may be a very good movie but I've never wanted to watch it again. Whereas yeah I enjoy rewatching Nightmare from time to time.

I think Cocktail sucked though ....and DD is a guilty pleasure of mine I'm a huge Swayze fan (my top 4 might be Point Break v Red Dawn v Roadhouse v Dirty Dancing). lol

Footloose.....infinitely watchable and VERY 80s. Poltergeist was well done. That's a tough one but I went with the fun one for nostalgia.

And while the Untouchables is great I'm a huge Kubrick fan and I've probably watched FMJ 300 times. LOVE that movie.

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Micah97 said:

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Are you going to reseed after some point? Or we going to have 4 different genres in the semifinals?

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Does it really matter? We are just killing time until we crown The Empire Strikes Back as champion.



As we should.

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ESB vs BTTF. It's gonna kill me.

Thunder18 said:

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Ferris Bueller's Day Off vs Stripes was the hardest choice for me

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Love Ferris but Stripes is a no brainer for me.

YouBet said:

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Junkhead said:

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ChipFTAC01 said:

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Come on Fletch! Surely can take down Big?

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If Fletch loses against Big, then this board is illegitimate and deserves to be removed from TexAgs.

My toughest choice this round. Stared at it for at least 3 minutes before selecting:

#4 The Terminator vs. #13 The Road Warrior

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Some people just dont get Chevy Chase.

Also terminator and the road warrior....dune was better than both.

Big vs. Fletch was really tough. So much so that I don't 100% remember which way I ended up voting

Ag Since 83 said:

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Big vs. Fletch was really tough. So much so that I don't 100% remember which way I ended up voting

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Fletch was funnier but Big was a better movie.

MW03 said:

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Zombie Jon Snow said:

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MW03 said:

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MuckRaker96 said:

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Voting is now closed for the first round of the Drama Region. The Round of 64 for all 4 regions will start as soon as I get them loaded.

#26 Dirty Dancing 55%, #7 Cocktail 45%

#10 Footloose 54%, #23 Poltergeist 46%

#12 Full Metal Jacket 61%, #21 The Untouchables 39%

#15 A Nightmare on Elm Street 55%, #18 Amadeus 45%

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Those are all spot on.

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The Untouchables is a guilty pleasure, so I'll concede that one. However, you're trying to tell me that Dirty Dancing is a better movie than Cocktail?

That Footloose is better than Poltergeist?

You're going to sit there - owning a fireworks stand - and tell me that A Nightmare on Elm Street is a better movie than Amadeus??

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Amadeus may be a better movie, but if they're both on tv, I'm going to watch A Nightmare On Elm Street. I'd probably rather watch Cocktail over Dirty Dancing, but I'm not a fan of either. Footloose and Poltergeist is pretty even for me. It depends on my mood at the moment. They're both 80s classics.

Terminator and Road Warrior were tough for me the same way Robocop and Aliens were but I went with Road Warrior and Aliens. Aliens would probably fall in to my top 10 list of perfect (or nearly) films.

For whoever it was that said some of us just don't get Chevy Chase - guilty as charged. The Vacation films are about the only thing he's ever done that I can honestly say I enjoyed that much. Maybe Spies Like Us. He's like Will Ferrell that way to me (Ron Burgundy being his only saving grace).

Footloose and Poltergeist are absolutely 80's classics.

Dirty Dancing and Cocktail. Hmmmm. I've seen both of them. Once.

I ended up voting for Beetlejuice over Vacation.

If Christmas Vacation had been there instead, I might have voted for that.

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Ag Since 83 said:

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Big vs. Fletch was really tough. So much so that I don't 100% remember which way I ended up voting

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Fletch was funnier but Big was a better movie.

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Dude, just stop.

MuckRaker96 said:

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YouBet said:

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Yeah, I somehow missed this one. Was it early '90s? If so, I was at A&M and pursuing other activities.

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Think about what you are saying.

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Yeah, that was dumb. Multi-tasking pretty hard today and failed.

I think what's impressive is that I always kind of thought of the 90's as the best movie decade, but when I try to come up with a list of 128 like Muck did, I realize it's probably not nearly that stacked.

It might be really strong up top, but it's kind of top-heavy.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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I think what's impressive is that I always kind of thought of the 90's as the best movie decade, but when I try to come up with a list of 128 like Muck did, I realize it's probably not nearly that stacked.

It might be really strong up top, but it's kind of top-heavy.

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I remember the 90s having a bunch of stuff like Fear, with Marky Mark, or Primal Fear, with Ed Norton. Also, a bunch of MTV movies, or stuff like Can't Hardly Wait. Stuff that is pretty good, but nothing all that epic.

Outside of the obvious ones, anyway.

A lot of great comedy like Ace Ventura, Austin Powers, Dumb and Dumber, Something About Mary, American Pie, etc.

Stuff that was hilarious and popular at the time, but probably won't have the staying power of a Ghostbusters or Vacation. (Except for 90's kids like me, probably.)

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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I think what's impressive is that I always kind of thought of the 90's as the best movie decade, but when I try to come up with a list of 128 like Muck did, I realize it's probably not nearly that stacked.

It might be really strong up top, but it's kind of top-heavy.

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I remember the 90s having a bunch of stuff like Fear, with Marky Mark, or Primal Fear, with Ed Norton. Also, a bunch of MTV movies, or stuff like Can't Hardly Wait. Stuff that is pretty good, but nothing all that epic.

Outside of the obvious ones, anyway.

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It lacks the huge number of classic comedies imho that the 80s had.

Some very good movies though especially in crime/ or mob and drama and war/action. More serious pieces I guess overall. Sci-Fi was not deep either but a few good ones:


Crime/Mob: really really strong in this area:
The Shawshank Redemption
The Silence of the Lambs
Pulp Fiction
L.A. Confidential
GoodFellas
The Usual Suspects
Reservoir Dogs
The Fugitive
Se7en
Fargo
Fight Club
Millers Crossing
La Femme Nikita
American History X
Jackie Brown

War:
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
A Few Good Men
The Hunt for Red October
Air Force One (ok not war but....)

Western:
Dances With Wolves
Unforgiven

Period dramas:
Braveheart
The Last of the Mohicans
Titanic
Shakespeare in Love
JFK

Drama:
Good Will Hunting
American Beauty
The Sixth Sense
Boyz N the Hood
Forrest Gump
Apollo 13
The Firm
The Green Mile
Scent of a Woman
Jerry Maguire
The Truman Show
Pretty Woman
Quiz Show

Sci-Fi:
The Matrix
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Jurassic Park
Contact
The Fifth element
Star Wars Ep. I: TPM
Independence Day

Kids:
The Lion King
Toy Story

Comedies only can think of a few:
My Cousin Vinny
Four Weddings and a Funeral
American Pie
Groundhog Day
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
There's Something About Mary
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Toy Story 2
Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls


Overall better quality I think - real advent of top level special effects helped. But the comedies were few and far between compared to the 80s. Couple of classic Disney movies ushered in the golden rebirth of animation.

Die Hard vs Rocky IV
Rain Man vs The Right Stuff

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YouBet said:

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Junkhead said:

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ChipFTAC01 said:

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Come on Fletch! Surely can take down Big?

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If Fletch loses against Big, then this board is illegitimate and deserves to be removed from TexAgs.

My toughest choice this round. Stared at it for at least 3 minutes before selecting:

#4 The Terminator vs. #13 The Road Warrior

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Some people just dont get Chevy Chase.

Also terminator and the road warrior....dune was better than both.

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Well, then, I have no respect for those people.

Zombie Jon Snow said:

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redline248 said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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I think what's impressive is that I always kind of thought of the 90's as the best movie decade, but when I try to come up with a list of 128 like Muck did, I realize it's probably not nearly that stacked.

It might be really strong up top, but it's kind of top-heavy.

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I remember the 90s having a bunch of stuff like Fear, with Marky Mark, or Primal Fear, with Ed Norton. Also, a bunch of MTV movies, or stuff like Can't Hardly Wait. Stuff that is pretty good, but nothing all that epic.

Outside of the obvious ones, anyway.

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It lacks the huge number of classic comedies imho that the 80s had.

Some very good movies though especially in crime/ or mob and drama and war/action. More serious pieces I guess overall. Sci-Fi was not deep either but a few good ones:


Crime/Mob: really really strong in this area:
The Shawshank Redemption
The Silence of the Lambs
Pulp Fiction
L.A. Confidential
GoodFellas
The Usual Suspects
Reservoir Dogs
The Fugitive
Se7en
Fargo
Fight Club
Millers Crossing
La Femme Nikita
American History X
Jackie Brown

War:
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
A Few Good Men
The Hunt for Red October
Air Force One (ok not war but....)

Western:
Dances With Wolves
Unforgiven

Period dramas:
Braveheart
The Last of the Mohicans
Titanic
Shakespeare in Love
JFK

Drama:
Good Will Hunting
American Beauty
The Sixth Sense
Boyz N the Hood
Forrest Gump
Apollo 13
The Firm
The Green Mile
Scent of a Woman
Jerry Maguire
The Truman Show
Pretty Woman
Quiz Show

Sci-Fi:
The Matrix
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Jurassic Park
Contact
The Fifth element
Star Wars Ep. I: TPM
Independence Day

Kids:
The Lion King
Toy Story

Comedies only can think of a few:
My Cousin Vinny
Four Weddings and a Funeral
American Pie
Groundhog Day
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
There's Something About Mary
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Toy Story 2
Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls


Overall better quality I think - real advent of top level special effects helped. But the comedies were few and far between compared to the 80s. Couple of classic Disney movies ushered in the golden rebirth of animation.

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For Comedies

Happy Gilmore
Flubber
Billy Madison
Dumb and Dumber
Clerks
Half Baked
Office Space
Rush Hour
Waterboy
Kingpin
Tin Cup (maybe drama)

MuckRaker96 said:

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Dune starts play in the NIT tomorrow night.

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someone will not be happy

The Shank Ag said:

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Zombie Jon Snow said:

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redline248 said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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I think what's impressive is that I always kind of thought of the 90's as the best movie decade, but when I try to come up with a list of 128 like Muck did, I realize it's probably not nearly that stacked.

It might be really strong up top, but it's kind of top-heavy.

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I remember the 90s having a bunch of stuff like Fear, with Marky Mark, or Primal Fear, with Ed Norton. Also, a bunch of MTV movies, or stuff like Can't Hardly Wait. Stuff that is pretty good, but nothing all that epic.

Outside of the obvious ones, anyway.

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It lacks the huge number of classic comedies imho that the 80s had.

Some very good movies though especially in crime/ or mob and drama and war/action. More serious pieces I guess overall. Sci-Fi was not deep either but a few good ones:


Crime/Mob: really really strong in this area:
The Shawshank Redemption
The Silence of the Lambs
Pulp Fiction
L.A. Confidential
GoodFellas
The Usual Suspects
Reservoir Dogs
The Fugitive
Se7en
Fargo
Fight Club
Millers Crossing
La Femme Nikita
American History X
Jackie Brown

War:
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
A Few Good Men
The Hunt for Red October
Air Force One (ok not war but....)

Western:
Dances With Wolves
Unforgiven

Period dramas:
Braveheart
The Last of the Mohicans
Titanic
Shakespeare in Love
JFK

Drama:
Good Will Hunting
American Beauty
The Sixth Sense
Boyz N the Hood
Forrest Gump
Apollo 13
The Firm
The Green Mile
Scent of a Woman
Jerry Maguire
The Truman Show
Pretty Woman
Quiz Show

Sci-Fi:
The Matrix
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Jurassic Park
Contact
The Fifth element
Star Wars Ep. I: TPM
Independence Day

Kids:
The Lion King
Toy Story

Comedies only can think of a few:
My Cousin Vinny
Four Weddings and a Funeral
American Pie
Groundhog Day
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
There's Something About Mary
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Toy Story 2
Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls


Overall better quality I think - real advent of top level special effects helped. But the comedies were few and far between compared to the 80s. Couple of classic Disney movies ushered in the golden rebirth of animation.

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For Comedies

Happy Gilmore
Flubber
Billy Madison
Dumb and Dumber
Clerks
Half Baked
Office Space
Rush Hour
Waterboy
Kingpin
Tin Cup (maybe drama)

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I think you proved my point. Although a few maybe I should have listed. Still nowhere near as deep as the 80s 32 comedy films - and there were complaints about ones that were left off there. That's only 20 between our two lists and several of those sucked (Tin Cup is decent but not comedy genre really).

Zombie Jon Snow said:

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MuckRaker96 said:

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Dune starts play in the NIT tomorrow night.

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someone will not be happy

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As long as he keeps insisting he's right, I'm going to keep poking fun.

Zombie Jon Snow said:

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The Shank Ag said:

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For Comedies

Happy Gilmore
Flubber
Billy Madison
Dumb and Dumber
Clerks
Half Baked
Office Space
Rush Hour
Waterboy
Kingpin
Tin Cup (maybe drama)

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I think you proved my point. Although a few maybe I should have listed. Still nowhere near as deep as the 80s 32 comedy films - and there were complaints about ones that were left off there. That's only 20 between our two lists and several of those sucked (Tin Cup is decent but not comedy genre really).

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City Slickers
Father of the Bride
Doc Hollywood
Wayne's World
White Men Can't Jump
Boomerang

Hoosiers or Wall Street...why, why, why!?!?