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Do you love movies? Do you love games, drafts, and ranking things? Here on The Movie Draft Podcast, that’s literally all we do. Talk about movies and draft them in a wildly fun way. From regular drafts to auction drafts to collaborative drafts, we do it all. From Oscar Best Picture Winners to A24, from Martin Scorsese to Julianne Moore, and more, we draft it all! Join us, The Movie Draft Podcast, for a new draft every Tuesday on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts!
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Philip Seymour Hoffman is arguably the greatest to ever do it. From franchise work to arthouse staples, he really could do it all. But how would you rank so many iconic movies and performances? With blood, sweat, and crashout tears of course! Des, Hal, and Kevin Mikos join Ethan in a 13-movie Collaborative Draft in which a brand new strategy is employed. Does it work? And what will the board be at the end of the draft? Listen to find out!0:00 - Intro 24:15 - Let's Draft!1:50:31 - The Team & Honorable MentionsTWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod
Nepo babies make Hollywood (and headlines!) go 'round. So why not draft them? Danny Jarabek, Des, and Sophia Ciminello join Ethan in a cutthroat draft of threats, backstabbing, and nepo babies! Who will end up drafting the best team? Tune in to find out!0:00 - Intro25:26 - Let's Draft!2:01:40 - The Teams & Honorable MentionsTWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod
The Sundance Film Festival has been a staple of the independent film community for over 40 years, and with it celebrating its final year in Park City, we decided to draft some movies that premiered there! Gabriel and Sena of No Notes and The Cinegogue join Ethan and Ben in a collaborative draft with speed, attitude, and betrayal! Some big movies make the board and even bigger ones miss it... what will the results be?0:00 - Intro19:32 - Let's Draft!01:17:12 - The Team & Honorable MentionsTWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod
What's more prestigious in the physical media space than the Criterion Collection? Marta McFly and Philip Marinello join Ethan to draft movies of all sorts of genres, styles, and substance in The Criterion Collection Draft! Ethan's first blind buy is revealed to be pretty deranged, Marta pushes the boundaries of what's eligible (like usual), and Philip tries to survive his first draft! Who will win?0:00 - Intro20:20 - Let's Draft1:30:44 - The Teams & Honorable MentionsTWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod
What makes up a movie star? Erik Anderson of Awards Watch and Danny Jarabek of The Rolling Tape join Ethan to draft, well, movie stars! We discuss if Timothee Chalamet is our number 1 movie star in Hollywood right now, what an aging movie star looks like, how Hollywood defines movie stars, and give pitches for drafting movie stars in some interesting categories!0:00 - Intro24:46 - Let's Draft!2:31:59 - The Teams & Honorable MentionsTWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod
2026 is officially here! And with that comes an entirely new slate of upcoming movies! Sophia Ciminello, Gooch, and Gabriel Frieberg of The Cinegogue and No Notes join Ethan for The 2026 Movie Auction Draft! Which movie will demand someone's entire budget? Who opts to make savvy budget picks? And how many movies are drafted that barely anybody has heard of? All answers are revealed in the draft!0:00 - Intro21:16 - Let's Draft!2:10:15 - The Teams & Honorable MentionsTWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod
Was 2025 a good year for movies? With the year coming to a close, The Holy Trinity reunites for their annual tradition of revisiting the year's auction draft as the final episode of the year! Sophie argues for the greatness of the year, Ben makes a case for why it's important to draft movies you've seen, and Ethan crashes out. What did you expect?0:00 - Intro24:56 - Let's Draft!1:54:37 - The Teams & Honorable MentionsTWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod
Tom Cruise is a man of legend. He is a man of mythos. And most importantly, he is a man of movies. But which movies are his best in his sprawling career? Aryan P and Kam from The Rolling Tape join Ben and Ethan in one of the most deranged Auction Drafts in Movie Draft Podcast history. Who is telling the truth about the movies and performances they love, hate, or have never seen? Tune in to find out!0:00 - Intro20:14 - Let's Draft!2:27:05 - The Teams and Honorable MentionsTWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod
Sometimes you just wish you could watch a movie on the big screen! In a dark room with strangers, the power of a movie theater overtaking you. So, we decided to draft exactly that! Gooch, Danny, and Des all join Ethan for The Theatrical Re-Release Wishlist Draft where they all talk about movies through the decades they'd want to see on the silver screen!0:00 - Intro30:29 - Let's Draft!2:05:26 - The Teams & Honorable MentionsTWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod
For our 100th episode, we decided to talk about one of the greatest filmmakers to ever do it - Stanlet Kubrick! Adam Palcher and Tyler Whitmore join Ben & Ethan in a collaborative draft for the ages where nearly every single ability is used, movies end up where they don't belong, and hearts are broken!0:00 - Intro25:30 - Let's Draft!2:06:08 - The Team!TWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod
Disney has it all - Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, Searchlight, you name it, they've probably owned it at some point or another. But which movies are the best? Or most near and dear to our hearts through their storied history of distribution? Bobbi Miller, Des, and Ryan McQuade join Ethan & Ben for a near-mega draft of wild picks and wild takes!0:00 - Intro24:51 - Let's Draft!2:12:03 - The Teams & Honorable MentionsTWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod
Movie Trilogies have been around for a lot longer than you probably think and are comprised of some of the very best film franchises out there! But which trilogies are the best? Tyler Beck joins Ben and Ethan to spend some fake money and get an answer to that very question in The Movie Trilogy Draft! We talk Star Wars news, Avatar box office, and which trilogies really are the best.0:00 - Intro25:12 - Let's Draft!02:13:04 - The Teams & Honorable MentionsTWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod
Noah Baumbach's newest film, 'Jay Kelly', has us wondering... what are the best movies in his filmography? Danny Jarabek and Cameron Ritter of The Rolling Tape join Ethan to try to answer that very question in a collaborative draft! Things get way more intense than anticipated, and the result might shock you!0:00 - Intro32:07 - Let's Draft!2:03:41 - The TeamTWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod
1996 had movies like 'Twister', 'Mission: Impossible', and 'Fargo'! It was a pretty amazing year for cinema... which makes it the perfect year to draft from! Kevin Mikos, Des, and Hal join Ethan in a draft that will determine the validity of the Letterboxd experience and try to provide an answer as to why so many 1996 movie franchises are STILL going, among many other things!0:00 - Intro22:01 - Let's Draft!1:42:01 - The Teams & Honorable MentionsTWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod
It's a special episode with all AwardsWatch members!! Erik Anderson, Ryan McQuade, and Sophia Ciminello all join Ethan for a rather unusual draft of trying to predict Academy Award winners! With special categories and way too much passion about the Oscars, the draft is full of steals and wild picks!0:00 - Intro23:49 - Let's Draft!1:48:46 - The Teams & Honorable MentionsTWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod
What are the 12 best horror movies of the 21st century? Des and Ben join Ethan to determine just that! They talk about how Part 1 might have been a huge mistake, how many A24 movies are too many to put on the list, and if 'Midsommar' is a "good for her" movie! And they get surprisingly collaborative in picking the number 1 movie???0:00 - Intro30:17 - Let's Draft!2:04:05 - The Team & Honorable MentionsTWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod
We all know how beloved, legendary, and pivotal some of the greatest horror movies ever are, but what about horror movies that have been released within the last 25 years? Do some of them still carry the cinematic and cultural impact of their predecessors? Jame Jirak, Ryan McQuade, and Adam Palcher join Ethan to embark on a journey determined to find out which movies qualify to answer that very question!0:00 - Intro22:46 - Let's Draft!2:03:48 - The Team & Honorable MentionsTWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod
It's spooky season, so we decided to draft ALL OF THE HORROR THINGS! First-time guest Dean joins returning guests Des and Tyler, alongside Ethan, as they all compete to draft the best team comprised of Halloween Costume Inspo, Final Girl, Movie Weapon, and more!0:00 - Intro19:39 - Let's Draft!1:25:41 - The Teams & Honorable MentionsTWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod
Paul Thomas Anderson's newest movie, 'One Battle After Another', is all anybody is talking about right now. But with a career as storied as his and a filmography as vast as his, where does it fall amongst his other works? Sophia Ciminello and Bryan Sudfield join Ethan to collaboratively rank the films of PTA - and there is more bloodshed than you might imagine.Plus, a secret post-credit audio message from Sophie Holsinger giving her "correct" PTA rankings!0:00 - Intro32:50 - Let's Draft2:28:32 - The List2:38:51 - Sophie's PTA Ranking!TWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod
Who knew the year 2005 would cause so much movie-related drama? Marta McFly, Bobbi Miller, and Erik Anderson all join Ethan for an Auction Draft that is full of confounding decisions, weird strategies, and unbelievably funny moments!0:00 - Intro16:38 - Let's Draft!1:57:40 - The Teams & Honorable MentionsTWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod
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