Every year we host a bracket to determine the best movie of the year -- this year we released 4 separate episodes for each 'corner' of the bracket. These episodes reduced the bracket to 8 movies, an Elite 8, and in this episode we roll to the end and name the bracket champion! At the end, all the listener clips are included naming their favorite 2024 movie.
The bracket was also released as a complete episode complete with listener submitted clips, available here.
To discuss and decide the Elite 8, Grace Leeder and Aaron Brooks. returned, joined by another earlier 'judge,' Allix.
Grace writes about movies and pop culture for Parade and cohosts the podcast The Tastemakers. Aaron cohosts Why We Love Horror, a youtube channel for horror movies and tv, which in 2025 is running a weekly horror movie challenge.
The 8 movies in the Elite 8 are [SPOILERS for the prior rounds of the bracket]...
The Brutalist, Dune Part 2, The Promised Land, The Animal Kingdom, Robot Dreams, Flow, A Real Pain, Anora
No spoilers in this episode!
The Bracket can be found here.