Top 10 movies for the single gal/guy on Valentine's Day

Top 10 movies for the single gal…\nHey girls, it is that time of year again: Valentine's Day.\nLove is in the air, those candy hearts are stuck in your teeth and single gals everywhere debate whether to wear those cute heart socks or just dress entirely in black. This year I choose to celebrate this blessed holiday in my own manner, with a Top 10 list of films sure to fill any evening with lots of laughter, some tears perhaps and most likely an order of breadsticks.\n1. "Bridget Jones's Diary"\nA single, independent, 30-something woman not wallowing in self-pity after catching her boyfriend with another woman picks herself up, dusts herself off and goes out and gets some. It's the American dream.\n2. "Single White Female"\nLet's not let it come to this ladies. This movie is a perfect example of what can come from too many Red Bulls, "A Wedding Story" marathon and a week without sleep. Plus it is never OK to kill the puppy.\n3. "Shrek"\nI think the moral of this film was best summed up in the words of my great Uncle Morty when he said, "Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes to the bone." I am only kidding! Love can be found in the most unusual places…\n4. "Never Been Kissed"\nIn this wacky romantic comedy Drew Barrymore conquers her high school ghosts and learns the hard way that white jeans and chocolate milk are a no-win combination.\n5. "Fight Club"\nBrad Pitt is hot.\n6. "Fried Green Tomatoes"/ "Steel Magnolias"\nBoth movies focus on endearing female friendships that stand the test of time, men, children and show the importance of insuring your sports car. Tear.\n7. "The Wizard of Oz"\nThrough hard work, determination and a fabulous pair of shoes, Dorothy manages to make her way back to Kansas without a boyfriend or husband. Girl Power!\n8. "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion"\nTwo single ladies take to the road en route to their 10-year high school reunion. After their plot to impress their classmates with the claim that they invented Post-its was foiled (curses!), Romy and Michele realize that with their brain cells combined they can run their own fashion boutique. They are quite the dynamic duo.\n9. "Robin Hood: Men in Tights"\nMaid Marian holds out for her one true love with the help of a steel chastity belt. I guess we wouldn't be far off in calling her an "Iron Maiden"…\n(Come on, that's good stuff. You know you want to laugh. With me, at me, makes no difference.)\n9.5 "Office Space"\nWho says you can't change a man? \n10. "Sixteen Candles"\nFor the romantic in all of us, dorky Samantha lands a date with high school heartthrob Jake. This film also teaches us all the good that can come from giving our underwear to younger boys so they can spread intriguing rumors about our love lives in the boy's bathroom during the school dance.\nTop 10 movies for the single guy…\nValentine's Day is for saps! Those guys in relationships have to go out, spend money on a nice dinner, put on a tie and most likely eat in a restaurant that does not encourage openly picking your nose at the table. This list is a celebration of bachelors everywhere. So walk around in your three-day old underwear, spit if you have to and by all means curse! Because this is the day to celebrate our singleness and laugh at all our friends who have to take their girlfriends out. \n1. "How to be a Player"\nI'd like to kick off this list with a piece that speaks to all men. Watch it and learn. \n2. "The Usual Suspects"\nA bunch of guys, blackmailed into committing a top-secret deadly mission are forced to live on the edge to save their own lives. They all get to fire their guns and run around in cool serpico formations. I think we can all see ourselves in this position, men. \n3. "Rudy" \nThe guy from "Goonies" grows up to be an equally believable underdog. But it's a very cool thing to try to phase out the crowd cheering his name and insert your own name, I can hear it now…"Skippy, Skippy, Skippy." But I digress.\n4. "Dumb and Dumber"\nIt's basically a buddy flick about two friends, one dumber than the other; you will spend the entire film trying to figure out which one that is. \n5. "Fight Club"\nBrad Pitt is…nah I'm just kidding. The fight scenes are awesome, and while she is not exactly mainstream, I am going to go ahead and say Helena Bonham Carter -- she's pretty cute.\n6. "Tommy Boy"\n"A lot of people go to college for seven years, Richard."\n"Yeah, they're called doctors."\nThis encounter alone is worth watching the film, and while Tommy might not be playing with a full deck of cards, he is a cool guy who gets the lady in the end. \n7. "The Boondock Saints"\nTwo Irish brothers in Boston accidentally turn into vigilants and raise hell all over town, killing all kinds of mobsters, drug dealers and bad guys in their path.\n8. "Spaceballs"\nWhat guy can't identify with a character named "Big Helmet"?\n8.5. "Top Gun"\nI am a man. A manly man. And I will tell you men, the part when Goose's plane goes down is the only time in which it is OK to cry. Ever. You would have to be made of stone not to just break down in sobs…that is all I will say on the matter. \n9. "Animal House"\nYou can always count on National Lampoon to churn out a winner. And while I would not tag this film as a romantic comedy, you do get to see some compromising situations.\n10. "The Godfather Trilogy"\nMost of us may never know the workings of the underworld. But, during these films, in the dark of our own rooms, we can all pretend we're tough gangsters. And that we understand why our shoes need to match our belts.