The Best Pictures Podcast

Feb 22 2025 132 ep. 73 mins 15

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Join Maggie, Ian, and their unsolicited opinions as they watch their way through every Academy Award Best Picture winner.

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Intro Episode

Feb 26 2018 1 mins

A brief introduction by one of the hosts of The Best Pictures Podcast. Find us on Instagram and Twitter @bestpicturespod

List Rerankings 4

Feb 22 2025 61 mins

After wrapping up the last winner of the early 2000s, we're revisiting our lists and shuffling some of our rankings! We discuss the highs and lows of our most recent decade of winners and reflect on what we're most excited for in the 2010s. We also revisit a couple of our early winners and answer some great listener questions.

82nd Academy Awards - The Hurt Locket

Jan 18 2025 68 mins

Special Episode - Meet Me in St. Louis

Dec 25 2024 59 mins

Special Episode - The Shop Around The Corner

Dec 14 2024 53 mins

81st Academy Awards - Slumdog Millionaire

Dec 01 2024 77 mins

Special Episode - Carrie

Oct 27 2024 65 mins

Join Maggie and Ian for the final 2024 halloween episode Stephen King's Carrie. Despite some creaky bits, the 1976 film adaptation proves to be an entertaining (and spooky) watch!

Special Episode - The Shining

Oct 21 2024 73 mins

Join Ian and Maggie for Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of The Shining. With plenty of ghostly spookiness (and psychic powers to boot), the film still provides a thrilling Halloween-time watch. Do our hosts prefer the book to the movie? Listen to find out!

80th Academy Awards - No Country For Old Men

Oct 20 2024 63 mins

79th Academy Awards - The Departed

Sep 08 2024 77 mins