By Rona Gindin

It took months of obsession to find the right words. "Why are we so unhappy?" I'd ponder with a friend. I'd moved to the Orlando suburbs from Manhattan, she from Philadelphia, and we were living parallel lives of malaise-even though we each had interesting work with clients back home, loving husbands and adorable preschoolers. Mull as we did about the source of our misery, neither of us could muster up even temporary peaks ...read more

Young Woman: He's great. I just love him.

Mother: You said that. But why?

Young Woman: Because he gets me things, unusual pretty things.

Mother: (nods)

Young Woman: I only wish...

Mother: What?

Young Woman: ...he remembered my name.

There are so many movies with really bad neighbors. We tried to pick a mix -- some good movies, some with particularly egregious or imagination-stretching neighbors. 

The 15 Best (in no particular order):

Rosemary's Baby (1968)
So your neighbors are Devil worshippers  who want your first born as the 'next' Devil. At least your husband, a struggling loser TV actor, is starting to get more TV gigs. All he had to do was join the Satanists -- no problem there apparently -- and sacrifice your baby to these freakazoid cultists and possibly bring down humanity as we know it. Hey, jobs are tough and your neighbors only want what's...read more

Guy 1: She asked me how fast I can type. You believe that?

Guy 2: Well...

Guy 1: You f-ing believe that? I went to f-ing b-school. I was going to scream, f-ing tear down the book cases, smash her desk, throw the chair through the window.

Guy 2: What did you do?

Guy 1: I told her 85 words a minute. (pauses) I need that f-ing job.

Pretty sweet BMX pool jump. You've got a pool. You've got a bicycle. What the hell else are you supposed to do? Heads (rafts) up....

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