“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (1992), directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui

Let’s face it, this 1992 film starring Kristy Swanson and Luke Perry is nowhere near as good as the Sarah Michelle Gellar Series, but comparing a two-hour comedy film to a nuanced (and well-acted) seven-season television drama isn’t that fair. What is fair, however is to give credit to the film for creating one of the most badass female characters in entertainment. Swanson’s Buffy might not have had Gellar’s comedic chops, but she could certainly, well…chop the heads off of some vampires and demons. And while everyone loved Anthony Stewart Head as Buffy’s watcher Giles, Donald Sutherland’s Merrick was the epitome of classy cool.