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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: Deep Thoughts About Impeccable Storytelling, the Power of Connection, and Reese's Pieces

The Sixth Sense: Deep Thoughts About Ghosts, Plot Twists, and Taking the Wrong Lesson from Pop Culture

Underworld: Deep Thoughts About Feminism, Leather-clad Women, and the Edges of Helpfulness in Analogies of Race

Highlander: Deep Thoughts About Bonkers Casting, Over-the-Top Cinematography, and Hiding Queer Subtext in Your Dad's Favorite Pop Culture

An American Tail: Deep Thoughts About Animated Mice, American Immigration in Pop Culture, and the Power of Storytelling

The Devil Wears Prada with Tanesha Myles: Deep Thoughts About Intimidating Women, Niceness in the Workplace, and Who Gets Coffee for Whom

Amélie: Deep Thoughts about French vs. American Culture, Helping vs. Meddling, and Delightful Romance vs. Problematic Programming

The Muppets Take Manhattan: Deep Thoughts About the Meaning of Art, Assumptions About Women in the 80s, and Business Frogs in Marketing

A League of Their Own: Deep Thoughts About Bittersweet Feminism, the Threat of Girl Athletes, and What's Wrong With Dottie and Kit's Rivalry

Enemy Mine: Deep Thoughts About Subverting Sci Fi Tropes, Prescient Gender Discussions in 80s Pop Culture, and Brilliant Practical Effects

What Dreams May Come: Deep Thoughts About the Cosmology of a Painted Afterlife, Misogynistic Romance Tropes, and 90s Era Casual Racism

The Road to Wellville: Deep Thoughts About Scatalogical Comedy, Health Crazes, and What Films You Should Never Watch With Your Dad

Say Anything: Deep Thoughts About Romance, Masculinity, and Gen X Nostalgia for Boom Boxes

Brassed Off: Deep Thoughts About Collective Bargaining and Politics in Pop Culture

Grosse Pointe Blank: Deep Thoughts About Dark Comedy, Going Home Again, and If Killing the President of Paraguay with a Fork is Forgivable

Strictly Ballroom: Deep Thoughts About the Comedy Inherent in Ridiculous Competition and the Dignity of Taking Art Seriously

The Jerk: Deep Thoughts About Race, Comedy Genius, and the Unparalleled Thrill of Getting Your Name in the Phone Book

A Fish Called Wanda: Deep Thoughts About Comedy, Cultural Commentary, and Cartoonish Con Artists

The Truman Show: Deep Thoughts About Narcissism, Product Placement, and Parasocial Pop Culture

Rain Man: Deep Thoughts About Buicks, Toothpicks, and Introducing Autism to Pop Culture

V for Vendetta: Deep Thoughts About Fascism, Feminism, and Pop Culture Revolution

The Sword in the Stone: Deep Thoughts About Animation, Squirrely Romance, and Merlin's Terrible Pedagogy

The Shawshank Redemption: Deep Thoughts About Friendship, Slow Storytelling, and the Role of Prisons in American Pop Culture

The Beastmaster: Deep Thoughts About Storytelling Conventions, Covert Blood Libel, and Marc Singer's Glistening...Line Delivery

Mrs. Doubtfire: Deep Thoughts About Cringe Comedy, Feminist Backlash, and Hairy Leg Appreciation

Weird Science: Deep Thoughts on Pygmalion, Women's Agency, and Why 1980s Movies Thought Computers Were Magic

Rosemary's Baby with Ryan Cunningham: Deep Thoughts About Gaslighting, Monstrous Men, and Satanism in Pop Culture

The Dark Crystal: Deep Thoughts About False Binaries, World Building, and What Emily Isn't Willing to Accept From Her Puppets

Splash: Deep Thoughts About Mermaids, Male Masturbatory Fantasies, and How Pop Culture Created the Name Madison

Galaxy Quest: Deep Thoughts About Fandom, Tropes, and Science Fiction Storytelling

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure: Deep Thoughts About Destiny, Work, and How to Engage with History

In & Out: Deep Thoughts About Toxic Masculinity, Barbra Streisand, and Coming Out in the 1990s

Ladyhawke: Deep Thoughts About Romance, Gender, and Looking for Realism in a Film About a Cursed Bird

Chasing Amy: Deep Thoughts About Bi-Erasure, Neurodivergence, and Well-Meaning White Men in Pop Culture

Groundhog Day: Deep Thoughts About Mental Health, Making Your Own Meaning, and Meteorological Rodents

Big Trouble in Little China: Deep Thoughts About Using Stereotypes to Subvert Storytelling Expectations

When Harry Met Sally: Deep Thoughts About RomCom Misogyny, Fake Orgasms, and the Myth of High Maintenance Women

The Muppet Christmas Carol with Erika Plank Hagan: Deep Thoughts About Musical Storytelling, Muppet Adaptations, and the Rudeness of Raw Turkey

The Goonies: Deep Thoughts About GenX Storytelling, Found Family, and Pirates Named After Penises

Airplane!: Deep Thoughts About Comedy That Questions Everything--Except a Woman as a Prize

The Birdcage: Deep Thoughts About Joyous Queer Comedy, the Beauty of Middle-Age Romance, the Villainy of Val

The Nightmare Before Christmas: Deep Thoughts About Culturally Appropriating Yuletide Cheer and Why Badass Women Get Stuck as Romance Fodder

City Slickers: Deep Thoughts About Mental Health, Aging, and Redefining Masculinity

Field of Dreams: Deep Thoughts About Whitewashed Boomer Nostalgia and the Psychology of Grief

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off: Deep Thoughts About Real Consequences When Pop Culture Golden Boys Get Away with Murder

The Matrix: Deep Thoughts About Reality, Social Constructs, and How the Wachowskis Created a Pop Culture Trans Allegory

Dead Poets Society: Deep Thoughts About the Dubious Psychology of Standing on Desks

Jurassic Park: Deep Thoughts About the Unexpected Feminism of Dinosaurs

The Last Unicorn: Deep Thoughts About Traumatizing Animation from the 1980s

Four Weddings and a Funeral: Deep Thoughts About Poetry, Romance, and Hugh Grant's Floppy Hair