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by Samuel Erdahl & Rance Collins
Join friends Sam and Rance as they watch and discuss every single Academy Award winner for Best Picture starting from the very first ceremony.
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- Mar 13, 202655 min
2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
We are alive!.. and making our grand return to the podcast stage with our coverage of the 2003 Academy Awards and the night's clean sweep winner, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. We have missed you all!
- Feb 25, 20251h 25m
2025 Oscar Predictions
Surprise! We're back for a special episode where we breakdown this year's Oscars race and choose our predicted winners. Feel free to steal our picks for your Oscars pool and may the best movie win!
- Jun 14, 20221h 50m
75th Anniversary Episode
Buckle up everyone, we're ranking every Best Picture winner from the first 75 years of Oscar.
- May 31, 20221h 2m
2002: Chicago
It's been a long time coming, but Chicago is the first movie musical to win Best Picture since 1968's Oliver! Both of us love this movie so tune in to hear us fawn over the great cast and excellent musical numbers.
- May 17, 20221h 10m
2001: A Beautiful Mind
The second Best Picture winner in a row to star Russell Crowe! Ron Howard is finally triumphant with his movie, A Beautiful Mind. We both agree that the Best Picture lineup for this year is outstanding so tune in and hear us give all five of them some love.
- May 10, 202257 min
2000: Gladiator
Welcome to a new decade! The first Best Picture winner of the 2000s was Ridley Scott's Gladiator. However, our pick for the best film is an animated one. Tune in to find out which movie it is!
- May 3, 202234 min
Rankings: 1990-1999
We're back with a special episode! We rank all ten Best Picture winners of the 90s. And we also throw in our favorite winners of the acting categories.
- Mar 15, 202248 min
1999: American Beauty
The final movie to win Best Picture in the 20th century was American Beauty. We had the pleasure of interviewing its producer, Dan Jinks, last week; so tune in to this episode to catch the rest of our regular coverage!
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