MOVIE: “Jingle All the Way.” Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a guilt-ridden dad who battles through a crowded mall on Christmas Eve to snag a popular toy for his son. (Handout)

MOVIE: “Pretty Woman.” Edward Lewis (played by Richard Gere) doesn’t only sleep with his hooker –he pampers her with shopping sprees on Rodeo Drive. The movie makes prostitution seem like a sensible career option. (Touchstone Pictures)

MOVIE: “Clueless.” Filthy rich Beverly Hills princesses don't need to shop to have a good time. Ha! AS IF! (Paramount Pictures)

MOVIE: “Marie Antoinette.” The Queen of France escapes her loveless marriage by indulging in everything from dresses and shoes to sugary pastries. (Columbia Pictures)

MOVIE: “Sex and the City.” Fun movie for fashionistas, or just one giant commercial for Vivienne Westwood, Manolo Blahniks, and the iPhone? Either way, Carrie and friends gave us all plenty to gawk at. (New Line Cinema/Warner Bros.)

MOVIE: “Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle.” Harold and Kumar learn the best remedy for a traumatic night in New Jersey is an all-you-can-eat White Castle burger feast. (Handout)

MOVIE: “Go.” Supermarket shopping sprees can be fun too. Especially on Christmas Eve. (Handout)

MOVIE: “The Toy.” Richard Pryor comes wrapped in a box as a playmate for a little boy. The boy’s father obviously spared no expense - and somehow got around human trafficking laws. (Columbia Pictures)

MOVIE: “Brewster’s Millions.” Montgomery Brewster burns through $30 million dollars over the course of a month by buying a baseball team and running a failed campaign for mayor of New York City. (Universal Pictures)

MOVIE: “Big.” A 12-year-old boy trapped in a man’s body is living every kid’s dream – testing toys all day long AND getting paid for it. (20th Century Fox)

MOVIE: “Max Dugan Returns.” A deadbeat father buys diamonds, electronics, and even a Mercedes to win the love of the family he deserted. Hey, if a car doesn’t work, nothing will. (Handout)

MOVIE: “Indecent Proposal.” $1 million dollars can buy a lot in Las Vegas, including a night with Demi Moore and the destruction of a marriage. (Handout)

MOVIE: “The Money Pitt.” Tom Hanks and Shelley Long spend a fortune attempting to make a fixer-upper home livable. This becomes much more challenging after the ceiling falls in. (Handout)

MOVIE: “Can’t Buy Me Love.” Patrick Dempsey plays a geek who buys the company of the school’s most popular girl. (Touchstone Pictures)

MOVIE: “The Jerk.” Nothing screams “I’m a moron with too much money” than a water cooler that dispenses wine. (Handout)

MOVIE: “Blank Check.” A little boy buys a mansion full of toys with a blank cheque he took from money-laundering crooks in exchange for his silence. (Buena Vista Pictures)

MOVIE: “Wall Street.” Money can buy a lot of things, but it can’t buy good taste, as evidenced by Michael Douglas’ gaudy art collection in this 1987 film. (20th Century Fox)

MOVIE: “Milk Money.” A kid spends his savings on a hooker for his lonely dad. How sweet. (Handout)

MOVIE: “Superbad.” Best friends Seth and Evan (played by Jonah Hill and Michael Cera) bond on various shopping sprees at the mall and the liquor store. (Universal Pictures)