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  1. industry (good-with-kids oscar): Dustin Hoffman → Kramer vs. Kramer. Hoffman's Oscar partly rests on being believably good with a child; Travolta gets the same benefit.
    “I genuinely think it is a huge part of Dustin Hoffman fucking winning the Kramer versus Kramer, Oscar.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 1:57:50 · Hillary Busis (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. industry (box office record): Look Who's Talking → Kramer vs. Kramer. The film became Columbia's highest-grossing overseas film, passing Kramer vs. Kramer.
    “This was conclusively Columbia's highest grossing film overseas. They had never had a film, performed this well outside of America. It usurped Kramer versus Kramer.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 2:16:45 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): Avengers: Infinity War → Kramer vs. Kramer. A prestige drama such as Kramer vs. Kramer does not have a turncoat with a robot brain to pay off.
    “Kramer versus Kramer doesn't have one of those.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:31:33 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. theme (theme): The War of the Roses → Kramer vs. Kramer. Roses may be the more on-point childhood divorce movie than Kramer, and the two anchor any divorce-movie pantheon.
    “But this might actually be the more on point childhood divorce movie for me.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:02:41 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. verdict (verdict): The War of the Roses → Kramer vs. Kramer. Kramer vs. Kramer and Roses must be on every list of four great divorce movies.
    “What's interesting is I think Kramer versus Kramer War of the Rose have to be on it no matter whose list it is.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:03:47 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. career (career): JoBeth Williams → Kramer vs. Kramer. Her good run was Kramer vs. Kramer, Poltergeist, then The Big Chill.
    “Kramer versus Kramer Poltergeist.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:53:21 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. theme (theme): The Ice Storm → Kramer vs. Kramer. Both belong to Fucked Up Family February and trade on unspoken tension rather than action.
    “We were talking about last week with Kramer versus Kramer”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:38:30 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  8. verdict (verdict): Kramer vs. Kramer → The Squid and the Whale. Kramer vs. Kramer is the best divorce movie; the Squid and the Whale answer is fighting words.
    “Anyone who says squid and the whale for best divorce movie, I just want to fight.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:17:36 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)