(PART 2)*

We were pleased (though not altogether surprised) to discover that our individual Top 10 lists had quite a few crossover films. This was heartening. Our first step would be to compile both lists into one and simply remove the duplicate titles (Rocky, American Movie, Raising Arizona, Dumb and Dumber). This step immediately pared us down to sixteen films. From there things got tricky. How to get from sixteen to ten? We discussed and fairly quickly came up with a process of elimination via this simple question: “Which of these films can you simply not live with on our collective Top 10?” Our answers are boldfaced below.

American Movie

Raising Arizona

Same Time, Next Year (JD)

Tootsie

Rocky

Hoop Dreams

Margaret (MD)

The Crying Game

Dumb and Dumber

The Cruise

Starman (JD)

Henry Fool

The Horse Boy

The Black Stallion (MD)

You Can Count on Me

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