Best & Worst of 2025

Listener Favorites:

5. Adventures in Babysitting 

4. Grease 2

3. Flowers in the Attic

2. Tootsie

1.  Pee Wee’s Big Adventure

Best of the best:

5. Die Hard & Scrooged (Tie)

4. Desperately Seeking Susan

3. Breakfast Club (SHAA Hall of Fame) 

2. Say Anything (SHAA Hall of Fame)

1. Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (SHAA Hall of Fame)

Cringiest:

5. Cocktail (5.5) & Sixteen Candles (5.5) – Tie

4. Howard the Duck (8.5)

3. Weird Science (9)

2. Adventures in Babysitting (15)

1.  Flowers in the Attic (16)

Special award – Movie that evoked the most hatred out of Carole: Xanadu

Segment 5 – Awards

1. Most Surprisingly Great on Rewatch
   1. Kristin: Tootsie
   2. Jeannine: Tootsie or Die Hard 
   3. Carole: Tootsie
      
      WINNER: Tootsie
      
2. Least Offensive 80s Teen Boy Behavior
   1. Kristin: Lloyd Dobler
   2. Jeannine: Marty McFly or Lloyd Dobler 
   3. Carole: Lloyd Dobler
      
      WINNER: Lloyd Dobler
      
3. Strongest Female Character
   1. Kristin: Nancy
   2. Jeannine: Dorothy Michaels / Chris in Adventure in Babysitting 
   3. Carole: Stephanie Zinoni
      
      WINNER: Dorothy Michaels
      
4. Most Unnecessary Musical Montage
   1. Kristin: Cocktail
   2. Jeannine: Teen Wolf Basketball Montage! 
   3. Carole: Everything in Xanadu… the entire movie
      
      WINNER: TIE: Xanadu and Teen Wolf
      
5. Best Movie Parent and Worst Movie Parent(s)
   1. Kristin: Best: The Parkers, Worst: Corrine Dollanganger
   2. Jeannine: Best: The Bakers (Sixteen Candles), Worst: Corrine Dollanganger 100%
   3. Carole: Best: The Griswalds & The Parkers  Worst: Corrine Dollanganger
      
      WINNER: The Parkers
      WINNER: Corrine Dollanganger
      
6. Most Over-the-Top Villain
   1. Kristin: Lord General/Mad Max
   2. Jeannine: Freddy Krueger
   3. Carole: Slash 
      
      WINNER: Draw
      
7. Most Confusing Plot Choice That Still Makes No Sense
   1. Kristin: Cocktail
   2. Jeannine: Back to the Future / Xanadu 
   3. Carole: Xanadu
      
      WINNER: Xanadu