Groundhog Day, Ranked

Ten Groundhog Days, ranked. Then ranked again. Then again. Then again.

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  1. A small groundhog silhouette on a snowy tree stump under a single red spotlight, a crowd of top hats in the foreground.

    10. Groundhog Day

    Harold Ramis · 1993

    6:00 a.m. The alarm. Bill Murray, a groundhog, Punxsutawney. A solid comedy. We ranked it tenth and went to bed. That was our first mistake.

  2. A clock radio reading 6:00 in red beside an identical clock radio reading 6:00, snow on the windowsill behind them.

    09. Groundhog Day

    Harold Ramis · 1993

    6:00 a.m. The alarm. Sonny and Cher. Wait. It's on again. Same groundhog, same snow. Ninth felt generous for a rerun.

  3. A wall of stacked old TV sets all showing the same small groundhog silhouette, one screen red.

    08. Groundhog Day

    Harold Ramis · 1993

    We tried a different movie. Every channel: Groundhog Day. We tried a book. It was about a groundhog. Eighth place. This is fine.

  4. A grand piano keyboard with a carved ice-sculpture swan resting on top, red light across the keys.

    07. Groundhog Day

    Harold Ramis · 1993

    We memorized it. Ned Ryerson. The piano. The ice sculpture. We could quote every line. We won't. Seventh.

  5. A smashed black alarm clock with a hammer lying next to it, yet its red display still glows 6:00.

    06. Groundhog Day

    Harold Ramis · 1993

    We tried ranking it lower out of spite. Spite did not work. Spite has never worked. Sixth.

  6. A stack of books and handwritten notes beside a wall calendar where February 2 is circled in red over and over.

    05. Groundhog Day

    Harold Ramis · 1993

    We started reading up. Harold Ramis co-wrote it with Danny Rubin, and people still argue over how long Phil is stuck. Years, at least. We felt seen.

  7. A steaming black coffee cup beside a small groundhog figurine wearing a tiny red scarf.

    04. Groundhog Day

    Harold Ramis · 1993

    We got kind. Coffee for the groundhog guy. Piano lessons. Ice sculptures. Somehow the movie got better every time, which is suspicious.

  8. A heart drawn with a finger on a fogged window, snow falling outside.

    03. Groundhog Day

    Harold Ramis · 1993

    It clicked. The movie isn't about the loop. It's about choosing to be better when nobody's keeping score. Third, and climbing.

  9. An empty movie-theater seat with a red popcorn box and a single red ticket stub.

    02. Groundhog Day

    Harold Ramis · 1993

    We watched it one more time. Not because we had to. Because we wanted to. That's the whole movie, isn't it? Second place, by a whisker.

  10. A black flip clock reading 6:01 in red digits, a pale sunrise through a window behind it, a calendar page reading 3 falling away.

    01. Groundhog Day

    Harold Ramis · 1993

    6:01 a.m. The alarm doesn't go off. It's tomorrow. Groundhog Day is number one, the loop is broken, and we are finally allowed to make a different list.

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