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  1. theme (theme): Home Alone → Casablanca. For a kid in 1990, Home Alone was as monumental as Casablanca or the Wizard of Oz.
    “for me, at this time, Home Alone was Casablanca”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:18:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): Home Alone → Mita Kimes. The Rewatchables did a Home Alone episode with Mita Kimes.
    “we did an episode of it on the rewatchables with Mita Kimes”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:37:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): Home Alone → Macaulay Culkin. Culkin tormenting Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci is the draw.
    “Macaulay Culkin, fucking with Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci for one hour is remarkable”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:37:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Home Alone: Sean points to the movie's upsetting premise of a family leaving a kid behind.
    “The actual framework of the movie is very upsetting and I think about it often”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:37:25 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  5. programming (programming): Sean Fennessey → Home Alone. Pick 4 (round 2), category comedy: Personally meaningful; took it off the board before others.
    “Um, so I'll take Home Alone and comedy.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:39:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  6. what-if (what-if): Home Alone → Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Had Home Alone not been taken, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles would have been the comedy pick.
    “if I had not taken home alone, I would have I would have considered teenage being Ninja Turtles”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:29:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  7. unmapped (joke prequel): After Hours → Home Alone. Joked as a Home Alone prequel because O'Hara and Heard play Kevin's future parents.
    “this, of course, is a Home Alone prequel that explains how Kevin McAllister's parents meet.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:45:20 · unknown host (0.40 sure it was them)
  8. what-if (Oscar what-if): John Williams → Home Alone. Williams should have won for Home Alone over Dances with Wolves.
    “I think he should have won for Home Alone over Dances with Wolves.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:38:53 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  9. theme (tonal comparison): Panic Room → Home Alone. The back-and-forth between burglars and the family is compared to Home Alone.
    “it's like Fincher doing Home Alone, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 1:40:31 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  10. contrast (contrast): Weird Science → Home Alone. Chet is a top asshole older brother in a comedy; his competition includes Home Alone's Buzz, though Uncle Frank is worse.
    “He's competing against the Home Alone, older brother.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:22:37 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)
  11. verdict (box office rank): Die Hard 2 → Home Alone. Die Hard 2 was eighth in 1990 behind Home Alone, Ghost, Dances with Wolves, Pretty Woman.
    “Die Hard two, eighth.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:39 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  12. industry (industry): Panic Room → Home Alone. Fincher worried Home Alone would overshadow his film.
    “He was concerned that Home Alone would overshadow it, but he's pretty traumatized after this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:44 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  13. unmapped (dry run): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Home Alone. Rooney getting beaten up by the house is Hughes's dry run for Home Alone.
    “Hughes has like a dry run for home alone when when Rooney goes to the house.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:19:48 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)