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 - Intro
23:49 - Let's Draft!
1:48:46 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions
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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 - Intro
30:17 - Let's Draft!
2:04:05 - The Team & Honorable Mentions
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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 - Intro
22:46 - Let's Draft!
2:03:48 - The Team & Honorable Mentions
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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 - Intro
19:39 - Let's Draft!
1:25:41 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions
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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 - Intro
32:50 - Let's Draft
2:28:32 - The List
2:38:51 - Sophie's PTA Ranking!
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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 - Intro
16:38 - Let's Draft!
1:57:40 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions
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A spiritual follow-up to The 2017 Movie Draft, the crew (mostly) returns to draft what many consider to be a pretty great year for movies! We talk Bradley Cooper, Twenty One Pilots, and steal picks from each other - all of the ingredients for a perfect draft :)
0:00 - Intro
29:49 - Let's Draft!
02:11:55 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions
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Tons of movies are based on TV shows. Like way more than you realize. So we decided that we needed to figure out which ones are the best. Ben's partner, Ashley, joins the pod and brings forth hilarious madness... and a bangin team? Tune in to find out who wins!
0:00 - Intro
20:56 - Let's Draft!
1:20:36 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions
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Three of the greatest directors currently working - Ari Aster, Robert Eggers, and Jordan Peele - stacked up against each other in a "collaborative" draft that reveals people's true colors. How will Danny, Ben, and Ethan rank the filmography of 11 iconic movies? Tune in to find out!
0:00 - Intro
23:30 - Let's Draft!
1:55:40 - The Team!
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Has 2025 been a great year for movies so far? Tyler Whitmore of The Reeltok Podcast, along with Bryan Sudfield and Des, join Ethan to try to answer that very question in an Auction Draft (with some new rules)! Which movies will demand the most money? Which single movie will demand the entirety of one person's budget? And who will be able to put together the best team with the new wrinkles in play? Tune in to find out!
0:00 - Intro
22:47 - Let's Draft!
2:26:51 - The Teams & Honorable MentionsTWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod
2025 has been the year of legacy sequels - from '28 Years Later' to 'The Naked Gun' to 'Freakier Friday'! So we thought we'd draft the very best legacy sequels throughout cinema history. Kevin Mikos and Tyler Beck join Ben & Ethan in a bidding war for the best of the stuff that's already been around for a while. Who will walk away with the best team? That's up to you to decide!
0:00 - Intro
20:27 - Let's Draft!
1:55:55 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions
2025 has been the year of legacy sequels - from '28 Years Later' to 'The Naked Gun' to 'Freakier Friday'! So we thought we'd draft the very best legacy sequels throughout cinema history. Kevin Mikos and Tyler Beck join Ben & Ethan in a bidding war for the best of the stuff that's already been around for a while. Who will walk away with the best team? That's up to you to decide!
0:00 - Intro
20:27 - Let's Draft!
1:55:55 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions
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'Lady Bird', 'Get Out', 'Phantom Thread', and... 'The Post'? 2017 was a YEAR for movies! But which ones were the best? Des, Sophia Ciminello, Danny Jarabek, and Bryan Sudfield all join Ethan in a MEGA-DRAFT of epic proportions!
0:00 - Intro
28:01 - Let's Draft!
02:15:40 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions!
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We all know about the infamous "Sophomore Slump" when it comes to directing movies, but which sophomore flicks are actually really good? Danny Jarabek and Bobbi Miller join Ethan & Ben in perhaps the most contentious collab draft yet as they "work together" to determine the top 16 Sophomore Feature Films!
0:00 - Intro
22:15 - Let's Draft!
2:18:59 - The Team & Honorable Mentions
Movie sidekicks are an integral component of movies throughout history. They've always been there for the main characters and they've always been there for us... but which ones are the best? Erik Anderson of AwardsWatch and returning guest Des join Ethan & Ben in a draft that is both extremely fun and extremely, uh, personal.
0:00 - Intro
15:45 - Let's Draft!
1:28:10 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions
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Letterboxd is the way, the truth, and the light to movie obsessives like us. So we figured we should have a draft focused around it! Zachary Lee, Ema Sasic, and Sophia Ciminello join Ethan for The Letterboxd Draft - a draft so nonsensical, easy, and fun, it sends people into a tailspin.
0:00 - Intro
23:52 - Let's Draft!
1:36:08 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions
In Part 2 of our most contentious collaborative draft yet, Sophie rejoins Ethan and Ben to once again form the Holy Trinity of The Movie Draft Podcast. What will Sophie and Ben think of the work done in Part 1? And what movies will ultimately make the top 12 spots of the list? It's collaboration at its finest, or ugliest depending on how you look at it, that will (hopefully) get us there in the end!
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0:00 - Intro
28:20 - Let's Draft!
1:39:55 - The Team & Honorable Mentions
It's finally here. The biggest challenge that The Movie Draft Podcast has ever faced - collaboratively ranking the 25 best movies of the 21st century! For Part 1 (spots 13-25), Jeremiah Battle, Sophia Ciminello, and Kevin Mikos join Ethan in a wildly indecisive journey that results in the... right (??)... list?
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0:00 - Intro
24:55 - Let's Draft!
1:59:53 - The Team & Honorable Mentions
Brad Pitt is one of the most formidable stars working in Hollywood right now, and his more than 30-year career includes ups, downs, bangers, and duds. Gooch joins Ben and Ethan in an Auction Draft that discusses Brad Pitt's hotness, movie choices, most notable roles, and... did we say hotness?
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0:00 - Intro
18:35 - Let's Draft!
1:34:43 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions
2001! What a year for movies! The Lord of the Rings franchise kicks off, David Lynch gives us an all-time masterpiece, and Shrek wins Best Animated Feature Film at the Academy Awards! Zoe Rose Bryant, Marta McFly, and Des join (read: gang up on) Ethan to draft 2001 movies!
0:00 - Intro
26:26 - Let's Draft!
1:37:30 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions!
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Scarlett Johansson has been in animated films, straight comedies, hardcore dramas, and nearly everything in between. But which of those movies are her best? Or most important? Kasey Dunifer joins Ben and Ethan in just that exercise - deciding the 11 Scarlett Johansson movies that deserve to make the collaborative list! Debate of whether or not she is a good actress, whether she is better as a lead or supporting actor, and debate as to what the top 3 movies are!
0:00 - Intro
25:05 - Let's Draft!
1:41:20 - The Team and Closing Thoughts