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No film podcast is complete without a top list segment. Ranking movies, scenes, performances, or whatever it may be, it’s built into the DNA of film criticism and we want to join in on the fun. Whether it be a Top 3, a Top 5 or a Top 10 list, there are many categories to explore and each week you can hear us dive into various topics as it relates to cinema. Be sure to check them out and let us know what you think. How does your list compare to ours?
Latest Episodes
Episode 500 – Top 10 Movies of All-Time
Episode 499 – Top 10 Movies of 2002
Episode 491 – Top 3 Movies About Finding Family
Episode 490 – Top 3 Movies About Lost Faith
Episode 489 – Top 5 Movies of 2022 (so far)
Episode 488 – Top 3 Baz Luhrmann Scenes
Episode 482 – Top 3 Revenge Movies
Episode 480 – Top 3 Cat & Mouse Films
Episode 468 – Top 3 Disaster Movies (Revisited)
Episode 467 – Top 10 Movies of 2012 (Updated)
Episode 466 – Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2022
2021 Shows
Episode 465 – 2021 InSession Film Awards / Top 10 Movies of 2021
– JD’s Top 10 of 2021
– Ryan’s Top 10 2021
– Awards Nominations and Winners
Episode 464 – Top 5 Scenes of 2021
Episode 463 – Top 3 Against the Grain Movies of 2021
Episode 451 – Top 3 Daniel Craig Bond Scenes
Episode 450 – Top 3 Campy Superhero Scenes
Episode 449 – Top 3 Jessica Chastain Scenes
Episode 448 – Top 3 Oscar Isaac Scenes
Episode 447 – Top 10 Movies of 2003
Episode 444 – Top 3 Sex Scenes in Film
Episode 443 – Top 3 Movies About Pursuing Music
Episode 442 – Top 3 Death-Defying Mission in Film
Episode 441 – Top 3 Fantasy Films
Episode 440 – Top 3 M. Night Shyamalan Scenes
Episode 437 – Top 5 Movies of 2021 (So Far)
Episode 436 – Top 3 Action Films of the 2000’s
Episode 435 – Top 3 Coming of Age Scenes in Animated Films
Episode 425 – Top 3 Directorial Debuts (Revisited)
Episode 424 – Top 3 Monster Brawls
Episode 423 – Top 3 Terrence Malick Scenes
Episode 417 – Top 3 Undercover Movies
Episode 416 – Top 3 Two-Character Movies
Episode 415 – Top 3 Sundance Awards Winners
Episode 414 – Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2021
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2020 Shows
Episode 413 – 2020 InSession Film Awards / Top 10 Movies of 2020
– JD’s Top 10 of 2020
– Brendan’s Top 10 2020
– Awards Nominations and Winners
Episode 412 – Top 5 Scenes of 2020
Episode 411 – Top 3 Against the Grain Movies of 2020
Episode 406 – Top 3 Movies About the American Dream
Episode 404 – Top 3 Moments of Empathy
Episode 403 – Top 3 Team-Up Movies
Episode 398 – Top 3 Aaron Sorkin Exchanges
Episode 395 – Top 10 Movies of 2004
Episode 392 – Top 3 Nostalgic Blinder Movies
Episode 390 – Top 3 Fish-Out-Of-Water Movies
Episode 389 – Top 3 Movie Adversaries
Episode 386 – Top 3 Summer Comedies
Episode 380 – Top 3 Action Heroes
Episode 379 – Top 3 Movie Heists (Revisited)
Episode 378 – Top 3 Long Takes in Film
Episode 377 – Top 3 “Brief Encounters” in Film
Episode 374 – Top 3 Characters to Spend Quarantine With
Episode 367 – Top 3 Actress Performances in Horror Films
Episode 364 – Top 3 Movies That Should Have Won Best Picture
Episode 363 – Top 10 Movies of the 2010s / Best of the Decade Nominations and Winners
Episode 362 – Top 5 Scenes of the 2010s
Episode 361 – Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2020
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2019 Shows
Episode 360 – 2019 InSession Film Awards / Top 10 Movies of 2019
– JD’s Top 10 of 2019
– Brendan’s Top 10 2019
– Awards Nominations and Winners
Episode 359 – Top 5 Scenes of 2019
Episode 358 – Top 3 Action Scenes of 2019
Episode 357 – Top 3 Against the Grain Movies of 2019
Episode 346 – Top 3 Joaquin Phoenix Scenes
Episode 345 – Top 3 Musicals in Film
Episode 344 – Top 3 Brad Pitt Scenes
Episode 343 – Top 3 Performances by Musicians
Episode 342 – Top 3 Stephen King Characters
Episode 341 – Top 5 Predictions for Fall 2019
Episode 340 – Top 10 Movies of 2005
Episode 339 – Top 3 Cate Blanchett Scenes
Episode 338 – Top 3 Movies Based On A Play
Episode 337 – Top 3 Goodbye Scenes
Episode 336 – Top 3 Quentin Tarantino Scenes
Episode 335 – Top 3 Visual Effects Scenes
Episode 334 – Top 3 Road Movies
Episode 333 – Top 5 Movies of 2019 (So Far)
Episode 332 – Top 3 Struggling Artist Movies
Episode 331 – Top 3 Pixar Characters
Episode 330 – Top 3 Performances in Music Films
Episode 329 – Top 3 X-Men Scenes
Episode 328 – Top 3 Giant Monster Movie Scenes
Episode 327 – Top 3 Performances in Female-Led Comedies
Episode 326 – Top 3 Stunt Scenes
Episode 325 – Top 3 Movie Detectives
Episode 324 – Top 5 Expectations for Summer 2019
Episode 323 – Avengers: Endgame Spoilers
Episode 322 – Top 10 Movies of 2014
Episode 321 – Top 3 Mythical Movies
Episode 320 – Top 3 Adult-Child Friendships
Episode 319 – Top 3 Tim Burton Scenes
Episode 318 – Top 3 Dual Performances
Episode 317 – Top 3 Character Nicknames
Episode 316 – Top 3 Female Comic Book Movie Characters
Episode 315 – Top 3 Titular Movie Characters
Episode 314 – Top 3 Scenes from Trilogy Closers
Episode 313 – Top 3 Non-Athlete Characters in Sports Movies
Episode 312 – Top 3 Non-Disney Animated Films (From Our Childhood)
Episode 311 – Top 3 Actor-Director Collaborations
Episode 310 – Top 3 Child Adventure Movies
Episode 309 – Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2019
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2018 Shows
Episode 308 – 2018 InSession Film Awards / Top 10 Movies of 2018
– JD’s Top 10 of 2018
– Brendan’s Top 10 2018
– Awards Nominations and Winners
Episode 307 – Top 5 Scenes of 2018
Episode 306 – Top 3 Comedic Scenes of 2018
Episode 305 – Top 3 Action Scenes in 2018
Episode 304 – Top 3 Against the Grain Movies of 2018
Episode 301 – 300th Celebration Shenanigans
Episode 298 – Top 3 Dance Scenes
Episode 297 – Top 3 90s Movies About the 90s
Episode 296 – Top 3 Slasher Films
Episode 295 – Top 3 Ryan Gosling Scenes
Episode 294 – Top 3 Musical Performances
Episode 293 – Top 3 Netflix Films
Episode 292 – Top 3 Nicolas Cage Performances
Episode 291 – Top 3 80’s Sci-fi Movies
Episode 290 – Top 3 Ghost Story Films
Episode 289 – Top 5 Predictions for Fall 2018
Episode 288 – Top 10 Movies of 2006
Episode 287 – Top 3 Films of Asian Cinema in 21st Century so far
Episode 286 – Top 3 Spike Lee Scenes
Episode 285 – Top 3 Grade School Movies
Episode 284 – Top 3 Mission: Impossible Scenes
Episode 283 – Top 3 Father-Daughter Movies
Episode 282 – Top 3 Movies About Corporate America
Episode 281 – Top 3 Sense of Scale Movies
Episode 280 – Top 5 Movies of 2018 (so far)
Episode 279 – Top 3 Dinosaur Scenes
Episode 278 – Top 3 Movies About Parenthood
Episode 277 – Top 3 Horror Movie Performances
Episode 276 – Top 3 True Crime Films
Episode 275 – Top 3 Future Star Wars Spin-Offs
Episode 274 – Top 3 Meta Moments
Episode 273 – Top 3 Movie Moms
Episode 272 – Top 5 Expectations for Summer 2018
Episode 271 – Top 3 MCU Scenes
Episode 270 – Top 3 Movies About PTSD
Episode 269 – Top 3 Dog Scenes
Episode 268 – Top 3 Moments of Silence
Episode 267 – Top 3 Nostalgic Movies
Episode 266 – Top 3 Jaeger Pilot Duos (revisited)
Episode 265 – Top 3 Expeditions in Film
Episode 264 – Top 3 Abstract Movie Worlds
Episode 263 – Top 3 Best Picture Winners
Episode 262 – 2018 Oscar Predictions
Episode 261 – Top 3 Culturally Significant Movies
Episode 260 – Top 3 Performances by Non-Professional Actors/Actresses
Episode 259 – Top 3 Movie Sequels
Episode 258 – Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2018
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2017 Shows
Episode 257 – 2017 InSession Film Awards / Top 10 Movies of 2017
– JD’s Top 10 of 2017
– Brendan’s Top 10 2017
– Awards Nominations and Winners
Episode 256 – Top 5 Best Scenes of 2017
Episode 255 – Top 3 Funniest Scenes of 2017
Episode 254 – Top 3 “Against the Grain” Movies of 2017
Episode 253 – Top 3 Christmas Movies
Episode 252 – Top 3 Discoveries of 2017
Episode 251 – Top 3 Overlooked Movies of 2017
Episode 250 – Top 3 Best Actress Oscar Winners
Episode 249 – Top 3 Movies About Tradition
Episode 248 – Top 3 Acts of Justice
Episode 247 – Top 3 Coming of Age Movies (21st Century so far)
Episode 246 – Top 3 Best Uses of Song in Film
Episode 245 – Top 3 Movies About Suburbia
Episode 244 – Top 3 Dysfunctional Family Movies
Episode 243 – Top 3 “Old Man with a Gun” Movies
Episode 242 – Top 3 Best Shot Sci-Fi Films
Episode 241 – Top 3 Sports Movie Matches
Episode 240 – Top 3 Stylish Movie Characters
Episode 239 – Top 3 Aronofsky-isms
Episode 238 – Top 3 Stephen King Adaption Scenes
Episode 237 – Top 5 Predictions for Fall 2017
Episode 236 – Top 10 Movies of 2007
Episode 235 – Top 3 Movie Heists
Episode 234 – Top 3 Movie Nomads
Episode 233 – Top 3 U.S. Historical Event Movies
Episode 232 – Top 3 Movies About Time
Episode 231 – Top 3 “Nolan-isms”
Episode 230 – Top 3 Scenes from Planet of Apes Franchise
Episode 229 – Top 3 Adolescent Heroes
Episode 228 – Top 5 Movies of 2017 (so far)
Episode 227 – Top 3 Movies We Want Sequels To
Episode 226 – Top 3 Movies About Childhood Trauma
Episode 225 – Top 3 Movie Scores That Illicit Fear
Episode 224 – Top 3 Acts of Heroism
Episode 223 – Top 3 Palme d’Or Winners
Episode 222 – Top 3 Movies As Prayers
Episode 220 – Top 5 Expectations for Summer 2017
Episode 219 – Top 3 Jonathan Demme Films
Episode 218 – Top 3 Movies About Grief
Episode 217 – Top 3 Car Chases (Revisited)
Episode 216 – Top 3 Danny Boyle Scenes
Episode 215 – Top 3 Characters from AI Movies
Episode 214 – Top 3 Expendable Movie Casts
Episode 213 – Top 3 Animated Films We Want as Live-Action Remakes
Episode 212 – Top 3 Movies That Wears Its Influences On Its Sleeves
Episode 211 – Top 3 Moments of Catharsis
Episode 210 – 2017 Oscars Predictions
Episode 209 – Top 10 Movies of 2008
Episode 208 – Top 3 Uses of Product Placement
Episode 207 – Top 3 Movie Poets
Episode 205 – Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2017
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2016 Shows
Episode 204 – 2016 InSession Film Awards / Top 10 Movies of 2016
– JD’s Top 10 of 2016
– Brendan’s Top 10 2016
– Awards Nominations and Winners
Episode 203 – Top 3 Scenes of 2016
Episode 202 – Top 3 Best Shot Films of 2016
Episode 201 – Favorite Movies Since 2013 (200th Episode Celebration)
Episode 200 – Tribute from FTW
Episode 199 – Top 3 Discoveries of 2016
Episode 198 – Top 3 Overlooked Movies of 2016
Episode 197 – Top 3 Disney Animated Musical Numbers
Episode 196 – Top 3 Wizarding World Moments
Episode 195 – Top 3 “Thinking” Sci-Fi Movies
Episode 194 – Top 3 Directors Out Of Their Element
Episode 193 – Top 3 Horror Movie Damsels
Episode 192 – Top 3 Tom Cruise Movie Quotes
Episode 191 – Top 3 Movie Bankers
Episode 190 – Top 3 Controversial Films
Episode 188 – Top 3 Films We Want Remade
Episode 187 – Top 3 Movies About Privacy/Surveillance
Episode 186 – Top 3 Scenes in Clint Eastwood (Directed) Movies
Episode 185 – Top 5 Fall Films 2016
Episode 184 – Top 10 Movies of 2009
Episode 183 – Top 3 Stop-Motion Animated Films
Episode 182 – Top 3 “Friendly” Movie Beasts
Episode 181 – Top 3 Villains We’d Want For Our Own Suicide Squad
Episode 180 – Top 3 Paul Greengrass Scenes
Episode 179 – Top 3 Movie Captains
Episode 178 – Top 3 Female-Driven Comedies
Episode 177 – Top 3 Studio Ghibli Films
Episode 176 – Top 5 Movies of 2016 (so far)
Episode 175 – Top 3 Alien Invasion Movies
Episode 174 – Top 3 Movie Dads (Revisited)
Episode 173 – Top 3 Video Games We Want As Films
Episode 172 – Top 3 Guilty Pleasure Movies
Episode 171 – Top 3 Ensemble Cast Movies
Episode 170 – Top 3 Buddy Cop Movies (Revisited)
Episode 169 – Top 3 Movie Soundtracks
Episode 168 – Captain America: Civil War Spoilers
Episode 167 – Top 3 Movies About Violence
Episode 166 – Top 3 Richard Linklater Characters
Episode 165 – Top 3 Human/Animal Relationships
Episode 164 – Top 3 Characters Who “Demolish” Things
Episode 163 – Top 3 War Films Not About War
Episode 161 – Top 3 Malick Moments
Episode 160 – Top 3 Creative Marketing Campaigns
Episode 159 – 2016 Oscars Reactions
Episode 158 – 2016 Oscars Predictions
Episode 157 – Top 3 Horror Films of the 21st Century (so far)
Episode 156 – Top 3 Comedic Moments in Superhero Films
Episode 155 – Top 3 Coen Brother Moments
Episode 154 – Top 3 Troubled Production Movies
Episode 153 – Top 5 Most Anticipated Films of 2016
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2015 Shows
Episode 152 – 2018 InSession Film Awards / Top 10 Movies of 2015
– JD’s Top 10 of 2015
– Brendan’s Top 10 2015
– Awards Nominations and Winners
Episode 151 – Top 3 Best Shot Films of 2015
Episode 150 – Top 3 Scenes of 2015
Episode 149 – Top 3 Funniest Moments of 2015
Episode 148 – Top 3 Star Wars Moments
Episode 147 – Top 3 Discoveries of 2015
Episode 146 – Top 3 Overlooked Movies of 2015
Episode 144 – Top 3 YA Movie Scenes
Episode 143 – Top 3 Women Rights Movies
Episode 142 – Top 3 James Bond Films
Episode 141 – Top 3 Election Themed Movies
Episode 140 – Top 3 Director/Writer Collaborations
Episode 139 – Top 3 “Spielbergian” Moments
Episode 138 – Top 3 Movie Symbols
Episode 137 – Top 3 Abandoned Movie Characters
Episode 136 – Top 3 “Snow/Winter” Movies
Episode 135 – Top 3 Movie Gangsters
Episode 134 – Top 5 2015 Fall Films
Episode 133 – Top 10 Movies of the Decade so far (2010-2014)
Episode 132 – 2015 Summer Recap
Episode 131 – Top 3 Movie Stalkers
Episode 130 – Top 3 Music Biopics
Episode 129 – Top 3 Superpowers
Episode 128 – Top 3 1990’s Action Movies
Episode 127 – Top 3 Sports Movie Scenes
Episode 126 – Top 3 Paul Rudd Characters
Episode 125 – Top 3 Steven Soderbergh Films
Episode 124 – Top 3 Movie Catchphrases
Episode 123 – Top 5 Movies of 2015 (so far)
Episode 122 – Top 3 Pixar Moments
Episode 121 – Top 3 Jurassic Park Franchise Moments
Episode 120 – Top 3 Cameron Crowe Moments
Episode 119 – Top 3 Disaster Movies
Episode 118 – Top 3 Disney Worlds
Episode 117 – Top 3 1980’s Action Movies
Episode 116 – Top 3 Superhero Fights
Episode 115 – Top 3 MCU Supporting Characters
Episode 114 – Top 3 Investigation Movies
Episode 113 – Top 3 Movie Couples We’d Hang Out With
Episode 112 – Top 3 Movies That Affected Us Most In Real Life
Episode 111 – Top 3 Absurd Action Scenes
Episode 110 – Top 3 Movies About Addiction
Episode 109 – Top 3 Clint Eastwood Directed Films
Episode 108 – Top 3 Fairy Tale Characters
Episode 107 – Top 3 Movie Robots
Episode 106 – Top 3 “Odd Couples/Duos”
Episode 105 – 2015 Oscar Predictions
Episode 104 – Top 3 (Non-Superhero) Comic Book Films
Episode 103 – Top 3 Directors Who Lost Their Touch
Episode 102 – Top 3 Julianne Moore Performances
Episode 101 – Top 5 Most Anticipated Films of 2015
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2014 Shows
Episode 99 – 2014 InSession Film Awards / Top 10 Movies of 2014
– JD’s Top 10 of 2014
– Brendan’s Top 10 2014
– Awards Nominations and Winners
Episode 98 – Top 3 Best Shot Films of 2014
Episode 97 – Top 3 Scenes from 2014
Episode 96 – Top 3 Moments from Middle Earth
Episode 95 – Top 3 Overlooked Movies of 2014
Episode 94 – Top 3 Discoveries of 2014
Episode 93 – Top 3 Child Performances
Episode 92 – Top 3 Characters from a Trilogy
Episode 91 – Top 3 Interrogation Scenes
Episode 90 – Top 3 Space Movie Characters
Episode 89 – Top 3 Characters with an Obsession
Episode 88 – Top 3 Monsters/Creatures in Horror Movies
Episode 87 – Top 3 War Movie Scenes
Episode 86 – Top 3 Courtroom Films
Episode 85 – Top 3 David Fincher Scenes
Episode 84 – Top 3 Disturbing Scenes
Episode 83 – Top 3 Movie Escapes
Episode 82 – Top 3 Tom Hardy/James Gandolfini Performances
Episode 81 – Top 3 Terry Gilliam Movies
Episode 80 – Top 3 2014 Fall Films
Episode 79 – Top 3 Movie Dames
Episode 78 – Top 3 Robin Williams Moments
Episode 77 – Top 3 Movie Brothers
Episode 76 – Top 3 Movie Teams
Episode 75 – Top 3 Mis-Marketed Movies
Episode 74 – Top 3 Movie Characters – Protect Us in Purge
Episode 73 – Top 3 CGI Characters (Live-Action)
Episode 72 – Top 3 “Supernatural/Paranormal” Scary Moments
Episode 71 – Top 5 Movies of the Year (so far – 2014)
Episode 70 – Top 3 Musical Numbers
Episode 69 – Top 3 Buddy Cop Movies
Episode 68 – Top 3 Tom Cruise Performances
Episode 67 – Top 3 Movies from Actors in Days of Future Past
Episode 66 – A Look Back at InSession Film (So Far)
Episode 65 – Top 3 “Holy Crap” Moments in Movies
Episode 64 – Top 3 1950’s Movies
Episode 63 – Top 3 Comic Book Movie Villains
Episode 62 – Top 3 One-On-One Fights
Episode 61 – Top 3 Directorial Debuts
Episode 60 – Top 3 Sports Movie Characters
Episode 59 – Top 3 Marvel Movie Moments
Episode 58 – Top 3 Religious-Themed Characters
Episode 57 – Top 3 Movie Mentor Characters
Episode 56 – Top 3 Movie Detectives
Episode 55 – Top 3 Heartbreaking Stories
Episode 54 – Top 3 Worst Oscar Winners/Snubs
Episode 53 – 2014 Oscar Predictions
Episode 52 – Top 3 Supporting Characters in a Sci-Fi Movie
Episode 51 – Top 3 Actor Turned Directors
Episode 50 – Top 3 January Films of Recent
Episode 49 – No Top 3, Oscar Nominations and Preliminary Predictions
Episode 48 – Top 3 Conspiracy/Spy Movies
Episode 47 – Top 3 U.S. War Movie Scenes
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2013 Shows
Episode 46 – Top 10 Movies of 2013
– JD’s Top 10
– Scott’s Top 10
– Jon’s Top 10
– Awards Nominations and Winners
Episode 45 – Top 3 Discoveries of 2013
Episode 44 – Top 3 Movie Surprises of 2013
Episode 43 – Top 3 Movie World’s We’d Want To Visit
Episode 42 – Top 3 Family Revenge Movies
Episode 41 – Top 3 Unnecessary Movie Remakes
Episode 40 – Top 3 Movie Dystopias
Episode 39 – Top 3 Heartbreaking Scenes
Episode 38 – Top 3 Comic Book Adaptation Movies
Episode 37 – Top 3 Sci-Fi Movie Scores (Since 2000)
Episode 36 – Top 3 Movies That Scare The Heck Out Of Us
Episode 35 – Top 3 Computer Genius Characters
Episode 34 – Top 3 Hostage/Kidnapping Movies
Episode 33 – Top 3 Space Movies
Episode 32 – Top 3 Joseph Gordon-Levitt Movies
Episode 30 – Best and Worst Summer Movies of 2013
Episode 29 – Top 3 Movies That Didn’t Need Sequels
Episode 28 – Top 3 2013 Fall Films
Episode 27 – Top 3 End of the World Movies
Episode 26 – Top 3 Kick-Ass Movies
Episode 25 – Top 3 Sophomore Films
Episode 24 – Top 3 Buddy Cop Characters
Episode 23 – Top 3 Marvel Movie Characters
Episode 22 – Top 3 True Story Horror/Thrillers
Episode 21 – Top 3 Jaeger Pilot Duos
Episode 20 – Top 3 Movie Sidekicks
Episode 19 – Top 3 Movie Presidents
Episode 18 – Top 3 Animated Movie Characters
Episode 17 – Top 3 Movie Reboots
Episode 16 – Top 3 Movies with Crazy Premises
Episode 15 – Top 3 Will Smith Movies
Episode 13 – Top 3 Sci-Fi Characters
Episode 12 – Top 3 Classic Novel Movie Characters
Episode 10 – Top 3 Action Comedies
Episode 9 – Top 3 Tom Cruise Films
Episode 8 – Top 3 Sports Movies