The Longlist

This one's all about the forgotten nautical masterpiece from the early 2000s. Jack and Josh muse about what could have been with this franchise that never was, discuss the fascinating career of Russell Crowe, and  debate fictional captains. And they both deliver lists pertaining to the movie and lists related to the movie as well. At The Longlist, we support anyone who supports Master and Commande...

It's been one year since Josh and Jack started The Longlist. We'd like to thank everyone who has participated, actively or passively, and thank everyone who has supported us in any way. For this episode, we've created a most prestigious fictional hall of fame to elect movies in various categories that we've discussed over this past year. There is no greater honor than being elected into this hallo...

We're embarking on a larger project with this episode, attempting to tackle the genre of Science Fiction in movies. This is part 1 of that exercise with the sub topic of focusing on Post Apocalyptic and Dystopian movies. Josh and Jack are joined by their good friend, Jason Slavin, who has a strong background in this department. It's impossible to cover a genre completely, but we tried our best and...

For our 50th episode Jack and Josh thought of something fun: they each brought a list, unknown to there counterpart, with 50 entries on said list. It was a lot of fun to record. The guys were laughing, predicting what would show up next on the list, and of course there is a plethora of reactions to some wild entries. We hope you enjoy!   Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (...

We're baring our soul on this podcast and revealing some big time resume gaps in our movie watching cannon. Jack and Josh are joined by their good friend, Adam Murray, and they each watched a big time movie that they'd never seen before to break it down on this weeks episode. It lead to a lot of fun conversations and this is definitely a topic we'll come back to.   Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids...

Well, it's come to this. After Greta Gerwig's masterpiece has repeatedly and accidentally come up in several podcast episodes in recent months, Josh and Jack decided to break down the movie in full once and for all and move on. We did the same thing with Titanic earlier in the podcast feed. Josh's wife, Rebecca is back to help the guys out. Enjoy!   Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Pr...

In honor of his new movie, Project Hail Mary, we decided to do an episode centered around one of our collective favorite movie stars, Ryan Gosling. What a career, and it feels like he's still on the upward trajectory. He really can do it all, action, comedy, romance, drama, indie, blockbuster, you name it. Jack and Josh had a lot of fun breaking down his career with a variety of different lists. R...

We're having fun today. Jack and Josh recap the 2026 Oscars ceremony, with some awards, some speeches, some Conan and everything else. Then in the second half of the episode, the guys get weird and deliver a bunch of lists of which the other is not aware. It's a true wild card in the second half. Lots of fun, lots of laughs, lots of double takes. We had a blast.   Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids...

It's time. The Oscars are nigh upon us and it's time for Jack and Josh to give their predictions for every award. In many categories they give their picks for what should win as well. And they make a little wager on the results as well. Enjoy!   Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)

This week is all about our favorite vibey heist trilogy: Ocean's 11, 12 and 13. Josh and Jack have different opinions about which is the superior movie but agree all three are super fun and incredibly rewatchable. The lists are all over the place, and it was a really fun conversation. Let us know what yo think about this trilogy. Enjoy.   Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions-...

Josh and Jack are trying something different today. We're fixing some movies that we think had a chance to be really good but missed the mark. Some fixes are simple, some are more complex. Are we successful? Are we correct? Are the movies fixable? Do the movies NEED fixing? You be the judge. We had a blast recording and we hope you have fun listening.   Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Ale...

Today we have a fun episode where Jack and Josh try their best to fix the Oscars, both the actual ceremony and also re-doing some awards of the past that they feel should have gone differently. There's some discussion, some laughgs, some competition. The Academy isn't taking our calls yet to listen to some of our suggestions, but we'll keep trying. Enjoy the episode.   Music credit: Happy and Fun...

The penguins are trending! If you've missed it there is a penguin scene in this documentary by Werner Herzog that has been making its way around the interenet recently, leading to endless memes and content. We decided to strike while the iron was hot and do a whole episode on this awesome hang out nature documentary. Plus it's Jack's 19th favorite film of all time, so he didn't mind. We had a blas...

In honor of their new movie, The Rip, we're doing an episode on everyone's favorite Hollywood besties, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. These two honestly warrant their own individual episodes, but Josh and Jack thought it would be fun to tackle their career as a partnership first. It's pretty unique that two friends from Massachusetts not only both broke into the movie industry in a big way, but have...

Music is a quintessential part of the movie experience, both from the filmmaking side and the audience side. When to use it, how to use it and everything in between. The way movies utilize music has a lasting impact on the way we as viewer consume and interact with them. In this episode, Josh and Jack are joined by Drew Wolff and break down some of our favorite movie scores to date. Also, if you w...

It's our breakdown of the year 2025. In this episode, we have a couple of classic lists, we'll give out the first annual Longlist Awards, and finish off with Josh and Jack revealing their top ten films of 2025. With some twists and turns on the way. We had a lot of fun and hope you have fun listening.   Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)

Another Wild Card episode. Happy New Year, everyone. Jack and Josh took last week off and are back at it with a bunch of fun lists, and an on mic strategy session that Jack was not allowed to prep for. And we finish off the episode with both brothers bringing a list that the other does not know about. It could be as long as they want and on anything they want. It was a lot of fun and we're all exc...

Hey everyone and welcome to The Longlist. This is our inaugural episode and our goal this first one is for you to get to know your hosts, brothers Josh and Jack, a little bit more. We give some take on the Oscars (at the time of recording) and have some more personally oriented top fives for you leading up to our rankings of the films in our respective birth years, 1985 and 1991. But we still cove...

Josh and Jack are joined by their good friend, Alex Ford in the episode. We all brought five movies to the table that we find to be interesting adaptations from their original source. We had a lot of fun with this one, it went all over the place, and it's certainly not a short pod, but we hope you have fun with it.   Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive),...

Happy Holidays, all. Jack and Josh run through a bunch of old stand-by lists, in the spirit of rewatching the same holiday movies every year. We hit the classics and also have some fun wrinkles to add. We love holiday movies here at the long list and try to do them justice with this episode. We hope everyone has a happy and fun loving holiday season. And stay safe!   Music credit: Happy and Fun Ki...

We have a bit of a different episode today on The Longlist. Jack and Josh try to make sense of all the different angles of the Warner Bros. sale. It's an impossible task, but they gave it the old college try. At the end of the episode they touch on a few minor news stories around the world of Hollywood. On a final note, a few hours after recording, the news of the deaths of both Rob Reiner and Mic...

In this episode, Jack and Josh are joined by their good friend, Austin Thompson to discuss one of the wildest and most endearing comedies of the 90s, Dumb and Dumber. Remember when studios use to make comedies? Like, all the time? It doesn't seem to happen as much anymore, but the mid 90s were ripe with comedies and this one is one of the best. And Jim Carrey hit the scene like a wildfire and took...

It's the ROMANTIC COMEDY DRAFT!!! For this episode, Josh and Jack are joined by their respective significant others, Jack's fiance, Alex and Josh's wife, Rebecca. For the draft, the goal is to create your ideal romantic comedy using other aspects of iconic rom coms. We had 9 categories to fill out and four drafters, so that totaled 36 movies drafted in all. We had a bunch of fun talking about all...

This week Josh's wife, Rebecca joins Jack and Josh to talk about one of the most beloved and endearing movies of all time, Casablanca. We ranked a bunch of lists pertaining to the movie but we also use the movie as inspiration for other lists to highlight some other movies. We love talking old Hollywood and this film is possibly the best representation of that time. It's a timeless classic and we...

We're getting into our feels this week as Jack and Josh discuss ten films that make them tear up. And they might not be all of the movies you would expect. It was fun to record and we hope that it's fun to listen to. Enjoy.   Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)