It's the 200th episode of You Need to See This! Thanks so much for sticking with us for 200 recommendation-filled episodes!
To celebrate, we're taking 200 movies NEITHER of us has seen and coming up with our best guesses on what they're about! A minute or less per film, switching off between each co-host, our longest episode, COMPLETELY insane.
ARE WE DEAD BY THE END OF IT?? YOU TELL US
Recommendations:
Bri – Hop Water
Cozi – The film If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025)
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This week, Bri and special guest Jeannie Ceglar (Dreamboat, Demon) team up to convince Cozi to watch the 1992 classic dark comedy Death Becomes Her.
This is a story of two rivals desperate to outshine each other and stay young and relevant. With impressive but cartoonish special effects and dark slapstick humor, will Cozi want to give Death Becomes Her a watch this spooky season? Listen and find out!
Recommendations:
Jeannie – Chobani Pumpkin Spice Creamer
Bri – Watch (or rewatch) Gilmore Girls
Cozi – Films!! The Baltimorons (2025) and Are We Good? (2025)
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This week, Briana tells Cozi about the 1980 drama—and Robert Redford's directorial debut—Ordinary People.
The Jarrett family tries to return to a sense of normalcy after a devastating loss, but Conrad, the youngest son, struggles to cope.
Briana loves this film because of how it touches on mental health, grief, and depression, and the consequences of trying to ignore or move past them.
Will Cozi be willing to watch this family drama full of complex characters and naturalistic performances? Listen and find out!
Also, Cozi does a We Saw It for 9 to 5 (1980), recommended on one of our older episodes!
Recommendations:
Bri – Support queer filmmakers and queer-centered stories
Cozi – Download emulators for older gaming systems that you didn’t try when you were younger
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This week, Briana and guest Cat Crawford (Swiss Fish, Tiny Mannequin Hands, Bad Kid Jail, Scene Kids) team up to convince Cozi to watch the 1991 animated adventure comedy Rock-a-Doodle!
When the sun stops shining, a young boy (transformed into a cat by the wicked Grand Duke of Owls) teams up with a group of barnyard animals to find Chanticleer, a runaway rooster whose morning crow can raise the sun.
Will Cozi want to give this movie a watch? Listen and find out!
Recommendations:
Cat – See the pants chicken on Figueroa in Highland Park
Cozi – Check Brain Dead Studios' monthly calendar every month!
Bri – Stick up for yourself!
Also, we picked a new theme song! "Full Speed Ahead" by Silent Partner! It's a no-copyright royalty-free song, hell yeah
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On this episode, Cozi tells Bri about the hilarious comedy Splitsville (2025) from Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin, the filmmakers behind 2019's The Climb!
Also, Cozi watched Black Swan and Bri watched The Climb! Hear our thoughts about both of 'em!
Recommendations:
Bri – Try out the social music game Music League (via browser extension/app)
Cozi – The film The Climb (2019)
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On this week's episode, we're joined by special guests Ashley Gianni and Kristen Scatton (the short film Sorority, which Bri edited; The Fuscos)!
Cozi and Ashley team up to convince Bri and Kristen to watch the 1995 comedy To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)!
Recommendations:
Ashley – Don’t wait for permission, give yourself permission; The movie Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001); go to a drag show whenever you travel
Kristen – The podcast Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky
Bri – Drag Queen Bingo at Hamburger Mary’s (and really just go to any drag show near you)
Cozi – An incredible hamburger at Hamburger Mary’s (not sure it's even there anymore; the movie Together (2025)📼📼📼
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This week, Bri tells Cozi all about Danny Boyle's 2007 sci-fi thriller Sunshine!
In the future, the sun is dying. Eight astronauts on the spacecraft Icarus II are headed toward it on a mission, their last hope: save the world by reigniting the sun with a bomb. But as they near their destination, the mission starts to go wrong in strange ways.
Will Cozi give this tense psychological sci-fi a chance? Listen and find out!
Recommendations:
Bri – Borrow movies from the library
Cozi – Play the insane, hilarious free computer game Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Retrospective
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This week, Cozi tells Bri about the hilarious and heartstring-pulling 2023 British father-daughter dramedy Scrapper! Will she have her bike stolen by an adorable 12-year-old British girl? Or her heart? Listen and find out!
Recommendations:
Bri – Get a side gig
Cozi – Download an arcade game emulator and play the two Dungeons and Dragons arcade games, Tower of Doom and Shadow over Mystara
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This week, Bri takes Cozi to the ballet with Darren Aronofsky's 2010 psychological drama Black Swan.
Nina, an ambitious and talented ballerina, gets the role of a lifetime in a production of Swan Lake. However, in her attempt to portray both the white and black swan roles, her obsession with perfection leads her psyche down a dark path marked with rivalry, distrust, and paranoia as we see the dark side of perfectionism.
Will Cozi be interested in checking out this psychological drama filled with bits of body horror? Listen and find out!
Recommendations:
Bri – Ride the waves (the emotional bad/sad waves and the feel-good ones)
Cozi – The song "August 17" by Have Mercy
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On this week's episode, improviser/podcaster/former child actor Jarrett Lennon Kaufman (The Super Legit Podcast, The Super Legit Spectacular, Hey Arnold!) teams up with Cozi to tell Bri about 2008's 3D-animated Disney action/comedy Bolt!
Jarrett tells us about some of his many incredible acting gigs, then we dive into just what makes Bolt such a funny and heartwarming animal adventure movie!
Recommendations:
Jarrett – The TV show ReBoot
Bri – Get some fun bookmarks!
Cozi –Eat delicious shumai
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On this week's episode, Cozi tells Bri about 2021’s beautiful, sad, quiet, detail-rich A24 sci-fi film After Yang. Will she want to see it on Tubi or Mubi or whatever other weird streaming site it exists on?
Recommendations:
Bri – The Amazon Prime show Tales from the Loop
Cozi – Anamanaguchi’s music video for their new song “Darcie”
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This week, Bri Jones and comedian Carey Adkins (Pack house sketch team Party Line) talk fashion as they try to convince Cozi to watch the 2006 comedy The Devil Wears Prada.
Andy, a young aspiring journalist, gets a shot at being the assistant to one of the biggest names in fashion magazines: the cutting, confident, and demanding Miranda Priestly.
We talk all about Meryl Streep's stellar performance and so much more to convince Cozi to see this film. Check out the episode today!
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Recommendations:
Carey – Take a motorcycle safety class
Bri – Buy pre-cut veggies when you're busy
Cozi – Check out more bedroom pop/bedroom emo
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A lot of black-and-white movies stand the test of time, and one of those is the 1959 comedy Some Like It Hot!
After witnessing a crime, two musicians make a run for it and dress up as women to join an all-women band heading to Florida. As they embrace their new disguises, chaos unfolds.
This week, Bri tries to convince Cozi to give this silly comedy full of great performances a chance. Take a listen to see if he'll consider giving it a watch.
Recommendations:
Bri – Always have a plan B
Cozi – Try a croque madame
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This week, Bri and bestselling author Amy Spalding (On Her Terms, At Her Service) tell Cozi all about Todd Field's 2022 psychological drama Tár.
Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett) is a powerful and renowned conductor who is at the top of her game, but scandals and secrets surface to reveal the dark side of power and prestige. Will Cozi give this haunting and ambiguous film a watch? Listen and find out!
Recommendations:
Amy – Rom-Com novels Flirting Lessons by Jasmine Guillory and Cover Story by Rachel Lacey
Cozi – The novel Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
Bri – DOES NOT RECOMMEND dying your hair green if you do any green screen work
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This week, Cozi tells Bri about Céline Sciamma's incredibly sweet and incredibly French indie film Petite Maman (2021). Will she want to see it for its wonderful concept that Cozi avoids talking about? Has she already seen it since this recording? Who knows, who could even know
Recommendations:Bri – Get a personal pie and eat it!
Cozi – The film Universal Language (2024)
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Heartbreak is (not) awesome! This week, Bri and special guest Dom Johnson (sketch team Dreamboat, Country Brothers podcast) tell Cozi all about the 2010 romantic drama Blue Valentine.
Blue Valentine uses a non-linear structure to tell the story of Dean (Ryan Gosling) and Cindy (Michelle Williams)'s blooming romance and troubled marriage over the years.
Will Cozi be interested in checking out this guaranteed cry of a movie? Listen and find out!
Recommendations:
Cozi – New Age Thief's album Stars Align
Bri – Sound of Metal (2019 film)
Dom – Your Name (2016 anime film)
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This week, Bri tells Cozi all about the 1990 action sci-fi film Total Recall.
After having dreams of Mars, Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) fulfills his curiosity to visit the red planet by going through a memory implantation procedure through the company Rekall.
However, the procedure doesn't go quite as planned, triggering a series of events that make Quaid question everything about his life and reality itself.
Will Cozi take a chance on this action-packed classic '90s Phillip K. Dick adaptation? Or would he rather not have this memory implanted?
Recommendations:
Bri – Make friends with a cat
Cozi – Companion (2025)
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This week, Cozi tells Bri about 2025's Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts, aka the only category he cares about in any way! Will Bri want to check out this collection of mostly excellent animated films?
Recommendations:
BRI – Get yourself a little gift
COZI – Buy one totally weird thing for your apartment! Make your life weirder!
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There are plenty of zombie films, but none quite like Peter Jackson's 1992 horror comedy Dead Alive (Braindead). This week, Bri and guest John-Michael Bond (album/comedy special Cry Uncle) dive into all the gory story details to convince Cozi that this film is a bloody gem.
Will the amazing practical effects, great characters, and hilarious one-liners be enough to convince Cozi to give it a chance? Listen and find out!
Recommendations:
JOHN-MICHAEL – Shuffle songs from Guided by Voices and Fucked Up, Pavlov yourself to chill the fuck out without your phone
COZI – Do your best to be true to yourself
BRI – Get yourself some hue/mood lights
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On this week's episode, notably Jewish Cozi tells non-member-of-the-tribe Bri about the VERY Jewish and very tense 2020 comedy Shiva Baby!
Will Bri be scared away by the Chosen People's straaange wayyyyys, or will she eat the latke? Listen and find out!
Recommendations:
Bri – Leave your phone at home
Cozi – It’s raining, so get a nice weird unique umbrella and show it off!
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