The Movie Draft Podcast

In Part 2 of our most contentious collaborative draft yet, Sophie rejoins Ethan and Ben to once again form the Holy Trinity of The Movie Draft Podcast. What will Sophie and Ben think of the work done in Part 1? And what movies will ultimately make the top 12 spots of the list? It's collaboration at its finest, or ugliest depending on how you look at it, that will (hopefully) get us there in th...

It's finally here. The biggest challenge that The Movie Draft Podcast has ever faced - collaboratively ranking the 25 best movies of the 21st century! For Part 1 (spots 13-25), Jeremiah Battle, Sophia Ciminello, and Kevin Mikos join Ethan in a wildly indecisive journey that results in the... right (??)... list? SPOTIFY: https://shorturl.at/d90Ce TWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepod INSTAGRAM:...

Brad Pitt is one of the most formidable stars working in Hollywood right now, and his more than 30-year career includes ups, downs, bangers, and duds. Gooch joins Ben and Ethan in an Auction Draft that discusses Brad Pitt's hotness, movie choices, most notable roles, and... did we say hotness? TWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod 0:00 - Intro 1...

2001! What a year for movies! The Lord of the Rings franchise kicks off, David Lynch gives us an all-time masterpiece, and Shrek wins Best Animated Feature Film at the Academy Awards! Zoe Rose Bryant, Marta McFly, and Des join (read: gang up on) Ethan to draft 2001 movies! 0:00 - Intro 26:26 - Let's Draft! 1:37:30 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions! TWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM:...

Scarlett Johansson has been in animated films, straight comedies, hardcore dramas, and nearly everything in between. But which of those movies are her best? Or most important? Kasey Dunifer joins Ben and Ethan in just that exercise - deciding the 11 Scarlett Johansson movies that deserve to make the collaborative list! Debate of whether or not she is a good actress, whether she is better as a lead...

Hans Zimmer is one of our greatest living composers - from Dune to Inception to... Kung Fu Panda? Determining which scores (and the subsequent movies they are part of) isn't as easy as you think. Danny Jarabek, Bobbi Miller, Bethanne Tarpley, and Hailey Lachman join Ethan in The Hans Zimmer Auction Draft - where money is spent and friendships are tested! SPOTIFY: https://shorturl.at/d90CeTWITTER:...

Our lives are the sum of our choices and those choices have led us right to this draft. The Mission: Impossible Stunts Draft! Bob Goochman of the Lights, Camera, Barstool Podcast joins Ben and Ethan in a one-of-a-kind draft where the very best, and most interesting, stunts from the Mission: Impossible franchise are drafted! Who will put together the best team? Whoever it is... it's their desti...

Prisoners, About Time, Fruitvale Station... The Wolverine? 2013 was a year of IP overload and small hidden gems and this draft proves just that! Hal, Des, and Kevin Mikos join Ethan in a draft in which strategy is thrown to the wind and the rules are questioned at every turn! 0:00 - Intro 21:06 - Let's Draft! 1:29:45 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions

Florence Pugh is one of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood right now - but what are her very best movies? Bryan Sudfield joins Ethan and Ben to collaboratively rank her 11 best (?) films in what is a way more dramatic fashion than you'd guess. SPOTIFY: https://shorturl.at/d90Ce TWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepod INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod 0:00 - Intro 29:37 - Let&#3...

2016 delivered us some of the highest grade stone cold bangers in cinema history along with one of the single most infamous moments in Academy Award history! So drafting movies from that year should be easy, right? Ema Sasic, Danny Jarabek, Bobbi Miller, and Des join Ethan to attempt just that! 0:00 - Intro 24:46 - Let's Draft! 1:46:39 - Teams/Honorable Mentions SPOTIFY: https://shorturl.at/d9...

1 year. $1,000. Four drafting competitors that all want to walk away with the best team possible... it's The 1997 Movie Auction Draft! 0:00 - Intro 27:14 - Let's Draft! 2:12:19 - Teams/Honorable Mentions SPOTIFY: https://shorturl.at/d90CeTWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod/#

Sometimes the best Best Picture nominees are actually the movies that *lose*. Sophia Ciminello and Daniel Joyaux join returning guests Jonathan Fuji and Bobbi Miller, along with resident Movie Draft Podcast loser Ethan Simmie, for a MEGA draft! With categories spanning all decades, which Best Picture losers will get picked up first? And who will put together the best team?

There's only one thing better than an actor playing a role in a movie and that's an actor playing MULTIPLE roles in the same movie! 2025 has featured this casting trick heavily so far this year but this is something that has been around almost as long as Hollywood itself. So which Dual Role performances are the best? Ash and Harry and Love, Death, & Movies join Ethan to find out! 0:00...

What's better than a movie? How about a movie about a movie? Gio Lago of Next Best Picture along with Danny Jarabeck and Bryan Sudfield of The Rolling Tape join Ethan in an unprecedented auction draft that sees 4 different strategies all play out to varying degrees of success... and failure. 0:00 - Intro & Banter 17:54 - Let's Draft! 2:07:26 - Teams & Honorable Mentions

Was 2006 a good, heck, even a great, year for movies? Matt Neglia of Next Best Picture and resident guest Kevin Mikos of the Looks Like A Movie Podcast join Ben and Ethan in a regular-style draft for the year 2006! Which movies will be forgotten about, cause freakouts, and potentially lose the draft for some people? Tune in to find out! SPOTIFY: https://shorturl.at/d90Ce TWITTER: https://x.com/dra...

The 1990's helped define modern-day movies - across all styles of filmmaking, genres, and actors, the 1990's gave us something cinematically special. But which ones are the BEST? Bobbi, Marta, and Tyler C Whitmore join Ethan in a near-impossible exercise that might just end up successful after all. Which movie will come out at number one? And which ones will slide in at the bottom of the list?

The Holy Trinity returns to accomplish one of their most difficult tasks to date - to collaboratively rank the filmography of one of the greatest movie stars working right now... Timothée Chalamet! Plus, a brand new wrench is thrown into the draft: the inclusive of a single pop culture moment! It isn't too much to say that this is easily one of the most contentious, heated drafts we've EVE...

For the first time ever, The Movie Draft Podcast is on VIDEO (on YouTube)! The Holy Trinity of Ben, Sophie, and Ethan join together for a hastily thrown together draft of Platform Originals. Netflix, Apple TV, Hulu... who can draft the best team of movie from each streaming platform? It might not be who you think!

It's a new SUPER Draft! Jonathan Fuji, Tyler C Whitmore, Aryan P, and Jeremiah Battle all join Ethan for the toughest Auction draft yet - the year of 2020! Which strategies will pay off? And who will create the best team of movies released in 2022? Anything goes in this one-of-a-kind auction draft.

Alden Diaz and Bethanne Tarpley join Ben and Ethan in an attempt to rank the 13 best (coolest? most important?) movies of one of the greatest and most important Hollywood men in history - Harrison Ford! What movies will come out on top? And what deals will ford along the way? Listen to find out!

Gooch, Kasey, and first-time guest Van all join Ethan to draft movies from the year 2015! Is there a clear number 1 pick? And if so, who is going to snag it? And who can put together the absolute best team of movies? Probably not Ethan.

The (apparent) permanent ban of Kevin Mikos has been lifted as he joins Ethan and returning former co-host Sophie Holsinger to draft Oscar Nominated Screenplays! Steals, lack of research leading to ineligible picks, and on-the-spot scrutiny are all on the docket for this fun-filled draft!

You know how the word "collaborative" is supposed to imply that people work together? Well, let's just say that isn't quite what happened on this episode. Kasey Dunifer returns to the pod while Gio Lago of Next Best Picture makes his first appearance in an exercise with Ethan to rank the 10 Best Picture nominees of the 2025 Academy Awards. Can madness ensue at number 9, 5, 3, and...

In celebration of the holiday of love, Bobbi and Marta McFly join Ethan to draft the best on-screen kisses of all time! Well, best is subjective as the draft quickly gets out of hand. Who will draft the fan favorites and who will stick to their deep cuts? In what is our most sensual and most deranged podcast ever, this is a draft for the history books!

What makes a good 100-Minute-Or-Less movie? Ben and Ethan, along with two first-time guests in Pat Brennan & Kasey Dunnifer, search for the answer to that very question through an auction draft! With one of the most sinister moves in Movie Draft Podcast history, who will walk away with the best team of 8 movies for $1000 or less? Hearts are broken, teams are bought, and Twitter handles are cha...