The Best Pictures Podcast

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

133 episodes of The Best Pictures Podcast since the first episode, which aired on February 26th, 2018.

  • 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

  • Special Episode - Clue

    April 1st, 2022  |  1 hr 29 mins

    We're back with another cult classic and a new special guest to celebrate our 4th podcast-iversary!

  • Special Episode - List Reordering Part II

    March 25th, 2022  |  1 hr 10 mins

    Once again Maggie and Ian have ranked themselves into a corner and it's time to fix that!

  • 62nd Academy Awards - Driving Miss Daisy

    March 13th, 2022  |  1 hr 21 mins
    comedy drama, dan aykroyd, esther rolle, jessica tandy, morgan freeman, patti lupone

    Join us for the 62nd winner, Driving Miss Daisy

  • 61st Academy Awards - Rain Man

    February 27th, 2022  |  1 hr 12 mins
    barry levinson, dustin hoffman, hans zimmer, rain main, tom cruise, valeria golino

    Listen to Ian and Maggie's take on the late 61st winner, Rain main

  • Special Episode - Roman Holiday

    February 11th, 2022  |  1 hr 26 mins
    audrey hepburn, gregory peck, roman holiday, william wyler

    Join us as we welcome special guest Lola back to talk about this classic romantic comedy for a Valentine's Day/Birthday special!

  • 60th Academy Awards - The Last Emperor

    January 23rd, 2022  |  1 hr 32 mins
    joan chen, john lone, peter o'toole, the last emperor

    Join Ian and Maggie for the eye-feast that is The Last Emperor.

  • 59th Academy Awards - Platoon

    January 7th, 2022  |  1 hr 30 mins
    platoon, war film

    We're kicking off 2022 with the sad but incredibly good Platoon!

  • Special Episode - A Christmas Carol (1938)

    December 24th, 2021  |  1 hr 5 mins

    Maggie and Ian are back with an earlier retelling of Charles Dickens' classic.

  • Special Episode - The Muppets Christmas Carol

    December 9th, 2021  |  1 hr 13 mins
    brian henson, charles dickens, dave goelz, frank oz, jerry nelson, michael caine, miles goodman, steve whitmire, the muppets, the muppets christmas carol

    Join Ian, Maggie, and special guest Jade for our take on The Muppets Christmas Carol

  • Special Episode - Miracle on 34th Street

    November 15th, 2021  |  1 hr 5 mins
    edmund gwenn, gene lockhart, george seaton, holiday, john payne, maureen o'hare, miracle on 34th st, miracle on 34th street, natalie wood

    Time to get in the holiday spirit with this classic, Miracle on 34th Street.