The Movie Draft Podcast

For the first time ever, the pod is recorded LIVE!! Ethan, Ben, and Ben's partner Ashley all come together (literally) to collaboratively draft the 11 best Las Vegas movies - while IN Las Vegas! History is made on this episode in more than one way. And which iconic Las Vegas movies will miss the list? Anything is possible.

The Holy Trinity of Ben, Sophie, and Ethan get together to draft the best movie villains in cinema history! With a special twist to a regular draft, who will walk away the winner? From Thanos to Ghostface to... Mark Zuckerberg? All arguments for movie villains are heard as the best of the best are chosen!

The Holy Trinity of Ben, Sophie, and Ethan join forces to determine the top half of the MCU Collaborative Draft - 17 spots to figure out which movies are the best of the best and the worst of the best. How high up will Ethan get Eternals? What shocking movie ends up in spot 17? And what MCU movie will be crowned the best?

Ethan is joined by 3 heroic guests as they "work together" to embark on Part 1 of a 2-Part MCU Mega-Collaborative Draft! With picks 33 - 18 up for play, which MCU movies will be deemed the worst of the worst? And which ones will escape to Part 2 of the draft where Ben, Sophie, and Ethan determine the best MCU movies? Bethanne Tarpley, TJ Zwarych, and David Thompson all put up with Ethan&...

Steven Spielberg is one of the greatest directors to ever do it... but how much are his movies worth in a draft? Bryan Sudfield of the 'Life Moves Pretty Fast' Podcast joins Ethan, Ben, & Sophie as they all compete to spend $1,000 the wisest. How much will Jurassic Park go for? What is Spielberg's most underrated film? And when is he going to make 'The Terminal 2'? All ques...

There are countless iconic movie quotes... but which ones are the best? Kevin Mikos joins Sophie and Ethan in a draft solely based around movie quotes. With 6 categories to fill up, who will walk away victorious? And who will indulge in their obsession for obscure movie quotes?

We all know there are TONS of movies with a color in the title... but which ones are the best ones? The Holy Trinity of Ethan, Ben, & Sophie embark on a draft to discover just that. Is there a clear "best movie" with a color in the title? And how sly can we be in our drafting style? All that and MORE on this draft episode!

Aryan Patel, Bethanne Tarpley, and Klein Felt join Ethan to draft what many consider to be the greatest movie year of the 2000s - 2019! Who will get the ever-important first pick? Will alliances form to bring Ethan down? Or will individual strategy outweigh it all to bring someone the best team of 2019 movies?

Tyler Beck of the Unsung Gems podcast joins Ethan, Ben, & Sophie to attempt the impossible - collaboratively ranking all of the Pixar movies in existence. As we prep for the release of Inside Out 2, will we be able to do one of the most beloved frandchises in movie history justice and get all of the movies ranked correctly? Absolutely not. But maybe we come close.

It's another mega-auction draft!! Ethan & Sophie are joined by Bobbi of The Afternoon Special, Jonathan AKA The Film Drunk, Aryan Patel of the 'Third Thoughts' podcast, and music producer Phillip Odom in a super-duper-mega Film Franchises Auction Draft! With 36 picks in total, which franchises will be the most popular? And which ones will sell for the most money? Chaos reigns supreme as per usual...

Annie Jaynes and Carsen Greene of the Movie Mavens podcast join Ethan and Ben as they attempt to collaboratively draft the 13 "best" Best Actress Nominees of the 2010s. Where did the Academy mess up and can they right the wrongs? And who will be crowned the "best" Best Actress nominee of the 2010s?

The "Original Recipe" of Sophie, Ben, and Ethan get together to participate in a draft that answers the question - what qualifies as a biopic? As Ethan tries to nominate everything under the sun, can Ben & Sophie lock down their favorites to draft the best team? And just how much money will Oppenmommy try to spend on 'Oppenheimer'? Tune in to find out!

Ash Laskey of the 'Love Death Movies' podcast and Cam Walsh of the 'ReelTok Podcast' join Ben & Ethan to draft movies from 2008! With 6 categories to fill up, what shenanigans will enter the draft? Who steals the movie that *everybody* wanted? And ultimately, who will win the draft?

Jack Pues, Klein Felt, and Thomas Carter Rochester of the 'Reckless Rebellion' podcast join Ethan in an attempt to collaboratively draft all 11 Star Wars movies. Ethan acts as a "watcher" as Jack, Klein, and TCR duke it out to get their way - who will play their vetoes wisely? Who will cause the most chaos? And will TCR make it to the end of the pod while he is 7 margaritas deep?...

Bryan Sudfield of The Rolling Tape joins Ethan and Sophie as they collaboratively draft the best 11 Ryan Gosling movies. Will Blue Valentine make the list... again? What chaos will Ethan bring? And will it be the first time a true unanimous number one pick has been agreed upon?

Ethan is joined by Tyler Beck of the Unsung Gems podcast along with Matt Scott to embark on a drafting exercise spanning one of the greatest film genres of all time - sports movies! Ethan challenges the limits of what fits in a category as per usual but will Tyler and Matt allow anything? With 6 distinct categories, who will draft the best team and walk away the winner? It's up to you to decid...

Bethanne Tarpley joins Ethan and Ben as they attempt to collaboratively draft the 13 best directorial debuts of the 2010s. Ethan goes from friend to fiend, Ben fights to get his number 1 at the top, and Bethanne introduces a new mini-game to the draft! Which movies will make the list? And more importantly - which movies will NOT make the list?

The 6-person A24 Auction Draft is HERE! Ethan, Ben, and Sophie are joined by guests Jonathan (AKA The Film Drunk), Zachary Lee, and Marta McFly to endeavor on the wildest auction draft this podcast has ever seen. With 6 categories to fill and only $1,000, who will come out the winner? That's up to you to decide.

Kevin Mikos of the 'Looks Like A Movie Podcast' joins Sophie and Ethan to draft the films with the very best Original Screenplays! With 6 different categories, everybody brings their own strategy but only one will walk out a winner. Will Kevin draft the craziest Wildcard pick in pod history? Will Ethan once again scream about Spotlight? And will Sophie stay true to her heart once more or t...

Tyler Whitmore of the ReelTok Podcast joins Sophie and Ethan as they auction off some of the best movies of 2010 to create a 4 movie team! How much will The Social Network go for? What underrated flicks do people have up their sleeves? And most importantly... who can create the best team?

Our boy Jake G is back with a new movie and to celebrate we are taking it to the streets, attempting to collaboratively rank the 7 best Jake Gyllenhaal films! Ben and Ethan team up - and square off - as they play a fascinating 7-round, 2-person collab draft as they try to narrow down Jake G's filmography to the 7 best. How will it shake out? Not the way you think, that's for damn sure.

George Carmi joins Ethan, Sophie, & Ben as they embark on a journey through time... the time of one filmmaker - Christopher Nolan. The famed director has 12 movies but which one is the best? With vetoes and veto overrides in play, the attempt to collaboratively draft all 12 is a valiant one - but is it the correct one? We'll see you at the beginning, friend!

With the Academy Awards just days away, we decided to celebrate the only way we know how - by drafting! Aryan Patel joins Ethan, Sophie, and Ben in drafting Oscar Best Picture winners from throughout history. What are the best movies to ever win? We're going to try to find that out as we draft in a chaotic, challenging fashion!

The Godfather Part 2, Lord of the Rings The Two Towers, Aliens... Shrek 2? Ethan, Sophie, and Ben work around some tough qualifiers to draft some of the very best direct sequels of all time in the Direct Sequels Movie Draft! Which movie will go first overall? Will Ethan have another favorite film stolen from him? And who will win the draft?

2024 is underway but will it be as good of a movie as 2023 was? The assistant editor of The Mary Sue, Rachel Leishman, joins Ethan, Ben, and Sophie to auction through the 2024 slate of films. How much will Dune Part Two go for? What about Venom 3? And what movies end up being the bargain pickups?