The Big Picture
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The Big Picture

by The Ringer

Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins review the movies you need to see. Plus: Top 5s, Movie Drafts, Oscars analysis, and more, featuring a rotating cast of Ringer colleagues like Chris Ryan, Van Lathan, and Bill Simmons.

105 episodes
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1
The 1988 Movie Draft
2:17:36 Mar 26, 2026
2
The Steven Spielberg Conversation
1:07:06 Mar 23, 2026
3
‘Project Hail Mary’ Will Amaze! Amaze! Amaze! With Phil Lord and Chris Miller
1:44:41 Mar 20, 2026
4
The Oscar Hangover Mailbag. Plus: ‘Dune: Part Three’ Is Coming!
1:50:04 Mar 17, 2026
5
The 2026 Academy Awards: ‘One Battle After Another’ Earns More Than a Few Small Oscars
1:28:48 Mar 16, 2026
6
Our Final 2026 Oscar Predictions: Who Will Win, and Who Should Win
1:51:55 Mar 12, 2026
7
The "Anything But Oscars" Mailbag! Plus: ‘Hoppers’
2:05:01 Mar 9, 2026
8
The 10 Wildest Reboots in Movie History and ‘The Bride!’ Plus: A ‘Secret Agent’ Second Look and the Best Doc Contenders.
2:22:46 Mar 6, 2026
9
The 2026 Alternative Oscars, a.k.a. the 6th Annual Big Picks! Plus: The Craziest Awards Season in Years.
3:03:30 Mar 3, 2026
10
Paramount Wins Warner Bros. Now What? Plus: ‘Scream 7,’ Heat 2,’ and ‘Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie’ With Matt Johnson!
2:12:15 Feb 27, 2026
11
The Final Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Sinners’ Second Look With Autumn Durald Arkapaw!
2:25:51 Feb 24, 2026
12
Garbage Crime Returns! The Post-‘Heat’ Movie Awards and ‘Crime 101’ With Bart Layton!
2:00:14 Feb 20, 2026
13
The Oscars Snubs Draft. Plus: ‘Sir?t’!
2:51:35 Feb 16, 2026
14
The Heaving ‘Wuthering Heights’ and the Throbbing ‘Pillion’: A Very Horny Valentine's Day Double Feature
1:58:22 Feb 13, 2026
15
What It’s Really Like at an Awards Show. Plus: Cliff Booth Returns and the Best Super Bowl Trailers!
1:59:19 Feb 10, 2026
16
‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap!
1:37:48 Feb 6, 2026
17
Dumpuary Is Dead. These Movies Killed It. Plus: The Best Movies at Sundance and the Catherine O’Hara Hall of Fame.
2:20:12 Feb 3, 2026
18
The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’
1:53:53 Jan 30, 2026
19
The Oscar Noms Mailbag: Is ‘Sinners’ vs. ‘One Battle After Another’ a Race? Plus: Best Picture Power Rankings.
1:52:21 Jan 28, 2026
20
The 2026 Oscar Nominations: Snubs, Surprises, and WTFs
1:06:55 Jan 22, 2026
21
The Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Movie Draft. Plus: ‘The Rip.’
1:43:11 Jan 19, 2026
22
‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ Is Gut-Ripping and Gut-Wrenching. Plus: Mona Fastvold on ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’!
1:48:52 Jan 16, 2026
23
The 2026 Movie Auction
2:21:19 Jan 14, 2026
24
The 2026 Golden Globes: ‘One Battle After Another’ vs. ‘Hamnet’ Begins
1:13:18 Jan 12, 2026
25
Five Burning Questions About Awards Season, and Our Golden Globes Predictions. Plus: The Ingenious ‘No Other Choice,’ with Park Chan-wook!
2:15:19 Jan 8, 2026
26
The 26 Most Anticipated Movies of 2026
2:22:45 Jan 6, 2026
27
The 25 for ’25 Selection Show Special
2:03:42 Jan 2, 2026
28
The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 1 - 'The Social Network’
1:13:35 Dec 31, 2025
29
F---, Marry, Kill at the Movies: ‘The Housemaid,’ ‘Song Sung Blue,’ and ‘Anaconda’
1:58:44 Dec 29, 2025
30
The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 2 - 'There Will Be Blood’
51:44 Dec 26, 2025
31
‘Marty Supreme’ Is the Moment, With Josh Safdie!
2:19:12 Dec 24, 2025
32
The Top 10 Underseen and Overlooked Movies of 2025. Plus: ‘Is This Thing On?,’ ‘Ella McCay,’ and Why We Can’t Have Nice Things.
1:14:12 Dec 22, 2025
33
‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Burns Bright Before Flaming Out. Plus: Best Picture Power Rankings and the Oscar Short Lists!
1:23:10 Dec 19, 2025
34
The 2022 Movie Draft
1:28:02 Dec 17, 2025
35
The Movie Business Freak-Out Mailbag and ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,’ With Rian Johnson!
2:02:18 Dec 16, 2025
36
‘Hamnet’ and the 10 Best Performances of 2025. Plus: Kleber Mendonça Filho on ‘The Secret Agent.’
2:27:07 Dec 12, 2025
37
The Adam Sandler Hall of Fame and ‘Jay Kelly’ With Noah Baumbach!
2:27:42 Dec 10, 2025
38
The Truth About Netflix Buying Warner Bros. Plus: Snubs and Surprises of the Golden Globe Nominations and Jafar Panahi on ‘It Was Just an Accident.’
1:58:38 Dec 8, 2025
39
The Top Five Movies of 2025
2:10:53 Dec 5, 2025
40
The ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Watch-Along!
3:19:16 Dec 3, 2025
41
The Robert Redford Hall of Fame
2:33:35 Nov 28, 2025
42
The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 3 - '25th Hour’
50:51 Nov 26, 2025
43
Best Picture Power Rankings and the Super-Sincerity of ‘Sentimental Value,’ With Joachim Trier! Plus: Regretting ‘Regretting You.’
2:07:27 Nov 24, 2025
44
‘Wicked: For Good’ Is No Good. But ‘Train Dreams’ Is.
2:11:26 Nov 21, 2025
45
The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 4 - 'Inglourious Basterds’
45:19 Nov 19, 2025
46
The Top Five Ethan Hawke Movies and a Double Shot of Richard Linklater, With Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater!
1:49:28 Nov 17, 2025
47
The Juiceless Fall Movie Season, ‘The Running Man,’ and ‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’
2:07:30 Nov 14, 2025
48
The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 5 - 'Lady Bird’
1:02:44 Nov 12, 2025
49
‘Predator: Badlands’ and the 'Predator' Movie Rankings
1:18:31 Nov 10, 2025
50
Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ and the Best Frankenstein Movies. Plus: Jennifer Lawrence Is Ablaze in ‘Die My Love.’
1:24:10 Nov 7, 2025
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