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Better Picture

Paige Magid and Alexi Knight

Paige and Alexi break down the Best Picture nominees for every year's Academy Awards, and decide which one the Academy should have picked instead.

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79 episodes

  1. Forrest Gump's "Controversial" Sweep (1994) 1:18:44
  2. Steven Spielberg's First Oscar Win! (1993) 1:46:48
  3. A Few Good Movies!!! (1992) 1:07:53
  4. Kevin Costner Redeemed! (1991) 1:00:33
  5. Kevin Costner's Beautiful Romance (With Himself) 1:04:49
  6. The End of an Era / More of the Same (1989) 1:24:38
  7. An Apology to Rain Man 1:06:28
  8. Holly Hunter Appreciation Episode (1987) 46:21
  9. The Mission, Which is Convincing You Not to Watch The Movie of the Same Name (1986) 48:19
  10. Jack Nicholson's Worst Performance (1985) 1:00:45
  11. One Win After Another!!!! (2025) 1:18:50
  12. White Lotus Star Wins an Oscar 49:13
  13. The Right Stuff...Somewhat 51:35
  14. Childhood Classics and Political Controversies 52:36
  15. Our Top 50 of 2025! 3:11:57
  16. The WORST movies of 2025. 2:10:54
  17. Reagan's America Gets Awkward About Communism 53:10
  18. It's the 80s! 1:03:34
  19. Breaking Away from the 70s 1:02:22
  20. A Reconvening of the DeNiro Fan Club 59:04
  21. Star Wars Changes The Movies 1:12:48
  22. Is Talia Shire the OG Nepo Baby? 1:05:14
  23. Cuckoo for Nicholson 1:08:32
  24. DeNiro Debut 51:52
  25. A Touch of Something Deeply Unclassy 48:42
  26. Alexi Saw The Godfather! 1:03:43
  27. Return to Tradition 54:40
  28. That 70s Show! 42:23
  29. 69 30:37
  30. Oscar Party! 1:39:33
  31. Barbra Streisand, Personal Hero 1:15:03
  32. Some Greats! And Doctor Dolittle 1:18:22
  33. Happy New Year 2:40:14
  34. Who's Afraid of Giving This Movie A F***ing Oscar??? 1:05:17
  35. Ancient Episode Unearthed (sorry) 1:19:58
  36. Two Musicals at War 55:04
  37. Big News: Paige Likes A Western 56:41
  38. Lawrence of Arabia Queerbaiting??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] [jk] 1:18:37
  39. WE'RE BACK (sorry!) 1:00:33
  40. Happy Sixties, People!! 1:05:29
  41. Anatomy of a Movie 1:13:09
  42. Gigi: The Scariest Movie to Win 47:44
  43. Year 30 1:03:16
  44. A Really Long Year 1:07:34
  45. A Three Way Tie 1:01:04
  46. An Uncontested Winner 46:13
  47. A Year of Romans and Kissing 50:25
  48. Is It Really the Greatest? 58:06
  49. Another Better Picture 1:00:42
  50. Fifties Favorites 1:01:38