The Longlist
Here at The Longlist, we celebrate movies and other pop culture through the storied art of rankings. There are no wrong answers. There are no bad opinions. And hot takes are always encouraged. We love movies and we love talking about them even more. Throughout each episode we’ll dissect a given topic, be it a director, actor, genre, studio, or even just a single movie that we really want to deep dive. And the way we really break down each topic is through a series of rankings, usually in the form of a ”top five,” ranging from serious film criticism to whimsical anecdotes. And finally at the end of each episode, we have our main top five list, which we have deemed the short list. Come for the short list and stay for the long list. Nothing we say will ever be the end all be all. On the contrary, we hope it will encourage similar conversations with you and your friends. We have a lot of fun and we hope you will too.
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Episodes
Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
In this episode, we are taking stock of the year so far. We do our first Oscar race check in, we cover some of the movies that are getting buzz from various film festivals and put our finger on the pulse that is the movie year of 2025, at least to this point. The bulk of the episode is us discussing our favorite five movies of 2025 to this point. We HIGHLY expect our end of the year list to look very differently as there are a TON of movies yet to come out. But this is our near halfway point check in. We had a lot of fun, got into some arguments and got a little serious at times too. Enjoy.
Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)
Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
Well, we've finally come to this. We mention Titanic, quite accidentally, in a number of our episodes to this point. So we decided, for good and all, to dedicate an entire episode to James Cameron's epic Oscar winner, Titanic. Josh and Jack are joined by Jack's fiance, Alex Ball this week. We have a lot of fun, a lot of laughs and plenty of lists to break down this classic. Enjoy.
Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)
Tuesday Sep 09, 2025
Tuesday Sep 09, 2025
Welcome to The Longlist. We're trying something new with this episode. Rather than break down a topic with a variety of lists throughout the episode, brothers Josh and Jack are discussing five underrated movies each, but discussing them in greater detail. Whether or not these movies are underrated is up to you. From goofy comedies, to spy thrillers, to science fiction and good old fashion revenge stories. We cover a wide range of movies and we hope you enjoy.
Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)
Tuesday Sep 02, 2025
Tuesday Sep 02, 2025
On this episode of The Longlist, brother's Josh and Jack are joined by Josh's wife, Rebecca to discuss one of our favorite classy dudes traversing the world of film these days, Wes Anderson. A true auteur in every sense of the word, his films have a unique look, sound and feel. We wanted to do his work justice and eventually recorded two pods worth of audio, loaded with lots of lists, lots of laughs, and more than a few disagreements. We had a lot of fun recording and we hope you have a lot of fun listening. This is Part 2 of our Wes Anderson discussion.
Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)
Monday Aug 25, 2025
Monday Aug 25, 2025
On this episode of The Longlist, brother's Josh and Jack are joined by Josh's wife, Rebecca to discuss one of our favorite classy dudes traversing the world of film these days, Wes Anderson. A true auteur in every sense of the word, his films have a unique look, sound and feel. We wanted to do his work justice and eventually recorded two pods worth of audio, loaded with lots of lists, lots of laughs, and more than a few disagreements. We had a lot of fun recording and we hope you have a lot of fun listening.
Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)
Wednesday Aug 20, 2025
Wednesday Aug 20, 2025
On this episode of The Longlist we are discussing history on films, or more accurately historic films. Josh and Jack were joined by their good friend, Kyle Jackson, who recently became a doctor in history, and we all had a blast. Kyle gave some welcome insight on the actual history discussed, and we covered as many historical eras as we reasonably could. Lots of laughs, lots of lists, lots of great info, particularly from Kyle, and we hope you have as much fun as we did. This was an unplanned two part episode because it got to be a little too long. This is Part 2, so if you have the ability, we recommend you listen to part 1 first. Either way, enjoy!
Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)
Tuesday Aug 19, 2025
Tuesday Aug 19, 2025
On this episode of The Longlist we are discussing history on films, or more accurately historic films. Josh and Jack were joined by their good friend, Kyle Jackson, who recently became a doctor in history, and we all had a blast. Kyle gave some welcome insight on the actual history discussed, and we covered as many historical eras as we reasonably could. Lots of laughs, lots of lists, lots of great info, particularly from Kyle, and we hope you have as much fun as we did. This was an unplanned two part episode because it got to be a little too long, so stay tuned for part two shortly.
Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)
Tuesday Aug 12, 2025
Tuesday Aug 12, 2025
Josh and Jack are again joined by their good friend, Adam Murray, for a fun, free form episode. They had a bunch of random lists that they'd been floating around that they didn't feel warranted an entire episode. This one is a little lighter, a little looser but still so much fun. Hope you enjoy.
Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)
Tuesday Aug 05, 2025
Tuesday Aug 05, 2025
Our first guest!!! Josh and Jack are joined by their good friend Adam Murray to break down one of their collectively favorite movies, one of the most beloved movies of all time, Jurassic Park. With lists ranging from director flexes, to favorite dinosaurs, to Jeff Goldblum line readings, it was a lot of fun to make, and hopefully a fun listen. Grab your amber mosquitos and your DNA strains and join us.
Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)
Tuesday Jul 29, 2025
Tuesday Jul 29, 2025
Jack and Josh discuss the latest class of directors who have clearly vaulted themselves into greatness. We break down the careers of Greta Gerwig, Jordan Peele, Ryan Coogler and others and have a bunch of fun lists surrounding their movies. It's a bit of a long one but we had a lot of fun and we hope you do too.
Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)