The Movie Draft Podcast

Hayao Miyazaki is a genre-defining filmmaker, taking the medium of animation to heights once only dreamed of... so we decided to collaboratively rank all of his films! Tyler Beck joins Ben & Ethan in what is a much longer and more volatile draft than anybody expected! The fight for a particular bottom spot, surprise takes on smaller films, and pulling the rug out from under each other - just a...

Returning guest Jeremiah Battle and first-time guest Adam Patla join Ethan in drafting some of the best (and weirdest!) movie monsters of all time! Jeremiah talks about his new short film 'Possibly Positive', Adam has all kinds of picks stolen from him, and there is an instant all-time classic moment that is truly something else. SUPPORT THE LOS ANGELES FIRES AT THE LINKS BELOW: - https://...

Is there really such thing as a bad movie? Well, yes. But sometimes in life you have to make the best of a bad situation and that's what The Bad Movie Draft is all about! Tyler C Whitmore of the ReelTok Podcast and Aryan P join Ethan in the most strategic draft yet. With all new categories that are prettttyyy tough, who will make the best picks? It's up to you to decide!

2025 is HERE and so are the many movies that come with it... but will it be a good year for film? Bob Goochman of the Lights, Camera, Barstool podcast joins Ben and Ethan in an auction draft for the ages. Brand new strategy is employed, people get baited into getting movies they don't want, and The Movie Draft podcast remains unpredictable!

To round out 2024, the holy trinity of Sophie, Ben, & Ethan get together to auction off some of the best movies of the year! Will anybody pick up the same movie they snagged in the 2024 Auction Draft at the beginning of the year? And will anybody end up with their number 1 movie of the year or will it be a money-colored bloodbath for the very best movies? Tune in to find out!

Jamie Jirak of the Phase Hero podcast and Bob Goochman of the Lights, Camera, Barstool podcast join Ethan in drafting some of the most beloved types of films of all time - Christmas movies! With 2 new categories, what's the weirdest Christmas movie somebody will draft? And does Ethan's last pick obliterate all of his hard work? Tune in to find out!

What better way to celebrate X-Mas than with the X-Men movies? Klein Felt of the Controller Club podcast joins Ben and Ethan on what is a much more treacherous journey in ranking all 14 X-Men movies than any of them could have predicted! With surprises at both the bottom and the top, there is no way of knowing how this draft turns out!

The Holy Trinity itself - Ben, Ethan, and Sophie - are reunited for one of the most important and unhinged collaborative drafts to date! Wicked is here and movie musicals are back in the conversation - so we sat down to decide which ones are the best or most important or coolest or... whatever. What will end up on the list? You'll never guess!

What's cooler than a movie making a million dollars? How about a movie making a BILLION dollars! Only 55 movies have ever been able to accomplish such a feat... but which ones are the best ones? Hal Koss joins Ethan and Ben to draft billion dollars movies in 6 different categories and see who can truly make the best team of billion-dollar blockbusters!

Was 1994 one of the best years for movies... ever? Jonathan AKA The Film Drunk and Adam Palcher of Deep Dive Film School join Ben and Ethan in an exercise to answer that very question. With movies being stolen from people left and right, who can muster up the best team of 6 movies from 1994? Tune in to find out!

Tyler Beck of the Unsung Gems Podcast and Adam Palcher of Deep Dive Film School join Ethan & Ben in an auction draft of Directorial Debuts! Which movie will demand the highest price tag? Who will follow their heart and skip out on some HUGE movies? And who will ultimately put together the best team of Directorial Debuts?

Cameron Ritter of The Rolling Tape joins Ben & Ethan to rank the 11 best (?) Tom Hanks movies in a collaborative draft! Which 2 iconic movies don't make the list? And what absolute nonsense is Ethan up to this week? Tune in to find out!

Kevin Mikos joins Sophie and Ethan once again to draft screenplays - this time Adapted Screenplays! Who will steal someone else's number one pick? Who gets an absolute heater in the final round? It's anybody's draft as each person fights to put together a team of 6 of the very best Adapted Screenplays of all time. Who will win? It's up to you!

Marta McFly joins Ethan, Sophie, and Ben to attempt to live deliciously and collaboratively rank the 13 best A24 horror movies! In what is the wildest and funniest podcast to date, the attempts to work together fail (horrendously) while the picks get increasingly... bold as the board progresses to the top. Which movie will come out as the number one A24 horror flick? Tune in to find out!

Movies that take place in a single location are among the most legendary within the history of cinema, but which ones are the *best* ones? Jeremiah Battle joins Sophie and Ethan to draft some of the most iconic (and unique!) single locations movies. Who will push the boundaries on what constitutes a single location? Who will draft with their heart instead of their head? And most importantly, who w...

To celebrate the release of 'Saturday Night', Bryan Sudfield and Ben's partner Ashely join the pod to draft SNL Alum movies! With the rule of only being able to pick one movie per actor per team, which strategies will reign supreme? Will comedy be the go-to genre or will people get sneaky with dramatic films? Tune in to find out!

Aryan Patel joins Ben and Ethan on a journey to save Gotham, er, the pod. In what is easily the most hectic and maniacal collaborative draft yet, souls are crushed, darkness rises, and everybody lives long enough to see themselves become the villain as a definitive list of the 11 best Batman movies is created!

Doug Holler of the 'Looks Like A Movie' Podcast joins Ben, Ethan, & Sophie in the most intricate auction draft yet! With a field of over 200 films eligible to be bid on, which ones will go for big bucks and which ones will be value steals? The truth comes out about who has never seen iconic films, we discuss our first movies logged on Letterboxd, and MORE! Who will walk about the champion of t...

Was 2014 a great year for movies? Sophie, Ethan, and their guest Jonathan (AKA The Film Drunk) try to answer that very question by drafting! As voted on by the viewers, we break down 2014 as a movie year, discuss the heavy hitters, and try to find some hidden gems in the mix! We comfort each other about our similar film tastes then immediately steal picks from each other. Just another classic epis...

Yer' a wizard, Harry! The Holy Trinity of Ben, Sophie, and Ethan travel by Portkey to the magical world of Harry Potter! A franchise near and dear to each of them in different ways, the Wizarding World Collaborative Draft draws out the Slytherin in everybody! Which person will get vetoed 3 times in a row? And what movie will surprise at number 2? Tune in to find out!

George Carmi joins Ben, Ethan, & Sophie as they bid their way to a winning team in the New York Movies Auction Draft! What's the difference between a "New York Movie" and a movie that just takes place in New York? What movie will illicit the most spending? And who will come out with the best team of New York films?

We are joined by Ben's partner Ashley and good friend of the pod Kevin Mikos to draft one of the most popular sub-genres of movies ever: High School Movies! With 6 new categories, how will the teams shake out? Stealing other people's favorite movies, unearthing personal lore, and trying to win the draft. All in an episode's work.

In this special 2-person draft, Sophie and Ethan "work together" to collaboratively rank all 7 films that belong to the Alien Franchise. Where will the newest entry of Alien: Romulus land? And will a surprising number one pick emerge? Tune in to find out!

Alden Diaz joins Ben & Ethan as they bid the big bucks on some of the best movie remakes ever made! With $1,000 each, who will blow nearly 70% of their budget on one movie, who will be financially responsible, and most importantly - who will draft the team with the best movie remakes?

The Holy Trinity reunites to draft one of the best years in cinema history! Fight Club, The Matrix, Magnolia, 10 Things I Hate About You... which will get chosen first? Madness ensues and hot takes flow like wine in one of our best drafts to date!