The Movie Draft Podcast

Three of the greatest directors currently working - Ari Aster, Robert Eggers, and Jordan Peele - stacked up against each other in a "collaborative" draft that reveals people's true colors. How will Danny, Ben, and Ethan rank the filmography of 11 iconic movies? Tune in to find out!

0:00 - Intro

23:30 - Let's Draft!

1:55:40 - The Team!

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Has 2025 been a great year for movies so far? Tyler Whitmore of The Reeltok Podcast, along with Bryan Sudfield and Des, join Ethan to try to answer that very question in an Auction Draft (with some new rules)! Which movies will demand the most money? Which single movie will demand the entirety of one person's budget? And who will be able to put together the best team with the new wrinkles in play? Tune in to find out!

0:00 - Intro

22:47 - Let's Draft!

2:26:51 - The Teams & Honorable MentionsTWITTER: https://x.com/draftmoviepodINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/moviedraftpod

2025 has been the year of legacy sequels - from '28 Years Later' to 'The Naked Gun' to 'Freakier Friday'! So we thought we'd draft the very best legacy sequels throughout cinema history. Kevin Mikos and Tyler Beck join Ben & Ethan in a bidding war for the best of the stuff that's already been around for a while. Who will walk away with the best team? That's up to you to decide!

0:00 - Intro

20:27 - Let's Draft!

1:55:55 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions

2025 has been the year of legacy sequels - from '28 Years Later' to 'The Naked Gun' to 'Freakier Friday'! So we thought we'd draft the very best legacy sequels throughout cinema history. Kevin Mikos and Tyler Beck join Ben & Ethan in a bidding war for the best of the stuff that's already been around for a while. Who will walk away with the best team? That's up to you to decide!

0:00 - Intro

20:27 - Let's Draft!

1:55:55 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions

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'Lady Bird', 'Get Out', 'Phantom Thread', and... 'The Post'? 2017 was a YEAR for movies! But which ones were the best? Des, Sophia Ciminello, Danny Jarabek, and Bryan Sudfield all join Ethan in a MEGA-DRAFT of epic proportions!

0:00 - Intro

28:01 - Let's Draft!

02:15:40 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions!

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We all know about the infamous "Sophomore Slump" when it comes to directing movies, but which sophomore flicks are actually really good? Danny Jarabek and Bobbi Miller join Ethan & Ben in perhaps the most contentious collab draft yet as they "work together" to determine the top 16 Sophomore Feature Films!

0:00 - Intro

22:15 - Let's Draft!

2:18:59 - The Team & Honorable Mentions

Movie sidekicks are an integral component of movies throughout history. They've always been there for the main characters and they've always been there for us... but which ones are the best? Erik Anderson of AwardsWatch and returning guest Des join Ethan & Ben in a draft that is both extremely fun and extremely, uh, personal.

0:00 - Intro

15:45 - Let's Draft!

1:28:10 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions

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Letterboxd is the way, the truth, and the light to movie obsessives like us. So we figured we should have a draft focused around it! Zachary Lee, Ema Sasic, and Sophia Ciminello join Ethan for The Letterboxd Draft - a draft so nonsensical, easy, and fun, it sends people into a tailspin.

0:00 - Intro

23:52 - Let's Draft!

1:36:08 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions

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 the end!

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0:00 - Intro

28:20 - Let's Draft!

1:39:55 - The Team & Honorable Mentions

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?

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0:00 - Intro

24:55 - Let's Draft!

1:59:53 - The Team & Honorable Mentions

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?

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0:00 - Intro

18:35 - Let's Draft!

1:34:43 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions