Screen Drafts

It's week two of ANDERSON MONTH, and five Screen Drafts Legends are sitting down at an immaculately arranged Draft Table to competitively / collaboratively rank the 13 feature film of the inimitable (not for lack of trying) American auteur WES ANDERSON! Want more Screen Drafts? Become a Booster! For just $5 a month get ad-free Main Feed episodes, plus monthly installments of The Franchise mini-Sup...

ANDERSON MONTH BEGINS! Before Wes, before Paul Thomas, before Brad, there was... PAUL W.S.! Screen Drafts veterans Jordan Crucchiola ( Feeling Seen ), William Bibbiani ( Critically Acclaimed Network ) and Dave Schilling ( Horror's New Wave ) join us at the Draft Table to rank all 15 feature-length films from populist techno-auteur PAUL W.S. ANDERSON. Strap in for what may be the most raucous theme...

We're closing out the 25th (er, 26th?) year of the 21st Century by looking back at the 1st year of the 21st century! Commissioner Clay is joined by Screen Drafts All-Stars Emily St. James ( Woodworking, Podcast Like It's the 2000s ), and Roxana Hadadi (Vulture), and Screen Drafts Legend Darren Franich ( The Draftland Scene ) to competitively / collaboratively selecting the 13 best films released i...

It's Kristmas Eve 2025 and the commissioners are celebrating the filmography of undersung early Hollywood great MIRIAM HOPKINS! MIR-ry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone! Want more Screen Drafts? Become a Booster! For just $5 a month get ad-free Main Feed episodes, plus monthly installments of The Franchise mini-Super Draft, The Marathon, Speed Drafts, and the Cool Kids Criterion Club Corner....

One of our favorite traditions continues! Screen Drafts MVPs / hosts of the Hollywood-ography podcast Oriana Nudo and Maureen Lee Lenker have spent the last year and a half watching every single feature film made by legendary Oscar winner SIDNEY POITIER, and now, at the conclusion of their Poitier season, they are joined at the Draft Table by American Cinematheque programmer Imani Davis to competi...

AKA "Snowy Horror," AKA "Blood in the Snow." Minnesotan Josh Miller ( Violent Night, Violent Night 2 ) and Alaskan Henry McComas ( The Camp Host, Wolfman's Got Nards ) join us at the Draft Table to rank the 7 best freezing-cold, terrifyingly snowbound horror movies! Listen to Main Feed Drafts ad-free and get four bonus episodes monthly in the Screen Drafts Booster Club! Sign up at www.patreon.com/...

Writer / director Riley Stearns ( The Art of Self-Defense ) makes his long-awaited return to the Draft Table, joining All-Star Thomas Grabinski ( Atropia ) in a competitive / collaborative ranking of all 9 feature films directed by Bugonia filmmaker YORGOS LANTHIMOS! 'Tis the season to become a Booster! Get four bonus episodes a month and ad-free Main Feed drafts by joining our Patreon! www.patreo...

The co-commish, Mr. Ryan Marker, has been asking for a Draft of the films of great American auteur Robert Altman since the very beginning of Screen Drafts. Today, he's finally getting his wish. In PART ONE of the four part, 35-title ROBERT ALTMAN SUPER DRAFT, Ryan and Clay are joined by guest GM Mitchell Beaupre (Letterboxd) and guest commish Alonso Duralde ( Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas...

The guest GMs from the beloved Shakespeare Trilogy, Joanna Robinson ( The Ringer ), Bryan Cogman ( Game of Thrones ), Maureen Lee Lenker ( A Star is Scorned ) and Graham Skipper ( The Lonely Man with the Ghost Machine ), have reunited at the Draft Table, this time to competitively / collaboratively rank the 13 best movies every made about THE THEATRE! Get four bonus episodes a month and ad-free Ma...

Screen Drafts veterans Darren Franich ( The Draftland Scene ), Louis Peitzman ( Vulture, Chasing Amy Adams ) and Jordan Crucchiola ( Feeling Seen ), lay siege to the Draft Table for an epic collaborative / competitive ranking of all 17 feature films directed by the Dutch legend PAUL VERHOEVEN! WARNING: Our geography is a little iffy at times on this one, but our Verhoeven opinions are definitively...

Join GMs William Bibbiani ( Critically Acclaimed Network ) and Darren Mooney ( Second Wind ) as they rank the 7 best FILMS ever made about the game of CHESS! NOTE: This Draft was produced as part of a larger project that never ended up coming to fruition. Producer Ryan Verrill took the time to pain-stakingly remove all references to that project so that this Draft could finally be released to the...

A Star is Scorned author and Screen Drafts MVP Maureen Lee Lenker is joined by Screen Drafts Legend Bryan Cogman to definitively rank the 8 films starring the classic Hollywood pairing of ERROL FLYNN and OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND! Filling in for Ryan as co-commish is Screen Drafts MVP and Hollywood-ography co-host Oriana Nudo! Join the Screen Drafts Booster Club for exclusive bonus episodes and ad-free...

The frightening final episode of SCREAM Drafts VIII finds Hall of Famer Dave Schilling ( Horror's New Wave: 15 Years of Blumhouse ) and rookie Danielle Radford ( Tights and Fights ) ranking the 7 best films directed by "The Italian Hitchcock," DARIO ARGENTO! Become a BOOSter! Go to www.patreon.com/screendrafts to find out how!

All the horrors of SCREAM DRAFTS VIII have led to this... we are joined at the Draft Table by rookies / Horror Movie Survival Guide co-hosts Teri Gamble and Julia Marchese, and Screen Drafts All-Star B.J. ColanGIALLO ( This Ends at Prom ) as they rank the 13 best HORROR films directed by WOMEN! This Draft is brought to you by Booster Club Official Sponsor Brian Otaño, who also joins us for the tri...

It's the DEAD center of SCREAM Drafts VIII, and returning GMs Ryan Estrada and Eric Plese are joining the Draft Table all the way from Busan to rank the 7 best K-HORROR films of all-time! Become a BOOster! Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts to join the club.

SCREAM Drafts VIII creeeeeps on as rookies DeVaughn Taylor ( Specter Cinema Club ) and Mary Beth McAndrews (Dread Central, Bystanders ) join us at the Draft Table to definitively rank the 7 films of the PARANORMAL ACTIVITY franchise! Become a BOOster! Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts today!

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Screaming and Conjuring author Clark Collis joins Screen Drafts' longest-running tradition as he sits down at the Draft Table with Kyle Anderson and Billy Ray Brewton to rank the 13 best HORROR movies released in the AUGHTS! SCREAM Drafts VIII has begun! Become a Screen Drafts BOOster! Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts and subscribe for bonus episodes and...

Veteran Screen Drafts GMs Bryan Cogman ( Game of Thrones ), Oriana Nudo ( Hollywood-ography ), and Drew McWeeny ( The Hip Pocket ) join us at the Draft Table to competitively / collaboratively rank the 13 best COMEDY films released in the 1970s! Sponsored by Booster Club Official Sponsor Frank Berman! Become a Booster! Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts to find out how...

Things get a little bit rowdy when Screen Drafts Legends Graham Skipper ( Godzilla: The Official Guide to the King of the Monsters ) and Billy Ray Brewton ( Coroner to the Stars ) go head-to-head for the first time in ages, ranking the 7 best MOCKUMENTARY films ever made! Become a Screen Drafts Booster! Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts today!

Actor and podcaster Steve Berg ( Hi, Strangeness ) is back at the Draft Table with his old friend Ryan Marker (the Co-Commish) to rank the 7 best films made about Bigfoot, yetis, mermaids, and the like! Joining the hunt as guest co-commissioner is Screen Drafts Legend Graham Skipper. Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts to join the Screen Drafts Booster Club!

It's a double All-Star inauguration as film critic Katie Walsh and screenwriter Milla Bell-Hart ( Bad Monkey ) join the Draft Table to rank the 7 best films about GIRLS in COLLEGE! Become a Screen Drafts Booster! Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts to join the club.

AMC A-Listers Dave Schilling ( Horror's New Wave: 15 Years of Blumhouse ) and Clay Keller ( Screen Drafts ) sit down at the Draft Table to competitively / collaboratively rank the 7 best films from the SUMMER movie season that just was, 2025! Become a Screen Drafts Booster! Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts to find out how!

Team This Had Oscar Buzz (Joe Reid & Chris Feil) is back at the Draft Table, and this time they are competitively collaborating with the new kids on the block: Team Chasing Amy Adams (Louis Peitzman & Dane McDonald)! Which 7 films that took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress have stood the test of time? Listen and find out! Become a Screen Drafts Booster! Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts...

Guest GMs, start your engines! Co-Commish Ryan and Hall of Famer Kenny Neibart ( Motorheads  on Prime) finally face off one-on-one, ranking the 7 best movies ever made about RACING CARS. Joining us at the Draft Table as Guest Co-Commish is Screen Drafts MVP Oriana Nudo ( Hollywood-ography ). Become a Screen Drafts Booster! Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts for details. 

Screen Drafts' sportiest Guest GMs return for their annual competitive / collaborative ranking of a decade in SPORTS MOVIES! This year, Alan Sepwinall ( Rolling Stone ), Daniel Fienberg ( The Hollywood Reporter ), Linda Holmes ( Pop Culture Happy Hour ), and Jen Yamato ( The Washington Post ) are tackling the first ten years of the 21st century, and their most diverse and eclectic group of eligibl...