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Top five lists

Each week we each rank a top five without comparing notes first.

Episode 9 · November 6, 2026

Top 5 Screenplays of All Time

Each brother's #1 was the other's #4, Good Will Hunting and The Social Network.

Good Will Hunting poster
The Social Network poster
Inglourious Basterds poster
The Shawshank Redemption poster
Dead Poets Society poster

Episode 8 · October 31, 2026

Top 5 Male Actors of the 2020s

We each picked the male actors defining this decade in film, and only one name made both lists.

Wonka poster
The Father poster
Barbie poster
Oppenheimer poster
The Odyssey poster

Episode 7 · October 23, 2026

Top 5 Romantic Comedies

Only one movie made both of our lists, and it's not in the same spot.

10 Things I Hate About You poster
You've Got Mail poster
Notting Hill poster
(500) Days of Summer poster
Hitch poster

Episode 6 · October 15, 2026

Top 5 Christopher Nolan Movies

Thirteen films to choose from, and our top three lined up exactly, in the same order.

Inception poster
The Prestige poster
Batman Begins poster
Interstellar poster
Oppenheimer poster

Episode 5 · October 9, 2026

Top 5 Sports Films

Decades of sports movies to choose from, and Moneyball landed at #4 for both of us again.

The Sandlot poster
Rudy poster
Free Solo poster
Cinderella Man poster
Rocky poster

Episode 4 · October 1, 2026

Top 5 Tom Cruise Movies

Decades of Tom Cruise to pick from, and we only matched on one film in the same spot.

Mission: Impossible III poster
A Few Good Men poster
Top Gun: Maverick poster
Edge of Tomorrow poster
Top Gun poster

Episode 3 · September 24, 2026

Top 5 Steven Spielberg Films

Directed by Spielberg only, so no Poltergeist. We agreed on the top two, just not the order.

Jurassic Park poster
Schindler's List poster
Saving Private Ryan poster
Hook poster
Lincoln poster

Episode 2 · September 18, 2026

Top 5 Pixar Movies

Thirty-one Pixar films to choose from, and we only agreed on one.

Inside Out poster
WALL-E poster
Coco poster
Toy Story 2 poster
Up poster

Episode 1 · September 10, 2026

Top 5 Best Picture Winners

Every Best Picture winner since the 1920s was eligible. It was much harder than we expected.

Forrest Gump poster
Casablanca poster
Braveheart poster
Unforgiven poster
Titanic poster