In this dark 1987 comedy, Larry Donner (Billy Crystal) and Owen Lift (Danny DeVito) make a deathly pact: You kill my wife, I’ll kill your momma. The momma in question is Margaret Lift, a terrifyingly brash, hoarse-throated old biddy who makes Owen’s life a complete nightmare. The plot for the double murder comes to Owen while watching the old Alfred Hitchcock movie Strangers on a Train (also on this list), in which the two lead characters plan their own gruesome misdeeds. Larry attempts a number of comical murder attempts, including pillow suffocation and a push down a staircase. But the plot’s climax occurs on the aforementioned train, where Larry and Owen unexpectedly save momma’s life. (Oh, yeah: Spoiler alert.)
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