The Best Pictures Podcast

72nd Academy Awards - American Beauty

September 16th, 2023  |  1 hr 20 mins

In this episode, we tackle one of the cringiest best picture winners we've covered so far: American Beauty.

71st Academy Awards - Shakespeare In Love

July 22nd, 2023  |  1 hr 27 mins

We're back with our critique of the 71st Best Picture winner Shakespeare In Love!

70th Academy Awards - Titanic

May 7th, 2023  |  1 hr 48 mins

billy zane, frances fisher, james cameron, james horner, kate winslet, kathy bates, leonardo dicaprio, titanic

Join us for the 70th Best Picture winner, Titanic!

69th Academy Awards - The English Patient

April 1st, 2023  |  1 hr 42 mins

We're back with the 69th Best Picture winner: The English Patient!

68th Academy Awards - Braveheart

January 15th, 2023  |  1 hr 32 mins

braveheart, historical drama

We're back in the new year with the 68th Academy Award winner Braveheart!

Special - How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

December 21st, 2022  |  41 mins 40 secs

ben washam, boris karloff, chuck jones, dallas mckennon, dr. seuss, june foray, thurl ravenscroft

Join Ian and Maggie for the timeless Christmas gem, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Special Episode - The Sixth Sense

October 28th, 2022  |  1 hr 32 mins

academy awards, bruce willis, film podcast, haley joel osment, halloween movie, horror movie, m night shyamalan, movie podcast, oscars, scary movie, sixth sense, toni collette

We're back with our second spooky episode of 2022, and this time we're covering The Sixth Sense along with special guest Myke of the Cinemusts podcast!

Special Episode - Diabolique

October 11th, 2022  |  1 hr 5 mins

To kick off our 2022 Halloween season, we're covering the 1955 psychological thriller/horror film Les Diabolique

67th Academy Awards - Forrest Gump

September 20th, 2022  |  1 hr 33 mins

forrest gump, gary sinise, robert zemeckis, robin wright, sally field, tom hanks

We're back with the 67th Best Picture winner: Forrest Gump

66th Academy Awards - Schindler's List

July 26th, 2022  |  1 hr 49 mins

ben kingsley, caroline goodall, embeth davidtz, john williams, jonathan sagall, liam neeson, ralph fiennes, steven spielberg

Join our hosts for one of the most emotional and well done Best Picture winners, Spielberg's 1993 epic Schindler's List.

100th Episode - Sunrise (1927)

July 8th, 2022  |  1 hr 3 mins

fw murnau, george o'brien, janet gaynor, margaret livingstong, silent film, sunrise, sunrise a song of two humans

For this special 100th episode, we're throwing it way back to the very first Academy Awards.

Special Episode - Beach Blanket Bingo

June 26th, 2022  |  1 hr 15 mins

annette funicello, beach blanket bingo, beach movie, frankie avalon, special episode

Join our hosts and special guest Lola for this extra special summer episode!

65th Academy Awards - Unforgiven

June 13th, 2022  |  1 hr 18 mins

clint eastwood, gene hackman, morgan freeman, revisionist western, richard harris, unforgiven, western

Join Ian and Maggie for the unexpectedly good revisionist western, Unforgiven.

64th Academy Awards - The Silence of the Lambs

May 24th, 2022  |  1 hr 34 mins

anthony hopkins, horror, jodie foster, silence of the lambs

Join Ian and Maggie as they finally cover the only horror movie to ever win Best Picture.

Special Episode - Silverado

May 4th, 2022  |  1 hr 51 mins

danny glover, jeff goldblum, kevin costner, kevin kline, linda hunt, rosanna arquette, scott glenn, silverado, westernm 80s movie

Our hosts take a break between best picture winners to break down this underrated 1980s western.

63rd Academy Awards - Dances with Wolves

April 18th, 2022  |  1 hr 25 mins

epic western, graham greene, kevin costner, mary mcdonnell, rodney grant

Join Maggie and Ian for the western epic and 63rd best picture winner, Dances with Wolves