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Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars

Adam Sadiq, Sarah Sax, Drew Vollmer

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Fréquence : 1 épisode/7j. Total Éps: 27

Best Picture Brainrot is a 100-week countdown to the 100th Academy Awards, where your hosts Adam, Drew, and Sarah watch every Best Picture Oscar winner in order, starting with 1927's Wings to... whatever the Academy picks for their 100th winner. Learn about Oscar history, film history, even some world history while your hosts discuss every winner in detail and continuously suffer from ever-worsening brainrot. New episodes every Thursday.

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74 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | On the Waterfront (1954)

Épisode 27

jeudi 24 septembre 2026 • Durée 01:10:48

We are 74 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and today we go back to a city we've been in a few times before, New York. But this time, we're bound for a more working class lifestyle by hitting the docks. On the Waterfront is Elia Kazan's story about a man who has to make the hard choices when faced with his work versus his morals.

Terry Malloy works, appropriately, on the waterfront as a longshoreman. He lives what he thinks is a good life until a traumatic event shakes him to his core and forces him to confront a world of corruption and making the choice to stand up for what is right. Elia Kazan controversially tackles this subject by seemingly comparing it to his own life and ostracism for ratting out members of the Communist Party to the House Un-American Activities Committee. The problem is... he sort of cooked - but you'll hear what we think in the episode.

In this episode you're gonna hear:

How Elia Kazan's real-life drama impacted the creation of this movie
Discussion on how Marlon Brando's acting still resonates today
About where this 8 Oscar-winning movie was still snubbed at the Oscars in some way
A pitch for new dating services from the Brainrot crew

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75 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | From Here to Eternity (1953)

Épisode 26

jeudi 17 septembre 2026 • Durée 01:25:38

We are 75 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and today we welcome a colorful cast of characters all clad in aloha shirts. Yes, Fred Zinneman's From Here to Eternity is the story of the crew of a Hawaiian military outpost in the looming days of World War II, and our 26th Best Picture Winner.

An ex-boxer with the suspicious name of Robert E. Lee Prewitt arrives at the Schofield Military Barracks; he's pressured to join the boxing team but refuses and most of the rest of the men make his life hell for it. This movie was co-created by the Army but subsequently unendorsed due to its depiction as a giant fraternity. Which is funny given this was allegedly adapted from the "boldest novel of our time" in the 1950s - so they should have known what they were getting into. The book may be bold, and some of that boldness may have made it into the film, but how does that land for us today?

In this episode you're gonna hear:

Discussion around the big "twist" that this movie has at the end
How Montgomery Clift is one of the crew's favorite actors of this era
If From Here to Eternity compares to all of the other great movies of 1953
Bush-era brainrot and how it applies to this film

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76 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

Épisode 25

jeudi 10 septembre 2026 • Durée 01:24:07

We are 76 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and today we go to the big top - that bastion of family fun, dazzling feats of human agility and... criminal clowns? These are all part of The Greatest Show on Earth - Cecil B. DeMille's circus epic (for lack of a better word) and the winner of the 25th Academy Awards.

A movie about the circus should have a commensurately wacky plot, and this movie delivers in spades. We get another back-to-back love triangle that features a young Charlton Heston in his breakout role; a character named Buttons the Clown played by Brainrot alumni Jimmy Stewart; gangsters; cavalcades; dogs riding horses - you name it. That's the circus baby! Such a chaotic movie is bound to bring the chaos out in us (and it does) - so how does that affect our thoughts on the film and its Best Picture legacy?

In this episode you're gonna hear:

How Cecil B. DeMille found his lead actor in the most 1950s of places
What Hasbulla would have done if he was included in this movie
The activities of the 25th episode Brainrot Reunion for our favorite film characters
Drew giving an impassioned defense of the rating he gives this movie (good or bad? Tune in to find out)

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77 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | An American in Paris (1951)

Épisode 24

jeudi 3 septembre 2026 • Durée 01:17:23

We are 77 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and today we travel to the iconic city of love as tourists for An American in Paris, the Gene Kelly-led MGM musical that brough color back to the Oscars with a nonsensical love triangle that runs on good vibes and dance numbers.

In this movie, Jerry Mulligan is a starving artist and American ex-GI living in, of course, Paris. He falls in love with a girl who happens to be dating his best friend all while being courted by a much wealthier woman who promises to fund his art. I won't spoil how it ends, but it's a movie that appears to be interested in the idea of what to choose between love and duty or comfort. It's also a jukebox musical featuring the works of George Gershwin, so a lot going on. That all said - how does it hit for the Brainrot crew?

In this episode you're gonna hear:

A background on why it makes sense that Americans would be in Paris
How this movie triumphed over serious black-and-white Oscar fare to take the big win
Many reinterpretations of a classic Kanye West/Jay-Z song
The most brainrotted explanation of the 17-minute dream ballet ever conceived

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78 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | All About Eve (1950)

Épisode 23

jeudi 27 août 2026 • Durée 01:25:05

We are 78 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and today we talk all about All About Eve, 1950's Best Picture winner that brings one of the most feminine stories to the podcast yet - about a woman who seeks to worm her way into the social circle of an aging Broadway star, with plans to usurp her.

Bette Davis' Margo Channing is iconic in this movie as the aging star who is threatened by a talented newcomer named Eve. In Joseph L. Mankwiecz's classic, we get the story from all angles; every character has their story to share, which is why this movie was nominated for 5 acting Oscars. It's a movie that clicks on all cylinders and always keeps the audience guessing. It's a masterpiece of camp and acting - but how does it stand against all of the other winners we've covered?

In this episode you're gonna hear:

A guest host who helps explain how this is a seminal queer film
Lots of bad (or good?) Eminem impressions
The shocking reveal of who actually won acting Oscars in 1951
How much bad greenscreen can affect your enjoyment of a movie

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79 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | All the King's Men (1949)

Épisode 22

jeudi 20 août 2026 • Durée 01:28:09

We are 79 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and today we discuss the rise and fall of a somewhat fake but mostly real (but still fake) American politician named Willie Stark in 1949's All the King's Men.

Willie Stark is the governor of a fictional and unnamed American state that is stealthily set in Stockton, California. He is a stand-in for the very real politician Huey Long - the polarizing social Democrat from 1920s Louisiana. Known for his commitment to wealth redistribution and helping the poor - he also ran the state as the closest thing we've seen to an American dictator; full of corruption and self-enrichment. All men a king, but no one wears a crown... except for him. This real life persona was adapted by Robert Penn Warren into a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, which then became All the King's Men. It's an American political drama that definitely doesn't remind us of anything else - but how does it hold up in the Best Picture canon?

In this episode you're gonna hear:

Deep history from our resident Huey Long apologist
How nearly 75% of this movie was left on the cutting room floor
What a Huey Long rap would have sounded like
Which Real Housewives city each character would have been in

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80 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Hamlet (1948)

Épisode 21

jeudi 13 août 2026 • Durée 54:43

We are 80 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and this week we ask: To Brainrot? Or not to Brainrot? That is the question. 'Tis better to have Brainrotted and lost than... wait. Wrong one. This is 1948's Hamlet, the winner of the 21st Academy Awards.

We welcome back our friend from Rebecca, Laurence Olivier; he has redefined himself as a Shakespearean thespian, perhaps THE Shakespearean thespian at least until Kenneth Branagh and Baz Luhrmann come around. This is one of many of his adaptations, but undoubtedly the most successful, taking home 4 Oscars, including Picture and Best Actor for himself. It's the story of a Danish prince, told arguably by recasting all the characters as lions and jungle animals - so how does a classic human-led Shakespeare fare with the Brainrot crew?

In this episode you're gonna hear:

All of our histories with and feelings on Shakespeare
Why it does or doesn't make sense how much Taylor Swift is entranced with the character of Ophelia
How the British dominated the 21st Academy Awards in a sharp denial of American studios
A return of the Brainrot summary - this time for the story of Hamlet

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81 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Gentleman's Agreement (1947)

Épisode 20

jeudi 6 août 2026 • Durée 01:27:19

We are 81 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and this week it's time for a very special episode. Like the Oscars in the late 40s, we are here to talk about antisemitism, and will do so through the lens of the well-meaning Gentleman's Agreement.

There's something to be said about earnest tackling of social issues by movies; they can uncover real rifts within society, attemping to diagnose and even heal them where possible. However, in this movie we have a non-Jewish character pretending to be Jewish to write an article about it. It was based on a best-selling novel at the time, and it came out right after World War II, contemporary with the founding of Israel. One could argue that it's heart is in the right place - but how much weight does that carry for the Brainrot crew?

In this episode you're gonna hear:

How antisemitism has remained a pervasive issue in both America and the world, and how it still affects people today
Why Gregory Peck feels like a new era of movie star (it's because he's tall)
Just how much this movie feels like an after-school special
Our Second Brainrot Oscars, honoring the 11th-20th Best Picture Winners

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82 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Épisode 19

jeudi 30 juillet 2026 • Durée 01:32:14

We are 82 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and for a second time, the gang is Wylin' out. William Wyler returns to the World War II well with another homefront war drama - but this one focuses on American veterans coming home. This is 1946's The Best Years of Our Lives.

In the vaguely Midwestern town of Boone City, three veterans return home from World War II, each one bringing new outlooks on life, insecurities, and in some cases, physical disabilities. They have to quickly adapt to being home again and find their place in a world that now feels foreign and in many ways, hostile, towards them. Ultimately this is an emotional epic on a surprisingly small scale, and features a lot to love - but did it hit the mark for everyone here?

In this episode you're gonna hear:

Deep lore on a large and impressive cast of characters
How William Wyler is quickly becoming a new favorite director for Sarah
Nostalgia for the soda fountain aesthetic
A new featured voice on the Brainrot crew!

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83 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | The Lost Weekend (1945)

Épisode 18

jeudi 23 juillet 2026 • Durée 01:23:39

We are 83 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and it's... 5 'o clock somewhere! Join hic Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they wash down last year's feel-good comedy with an unrelenting alcoholic drama; 1945's The Lost Weekend.

Don Birnam is a man with a problem - a post-Prohibition alcohol addiction that comes to a head on one specific weekend. Instead of going on a rehabilitative retreat with his brother, Don goes on a bender; with a saga that twists in his backstory with his current downfall. It may simultaneously be one of the darkest and the most weirdly artistic movies we've covered thus far - but does that go over smooth or bitter with the crew?

In this episode you're gonna hear:

The most polarizing scores we've seen so far for a movie
Which other major film award this movie was the first ever recipient of
How The Lost Weekend is "a masterclass in visual storytelling"
A drinking game you can play to get in the action with Don Birnam

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