The Rewatchables' awards

The categories, most rewatchable scenes, and double features from the episodes read for them so far: 95 films and 1 episode about no one film. Every pick is a host's opinion, with who said it and when.

What's aged the best: 636 picks in 94 episodes

Every film and category

Friday the 13th (1980) · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

What aged best · What in the movie has held up best.

pick The groundwork it lays for the sequels
“A truly tremendous setup for the sequels.”
unknown · 0:54:13
pick Kevin Bacon as Jack
“Kevin Bacon is aged the best for sure.”
unknown · 0:54:34
pick Jack reading the weather by the lake: Praised as what guys knew before ESPN.
“I always love the moment when Jack and Marcy are down by the lake and Jack just goes, wins shifted 180 degrees.”
unknown · 0:57:05
pick Alice describing her blood-rain dream while he only wants to go inside: The host says it shows how horny men are.
“What's age the best is how horny men are.”
unknown · 0:57:41
pick Harry Manfredini's score
“The only other one I had was the score.”
unknown · 0:59:01
pick The slow-motion machete decapitation: A hallmark of the series.
“Just because that's become, that's a hallmark of these movies and winds up becoming like the, you got to have it, stay put.”
unknown · 1:00:01

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

What Aged the Best · What has aged the best.

pick The We Slaughter Barbecue sign
“Oh, we slaughter barbecue sign?”
unknown · 0:50:07
pick The poster
“The poster of this has aged incredibly well.”
unknown · 0:51:16
pick Daniel Pearl's cinematography
“Uh, I think Daniel Pearl cinematography is like, easily the best aspect of this movie.”
unknown · 0:51:58
pick The film as a rich text that says something about its time
“I would also say what's age the best is the fact that this movie is such a rich text.”
unknown · 0:53:19

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly

What Aged Best · What holds up best on the rewatch.

pick The racing and crash filming
“I think in general, the racing looks great.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:55:00
pick Leslie Bibb as Carly
“Her performance stands out more to me now than it ever has.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:55:20
pick Ricky trademarking 'If you ain't first or last' to the camera
“I have Ricky trademarking, if you ain't 1st or last, and literally saying to the camera.”
Danny Heifetz · 0:56:25
pick The Applebee's commercial during a crash
“Applebee's commercial during a crash.”
Danny Heifetz · 0:56:44
pick The really PC track announcer
“The the really PC track announcer, somehow, has it's, uh, it's aged well”
Danny Heifetz · 0:57:12
pick Ricky saying he can make it 245, 300 years old
“I think I can make it 245, 300 years old.”
Danny Heifetz · 0:57:43

The Italian Job (2003) · ‘The Italian Job’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

Aged best · What has aged best in the movie.

pick Real vehicles doing real chases in real places
“Uh, just real vehicles doing real chases in real places?”
unknown · 0:58:26
nominee The Korean driving ranges and the terrifying Samoan dudes
“One, both Korean driving ranges.”
unknown · 0:59:35
winner The shop owner predicting the financial crisis: Named the winner of the category.
“And last thing, the shop owner in this actually predicts the financial crisis.”
unknown · 0:59:56

Domestic Disturbance (2001) · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What Aged the Best · What about the movie has aged the best.

pick The comedy of sinister Vince Vaughn, Travolta, and Danny as an awful son
“Uh, the comedy of sinister, Vince Vaughn, Travolta, and then just what an absolute shitty son Danny is.”
unknown · 0:56:46
pick Travolta punching a meddling parent: Transcript says parrot; likely the punch outside the school. Also names the baseball catch.
“Um, Travolta punching a meddling parrot is age the best.”
unknown · 0:57:28
pick Last stand for Travolta's and Vaughn's hairlines
“I wrote down last stand for hairlines for Travolta and Vince.”
unknown · 0:57:34
pick This movie ending Vince Vaughn's career as a dramatic star: Because it kicked off his great comedy run.
“This ending Vince Von's career as a dramatic star?”
unknown · 0:58:11
pick Buscemi as a low-level hood and a straightforward, likable Travolta
“Uh, I had a... Bishemi playing Needle Dick low-level hood who likes prostitutes and a pretty straightforward old school likable Travolta performance, which you don't get a lot after this.”
unknown · 0:58:20

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) · ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ With Bill Simmons, Steven Spielberg, and Sean Fennessey

What's aged the best · The single thing that has aged best.

winner HAL 9000
“How 9000 is age the best.”
unknown · 1:40:03
pick The film's predictions: video phones, voice print ID, AI, tablets, the idea alien life exists
“Video phones, voice print identification, artificial intelligence, video tablets, 0 gravity toilet, the growing concern or belief that alien life exists relevant to your film.”
Sean Fennessey · 1:40:20
pick The foreboding, mysterious style with no narrative engine
“that foreboding and mysterious style that a movie without a narrative engine can still draw you in has aged very, very well.”
Sean Fennessey · 1:40:38
pick Famous people watching videos of themselves
“famous people watching videos of themselves when the astronauts are watching the new segment about them and the interview with them, which is such a social media thing right now.”
Sean Fennessey · 1:40:49
pick A mysterious government cover-up of something unsettling
“I also would add a mysterious government cover-up of something unsettling.”
Bill Simmons · 1:41:10
pick No dialogue in the first 25 minutes or the last 23
“A movie that pulled off no dialogue in the 1st 25 minutes or the last 23 minutes.”
Bill Simmons · 1:41:15
pick The solo astronaut story, later The Martian and Project Hail Mary
“The solo astronaut, space traveler, movie gimmick, which then eventually became the Martian Project Hail Mary, like just sending people out by themselves.”
Bill Simmons · 1:41:35

Fargo (1996) · ‘Fargo’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Kyle Brandt

What's Aged the Best · What about the movie has aged the best.

pick Steve Buscemi as Carl Showalter: His run of 90s scumbags, with Carl the scummiest of them.
“Steve Boshemi 90s scumbag.”
unknown · 1:01:55
pick Carl takes an escort to a Jose Feliciano concert: The crowning achievement of Buscemi's scumbag run.
“And then the crowning achievement is definitely Carl taking a hooker to a Jose Feliciano concert.”
unknown · 1:03:03

Zodiac (2007) · ‘Zodiac’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What Aged Best · What about the movie has aged best.

pick The true-crime obsession the movie anticipated
“Not just true crime but the obsession with it.”
unknown · 1:37:09
pick San Francisco as a movie location
“it's the best movie location of any city”
unknown · 1:39:07
pick Downey's mutterings to Gyllenhaal and their banter at Morty's
“Downey's mutterings to Gyllenhaal, especially his art criticism, but like sweet mother of Christ.”
Chris Ryan · 1:40:52
pick The tonal shift to the four-years-later half, with Graysmith alone
“it feels way more like a solo album, like he's got nobody helping him”
Chris Ryan · 1:41:21
pick The unsolvability of mundane tragedy
“the unsolvability of mundane tragedy”
Chris Ryan · 1:41:41
pick Graysmith as the original online poster as Robert Graysmith
“Graysmith is kind of the original poster in a lot of ways”
Chris Ryan · 1:42:35
pick Robert Downey Jr. as Paul Avery: Reads as the start of Downey's comeback, with Iron Man next.
“I have, uh, down his comeback as a wood stage, the best and what it means in the context of his career, this movie, and then Iron Man.”
unknown · 1:43:04

F1 (2025) · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

Aged the best · What holds up best.

pick The expensive soundtrack (Queen, Led Zeppelin, a full album of new music)
“I like movies with just a great expensive soundtrack that they're just like, we're going to have Queen and Led Zeppelin and some other shit on this.”
unknown · 1:04:58
pick Kerry Condon as Kate: Her line about the car with the guy sitting in it.
“I love it when she goes, what's wrong with the car?”
unknown · 1:05:20
pick "Box, box" as a catchphrase
“we got to start saying box box.”
unknown · 1:05:31

Weird Science (1985) · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt

What Aged Best · What about the movie has held up.

pick Robert Downey Jr.
“Like, it's if you're an Iron Man guy, you got to watch this movie.”
Kyle Brandt · 0:48:44
pick Robert Downey Jr. as Ian
“Just like the specific mid 80s, Robert Downey, because the back to school and this character are very similar.”
Bill Simmons · 0:49:21
pick The 1985 special effects
“I thought the special effects age pretty well for a 1985 standpoint.”
unknown · 0:50:07
pick The parents-are-away trope and the cleanup before they get home
“My parents are away for the week as a 1980s teen movie trope has saved the best.”
Kyle Brandt · 0:50:23
pick The grandparents frozen in the closet
“What?'s grandparents just being frozen in the closet? It's so fucking funny.”
unknown · 0:51:33
pick Anthony Michael Hall's stunned double take
“And then, uh, the last one I have for you is the Anthony Michael Hall stunned double take.”
Bill Simmons · 0:55:04

The Truman Show (1998) · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan

What Aged the Best · What in the movie has aged the best.

pick adult actors convincingly playing high schoolers in flashbacks: He believed Laura Linney and Carrey as high schoolers.
“I like movies when adults play high school kids in flashbacks and I actually feel like they're in high school.”
Bill Simmons · 0:44:13
pick the world's product placement and recap shows: The movie predicted a world of buyable products and postgame shows; another host says it predicts Amazon.
“I think they sort of nailed, like they just, they kind of brushed it under the rug of the, the, the product place about how many, how the entire world was.”
unknown · 0:44:37
pick the movie poster: He calls it one of the best posters of the decade and cites its artist and the $75,000 price.
“The poster, which I think is one of the best posters from this decade.”
Bill Simmons · 0:47:34
pick the ending, the bow and the wish fulfillment: The laugh-cry of Truman leaving and the audience's reaction.
“I just think I think I think the bow at the end, the wish fulfillment of it.”
Glen Powell · 0:48:26
pick a discovery every ten minutes: the screenplay structure: Something important happens roughly every ten minutes, which keeps the viewer engaged.
“This movie passes the Raiders of the Lost Arc screenplay test that I'm inventing, not inventing, but it's like, I think every 10 pages or 10 minutes of this movie, something really important happens and it makes you so engaged like on a kind of almost subconscious level with it.”
Chris Ryan · 0:48:57
pick the 1950s sock hop cover of T. Rex's 20th Century Boy: A glam rock song played as a 1950s sock hop number says something about Truman's cultural world.
“I had them doing T-Rex, 20th century boy, as like a 1950s sock hop jam, because like, you know, what is music in this world and like how would they have, like, what does he know about like rock and roll or whatever? Or is time stop in the 50s?”
Chris Ryan · 0:50:34
pick the dance: He flagged it as one of the best directed scenes in the movie.
“You know what's funny, though, is I actually flagged that scene is actually, I think, one of the best directed scenes in the whole movie.”
Glen Powell · 0:51:13
pick death-at-sea scenes in movies: Offered as a favorite kind of scene; the speaker said he nearly listed his all-time best.
“Oh, I think are always riveting, and I was, I almost wanted to do like my, my top tier, best ones ever, and then I thought that'd be super weird.”
unknown · 0:51:39

RoboCop (1987) · ‘RoboCop’ (1987) With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt

What Aged the Best · What about the movie has held up or become more true.

winner Having two villains as Dick Jones and Boddicker: Two villains means killing one still leaves business to do.
“Yeah, I'm passionate about 2 villains in a movie is awesome.”
Kyle Brandt · 0:50:25
pick Gas costing $5.79 at the Emil gas station
“So a meal stops to get gas for his motorcycle.”
unknown · 0:51:21
pick Media Break, the futuristic news show: Reads like a YouTube channel; Verhoeven loved the American two-anchor news style.
“Media Break as a futuristic news show.”
unknown · 0:51:39
pick The 6000 SUX commercial: Satire of the arrival of SUVs: this car sucks, but bigger is better.
“The 6000 SUX is fucking hilarious.”
Bill Simmons · 0:52:31
pick A villain named Dick: The pause before saying dick works every time.
“Anytime a movie character is named Dick, which we don't really have anymore because nobody would name their kid Dick, but in the 80s and 90s, we had a lot of dicks.”
unknown · 0:53:06
pick The RadioShack Valley 4plex marquee photo as Lost Boys, RoboCop, Predator, Full Metal Jacket: A photo of one weekend's lineup at a four-screen theater.
“The caption is take me back.”
Kyle Brandt · 0:56:22

Species (1995) · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

What aged the best · What holds up best

pick Forrest Whitaker's empath as Dan: Called both best and worst at once; inconsistent powers
“I didn't know whether to put them in what stage the best or what saves the worst.”
unknown · 0:40:58
pick Madsen messing with Kingsley's chair: Director's commentary story
“Madson said Ben Kingsley was protective of his chair and set and didn't like anyone touching it.”
unknown · 0:48:39
pick The hunt or chase movie with a ragtag group of experts
“I like a hunt or chase movie when you get a ragtag group of people to solve a problem.”
unknown · 0:49:03

After Hours (1985) · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey

What Aged the Best · What has held up best.

pick Rosanna Arquette
“Roseanne Arquette, 1985, has got to be one of what's aged the best.”
unknown · 0:55:40
pick The Home Alone parents preview, Catherine O'Hara and John Heard seen through a window
“And then the big one for me with Age the Best is the Home Alone Parents preview.”
unknown · 0:55:56
pick The weird New York characters
“I have uh, the weird New York characters”
unknown · 0:56:15
pick Movies that use real phone numbers
“Um, I have movies that use real phone numbers.”
unknown · 0:56:44
pick The maniac New York cab ride: Cites Fran Lebowitz on the Blu-ray special feature.
“She said, you nailed it because at that time, there was a change in New York.”
unknown · 0:57:28
pick Cheech and Chong
“Just Cheech and Chong being in this movie, as it would say, the best.”
unknown · 0:58:31

Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) · ‘Die Hard With a Vengeance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

What's aged the best · What in the movie holds up best.

winner the Black cop and white cop buddy pairing, with the movie as a racial reckoning: He calls it the thing that has aged best by far; the hosts tie it to 48 Hrs and the OJ trial era.
“I fucking love a black guy and a white guy working together.”
Chris Ryan · 1:02:13
pick the hangovers: One of the great hangover movies.
“Hangovers.”
Van Lathan · 1:04:38
pick the phone rings and the cop is told to take it
“Anytime a character, the phone rings and somebody in the police station answers and the cop doesn't want any part of it and they go, I think you better take this.”
Bill Simmons · 1:04:54
pick hiding Simon until minute 50: Compares it to the shark in Jaws.
“You know what this movie does great is they hide Simon, like, the shark from Jaws, shows up at minute 50.”
Bill Simmons · 1:05:15
pick a random passenger getting into the chase cab
“But somebody's in a cab, and then just a random passenger gets in the cab thinking it's entering a cab, 100% success rate.”
Bill Simmons · 1:07:12
pick alcoholic hero cops told they look like shit
“Alcoholic hero cops who have people say to them, Jesus, you look like shit.”
Bill Simmons · 1:07:38
pick the ticking clocks and the radios going dead
“I have 2 storytelling mechanisms that have aged the best.”
unknown · 1:08:10
pick Zeus solving the seven wives riddle
“So Zeus nailing it is a what's age the best because I'm just so impressed that...”
unknown · 1:10:35
pick any action movie villain playing Simon Says
“Uh, and then any action movie villain playing Simon says, sign me up.”
unknown · 1:11:03

Working Girl (1988) · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson

What aged best · What has aged best in the movie.

pick Let the River Run (the song and the score): Described as rom-com gospel that should have failed but works.
“Let the river run. The song and the score.”
unknown · 1:06:31
pick Jack Trainor, the supportive work husband
“Supportive work husband Jack Trainor.”
unknown · 1:07:18
pick The round table meeting near the end: Reminds the speaker of The Ringer's own giant roundtable podcast.
“And I really love the round table that they have near the end of the movie.”
unknown · 1:08:10
pick Jack's gold tequila order: Tequila was a dangerous order in the 80s and is a go-to now.
“Jack's tequila gold order.”
unknown · 1:08:23
pick Harrison Ford as Jack Trainor: His suits, ties, overcoat, and scarf could be worn today, and the clothes fit.
“This will be my Harrison Ford contribution to whatever. Great clothes in this movie by him.”
unknown · 1:09:08
pick Tess, the hot mess, stealth smart, baby voice archetype: A character type the speaker is always in for.
“The Melanie Griffith, hot mess, stealth smart, baby voice archetype.”
unknown · 1:10:11
pick The line "never burn bridges, today's junior prick, tomorrow's senior partner"
“What stage the best, this quote, never burn bridges. Today's junior prick tomorrow's senior partner?”
unknown · 1:13:01

Rocky (1976) · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

Aged best · What about the movie has aged the best.

pick The Steadicam work: Garrett Brown's invention used for the museum steps run.
“Wood stage the best. See, I mentioned the steady cam.”
unknown · 0:52:05
pick The music and soundtrack: Still played at sporting events.
“Wood sage the best. the music and the soundtrack.”
unknown · 0:52:56
pick The actual turtles, still alive as of 2021
“The actual turtles. Still alive as of 2021, which...”
unknown · 0:53:12
pick The sports movie genre itself: Argues the genre exists in its current form because of this movie.
“I personally think that just overall, the sports movie, obviously, has aged the best, but I think that this, it's because of Rocky.”
unknown · 0:53:35
pick Race and tribalism in boxing: The transcript line is garbled; this may be the aged-best prompt leading into the race discussion.
“More would save the best. Race in boxing?”
unknown · 0:56:16
pick The 5 AM training scene that comes back later
“Borwood stage the best. The 5 a.m.”
unknown · 1:00:42
pick The meat freezer
“More would say is the best. The meat freezer is just an amazing. Whoever thought of that, give them a gold star.”
unknown · 1:01:56
pick The Rocky marathons on TV
“Woodsage the best, the rocky marathons that eventually got on TV once we got to 3 or four, and they would just run them all in a row.”
unknown · 1:02:55
pick Rocky as shorthand for any out-of-nowhere fighter or golfer story
“Another would say the best. Any scenario where a boxer, UFC fighter, tennis player, or golfer is an out of nowhere story and you just think of Rocky immediately.”
unknown · 1:03:22

Friday Night Lights (2004) · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin

What's aged the best · The things about the movie that have held up or improved.

pick The frantic, quick-cut filming style: Dizzying in 2004, now it reads as normal and he likes the movie more.
“I got to say, I like the movie even more than I did when it came out because, and I think part of it is because I was going to do this in what's age the best.”
Bill Simmons · 0:13:16
pick The editing, montages and close framing: Documentary-like proximity that now feels appropriate.
“I also had that in what's age the best, just the, the like editing and cutting and and honestly, the just like the movies in some ways a series of montages, like nature of the, of the film.”
Mallory Rubin · 0:13:51
pick The good guys losing in the end: Rare for a sports movie, and great from a rewatchable standpoint.
“This is a top tier, what's age the best.”
Bill Simmons · 0:16:46
winner High school football as a religious text, with Slamming Sammy and Ratliff Stadium: Includes the pressure on kids who are gods but crumbling, and the "I don't feel 17" line.
“High school football is a religious text in in a Texas story.”
Mallory Rubin · 0:52:33
pick The theme that this is as good as it will ever get at 17
“It's never going to get better than right here, and we've seen it in some sports movies”
Bill Simmons · 0:53:16
pick Boobie gives Donnie his nameplate: The payoff of the tension between the two.
“Booby gives Donnie his nameplate and he's like, I think it's going to be worth a lot of money and you're waiting for Donnie to tell him to fuck off.”
Mallory Rubin · 0:55:55
pick Dallas Carter never punting or kicking, going for it on fourth: A modern, analytics-driven approach.
“They go for it on fourth.”
Bill Simmons · 0:56:33
pick The coach coming home to the for-sale signs on the lawn
“I love when it goes badly for the coach and he gets back home and there's all the for sale signs front lawn.”
Bill Simmons · 0:57:10

Pulp Fiction (1994) · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What Aged the Best · What about the movie has aged best

pick The movie poster
“An all-time great movie poster, which we discussed in part one, done by artist James Vertes Soto, who also did Ocean's 11 and a bunch of other great ones.”
Bill Simmons · 1:04:06
pick The nostalgia for the movie's lifestyle
“I actually have, um, nostalgia, what's the best is the nostalgia I have for the lifestyle of this movie, but beyond heroin.”
unknown · 1:04:59
pick Willis and Travolta staring each other down
“I like Willis and Travolta staring each other down.”
unknown · 1:06:47
pick Samuel L. Jackson's performance
“Uh, so just the fact that Sam Jackson's performance actually transcends the memeification slash commodification of that part and every line is like a joke or it's gone on to become like a saying or it's gone on to pop culture resonance. Yeah.”
unknown · 1:07:35
pick Time-shifting storytelling
“Um, time shifting storytelling?”
unknown · 1:08:25
pick Tarantino's shared universe
“Quentin's version of Shared Universe, too, is incredible.”
unknown · 1:08:54
pick Quentin Tarantino himself
“Tarantino gets what's age the best too, because even they said that in that Ebert Cisco thing I mentioned earlier where they're like, is this too much too soon?”
unknown · 1:09:47

Notting Hill (1999) · ‘Notting Hill’ With Juliet Litman and Amanda Dobbins

What's aged the best · What about the movie holds up in 2019.

pick Julia Roberts as Anna Scott: Her style, Vans included; Amanda strongly disagrees over the flip-flops.
“Number one for me is Julia Roberts style.”
Juliet Litman · 0:23:44
pick London and Notting Hill as a neighborhood
“London looks wonderful and also quite similar.”
Juliet Litman · 0:25:45
pick Hugh Grant's gentle hipster archetype as William Thacker
“Hugh Grant's gentle hipster.”
Juliet Litman · 0:26:55
pick The commentary on celebrity culture and tabloids
“And then lastly, the commentary on celebrity culture.”
Juliet Litman · 0:27:34
pick Julia Roberts: Her decision to make the movie aged well; it gave her back ownership of her narrative.
“I think also a corollary to that is like Julia Roberts decision to do this movie has aged tremendously well”
Amanda Dobbins · 0:28:28
pick The script, with little technology to date it
“I think the script is really great.”
Amanda Dobbins · 0:30:20
pick The nudity clause explanation
“The nudity clause explanation?”
Amanda Dobbins · 0:31:07
pick The final speech
“Um, and then the final speech.”
Amanda Dobbins · 0:31:29

Twister (1996) · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

What aged the best · What holds up best in the movie.

pick Old school special effects: Feels like trees, ice and license plates really are being thrown at the actors.
“The old school special effects.”
unknown · 0:51:44
pick Dr. Jonas, the money-over-science rival
“First of all, that character is always going to age perfectly.”
unknown · 0:52:37
pick The all-in-one-day structure
“Sneaky, awesome, all in one day movie.”
unknown · 0:55:41
pick The Fujita scale
“The Fujita scale.”
unknown · 0:56:12
pick The sound
“The sound in this movie is really good, especially with when we have better TVs and sound systems and stuff, but they did a good job with that.”
unknown · 0:56:57
pick The family forgetting the dog in the opening: A personal one for the speaker.
“When the family's in peril and escaping somewhere, but they forget the dog.”
unknown · 0:57:09
pick Jamie Gertz as Dr. Melissa Reeves: Her later life as Atlanta Hawks co-owner.
“Jamie Gertz hawk's owner.”
unknown · 0:57:28
pick Alan Ruck: A part in something every decade.
“What a career for this guy.”
unknown · 0:57:45
pick Aunts who can feed 12 people in two minutes
“Movie aunts or grandmothers who are always ready in 2 minutes to feed a group of 12.”
unknown · 0:57:59
pick The Shining
“The shinings age the best.”
unknown · 0:58:26
pick Someone telling you you're still in love with your ex
“Any movie where someone says you're still in love with them, aren't you?”
unknown · 0:58:30

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey

What Aged Best · What has held up best from the movie.

pick The opening credit sequences
“Those are really good in all 3 movies.”
unknown · 0:30:59
pick The concept of mojo
“The concept of mojo is pretty good, and I do feel like it became, I think it's actually age well and probably partly because of this movie.”
unknown · 0:31:18
pick The production design and look
“I feel like, um, this movie weirdly like looks pretty good.”
unknown · 0:31:43
pick Dr. Evil as a Donald Pleasence Bond villain crossed with a Lorne Michaels impression as Dr. Evil
“Dr. Evil has a cross between Dono Pleasant's Bond villain and Dana Carvey's Lauren Michaels impression.”
unknown · 0:32:08
pick Dr. Evil's giant nipples
“Speaking of Dr. Evil, another thing that's age the best.”
unknown · 0:35:15
pick The choice to make it 13 sketches strung together instead of a conventional movie
“I think just the idea of, Saying fuck it, we're just going to make this 13 sketches connected to one another is actually the thing I like the best about it”
unknown · 0:37:05
pick The Mini Me and Scott Evil feud
“I vote for Minnie, me and Scotty Evo.”
unknown · 0:37:21

Breaking Away (1979) · ‘Breaking Away’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What Aged Best · What holds up best.

pick Hart Bochner as Rod: The pink-polo, Mercedes-driving villain who later gets killed at Nakatomi Plaza.
“CR, how about this for what stage the best?”
Bill Simmons · 0:44:10
pick Robyn Douglass as Nancy: Elite 70s babe who got lost in the shuffle.
“Just like in the pantheon for 70s, babes.”
unknown · 0:44:42
pick Hart Bochner's blue 450 SL: The cars and sparse downtowns of 70s movies.
“Heart Bachner's Blue 450 SL.”
unknown · 0:45:25
pick John Ashton as Mike's brother: The brother scene says everything about the brothers.
“What's age the best? as Mike's brother?”
unknown · 0:47:18
pick Barbara Barrie as Evelyn Stoller: One of the all-time great screen moms.
“Um, Barbara Berry would say age the best.”
unknown · 0:47:44
pick Calling the townies Cutters: The production team picked Cutters over the local stoners nickname.
“Also, Cutters is just a sick nickname.”
unknown · 0:48:49

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) · ‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Mallory Rubin

What's aged the best · What about the movie holds up best.

pick the soundtrack, the genre, girls as horny as the guys, the mall, the cast, Spicoli
“We had a lot of them, the soundtrack, the genre, the girls being just as horny as the guys, the mall, as the setting, the cast, Spicoli.”
unknown · 0:55:44
pick the handwritten notebooks, Damone's abortion note and Stacy's pro and con list
“Oh, the notebook, getting glimpses of like kids who have notebooks that they're writing in by hand.”
unknown · 0:55:50
pick Damone's bedroom and its posters: Calls it maybe the most realistic teenager's room he has ever seen.
“And it's like, Demones' room, maybe the most realistic teenager room I've ever seen.”
Chris Ryan · 0:56:51
pick Mike Damone as Hall of Fame sleaze
“Mike Damone, I had, for what stage, the best, just the Hall of Fame sleaze.”
unknown · 0:57:10
pick the cast sniffing the Xerox copies
“But then the last one I had for would say the best is they all sniff the Xerox copies.”
unknown · 0:59:23

The War of the Roses (1989) · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins

What Aged the Best · What about the film has held up best (transcribed as 'what stage the best').

pick Douglas and Turner together as comedic geniuses
“Um, you know, we already covered this, but I do think the ultimate pick here has to just be Douglas and Turner not just as sex symbols, but as comedic geniuses.”
unknown · 0:36:04
pick The stage of marriage where everything the other person does annoys you
“We already talked about the depiction of the stage of marriage where every single thing a person does annoys you to your, like, the fiber of your being.”
unknown · 0:38:44
pick The framing device of Gavin's legal practice: She wavered between aged-best and aged-worst; later says she landed on best because it gives the movie a warped-fable quality. Attribution inferred from the later 'where I landed' line.
“The framing device. The fact that we are accessing this story, this great saga of the roses, through Gavin's legal practice.”
Mallory Rubin · 0:39:05
pick liver pate: The recurring liver pate, including the line about selling liver to their friends. Attribution inferred from continuity.
“It's the very specific presence of river pate in... dozens of scenes in this movie.”
Mallory Rubin · 0:39:34
pick Sitting at opposite ends of the long dinner table to show you hate each other: Also lists leaving the appliances on, locking someone in the sauna, and sawing the heels off shoes.
“Sitting at opposite ends of the dinner table to prove you hate each other, just all time.”
Amanda Dobbins · 0:40:38
pick The former gymnast as a character trait used as a weapon
“Um, the former gymnast as a character trait when it's used as a weapon in movies.”
unknown · 0:42:03
pick Gavin's quotes about love and divorce
“There are 2 dilemmas that rattle the human skull.”
unknown · 0:42:56
pick The film's huge popularity in Germany (Der Rosenkrieg)
“This movie is like incredibly popular in Germany.”
unknown · 0:43:27
pick The insult back-and-forth: stinking bitch, dumb bastard, slut, scum, filth
“I like stinking bitch, dumb bastard, slut, scum, filth, like that whole like back and forth that.”
unknown · 0:44:30

Internal Affairs (1990) · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

What's aged the best · What has aged best in the movie.

pick dirty cops planting evidence: Works as a gimmick from the era before CCTV and iPhones.
“Dirty cops planning evidence is always great.”
unknown · 0:44:23
pick the off-duty menswear (polo tucked in, collar popped, sunglasses)
“Um, I feel like most contemporary men's wear is basically what these dudes wear off duty.”
unknown · 0:45:41
pick the Los Angeles cop-movie backdrop
“LA has a cop movie background.”
unknown · 0:46:22
pick the Garcia and Gere haircuts
“I had the Garcia and gear haircuts, which are very early 90s.”
unknown · 0:47:00
pick Dennis co-parenting with his ex-wife
“just a great model of co-parenting, you know?”
unknown · 0:49:53
pick the changed ending: The original ending had Peck drowning in a pool and tested badly.
“And the fact that they changed the original ending is the wood stage the best”
unknown · 0:50:18
pick Xander Berkeley as Rudy, the mall guy
“I was going to save this for later, but just Xander Berkeley as Rudy, the mall guy.”
unknown · 0:50:45
pick cuckold thrillers as a genre: Transcript renders it as 'cook holding'; the hosts riff on 'cuck thriller' and 'the cuck from hell'.
“Uh, cook holding has age.”
unknown · 1:00:44

The Insider (1999) · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What's Aged the Best · The part of the movie that has gotten better with time.

nominee Al Pacino as Lowell Bergman
“I have Pacino's performance.”
unknown · 0:42:29
nominee Cinematography and the look and feel of the movie, including the Gulf shot
“I had the cinematography and the look and feel of the movie, like just the visual style.”
unknown · 0:45:14
nominee The inner workings of 60 Minutes and CBS News: Offered as both aged best and aged worst.
“I would say I have a nominee that's for what's age the best, which is also age the worst, which is the inner workings of 60 Minutes and CBS News and the corporate culture there.”
unknown · 0:45:25
winner Christopher Plummer as Mike Wallace: Plummer's Mike Wallace now reads as an interpretation, since Wallace is no longer on TV.
“Let's just give it to plumber.”
Chris Ryan · 0:50:31

The Big Chill (1983) · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What Aged the Best · The parts of the movie that have held up best.

pick Sam telling Harold he does not know who to trust in LA and Harold's reply
“I like when Sam says, for what's age the best, in LA, I don't know who to trust.”
unknown · 0:59:29
pick Kevin Kline as Harold: His deadpan jokes.
“Kevin Klein gets off like 5 really good, like deadpan Kevin Klein jokes.”
unknown · 0:59:41
pick Richard and Karen's marriage, the beds pushed together then apart
“Richard and Karen's marriage, for what stage the best?”
unknown · 1:00:13
pick Sarah using the mom voice on her kids: Resonated more once the speaker had kids.
“Sarah talking to her kids when she's using the mom voice, Glenn Close.”
unknown · 1:00:21
pick Nick's 1972 Porsche 911 Targa
“Knicks Porsche? 1972? Incredible. 911 Targa?”
unknown · 1:00:48
pick Two quotes: the party on the one day you can't come, and not meeting many happy people
“I like 2 quotes, amazing tradition. They throw a great party for you on the one day they know you can't come.”
Bill Simmons · 1:01:24
pick The arc of a friends' getaway weekend, from awkward to awesome to a fight to everyone leaving
“One is the arc of a friend's getaway weekend is perfectly broken down in this movie where it goes from awkward.”
Chris Ryan · 1:01:41
pick The signature serious comedies of the 1980s: Compares it to Tootsie, Baby Boom, Broadcast News and others; says they no longer make these.
“I also feel like this has aged well as one of the signature serious comedies of the 1980s.”
Chris Ryan · 1:02:13
pick Nick's hog not working, a quiet Vietnam callback
“Uh, I got Nick's hog not working.”
unknown · 1:03:03
pick Nick as Alex's ghost
“Um, and also just the Nick character being Alex's ghost.”
unknown · 1:03:22
pick The Santini house as a location
“One more would stage the best for me is they use the great Santini house.”
unknown · 1:03:47
pick Nick and Sam watching TV together: Not at rewatchable-scene level.
“It's not a rewatchable scene level, but Nick and Sam just watching TV together is great.”
unknown · 1:04:10

A Bronx Tale (1993) · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan

What aged the best · What holds up best in the movie.

pick Young Calogero's big puffy hair
“Um, Young Collogio, his hair.”
Bill Simmons · 1:06:52
pick Stickball
“Stick ball is age the best.”
unknown · 1:07:57
pick Baseball nostalgia in 1961
“Baseball nostalgia in 1961.”
unknown · 1:08:57
pick The narrator, which actually works
“narrator actually works.”
unknown · 1:10:33
pick Mafia movies where guys say get the fuck out
“is mafia movies where guys go, get the fuck out.”
unknown · 1:10:57
pick The casting of the young people
“Uh, I mean, the casting of the young people is really good, you know?”
unknown · 1:11:10
pick The stop-snitching neighborhood
“Uh, and like this, this stop snitching neighborhood America that we talk about incessantly now in hip hop and everywhere, who's a snitch, who's not a snitch, like the whole thing, like all of that stuff, it's, it's still around today.”
unknown · 1:12:28

Eyes Wide Shut (1999) · ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Mallory Rubin

What Aged the Best · What about the film holds up best today.

pick The Eyes Wide Shut party as a running joke
“The running joke about the eyes wide shut party.”
Bill Simmons · 0:56:31
pick Nicole Kidman: Her look on screen in the late 1990s.
“19 late 1990s Nicole Kidman.”
unknown · 0:56:48
pick The masks and the secret society
“Um, you know, the masks, you already said, and just more broadly, but the thing about that is, like, Sean was saying earlier, it's timeless, the secret society aspect where it holds up now, but you can also imagine this happening in the 1700s and anytime in between.”
unknown · 1:01:24
pick Eyes Wide Shut: The film is timeless and not tied to 1999.
“I think you can make a case that's aged the best of any 1999 movie because it doesn't take place really in a year.”
unknown · 1:03:39

A Few Good Men (1992) · ‘A Few Good (Re)Men’ Live From L.A. With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What aged best · What in the movie has aged best.

pick Harold Dawson's you don't have to have a patch on your arm to have honor, and the officer on deck: Ending on a corny scene that gets him every time.
“And then Wolfgang builds and just fucking goes for it.”
Chris Ryan · 0:50:22
pick Kaffee on the couch with a bat and a Hawaiian shirt watching baseball, with no phone: Not sure if it aged best or aged out of existence.
“You know what was pretty, it was age the best, but I can't tell if it's like an age of the best or is aged out of existence, is lying on the couch, holding a baseball bat, watching a baseball game while wearing a sick Hawaiian shirt.”
Bill Simmons · 0:52:31
pick Kendrick's Humvee trivia: Kiefer Sutherland could not drive it, so Noah Wyle did: Offered as behind-the-scenes trivia that aged well for him.
“Originally, Kendrick was the one driving the Humvee when he picks up them and they're in the whites, and he couldn't drive the extra wide vehicle, keep for Sutherland, and actually hit Marines on multiple tapes.”
Bill Simmons · 0:53:36
pick Guantanamo Bay as the site of corrupt action: It resonates and it plays.
“I think Guantanamo Bay is the site of corrupt action, you know?”
Sean Fennessey · 0:54:14
pick Tom Cruise as early 90s Cruise: Like an uncle who comes to Thanksgiving: you still love him.
“I also have early 90s cruise for me, just aging the best because he's, we still love Tom Cruise, right?”
Sean Fennessey · 0:54:28

My Cousin Vinny (1992) · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris

What aged best · What has held up best in the movie.

pick The screenwriting trick of everybody underestimating each other until they find common ground
“I mean, I just think that the screenwriting trick of everybody underestimates each other until they find common ground is like a very satisfying and heartwarming thing to watch.”
Chris Ryan · 0:44:42
pick Marisa Tomei's clothes and styling: Led into a tangent about Fran Drescher on The Nanny.
“Just the clothes in this movie, I think, have aged the best.”
Wesley Morris · 0:47:08
pick Belichick quoting Mona Lisa Vito during Deflategate
“I don't claim to be the Mona Lisa Vito of inflation.”
Bill Simmons · 0:44:03
pick Bruce McGill as Jim Trotter III: Reading McGill saying the movie gets rerun more than anything but Animal House.
“He said my cousin Vinny, quote, gets rerun more than anything I've done except maybe Animal House.”
Bill Simmons · 0:43:45

This Is the End (2013) · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck

What Aged the Best · The things in the movie that hold up best, or have only gotten better.

pick Danny McBride as Danny McBride: Rogan said McBride made everyone laugh and break character the most, once costing 18 takes.
“Seth Rogan said McBride was the person who made everyone laugh and break character the most.”
unknown · 0:35:18
pick Mindy Kaling's hookup with Michael Cera, which proves a Kimmel-staff theory about David Spade
“So when I worked on Kimmel show, Corolla always used to have this theory about David Spade”
Bill Simmons · 0:36:42
pick The real-life Jay and Seth friendship underneath the movie
“The real life, Jay and Seth, this is how the other half lives and Seth's new friends and all the stuff they work in all in all these different ways.”
unknown · 0:37:19
pick The random Lindsay Lohan reference
“Like the random Lindsay Lohan reference out of nowhere.”
unknown · 0:37:51
pick Jonah Hill talking to God and saying he was in Moneyball
“I like when Jonah Hill, for what's age the best, talks to God and he says, I'm Jonah Hill, for Moneyball.”
unknown · 0:38:02
pick The devil's giant penis, played twice
“The devil having a giant dick is so funny.”
unknown · 0:38:13
pick The Whitney Houston and The Bodyguard nostalgia
“I like that they worked Whitney Houston in the bodyguard into this, that that time, and the nostalgia time of that was really good.”
unknown · 0:38:21
pick Seth's inventory list of apocalypse supplies
“I just love that whole list.”
unknown · 0:39:30
pick The Superbad reunion fan-service scene with Michael Cera as a coke head
“The fan service, like the super bad reunion scene, like they did a good job giving everybody what they wanted and like twisting it a little bit, like making Michael Sarah the crazy coke head.”
unknown · 0:40:57
pick The premise: a one-crazy-night party movie married to Night of the Living Dead
“The combination of taking one crazy night party, like Project Decks or Days and Confused, and then marrying it to Night of Living Dead is pretty fucking potent.”
unknown · 0:41:19
pick The video confessionals
“I also like video confessionals.”
unknown · 0:41:54

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) · ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What aged the best · What has aged best in the movie.

pick Indy and his father both sleeping with Elsa, which the movie went for in 1989: Praised as ballsy for 1989.
“Well, just that they went for it.”
Bill Simmons · 1:02:03
pick Nazis as the villains: You do not get a better movie villain.
“We've said this and when we did Raiders, the Nazis is villains. You just don't get any better for a movie villain.”
Bill Simmons · 0:55:38
pick The Hitler autograph in the diary: Short scene, very smart when you don't yet know what happens.
“It's a short scene, but Hitler autograph in the diary when you don't know what's going to happen is really, really, really smart.”
unknown · 0:56:52
pick Julian Glover as Walter Donovan: Aged well, and his turn is perfect.
“I thought Julian Glover aged really well here.”
unknown · 0:58:00

Blood Diamond (2006) · ‘Blood Diamond’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

What's Aged Best · What about the film has aged best.

winner Leonardo DiCaprio as Danny Archer: Watching a child actor hit every checkpoint and reach the top of the mountain in 2006.
“Leo in 2006 has aged the best for me, where we don't go on a journey this often with the child actor.”
Bill Simmons · 0:48:37
pick The road-movie structure after the escape from Freetown: Also cites the patois and language of the movie.
“And I love the fact that essentially once they get hooked up back with Maddie after the escape from Freetown all the way through the end of the movie is just a road movie.”
Chris Ryan · 0:50:40
pick Lab-grown diamonds: Growing in popularity; he thought of it while shopping for a ring.
“Lab grown diamonds.”
Craig Horlbeck · 1:16:01

Iron Man (2008) · ‘Iron Man’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan

What aged the best · What about the movie has held up best.

pick The ad-libbed 'I am Iron Man' ending: Bill reads that the line was Downey's ad-lib that day.
“I am Iron Man was ad-lib by Robert Diner Jr. that day.”
Bill Simmons · 0:48:02
pick The scenes between Downey and Terrence Howard: He believes in the friendship and doesn't see it as a shoehorned loyal friend.
“I really like all the scenes with Downey and Terrence Howard, and I can't, we'll do we'll do it later.”
Bill Simmons · 0:48:11
pick Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts: Wishes he had a Pepper Potts in his life; calls the film a rom-com trapped in a superhero movie. Comes back to her a second time.
“I wish I had a pepper pots in my life.”
Bill Simmons · 0:48:28
pick The Mad Money host selling weapons stocks
“The Mad Money guy is really funny.”
Bill Simmons · 0:50:36
pick Tony Stark's Malibu house: Offered as the best superhero house, over Wayne Manor and the Batcave.
“I mean, is that the best superhero house of any house?”
Bill Simmons · 0:50:48
pick Jeff Bridges as Obadiah Stane: The bald, bearded villain look; one of the few times Bridges plays a bad guy.
“Bald bearded evil Jeff Bridges has aged the best.”
Bill Simmons · 0:52:02
pick The MCU itself: Aged perfectly as it grew in significance, then hit a rough patch; this is its first film. Named as both aged best and worst.
“The MCU aged perfectly because it was able to like grow in significance and relevance and dominance, but then it hit some snacks.”
Van Lathan · 0:56:14

Catch Me If You Can (2002) · ‘Catch Me If You Can’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

Aged Best · What has aged best.

pick The cavalcade of young actresses who became famous (Garner, Banks, Adams, Pompeo)
“I mean, the star of the biggest network drama of the last 20 years is in this movie.”
unknown · 0:47:59
pick The con-man process stuff: toy planes in the bathtub for Pan Am seals, the checks
“I love all like con man process stuff.”
unknown · 0:48:24

The Edge (1997) · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan

What's aged the best · What in the movie holds up today.

pick Outdoor survivor movies in general: Always in for a story of being stuck somewhere and having to get out.
“I'm always in.”
unknown · 0:52:29
pick The aging jealous rich guy with the hot wife
“The aging jealous rich guy with the hot wife always works.”
unknown · 0:54:28
pick Elle McPherson as Mickey: Praise for her in the nightgown; it led to a long digression on Sports Illustrated swimsuit models.
“El McPherson. El McPherson, the nightgown.”
unknown · 0:54:33
pick The homemade compass: Likes movie characters making homemade gadgets, even though the compass didn't work.
“I like when people in movies do like homemade gadget shit that works, even though the compass didn't work.”
unknown · 0:58:27
pick "People die of shame" monologue: He took the idea into his own book and still says it.
“The die of shame concept. Not only did it stick with me, I wrote about it in my book.”
Bill Simmons · 0:58:53
pick Norm McDonald's SNL joke about Bart the Bear
“Bart the bear delivered an outstanding performance and was paid in raw meat, bear whores, and cocaine.”
Bill Simmons · 0:59:38
pick The cuckold angle: Cuckold energy is still part of the culture.
“Uh, just the cuck holding.”
Van Lathan · 0:59:59

Margin Call (2011) · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman

What's aged the best · What about the movie, or around it, has gotten better with time.

pick The cyclical nature of the markets, which Irons spells out
“What's aged the best is exactly what both of you were talking about, the cyclical nature, which is what irons is telling you and why he's so confident.”
Ryen Russillo · 0:19:35
pick Demi Moore: He likes seeing former A-listers used like relievers coming out of the bullpen.
“I like seeing Demi Moore in movies like this.”
Bill Simmons · 0:51:09
pick Irons asking to be spoken to like a golden retriever
“The, uh, we mentioned the speak to me as you might a young child or a golden retriever, wasn't brains that brought me here.”
Bill Simmons · 0:51:26
pick The 2008 financial crisis as material, for all the books, movies and articles after it: He says 2008 has aged worst as an event and best as storytelling.
“So 2008 is obviously aged the worst because it's unbelievable that it happened, but it's also aged the best from just a storytelling standpoint.”
Ryen Russillo · 0:51:57
pick A movie set over one night while most people sleep
“I love just the, the, a movie that takes place in one night.”
Brian Koppelman · 0:52:26
pick The custodian in the elevator during the fight
“Just incredible use of the custodian in the elevator, just...”
Bill Simmons · 0:53:14
pick Demi Moore's character, written as three-dimensional rather than a cliche
“And I thought that's nuanced than good, that they gave them that last scene, you know, the Demi and Tucci scene and and that they're human to each other is very cool”
Brian Koppelman · 0:53:55
pick Goldman's share price, from 50 in 2008 to 426 this year
“Goldman's share price.”
Ryen Russillo · 0:54:15
pick Penn Badgley as Seth: He became a massive star from You, and now it is hard to separate him from the role.
“I think I would throw him Pen Badgley too, who became just a massive star from you”
Bill Simmons · 0:54:57
pick Zachary Quinto: He says the movie put Quinto in a different place than he was before, after Spock and Heroes.
“that guy really, with this movie, put himself in a different place than than he was in before that, I think.”
Brian Koppelman · 0:55:45

Scent of a Woman (1992) · ‘Scent of a Woman’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

Pick a nit about what aged the best · What has aged best about the movie.

pick The Oscar debates, starting with Pacino versus Denzel
“But I do feel like the Oscars, this is really when people started arguing about them in a real way.”
Bill Simmons · 0:45:29
pick Roles every actor in an age group is after: Primal Fear and Dead Poets Society are other examples; they say that doesn't happen much anymore.
“These certain roles where all the actors around the same age group know, like, this will be the world that changes my life.”
unknown · 0:47:48
pick The Oscar-bait running joke (Rain Man through Nell)
“Another one, Sage the best, is between this and Rain Man a few years ago, this starts the running joke about here's how you actually win an Oscar.”
unknown · 0:46:29
pick A really good New York movie, the Waldorf Astoria and the Oak Room
“I think it's just like low-key a really good New York movie.”
Chris Ryan · 0:48:18
pick A person with a disability and superhuman powers
“I had one more wood stage the best is when somebody has a disability, but then has superhuman powers that defies.”
Bill Simmons · 0:48:56
pick Thomas Newman's score
“Phenomenal score in this movie.”
Chris Ryan · 0:43:28

Unforgiven (1992) · ‘Unforgiven’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What aged the best · The parts of the movie that have held up best.

pick Westerns are frozen in the moment so they don't feel dated
“I think one of the cool things about Westerns for the rewatchables is it's just frozen in the moment.”
unknown · 0:58:45
pick The lean revenge premise and the town called Big Whiskey
“Yeah, and just like, this guy doesn't want to do this anymore, but now he's been triggered and he's going to do it again.”
unknown · 1:01:09
pick A sheriff with outsized power for no reason
“I like these TV, any TV or movie where the sheriff has this outsized power for no reason whatsoever.”
unknown · 1:01:50
pick The era when you could leave your kids alone for three weeks
“the era when you could just leave your kids alone for 3 weeks.”
unknown · 1:03:19
pick Changing the title to Unforgiven
“It's one of the great movie titles of all time.”
unknown · 1:04:09
pick Gene Hackman as Little Bill Daggett: His performance has grown over the years and feels more modern than Clint's.
“the Hackman performance is like actually grown in my estimation in the years.”
unknown · 1:04:47

Misery (1990) · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman

What aged the best · What holds up best.

pick Mr. Man
“Mr. Man is so fucking funny.”
Brian Koppelman · 0:51:36
pick Annie Wilkes and Hannibal Lecter back to back
“Annie Wilkes and Hannibal Lecter, back to back ears.”
Bill Simmons · 0:51:47
pick The Paul Sheldon book jacket photo
“The Paul Sheldon book jacket photo.”
Bill Simmons · 0:52:30
pick Dom Perignon line
“one of the best lines of all time.”
Brian Koppelman · 0:53:11
pick The Goldman homage to Paul Sheldon having four seats at the Knicks
“I love the Goldman homage to Paul Sheldon having 4 seats in the Knicks.”
Bill Simmons · 0:53:44

Knocked Up (2007) · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck

What Aged the Best · What in the movie holds up best today.

pick Jonah Hill yelling
“And him yelling. Jonah Hill yelling has aged the best.”
Juliet Litman · 0:42:12
pick Debbie and Pete's Brentwood house and its coastal California interiors
“Debbie Pete's house and the neighborhood of Brentwood looks the same and still fabulous.”
Juliet Litman · 0:44:44
pick The Laramie Tunsil gas mask: He didn't know what it was at the time.
“The Laramie Tunsil gas mask, I think his age's the best, because I didn't know what that was at the time.”
Bill Simmons · 0:44:13
pick Jason Segel naked after the earthquake, cigarette in his mouth
“Jason Siegel loving to be naked.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:45:29
pick Seth Rogen's Matthew Fox dig
“And then my last one was Seth Rogan's Matthew Fox dig.”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:45:46
pick Ryan Seacrest making fun of himself
“The Seacrest making fun of himself and being funny, I think, is at what stage the best.”
Juliet Litman · 0:46:22

Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

Aged the best · What holds up best from the film.

winner Shakedown (opening song): An opening song thematically drawn from the movie; Bob Seger sang it after Glenn Frey's voice was shot.
“Well, 1st of all, what's age of the best is the opening song of a movie being thematically drawn from the movie itself.”
Chris Ryan · 0:38:34
pick Chris Rock: Fun to see him in his first movie.
“The Chris Rock, I think, has aged the best, especially lately in the Will Smith era of Chris Rock”
Bill Simmons · 0:40:57
pick Jurgen Prochnow as Jurgen: A good villain, though he and Stockwell step on each other.
“Jurgen Prok now age the best for you?”
Chris Ryan · 0:41:16
pick Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer: Their producing run and Simpson's power over Paramount.
“Simpson and Bruckheimer, they have they aged the best.”
unknown · 0:42:26
pick First movie ever filmed at the Playboy Mansion
“First movie ever filmed at the Playboy mansion.”
Bill Simmons · 0:43:12
pick The alphabet crimes concept: Cool idea; he wishes Fincher had taken it further.
“I think Fincher could have taken this to a whole other level.”
Chris Ryan · 0:43:38
pick Paul Reiser reading Playboy Sisters in his scenes: A running detail that is never remarked upon.
“for most of Paul Reiser's scenes, he's reading Playboy Sisters, 112 pages of Sexy Siblings.”
Chris Ryan · 0:45:13

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) · ‘Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What's aged the best · What in the movie has held up best.

winner Dr. Evil as a Lorne Michaels impression as Dr. Evil: Every Dr. Evil scene is lights out; a home run character.
“Dr. Evil being Lauren Michaels continues to be hilarious to me.”
unknown · 0:45:38
winner Elizabeth Hurley as Vanessa Kensington: Great job, still aging wonderfully, and a home run as Mimi Rogers's daughter.
“Elizabeth Hurley.”
unknown · 0:46:17
winner Will Ferrell as Mustafa
“Will Ferrell is Mustafa.”
unknown · 0:48:07
winner The 5 stages of defrosting
“The 5 stages of defrosting has aged the best for me.”
unknown · 0:49:05
winner The sequels existing, and some say better than the original
“So the sequels, I think, have to be in what's age the best.”
unknown · 0:48:47

The Player (1992) · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris

What's aged the best · What about the movie has held up best after 30 years.

pick Early-1990s pre-internet LA, as the movies and books showed it: He likes that version of LA, known only through books and movies.
“Yeah. Um, I just like this version of LA where it's like pre-internet.”
Bill Simmons · 0:51:19
pick The idea of a movie with no stars: The studio people are flabbergasted by the concept.
“The concept of a movie with no stars when they're like, no stars?”
Bill Simmons · 0:51:39
pick Jeremy Piven: Before the toupee, full comb-over, about 31.
“How about, uh, pre-toupaid Jeremy Piven?”
unknown · 0:51:46
pick Griffin meeting Anjelica Huston and John Cusack, who do not like him: His favorite cameo.
“Griffin, seeing Angelica Houston and John Cusack, who just do not like him.”
Bill Simmons · 0:52:06
pick Randall Batinkoff as the banker's son from Boston: Once the odds-on favorite to be the biggest star of his group; this was peak Batinkoff, and the character is hilarious.
“I have, um, I have Randall Battenkoff as a witsage, the best.”
Bill Simmons · 0:52:29
pick Being tormented by a mystery person who knows the secret: A device he has never seen fail in a movie.
“Being tormented by a mystery person, who knows the secret.”
Bill Simmons · 0:54:22
pick Brion James as the studio head: One of the great that guys; the speakers then trade Brion James roles from 48 Hrs. and Striking Distance.
“How about Brian James?”
unknown · 0:54:36
pick Larry Levy going to AA meetings to make deals
“Larry Leavy going to AA meetings to make deals.”
Bill Simmons · 0:56:33
pick Malcolm McDowell: His cameo.
“Malcolm McDowell's cameo is great.”
Bill Simmons · 0:56:40
pick Sydney Pollack: As an actor; the role starts a run of acting parts after a drought since Tootsie, ending in Eyes Wide Shut.
“Sydney Pollock, the actor?”
Bill Simmons · 0:56:42
pick Julia Roberts and Bruce Willis suggested for every movie: A funny running bit.
“How Julia Roberts and Bruce Willis get suggested for every movie is just a funny running bit.”
Bill Simmons · 0:57:57
pick The joke about Julia Roberts, when she had been famous barely two years
“This is what was so amazing about that joke in the player, which was that she had only been famous that she'd only been the Julia Roberts at that point for for not even two years.”
unknown · 0:58:37
pick The throwaway line that Pasadena is as good a place to die as anywhere
“Come to think of it, Pasadena is as good a place to die as anywhere is just iconic.”
Bill Simmons · 0:59:50
pick Griffin being served a different brand of bottled water everywhere he goes
“And then, uh, apparently every time Griffin Mill enters a bar restaurant or party, he orders or is served a different brand of bottled water.”
Bill Simmons · 0:59:59

Die Hard 2 (1990) · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What ages the best · What in the movie holds up best.

pick Naked Tai Chi, which instantly marks Sadler's character as the bad guy: A quick way to tell the audience he is the villain.
“it's a great way to establish, in case you were worried about whether this is a good guy or a bad guy, this is gonna be a bad guy.”
unknown · 0:38:45
pick The slew of that guys in the cast (Fred Thompson, William Sadler, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Don Harvey, Dennis Franz, Art Evans and more): Many of them later became names.
“All right, Sean mentioned the bordering on a that guy record for people who then really kind of grew out of being that guys, including Fred Thompson.”
unknown · 0:39:18
pick The line: I taught him everything he knows: He loves it as an action movie line and riffs on being Richard Crenna to Chris's rogue Rambo.
“One of my favorite action movie lines anyone could say. I taught him everything he knows.”
Bill Simmons · 0:41:26
pick Stuart: Colonel Stewart, can we have a few words, please? ... No pictures, you pinko bitch.: An unbelievable exchange.
“No pictures, you pinko bitch.”
unknown · 0:42:34
pick The line: How does the same shit happen to the same guy twice?: Praised for the character's self-awareness; it was later sampled in the Positive K song I Got a Man.
“How does the same shit happen to the same guy twice?”
unknown · 0:42:56
pick Airports at Christmas: the chaos, the parkas, the drinking: Nostalgia for when you could show up at the airport on Christmas Eve; he also files it under aged worst.
“Airports at Christmas. Age the best. Really, really just like love like the chaos, the misery, the vibe.”
Bill Simmons · 0:43:16

Panic Room (2002) · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

Aged best · What has held up best in the film.

pick Forrest Whitaker as the good burglar
“Forrest Whitaker as the good burglar.”
Bill Simmons · 0:57:30
pick The opening title graphics: A big external look for a movie set inside.
“In other words, agent best, the graphics at the beginning are amazing.”
Bill Simmons · 1:03:34
pick How the diabetes was handled: Subtle, not overt.
“Diabetes situation we mentioned.”
Bill Simmons · 1:03:57
pick Kristen Stewart as Sarah: Told his wife she would be nominated someday.
“I remember I told my wife that Chris Stewart was going to get nominated for an Oscar someday.”
Bill Simmons · 1:04:14
pick I can't go to prison, man: Loves the line; another host later calls it the hackiest in the script.
“This is another one stage the best when somebody says, I can't go to prison, man.”
Bill Simmons · 1:04:35
pick Junior's death
“Well, I had that as the next wood stage the best.”
Chris Ryan · 1:05:49
pick Dwight Yoakam as Raul: Raul as the malevolent force and a great creation.
“Raul the bus driver is just a great creation.”
unknown · 1:09:35

The Batman (2022) · ‘Batman’ (1989) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What's aged the best · What about the movie has held up best.

pick Nicholson's Joker as Jack Torrance: Probably his favorite thing about the movie.
“Jack Torrance says the Joker. Love it.”
Chris Ryan · 0:43:33
pick The rushed Christmas trailer that played in theaters: Peters rushed it after comic fans objected to the Keaton casting.
“So he rushed a film trailer that played in every theater basically during Christmas.”
Bill Simmons · 0:43:42
pick Jack Nicholson as the Joker: The exclamation point on his pop culture career.
“just the Nicholson and what this, the exclamation point of, uh, you know, from a pop culture standpoint, his career, I would have as well.”
unknown · 0:44:16
pick The relative lack of angst compared to later Batman movies
“I would say the relative lack of angst in this movie compared to the Batman movies that would come after it”
Chris Ryan · 0:44:42
pick Bruce Wayne's office full of armor
“I had Bruce's office, too, when they, Vicky Vale and, um, Robert Wolf's character, his office.”
unknown · 0:45:09

The Ice Storm (1997) · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What aged the best · What about the movie holds up best.

pick Key parties as a pop-culture gimmick, and CBS's Swingtown
“Just the whole concept of key parties as a pop culture TV show movie gimmick, I think.”
unknown · 0:50:09
pick The one-step-up split-level living room in the client's house
“Very 70s.”
unknown · 0:50:43
pick Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver, who played the president and first lady four years earlier, as an adulterous 70s couple
“The weirdness in a good way of Kevin Klein and Sigourney Weaver, who played the president and the 1st lady 4 years earlier”
Bill Simmons · 0:50:59
pick The bong scene
“I love bong scenes in movies”
Bill Simmons · 0:51:14
pick Posters on the boarding school room wall
“I always like these period movies where you get to look on the walls and see what the set director's like”
unknown · 0:52:49
pick Francis and Paul, the roommates, as a gear shift
“the roommates and their and their relationship, I think, is of much needed, like, kind of gear shift in this movie.”
unknown · 0:52:57
pick Sigourney Weaver
“I just so rationally love Sigourney Weaver.”
unknown · 0:53:33

Miracle (2004) · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

What stage the best (aged best) · What has held up best in the movie.

pick Casting real hockey players instead of actors: Easier to teach hockey players to act; Bill Ranford doubles as Jim Craig.
“It's easier to teach hockey players to act than it is to teach actors how to play hockey and the Brissimilitude or whatever you want to say.”
unknown · 0:36:38
winner Al Michaels as himself, re-recording his call: The third act is narrated by Al Michaels.
“is having Al Michaels redo all his audio so that you basically get the 3rd act of this movie narrated by Al Michaels.”
unknown · 0:38:28
pick Noah Emmerich as Craig Patrick: Pairs with Beautiful Girls as his Apex Mountain combo.
“This and beautiful girls are really the Noah Emmerick Apex Mountain combo.”
unknown · 0:43:18
pick Dream On: Great use in the closing credits.
“It's a great use to dream on in the closing credits.”
unknown · 0:56:27

The Godfather Part II (1974) · ‘The Godfather Part II’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, and Brian Koppelman

What ages the best · What holds up best.

pick Young Pacino and young De Niro in the same movie
“Young Pacino and young De Niro being in the same movie.”
Bill Simmons · 1:26:40
pick Merle asks for a cocktail in Michael's office
“Merle asking for a cocktail in Michael's office.”
Bill Simmons · 1:27:23
pick Michael turns the family over to a nervous Tom ('learn from pop')
“Michael turning the family over to a nervous Tom when he says one thing and learn from pop, try to think like people around, you think?”
Bill Simmons · 1:31:18
pick Johnny Ola as the young Uncle Junior
“Johnny Ola being the young Uncle Jr.”
Bill Simmons · 1:31:51
pick Michael Corleone's IBM stock
“Michael Corleone's IBM stock.”
Bill Simmons · 1:35:16
pick Frankie Pentangeli's brother with the evil eye
“Freddy's uh Freddy's brother.”
Bill Simmons · 1:35:25
pick Tom tells Michael he's staying
“Tom tells Michael he's staying.”
Bill Simmons · 1:36:00
pick Hagan and Michael on the president being killed, three years before JFK
“In a scene set in 1960, Tom Hagan says nobody could kill the president of the United States, and Michael Corleone replies, anyone could be killed.”
Bill Simmons · 1:36:17
pick Rocco Lampone
“Rocco Lampone underrated?”
Bill Simmons · 1:36:29
pick The presence of oranges: A literary signature and echo across the films.
“And the presence of oranges.”
Bill Simmons · 1:36:46
pick Gordon Willis's photography
“The avocation of turn of the century, New York, the arrival at Ellis Island, the Mashulu, like the pan across the desk.”
Brian Koppelman · 1:37:14
pick Frankie Five Angels in the bathtub: Not rewatchable, but ages best for what it portends.
“I think the scene in the bathtub, the using the history, the decline of the Roman Empire, all that shit in that one moment for me.”
Brian Koppelman · 1:37:34
pick The way the film looks, with Gordon Willis
“I actually am gonna go with the way it looks with Wills.”
Chris Ryan · 1:37:57
pick Young De Niro and young Pacino in their prime
“I have young De Niro young Pacino.”
Chris Ryan · 1:38:02

Father of the Bride (1991) · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins

What Aged the Best · What about the movie holds up best today.

pick Kieran Culkin as Matty Banks: Watching the kid who grows up to be Roman Roy on Succession.
“It is so fucking hilarious to watch this and think that kid's going to be Roman Roy.”
Amanda Dobbins · 0:37:34
pick Kimberly Williams as Annie Banks: Likable, with real father-daughter chemistry with Steve Martin.
“Just a utter delight in this movie.”
Bill Simmons · 0:38:41
pick San Marino: A wonderful place he has visited for soccer games.
“I'm putting that in as a wet stage, the best, especially after having gone to many soccer games there and, uh, It's a wonderful place.”
Bill Simmons · 0:40:41
pick The father-daughter basketball scene: As well as a dad-daughter basketball scene could go.
“I have the basketball scene for what stage the best, only because we've seen this go badly.”
Bill Simmons · 0:41:34
pick The overwhelmed dad who can't afford the wedding: Still accurate to how weddings spin out of control.
“A couple more would say it's the best. The overwhelmed dad who can't totally afford the wedding is just a great movie plot.”
Amanda Dobbins · 0:43:06
pick The house
“We mentioned the house for what stage the best.”
Bill Simmons · 0:43:49

Saturday Night Fever (1977) · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel

What's aged the best · What about the movie has held up best.

pick The Bee Gees soundtrack: Still great 45 years on.
“Soundtrack is great.”
Bill Simmons · 0:44:17
pick Tony's bedroom and its posters: Serpico, Bruce Lee, Wonder Woman, Rocky and Farrah Fawcett on the walls.
“Tony's room, which if you look closely, there's posters of Serpico, Bruce Lee, Wonder Woman, Linda Carter, Rocky and Farrah Fawcett.”
Bill Simmons · 0:45:36
pick Donna Pescow as Annette: Great performance.
“Donna Pescal, great performance.”
Bill Simmons · 0:46:21
pick The Annette and Tony dynamic: Small moments make it feel like a realistic relationship.
“Like, there's little moments like that with that where it's, it's actually a realistic relationship.”
Bill Simmons · 0:46:52
pick Tony's meathead friends: You believe they have known each other for years.
“I, you really believe that those guys have known each other for 12 years or 15 years or whatever, there's like a comfort with all of them.”
Bill Simmons · 0:47:27
pick Mid-70s distressed New York as a movie location: Lists Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Dog Day Afternoon and others made in six years.
“Mid 90s, mid 70s, distressed New York, as a movie location, where we had Mean streets, taxi driver, Death Wish, the Warriors, taking a Pelma, 123, Dog Day afternoon, Annie Hall in Manhattan, the good version, Saturday Night Fever, and cruising.”
Bill Simmons · 0:47:58
pick The Airplane! parody of the movie's love scene: Airplane copies the movie three years later.
“The airplane parody scene.”
Bill Simmons · 0:50:19
pick Mad magazine's parody of the movie: Probably read the parody before seeing the film.
“For me, Mad Magazine's parody of Saturday Night Field.”
Jimmy Kimmel · 0:50:43
pick Denny Terrio's Dance Fever show: Throws it in as a TV echo of the movie.
“I was going to throw in Denny Terrio's Dance Fever show, which I watched in the late 70s, which was like that syndicated.”
Jimmy Kimmel · 0:51:04
pick The pork chop dinner fight: Tony takes a second pork chop and the fighting starts.
“When his mother buys all the pork chops and the father who's out of work is upset.”
Jimmy Kimmel · 0:51:30

The Color of Money (1986) · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What's aged the best · What about the movie has held up best.

pick The costumes and style, Newman's wardrobe and mustache
“I think it's the rare 80s movie in which the style still works.”
unknown · 0:42:19
pick How the film acknowledges The Hustler as a continuation sequel
“The way that this movie acknowledges the Hustler.”
unknown · 0:44:49
pick The continuation sequel idea, bringing the band back without retreading
“It's the continuation sequel, which is a movie gimmick.”
Bill Simmons · 0:46:07
pick The Vince t-shirt
“The Vince t-shirt is iconic.”
unknown · 0:37:46
pick Robbie Robertson's score and the Clapton and Robert Palmer songs
“Robbie Robertson's score is excellent.”
unknown · 0:38:04

Trainspotting (1996) · ‘Trainspotting’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald

What aged best · What about the film has held up best.

pick The Choose Life monologue: Even people who hadn't seen the movie knew the monologue.
“So what's age the best? Obviously, I just said to choose live speech.”
Chris Ryan · 0:44:21
pick The poster: The poster, with the monologue on it, was in every dorm room.
“and this leads into the other one's age, the best, which is the poster, which Andy and I also talked about.”
Chris Ryan · 0:44:47
pick The surreal flourishes (the toilet, the overdose): They work as a pressure valve after the darker moments.
“I think that the flourishes of surreality really help, which I would also add is one of my things that have aged the best”
Chris Ryan · 0:46:07
pick The humor: Dry Scottish humor takes the edge off and makes the hard moments hit harder.
“I think the humor has aged the best.”
Andy Greenwald · 0:47:10
pick Renton's 'It's shite being Scottish' speech: The specific Scottishness is what has aged best, shown in the speech.
“the specific Scottishness of it has also aged the best, and I would say that's encapsulated in, in Renton's, its shite being Scottish speech”
unknown · 0:48:44
pick The soundtrack: Calls it pretty definitive; the music curated the history of cool and the nightlife of the moment.
“I think I do have a wet's age the best, though, maybe pretty definitive, and that's the soundtrack.”
Chris Ryan · 0:50:47
pick The soundtrack: Agrees with Chris and adds that Danny Boyle's own taste is all over it.
“So I'll probably say soundtrack is what age the best”
Andy Greenwald · 0:56:26
pick Renton's view of gender fluidity: The line about no guys and no girls, just wankers, has aged very well.
“But I do think that it's worth noting that Renton's view of gender fluidity has aged very well”
Andy Greenwald · 0:57:03

Fight Club (1999) · ‘Fight Club’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

What Aged Best · What has held up best.

pick The twist that the narrator and Tyler are the same person: Bill agrees the twist aged best, then also lists it under aged worst.
“And this is the one that I think ages the best and also, I care about the least.”
Chris Ryan · 0:58:51
pick The DVD: The 99-2000 DVD era done right: commentary, double disc, deleted scenes.
“The DVD has aged the best.”
Bill Simmons · 0:59:54
pick The shirtless Pitt photo with the black eye and cigarette: Attribution inferred: it continues his DVD thread.
“I think is aged the best of it's shirtless pit with the black eye and the cigarette. And it's like in the fight thing.”
Bill Simmons · 1:00:21
pick The Pixies song over the ending
“I don't think we sold hard enough in what stage the best, the ending with the pixie song.”
Bill Simmons · 1:26:02

Boyz n the Hood (1991) · ‘Boyz n the Hood’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, Van Lathan, and Logan Murdock

What aged the best · What about the film has held up best.

pick The Stand By Me shadow homage when Doughboy fades away: Likes the young Trey scenes and the River Phoenix homage at the end.
“I like to stand by me, Shadow, especially at the end when Doughboy fades away, which is a direct River Phoenix homage to stand by me.”
Bill Simmons · 1:03:09
pick The use of the helicopters over South Central: Never seen it done like that; the helicopter almost becomes a character.
“I'd never seen that done in a movie like that before, and it almost becomes a character in the movie.”
Bill Simmons · 1:03:23
pick The Reagan Bush poster with bullet holes in the opening: A little overt but liked it.
“The in the opening scene with the kids, the Reagan Bush poster with the bullet holes in it.”
unknown · 1:04:07
pick The SAT scene saying the SATs are culturally biased: One of the first times seen in pop culture.
“this was one of the 1st things I remember from a pop culture standpoint that pushed that the SITs were culturally bust.”
unknown · 1:04:18
pick Angela Bassett: Looks the same, even better now; she does not age.
“She looks better now.”
unknown · 1:04:58
pick John Singleton's mailman cameo: Did not know it was him until the DVD commentary.
“John Singleton's Mailman Cameo?”
unknown · 1:05:13
pick Singleton's persistence in getting Ice Cube into the movie: A young USC kid kept telling Ice Cube he had a movie for him.
“That really ages the best because John Singleton was this intern at Arsenio Hall show.”
Van Lathan · 1:06:10

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) · ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What aged the best · What about the movie has held up best.

pick John Williams's score
“I think we've neglected to like nominate the score in a couple of more recent ones and I just want to say that this is probably my favorite.”
unknown · 0:54:46
pick The sub-two-hour running time
“Less than 2 hours.”
unknown · 0:55:36
pick Indy's fedora
“Harrison Ford's hat is great.”
unknown · 0:55:49
pick Alfred Molina as Satipo
“Really young Alfred Molina?”
unknown · 0:56:19
pick Paramount's cheap VHS release of Raiders: Best-selling VHS of the 80s.
“Paramount releases 500,000 home video copies of Raiders priced at 3995.”
Bill Simmons · 0:57:26
pick Paul Freeman as Belloc: The fly going into his mouth while Indy threatens him.
“So another what stage the best, Paul Freeman”
Bill Simmons · 0:58:12
pick Indy aiming the rocket launcher at Belloc
“It's the moment when Indy has the rocket launcher”
unknown · 0:58:36
pick Nazis as movie villains
“Nazis as villains, all those great things.”
unknown · 0:58:47
pick The student who leaves Indy an apple, which Marcus eats
“the one male student in his class who leaves him at Apple”
unknown · 0:59:04
pick Karen Allen going to Cruising, followed by Raiders
“Karen Allen going cruising, followed by Raiders of the Lost Ark.”
Bill Simmons · 0:59:36
pick The flashback bar in Airplane, the bar in the middle of nowhere
“I had one more would say the best, because airplanes the year before this.”
Bill Simmons · 1:00:08

What About Bob? (1991) · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan

What ages the best · The parts of the movie that hold up best.

pick Dreyfuss getting the call that Bob allegedly killed himself and saying let's not let it spoil our vacation
“It fucking kills me when Dreyfus gets the call that Bob allegedly killed himself.”
Bill Simmons · 0:36:02
pick The characters saying the title (What about Bob?) in the movie
“Uh, you know I love when they say the title in the movie.”
Bill Simmons · 0:36:39
pick Dr. Marvin's 80s station wagon
“Dr. Marvin's Wagoner. So great to see those 80s wagoners.”
unknown · 0:37:15
pick Julie Hagerty as Lila Marvin: Comic genius, one of the most consistent comedy presences; wishes she had more to do.
“I mean, comic genius, like the mom of our lives from airplane to Lost in America to this movie, she is like one of the most consistent comedy presences”
Sean Fennessey · 0:37:48
pick Dreyfuss's summer vacation outfits
“I have Dreyfuss's clothes in what stage the best.”
unknown · 0:39:06
pick Bob's Don't Hassle Me, I'm Local t-shirt
“I have the don't has to me on local t-shirt as as a wood stage the best.”
Bill Simmons · 0:39:30
pick Dr. Marvin's family conference with the puppets: Shows he is no less a maniac than Bob.
“And then I love family conference.”
unknown · 0:39:37
pick The era of high-concept star comedies, 25 of them between 1987 and 1994
“I just, I do miss a period of mainstream American comedies with movie stars that is like a little high concept, but not too high concept”
Sean Fennessey · 0:43:23

Predator (1987) · ‘Predator’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Shea Serrano, and Kyle Brandt

What aged the best · What about the movie has held up best.

pick First sight of Arnold in the chopper smoking a cigar
“The 1st sight of Arnold and the copter smoking a cigar.”
Bill Simmons · 0:40:16
pick Arnold's battle cry
“We didn't talk about Arnold's battle cry.”
Bill Simmons · 0:40:26
pick Jesse Ventura's gun, Old Painless, as a movie prop
“Jesse Ventura's gun, I think as a what's age the best just as like an incredible movie prop?”
unknown · 0:41:32
pick The one-liners
“I also like the, if it bleeds, we can kill it.”
Bill Simmons · 0:42:00
pick Sonny Landham as Billy
“Talk about it. What a character.”
Bill Simmons · 0:44:17
pick Jesse Ventura as Blain: Caught at an incredible point in his career as a wrestling commentator.
“Jesse Ventura, who they catch at an incredible point in his career where he's basically what Charles Barkley became for basketball he was for wrestling.”
Bill Simmons · 0:46:46
pick Richard Chavez as Poncho
“Richard Chavez is Poncho.”
Bill Simmons · 0:49:02
pick Stan Winston saving the predator suit
“The fact that the 1st predator suit failed, and they had to halt production, but then they brought Stan Winston in.”
Bill Simmons · 0:50:42
pick The Shane Black sex jokes: Admits it is a lone-corner pick: the jokes are so bad they come out funny and feel very 80s.
“so unbelievable that they tried it that I've actually come around now where I'm like, yeah.”
unknown · 0:51:15
pick Arnold Schwarzenegger as Dutch: Never looked better or cooler; his eyebrows go up in fear.
“to me, Arnold has never looked better in a movie.”
Shea Serrano · 0:52:16
pick The structure of the movie: Arnold steps aside for an hour while the others are killed, then it is one on one.
“But my pick for what's age is the best, is the actual structure of the movie.”
Shea Serrano · 0:52:59
pick Alan Silvestri's score
“I mean, the score scores unbelievable.”
Kyle Brandt · 0:54:02
pick The thermal heat vision
“Uh, heat vision.”
Chris Ryan · 0:54:55

Thief (1981) · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

What aged the best · The parts of the movie that have held up best.

pick The no-contractions criminal dialogue and underworld lingo: Mann insisted the characters never use contractions, and the dialogue never dumbs down for the audience.
“And the dialogue is my favorite kind of dialogue because it never dumbs down for the audience.”
Chris Ryan · 0:47:03
pick Tangerine Dream's score: The score sounds new, and the band had a run of scores in the early 80s.
“Tangerine dream.”
Bill Simmons · 0:47:51
pick Frank's collage (the vision board): The hosts joke that Mann invented Pinterest.
“Frank's collage.”
Bill Simmons · 0:48:18
pick Frank asks Leo for a boy and Prosky says done
“James Cott saying, I want a boy in Broske going, done.”
Bill Simmons · 0:49:19
pick The film debuts of Belushi, Petersen, Farina, Capalos and Prosky, and Belushi's inspired casting
“This was the film debuts of Jim Belushi, William Peterson, Dennis Farina, John Capalos, the janitor from Breakfast Club, and Proski.”
Bill Simmons · 0:50:00
pick Belushi's sideburns
“Belushi's sideburns.”
Bill Simmons · 0:51:34
pick Tuesday Weld as Jessie: Compared to a market correction on Jessica Lange; the hosts think she was terrific and Oscar-worthy.
“Jessica Lang, kind of market corrected Tuesday well, just center packing, right around here.”
Bill Simmons · 0:51:47

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald

What's Aged the Best · What about the movie holds up best.

pick The Clash on Eli's stereo
“I thought I would mention the, uh, the fact that Eli is always listening to The Clash?”
Chris Ryan · 0:46:17
pick Bob Dylan's Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid music
“I love, and also the use of Bob Dylan's music from Pat Garrett and Billy and the Kid, a couple of times is beautiful.”
Chris Ryan · 0:46:23
pick Vince Guaraldi's Peanuts Christmas music: Counts as the quintessential New York record.
“I want to shout out what is, to me, probably the quintessential New York record, certainly for 6 months of the year, which is Vince Gueraldi's Peanuts Christmas music.”
Andy Greenwald · 0:46:31
pick The Wilson brothers' performances: Sets aside Luke's later career; the Wilsons also go to Apex Mountain.
“I think that their performances in this movie, separate from one another, are remarkable.”
Andy Greenwald · 0:47:40
pick The Sunday New York Times magazine cover of Eli Cash
“I do want to say that what's aged the best is the Sunday New York Times magazine cover of Eli Cash.”
Chris Ryan · 0:51:36
pick Henry and Ethel's relationship
“my final what's age the best is um, Henry and Ethel's relationship, which might be the most human and sort of recognizable relationship in the movie in a lot of ways”
Chris Ryan · 0:51:46
pick Producer Barry Mendel and the decision to invest in Wes Anderson
“I feel like touched on pictures, producer Barry Mendel, like all their decisions to invest in Wes and let this be what it was going to be has aged really well.”
Andy Greenwald · 0:52:27
pick The physical comedy, including Danny Glover's fall at the archaeological site
“I would also say the underrated, but has aged really well in this movie is the physical comedy.”
Andy Greenwald · 0:53:28
pick The soundtrack
“I'm going to go with the soundtrack.”
Chris Ryan · 0:54:05

Home Alone (1990) · ‘Home Alone’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Mina Kimes

What's aged the best · What about the movie holds up best today.

nominee The physical comedy and stunts, such as Pesci's front flip on the iced stairs: Still amazing to the speaker.
“The physical comedy in this movie and the stunts are actually is just absolutely amazing.”
unknown · 0:39:13
nominee John Hughes's Chicago suburbs lit up with Christmas decorations: Set in Winnetka, with a city visibly nearby.
“I got to say, I'm still just in the bag for John Hughes's Chicago suburbs, and especially when they're all lit up with the Christmas decorations.”
unknown · 0:39:46
nominee How a kid would eat if he was alone: Ties it to the junk he and Sean ate before sports practice as kids.
“How a kid would eat if he was alone.”
Chris Ryan · 0:40:15
winner The siblings and big-family dynamics: Chris can't vouch for it as an only child; Sean and Mina say it rings true.
“Okay, so we'll go with suburban Chicago and the and the and the way the siblings interact.”
Chris Ryan · 0:45:41
winner Suburban Chicago: The family and suburban experience is called pretty on point.
“Okay, so we'll go with suburban Chicago and the and the and the way the siblings interact.”
Chris Ryan · 0:45:41

The Game (1997) · ‘The Game’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

What aged the best · What holds up best in the movie.

pick Nicholas splits the final bill with Conrad
“I love when Nicholas splits the final bill with Conrad.”
Bill Simmons · 0:33:49
pick The Ritz Carlton San Francisco
“Fun to see the Ritz Carlton San Francisco in here has not changed.”
Bill Simmons · 0:33:59
pick The graffitied house
“The uh, the graffitated house we mentioned.”
Bill Simmons · 0:34:05
pick A character whispering to another character, 'They're watching'
“I love any movie when a character whispers to another character.”
Bill Simmons · 0:34:09
pick Somebody saying 'now you've done it': He calls it a horror-movie trope that signals things are about to go apeshit.
“It's always pays off and I also like when somebody says, now you've done it.”
Bill Simmons · 0:34:16
pick Deborah Kara Unger: Long on her vibe; wonders what happened to her career.
“Uh, I mean, another graduate from the Dana Wheeler Nicholson finishing school, another anxious blonde that I'm just incredibly into.”
Chris Ryan · 0:35:01
pick The story of Deborah Kara Unger's audition tape, a sex scene from Crash: Fincher and Douglas cast her off a clip from Crash; Bill doubted the story was true.
“I like the story about how she came to be cast in this movie.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:35:40
pick Fincher shooting the Bay Area and his fascination with hidden societies: Hotel lobbies, phone records and bank accounts used in an orchestrated plot are 'Prime Fincher'.
“Fincher shooting the Bay Area. Just never a bad thing.”
unknown · 0:37:05

Seven (1995) · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

Age the best · What about the film has held up best.

pick Kevin Spacey as John Doe, whom the hosts say nobody else could have played: Sean, Chris and Bill float De Niro, Will Patton and Billy Bob Thornton as possible alternates.
“I just think he's amazing in this movie.”
Bill Simmons · 0:46:13
pick The opening credits: Made to look like a serial killer made them.
“Fincher wanted to make them look like a serial killer was doing the credits, basically.”
unknown · 0:47:54
pick A killer working through the seven deadly sins, and saving the last two to intersect
“The concept of a serial killer ripping off the 7 deadly sins as his serial killer strategy.”
Bill Simmons · 0:48:48
pick The unnamed, always-raining city
“just the unnamed city that is always covered in rain and is full of crime, and it's like, he basically just wrote hell, you know”
unknown · 0:50:09
pick Not showing Gwyneth's head in the box
“Not showing Gwyneth's head in the box is a woodsage the best for me that decision.”
Bill Simmons · 0:52:28
pick Somerset, God's loneliest man
“He's like God's loneliest man.”
unknown · 0:54:09
pick The industrial soundtrack and Nine Inch Nails
“The other thing too is just, I think all the music is really good and really representative of that time”
unknown · 0:54:30

Easy A (2010) · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano

What Aged the Best · The part of the movie that has held up best after ten years.

nominee The use of YouTube and vlogging: Foundational to the movie and still feels relevant ten years later.
“Number one with a bullet, the use of YouTube and vlogging.”
Juliet Litman · 0:36:01
nominee Ojai as the location: She calls the choice of Ojai precious; the transcript spells it Ohai.
“As I alluded to earlier, I think picking Ohai as the location was also very precious.”
Juliet Litman · 0:37:21
nominee Making fun of California hippies
“Making fun of California hippies.”
Juliet Litman · 1:37:38
nominee Emma Stone's wardrobe: Both the regular-girl and the supposedly slutty outfits.
“Emma Stone's wardrobe.”
Juliet Litman · 0:43:20
nominee The jokes and one-liners in the script, especially the Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson scenes
“I would just add, I think the jokes in this script for the most part.”
Amanda Dobbins · 0:43:38
winner Emma Stone as Olive: Her performance at this point in her career; he planted her flag as the lead.
“I think just this performance by Emma Stone, at this point in her career”
Shea Serrano · 0:44:24
winner The webcam framing: Offered as the more clever pick alongside Emma Stone's performance.
“So I'm doing like, that's like one and then one A for me would be the webcam framing.”
Amanda Dobbins · 0:45:38
winner The webcam device and the held-up signs that structure the movie: He changes his answer after hearing the YouTube talk, liking a device set up early and repeated.
“Listening to YouTube talk about this, I would like to change my answer.”
Shea Serrano · 0:48:29

Fletch (1985) · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

What's aged the best · What about Fletch holds up best, as the hosts frame it.

pick Tim Matheson as Alan Stanwick, the villain, and the Animal House symmetry: Chevy Chase was supposed to be in Animal House and they wrote Otter for him; here Matheson plays the guy who looks like Chase.
“So Tim Matheson is cast as the villain, Alan Stanwick, who is trying to get Fletch in there so he can eventually murder Fletch and burn his body.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:38:18
pick William Traylor as Mr. Underhill: He rips the waiter to shreds, then the $400 bill: Jesus H. Christ.
“Two scenes.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:39:09
pick Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's IMDb page (Game of Death, Airplane, Fletch): Argues he has the oddest, best-looking IMDb run among athlete actors.
“Kareem's IMDb.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:39:43
pick The secretary: 'I'm Frida's boss. Who's Frida? My secretary.'
“The secretary going, I'm sorry, who are you again?”
unknown · 0:41:22
pick Harold Faltermeyer's score: Amazing 80s synth score, with a Thomas Dolby influence; Beverly Hills Cop sits right next to it.
“Music by Harold Faltimeyer.”
Bill Simmons · 0:42:50
pick Fletch's bachelor-pad apartment with the life-size Magic Johnson poster and basketball hoop: The perfect bachelor pad: sports stuff on the walls, still has a college sensibility.
“Yeah, I want to give a special shout out to Fletcher's apartment.”
unknown · 0:44:19
pick Fletch's faded purple Lakers jersey: The Lakers beat the Celtics in the 1985 finals; Bill recants his liking of the movie's Lakers fandom as a Celtics fan.
“I just really like his Lakers jersey in this, just that old school 80s.”
Bill Simmons · 0:44:54
pick Michael Ritchie, director: Points to his run: Downhill Racer, Bad News Bears, Semi-Tough, Fletch, Wildcats.
“This is the this is the all-time best sports movie director ever.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:45:59

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

Aged Best · The person, moment or thing that has aged best.

pick Cameron's introduction, 'I'm dying' / 'you're not dying': Relatable during the quarantine.
“Our 1st introduction to Cameron, when he says, I'm dying, and Ferris says, you're not dying.”
Bill Simmons · 0:47:42
pick Alan Ruck as Cameron Frye: His Succession role.
“Uh, Another would say, HMS just, Alan Ruck, for a different reason, now that he's been reinvented yet again as one of our favorite succession characters.”
Bill Simmons · 0:47:59
pick Beat City: Great mid-80s song missing from Spotify.
“Um, The Beat City.”
Bill Simmons · 0:49:07
pick The 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California: Auction value cited.
“The 1961 Ferrari 250, GT California has aged the best.”
unknown · 0:50:18
pick Ferris realizing the Ferrari has extra miles on it
“Uh, I like when Ferris realizes the Ferrari is through Andrew one miles on it.”
Bill Simmons · 0:51:22
pick Charlie Sheen: Bit part in Ferris Bueller, then A-list in Platoon.
“Um, Charlie Sheen's 1986 is aged the best.”
Bill Simmons · 0:51:32
pick Mia Sara as Sloane Peterson: Inducts her into the mid-80s Mount Rushmore with Kelly Preston, Joyce Hyser and Elizabeth Shue.
“And then, uh, I say, Mia, Sarah, as Sloane Peterson.”
Bill Simmons · 0:51:57

Edge of Tomorrow (2014) · 'Edge of Tomorrow' With Sean Fennessey and Chris Ryan

What's Aged Best · What about the movie holds up best.

winner Emily Blunt as Rita Vrataski: Emily Blunt as an action star; he first wrote it down as his answer.
“I'm going to say blonde has aged the best.”
Chris Ryan · 0:47:18
nominee The sci-fi World War II setting
“The sci-fi World War 2 thing is really cool to me.”
Chris Ryan · 0:47:15
nominee Green screen mixed with practical effects, and riffing on Groundhog Day
“I also mentioned being unafraid to riff on Groundhog Day, which I think was a smart choice for this movie.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:46:23

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

What Aged the Best · What about the movie has aged best, even though it is only five months old.

pick How they recreated 1969 Hollywood: Bill's own pick: the recreation of the period, including the redone Sunset and Hollywood Boulevard signage.
“So I'm going for what stage the best, how he redid 1969 Hollywood because that jumps out of me every time I watch.”
Bill Simmons · 0:49:43
pick Rick Dalton's house
“Rick Dalton's house.”
unknown · 0:40:39
pick The Playboy Mansion, which is the real one
“Morewood Sage the best, the Playboy Mansion, which is the actual Playboy Mansion, which I didn't realize.”
unknown · 0:46:02
pick Pacino's whole speech to Rick at Musso and Frank's
“That whole speech is great.”
unknown · 0:47:21
pick The trick of the title setting you up for the ending: The dot-dot-dot title sets up that not everyone dies.
“And then, uh, last one stage the best for me is that just the title, the trick of the title, not realizing that the title has set you up for everybody not dying.”
unknown · 0:48:13
pick Moving through life with a radio or TV on all day
“I have like just the sensation of moving through your life with a radio or a TV on all day.”
unknown · 0:48:56
pick The three-day structure
“I would also say that the 3 day structure is incredible.”
unknown · 0:49:30
pick The music and constant soundtrack
“I like the music and the kind of constant soundtrack in the movie.”
unknown · 0:49:52

Skyfall (2012) · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins

Aged Best · What about the movie has held up best.

nominee Judi Dench as M: Gravitas and restraint: just enough to give a scene meaning without taking it over.
“Number one, Judy Dench, literally, has aged the best.”
unknown · 0:41:31
nominee The London-centric locations: Sensible, grounded locations rather than volcano lairs; tied to the 50th anniversary.
“It's very London centric.”
unknown · 0:42:34
nominee The waning of empire and the Brexit-era British government: A running joke that the theme reads as very 2019.
“Brexit, James Brexit.”
unknown · 0:43:40
nominee The Deakins cinematography: It still looks cutting edge.
“It has not it doesn't look dated at all.”
unknown · 0:44:07
nominee Casting a prestige director and cast for a franchise movie
“I think the idea of casting a prestige person to make a franchise movie is aging quite well.”
unknown · 0:44:10
nominee Albert Finney as Kincaid: His last performance in a movie.
“One other thing that's aged well is this is Albert Finney's last performance in a movie.”
unknown · 0:49:05
winner Adele's "Skyfall": Chosen as the winner because it had the highest approval rating among the hosts.
“So let's go with Adele's song wins...”
Chris Ryan · 0:50:00

The Holiday (2006) · ‘The Holiday’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Kari Simmons

What Aged the Best · What about the movie holds up best today.

winner Jude Law as Graham: The hosts all agree his hotness is the thing that has aged best.
“Jude Law definitely age the best.”
Juliet Litman · 0:25:52
nominee The home-swap concept (homeexchange.com), as a forerunner of Airbnb
“The concept of just living in someone else's home was not mainstream in 2006, like maybe you would like rent for 2 weeks.”
Juliet Litman · 0:19:45
nominee Los Angeles at Christmas
“Los Angeles at Christmas, I think.”
unknown · 0:20:23
nominee The movie's celebration of the art of trailers
“I feel like in 2006, we were still making the corny movie trailers with a voiceover as evidenced in Cameron Diaz's trailer work, but this movie does show that there was an art to it.”
unknown · 0:21:10
nominee The score and the Christmas music
“I did think the score was very lovely.”
unknown · 0:22:15
nominee The LA house (the Spanish-style exterior in San Marino)
“I actually think the LA house has aged very well.”
unknown · 0:28:32

The Shining (1980) · ‘The Shining’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

What Aged the Best · The element of the film that has aged best.

winner Dick Hallorann's bedroom with the nude paintings: Bill's gold medalist; the steadicam is silver and the big wheel is bronze.
“Dick Halloran's bedroom.”
Bill Simmons · 0:56:04
pick The Steadicam work: Bill gave Sean the steadicam; Bill ranks it silver.
“It's the invention of a technology that changed movies forever.”
Sean Fennessey · 1:02:42
pick Danny riding the big wheel through the hallways: Bill's bronze medalist.
“I have Dick Halloran's bedroom as my gold medalist, and then the steady cam is silver medalist, and then the big wheel as a bronze medalist.”
Bill Simmons · 1:04:17
pick Red rum in the mirror: The fast cut and loud music make the reveal shocking.
“Red rum and the mirror has aged the best.”
unknown · 0:57:48
pick Grady explaining that he had to correct his family: Grady's matter-of-fact way of describing killing his family.
“The whole concept of correcting?”
unknown · 0:58:49
pick The hedge maze: One of their favorite man-built things in a movie.
“The maze's age, the best.”
unknown · 0:59:13
pick The creepy twin sisters
“The scary twin sisters have age the best.”
unknown · 1:00:03
pick Nicholson's drool after Wendy wakes him from the nightmare
“Um, Nicholson's drool after Wendy wakes him up from the nightmare?”
unknown · 1:00:16
pick The Overlook Hotel itself
“I was just going to say the overlook.”
unknown · 1:00:41

Beverly Hills Cop (1984) · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

Aged Best · What in the movie has held up best.

pick Jenny Summers' red Mercedes convertible: The car and the shot of it.
“And also the fact the red Mercedes-Benz convertible.”
unknown · 0:46:19
pick The soundtrack and score: The hits on the soundtrack and the Faltermeyer score.
“The soundtrack, which includes the heat is on Neutron Dance, stir it up and nasty girl.”
unknown · 0:47:44
pick The Mumford Phys Ed t-shirt: The Mumford shirt and Axel's cropped sweatshirts as iconic looks.
“His, the, uh, almost as iconic as the Mumford Phiz Ed department t-shirt is his cropped sweatshirts that he wears for most of the movie.”
unknown · 0:49:14
pick Taggart and Rosewood: The pair lays the groundwork for their stronger work in the sequel.
“Well, it aged the best because it lays the groundwork for 2 heroic performances in Beverly Hills cop, too.”
unknown · 0:49:53
pick Bronson Pinchot as Serge: Not falling for the banana in the tailpipe line.
“Yes. Um, I also like the performance by the not going to fall for the banana, the tailpipe guy, just because he also has earlier, he does his best.”
unknown · 0:50:42
pick Lisa Eilbacher as Jenny Summers: Hosts agree to put her back in the list; they land on Eilbacher Mountain.
“I'm willing to put her back in again.”
Bill Simmons · 0:51:16

Do the Right Thing (1989) · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris

What's aged the best · The element of the film that holds up best.

nominee Fight the Power: Sean runs down a list of nominees, starting with the Public Enemy song.
“Fight the power appears in this movie over 20 times.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:48:17
nominee Spike Lee: Spike as the charismatic center of the movie, not a great actor.
“Spike Lee comma movie star.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:48:50
nominee Ernest Dickerson's cinematography and the production design
“I mentioned Ernest Dickerson cinematography, the Red Wall, the musty, sepia tone, and Sal's, the pink room in Jay's room.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:50:00
nominee Direct address to the camera as a style
“Using direct address into the camera as a style, which has been now jacked by basically the whole indie revolution that came after him.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:50:23
nominee Two lines Tarantino borrowed (the dream line and the Sicilians and Moors speech): Sean's pitch is that the borrowing, not the Spike and Tarantino beef, is what holds up.
“I had forgotten that in this movie, there are 2 things that Quentin Tarantino stole.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:50:40
nominee The movie's timelessness
“I mean, I think it's the movie's sort of timelessness.”
Wesley Morris · 0:52:01
nominee Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee: Calls their roles a salty love letter to the two actors.
“Yep. Um, and and just everything that's contained in the movie, I love the idea of Ozzy Davis and Ruby D. too legendary actors who never, for all kinds of obvious racism related reasons, never quite...”
Wesley Morris · 0:52:06
winner Fight the Power: Wesley praises Chuck D's voice and the Flavor Flav harmony; Sean closes it with 'that's your winner' at 0:55:40.
“Yeah, I think that's obviously another one, right?”
Wesley Morris · 0:52:56

Gone Girl (2014) · 'Gone Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Shea Serrano, Mallory Rubin, and Sean Fennessey

What Aged the Best · The part of the movie that holds up best on rewatch.

pick Nick's unshaven video game swoon: A true-to-life moment of a bummed-out husband.
“I like his unshaven video game swoon.”
Bill Simmons · 0:48:44
pick Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross's score: Relaxing music that instills dread.
“The musical score.”
unknown · 0:51:25
pick Rosamond Pike as Amy Dunne: Her performance will live forever.
“I think Rosemont Pike's performance as Amy Dunn, which will live forever.”
unknown · 0:57:23
pick Affleck putting on a Mets hat: Elite detail, from Fincher's Yankees-hat story.
“You know what's age? Big era for twin cest? Is Affleck putting on a Mets hat?”
Bill Simmons · 0:57:39
pick The small supporting roles: Every small role is perfectly cast.
“I think every single small role is perfectly cast.”
unknown · 0:58:26
pick The mid-movie twist: Argued as both best and worst: the shock is gone but every detail rewards a rewatch.
“That's why I think it's age the best is because, yeah, I think it's both.”
unknown · 1:00:07

Collateral (2004) · ‘Collateral’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

Age the best · What in the movie has held up best.

pick White-haired evil Tom Cruise as Vincent
“White haired evil Tom Cruise.”
unknown · 0:50:07
pick Javier Bardem
“Bar Dam, we mentioned him.”
unknown · 0:50:18
pick Fox driving a cab instead of an Uber: The cab computer and dispatch give the car an intimacy Uber would lose.
“Fox being a cab driver instead of an Uber driver has aged very nicely for some reason.”
unknown · 0:50:20
pick Jason Statham's cameo at the top
“The Jason Statham cameo at the top.”
unknown · 0:50:56
pick The coyote crossing: Bill read that a coyote crossing your path is a bad omen, and Vincent had already killed three people by then.
“The coyote is a wet's age the best for me.”
Bill Simmons · 0:52:16
pick The look of the digital photography: Disorienting in 2004, now a singular work nothing has matched since.
“Just the look.”
Chris Ryan · 0:52:44

Reservoir Dogs (1992) · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

Ages the best · What about the movie has held up best as the years pass.

winner The opening credit sequence, the slow-motion strut: Fun to watch after Swingers ripped it off; still influential.
“go with the opening credit sequence for me.”
Bill Simmons · 0:56:50
pick Michael Madsen as Mr. Blonde: Young Madsen as a top-five-lottery-pick kind of presence, with a little Newman and Dean Martin.
“Young Madson was a top 5 lottery pick.”
Bill Simmons · 0:51:28
pick The juxtaposition of music with violence (the ear-cutting scene to easy listening): Now so copied that we have lost our ability to detect it.
“The idea of this guy listening to easy listening soft rock while he cuts somebody's ear off was fucking mind blowing.”
unknown · 0:55:23
pick The who's-the-mole, who's-the-leak device
“I also have, I like who's the mole and who's the leak or 2 of my favorite movie things.”
unknown · 0:55:30
pick Reservoir Dogs as an LA movie
“Also, thought it was a pretty good LA movie.”
unknown · 0:56:01

When Harry Met Sally (1989) · ‘When Harry Met Sally’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins

What's Aged the Best · What about the movie holds up best 30 years later.

pick Nora Ephron's script: The screenplay is named as the obvious one.
“Well, the obvious ones are the script, which is just in terms of basic screenwriting and also Nora Efron is a voice in romance.”
unknown · 0:36:46
pick The tight runtime, no wasted minute
“Like, there's not like a minute wasted in this movie.”
unknown · 0:37:12
pick There is no villain, all the tension comes from the two leads
“I think that's another thing that's would sage the best for me is there's no villain in this movie.”
unknown · 0:37:43
pick The friends who get together concept
“Just the friends who get together concept, which this started and is still in movies and in our lives all the time.”
unknown · 0:38:09
pick The Harry Connick Jr. soundtrack
“This feels classic.”
unknown · 0:39:17
pick Sally's early 1989 loose-waved hairstyle, before the perm
“The 1989 range, right before the perm, whatever that hair was before, was a really nice, nice look.”
Bill Simmons · 0:39:59
pick Sally's complicated food orders
“Meg Ryan's ordering is really funny and is another one that really became influential over the next 30 years”
unknown · 0:40:11
pick Harry's Knicks joke
“Harry's joke about winning the Knicks, their 1st championship since 1973 has aged wonderfully”
unknown · 0:40:46
pick We should have never slept together: The slept-with-a-friend regret moment and the ruined friendship.
“I have the whole, the whole, we should have never slept together moment, which has happened, I think, to just about everybody”
unknown · 0:41:13
pick How frankly the movie talks about sex and sexual politics
“But this is like very frank and direct and all of the lessons still apply and it's not gross and mostly not offensive.”
unknown · 0:41:46
pick The old movie references, Casablanca especially
“I like all the old movie references.”
unknown · 0:43:20
pick Opening up the conversation about faking orgasms
“I feel that this movie opened up the dialogue about faking orgasms in a way that's been productive to both sexes and to the sexual experience of all people.”
unknown · 0:44:50
pick The practical relationship advice, he's never going to leave her
“And then I also feel like that he's never going to leave her, but also great relationship advice embedded in this movie.”
unknown · 0:45:30
pick The I spy a family scene, a real-life talk with room to breathe: Said as something forgotten when the category was open; praised as a scene with real meat that modern rom-coms rush past.
“That scene when, um, the I spy a family.”
unknown · 1:17:58

Mean Girls (2004) · ‘Mean Girls’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins

What's aged the best · What about the movie has held up best.

pick Lindsay Lohan as Cady Heron (Katie): 2004 Lohan compared to a teenage phenom pitcher at his peak.
“We mentioned 2004 Lindsay Lohan.”
Bill Simmons · 0:27:56
pick Regina George: An all-time high school villain.
“Great high school villain.”
unknown · 0:28:39
pick The cast (Lohan, McAdams, Seyfried, Chabert, Fey, Poehler, Meadows)
“Another thing that's aged the best, the cast.”
Bill Simmons · 0:30:28
pick The homeschooling jokes, which set up the outsider premise
“Well, it also just gives the premise of the movie.”
unknown · 0:31:47
pick The Army of Skanks fantasy team name
“I just think it always was a great fantasy team, name, Army of Skanks.”
Bill Simmons · 0:32:04
pick The nutrition bar sabotage
“Nutrition bar sabotage.”
unknown · 0:32:18
pick Janice Ian's look (goth style that later came back)
“But then people actually started dressing like Janice in a few years later.”
unknown · 0:32:44
pick The rule that old boyfriends are off limits to friends
“The quote, old boyfriends are off limits to friends.”
unknown · 0:32:53
pick The Hollywood slut rule (Halloween)
“I just take the Hollywood slut rule is really funny.”
unknown · 0:34:01
pick Regina and the script; it became an early meme movie
“For me, it's Regina and the script.”
unknown · 0:34:33
pick Mean Girls (the whole movie)
“I think this whole movie's aged the best.”
unknown · 0:35:31
pick Hanging out in malls
“I forgot to do for what's age the best hanging out in malls because I think I think that's back.”
unknown · 0:59:20

The Natural (1984) · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin

What aged best · What about the movie has held up best.

nominee Wilfred Brimley and Richard Farnsworth as Pop Fisher and Red: The best stuff in the movie.
“Brimsley and Farnsworth as pop and red.”
Mallory Rubin · 0:47:20
nominee The Hebrew Oilers
“We find out that Hobbs played semi-pro ball for the Hebrew Oilers.”
Bill Simmons · 0:47:55
nominee Randy Newman score
“We forgot to mention the Randy Newman soundtrack and just like... iconic score. Nominated for an Oscar.”
Mallory Rubin · 0:48:16
nominee Kim Basinger as Memo
“I have Kim Basinger again, as Woodsage the best.”
Bill Simmons · 0:48:41
nominee John Rhodes: Looks like Roy, throws left, and has a good throwing motion.
“John Rhodes, the lefty from Pittsburgh who comes in, who's the Roy Hobbs spitting image.”
Bill Simmons · 0:50:07
nominee The slow-motion dugout jump after the homer
“And then the guys, the slow motion of the guys jumping out of the dugout after the Homer.”
Bill Simmons · 0:50:22
nominee Roy Hobbs's three-true-outcomes offensive game: He is a modern-era hitter: homers, strikeouts, walks.
“Roy Hobbs's 3 true outcomes offensive game.”
Mallory Rubin · 0:50:40
nominee The old-school baseball aesthetics and Cubs uniforms
“The old school baseball fashion and all of the baseball aesthetics of aged wonderfully, like especially the Cubs uniforms.”
Mallory Rubin · 0:51:50
nominee Iris as an independent spirit as Iris Gaines
“And then my final nominee is Iris, as an independent spirit and, you know, trailblazing feminist.”
Mallory Rubin · 0:52:15
winner Wilfred Brimley and Richard Farnsworth as Pop Fisher and Red: Would watch deleted scenes of them in the dugout; the score is his alternate.
“For me, it's red and pop.”
Bill Simmons · 0:53:44

Reality Bites (1994) · ‘Reality Bites’ 25th Anniversary With Bill Simmons, Chuck Klosterman, and Chris Ryan

What Aged Best · The part of the movie that has held up best.

nominee Janeane Garofalo as Vickie: Says she aged really well and wishes her career had gone differently.
“Uh, Garofalo, I think, is aged really well”
Bill Simmons · 0:46:32
nominee Ethan Hawke's music
“Ethan Hawke, Ethan Hawke's music age really well.”
Bill Simmons · 0:47:00
nominee Rolling Rock
“Uh, Rolling Rock was fantastic.”
Bill Simmons · 0:47:11
pick The 1994 soundtrack: His own answer, saying it feels like a 1994 soundtrack.
“And then the last one is just the soundtrack, I think, is really good.”
Bill Simmons · 0:47:17
pick The name of Troy's band, Hey That's My Bike
“I think the naming of his band, hey, that's my bike, is a very good encapsulation of how bands were being named at that time.”
Chuck Klosterman · 0:48:31
pick Stay (I Missed You) by Lisa Loeb
“The song stay, the idea of what Lisa Loeb was.”
Chuck Klosterman · 0:49:04
pick Winona Ryder as Lelaina Pierce
“I think her performance is great in this movie too.”
Chris Ryan · 0:49:39

Old School (2003) · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What's Aged the Best · What in the movie holds up best today.

pick Luke Wilson getting frisked at TSA and disrobing, set to Ryan Adams' To Be Young: Likely the first time he remembers anyone having fun with post-9/11 airport security.
“Luke Wilson getting frisked at TSA and just disrobing?”
Bill Simmons · 0:24:19
pick Ellen Pompeo as Nicole: Seeing her as the cute lady Luke Wilson has a crush on, before Grey's Anatomy; it feels jarring.
“Who is about to become one of the biggest and most bankable TV stars of the last 40 years, but in this movie is just the cute lady that Luke Wilson has a crush on?”
Bill Simmons · 0:24:44
pick The Dan Band at the wedding: The wedding band's swearing and the reaction shots of Will Ferrell and Perrey Reeves.
“But the damn band was just great.”
unknown · 0:26:18
pick Snoop Dogg: A good snapshot of a moment in Snoop time.
“Snoop Dogg's age really well.”
unknown · 0:27:45
pick Craig Kilborn: The sensation of seeing Kilborn in the movie; he also shows up under aged-worst.
“I think the sensation of seeing Kilbert. I mean, it's like, oh, fuck. Kilbert's in this movie.”
Bill Simmons · 0:28:54
pick The closing credits that tell story, with Kilborn's crash: About two and a half minutes of story in the credits; the hosts tie it to Todd Phillips mastering the form in The Hangover.
“Great closing credits in this movie have aged the best.”
unknown · 0:30:10
pick The soundtrack, with Here I Go Again played four times
“And I mean, here I go again, I think, is played 4 times.”
Bill Simmons · 0:31:48
pick Luke Wilson as Mitch: He calls this and The Royal Tenenbaums the alpha and the omega of Luke Wilson; a longer Luke Wilson argument gets saved for unanswerable questions.
“This and Tennenbaums are the two, that's the alpha and the omega of Luke Wilson.”
Chris Ryan · 0:32:10
pick Will Ferrell as Frank the Tank: The movie launched him toward being his favorite comedy star of the century.
“I mean, it obviously literally launches Will Ferrell to become probably my favorite comedy star of the century?”
Sean Fennessey · 0:32:28
winner "Earmuffs": People still say it and it is part of conversation; Bill had predicted earmuffs would win. The hosts add "You're my boy, Blue" to the lexicon later.
“I would say earmuffs is age the best.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:32:41
pick Patrick Cranshaw as Blue: "You're my boy, Blue" is in the lexicon along with earmuffs.
“Because you're my boy Blue, along with earmuffs, is in the lexicon.”
unknown · 0:53:03

Tombstone (1993) · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

Age the best · What has aged the best about the movie.

pick The real mustaches
“Well, the mustaches.”
unknown · 0:30:24
pick The crazy loaded cast
“Crazy loaded cast we talked about.”
unknown · 0:31:24
pick Dana Delany as Josephine: A good career that felt like it should have been bigger.
“I just love Dana Delaney.”
unknown · 0:31:27
pick The 1880s Wild West world-building
“I thought the 1880s Wild Wild West age really well.”
unknown · 0:33:40
pick The closing credits walking montage: Four minutes of close-ups, unintentionally funny but kind of cool.
“The closing credits age the best for me.”
unknown · 0:35:02
pick Val Kilmer: That whole era of Kilmer, through Heat.
“I just enjoy that era of Val Comer.”
unknown · 0:35:32
pick The tuberculosis vaccine: A joke pick.
“Another what's age the best tuberculosis vaccine?”
unknown · 0:39:23
pick Joanna Pacula: Wondering why she was not a bigger star.
“Joanna Pacula, Pacula, Pacula.”
unknown · 0:40:02
pick Billy Bob Thornton
“Billy Bob Thornton.”
unknown · 0:41:17

Taken (2008) · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano

Aged the best · What about the movie has held up or gotten better over time.

nominee A movie that knows exactly what it is: Likes movies with a simple, clear premise that know what they are.
“One of the things that's aged the best is just, I just like watching movies that know exactly what they are.”
Bill Simmons · 0:32:10
nominee Liam Neeson as Brian Mills: The history with him; he feels like the guy from Taken.
“Another thing that's aged the best is just Liam Nason, the history we had with them.”
Bill Simmons · 0:32:16
nominee The phone call monologue (very particular set of skills): Reads the whole speech aloud.
“This monologue is outstanding.”
Bill Simmons · 0:32:50
nominee The lesson that you get soft behind a desk (Jean-Claude): Jean-Claude's desk job theme runs through the whole movie.
“The biggest lesson of this movie is you get soft behind a desk.”
Bill Simmons · 0:34:14
winner The phone call monologue: Argues the speech never gets old and is the one scene Taken is known by.
“I think that the speech has to be the number one thing.”
Shea Serrano · 0:35:34
winner Liam Neeson: Conceding Bill's point that the speech was perfect from day one, says Neeson's whole filmography got retrofitted into an action star.
“I think the answer has to be Liam Neeson.”
Shea Serrano · 0:36:32

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) · 'Mad Max: Fury Road,' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, Micah Peters, and Jason Concepcion

What's Aged Best · The part of the film that has held up best.

nominee The action sequences: The obvious answer, only three years after release.
“Uh, I think that the obvious recommendation is the action action sequences were only 3 years since this movie was released.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:17:59
winner Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa: An iconic action performance and a character we have never seen before.
“Oh, I think it's, it's, it's, uh, Charlie's his performance by far.”
Chris Ryan · 0:18:30
pick The action: Agrees with Chris about Theron, but his pick is the action; praises her introduction.
“Uh, I think it's the action for me.”
Jason Concepcion · 0:20:02
pick George Miller's thesis of an almost continuous chase: Reads Miller's stated idea of a near-continuous chase with a human McGuffin.
“My pick is George Miller's thesis for this movie, which he crafted well, well, well before it was made 10, 15, 20 years, and I'll read it very quickly for you.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:20:56

Mission: Impossible (1996) · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion

What's aged the best · What about the movie still holds up.

nominee The Hitchcockian vibe, especially in the Prague sequence
“The Hitchcockian vibe.”
Chris Ryan · 0:27:02
nominee The cat-and-mouse format of the set pieces
“The other things that I have here are just the cat and mouse format of the set pieces rather than having smash bang building falling down on you stuff.”
Chris Ryan · 0:27:20
nominee Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt
“And then the final one would be cruise's performance, but I'm open to other recommendations here.”
Chris Ryan · 0:27:36
nominee Casting great actors in the supporting roles
“I think that this is one of the 1st movies that really made an effort to cast great actors in the supporting roles, and that's something that really holds up.”
unknown · 0:27:42
winner De Palma's visual style: Chosen over the other nominees; De Palma's playful style is under control here.
“and De Palma has a very playful style, so let's go with that for what's age the best.”
Chris Ryan · 0:31:48

Midnight Run (1988) · 'Midnight Run' With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

What Aged the Best · The part of the movie that has held up best over thirty years.

pick The chemistry between De Niro and Grodin: Rare two-man chemistry; they run through other great pairings from there.
“De Niro and Grodin, the chemistry of those guys.”
Bill Simmons · 0:28:02
pick Danny Elfman's score: Called one of the best soundtracks ever, like the Busboys doing a soundtrack.
“This is one of the best soundtracks ever, and it's got like the right feel to it, and then it slows down at the right parts, and then it kicks back in.”
unknown · 0:32:16
pick The closing line, "Looks like I'm walking": A great last line to end a movie.
“I love great last lines to end a movie, and that one's way up there, especially like him walking out of LAX”
unknown · 0:32:45
pick Jack's awkward visit with his daughter: Every beat of the scene works; one of the speaker's favorite De Niro scenes.
“That every beat in that scene is like A plus list.”
unknown · 0:33:39
winner The weird sentimental, poignant moments, plus Danny Elfman's music: The hosts' summary of what aged best.
“I think we said the poignant moments in Danny Elphin's music.”
unknown · 0:35:26

Jaws (1975) · 'Jaws,' With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

What Aged Best · What about the movie has held up best.

pick John Williams' score, Quint, the Hitchcock move of hiding the shark, and widescreen HD TVs: Adds that a big HD TV on Netflix makes it feel like being in the ocean.
“John Williams' score.”
Bill Simmons · 0:35:05
pick How it captures summer in a beach town
“I would I would throw in just the general way it captures summer at a beach town, both in terms of the power base being really like business leaders, a mayor who probably has a little too much power, a police chief who's just like trying to coast through my like 2nd half of my life with some some ease.”
Chris Ryan · 0:35:43
pick Never showing the shark for most of the movie
“I would say for me, it's the, it's the never seen the shark for most of the movie because I do feel like that became an iconic way to do a horror movie”
unknown · 0:39:43
pick The music
“I'm going music.”
Bill Simmons · 0:40:13

Forrest Gump (1994) · ‘Forrest Gump’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey

Aged the Best · What about the movie has held up best.

pick Robin Wright as Jenny Curran: Still looks great now; he is on her corner for life.
“I'm on her corner and I'm on Michelle Pfeiffer's corner for life.”
Bill Simmons · 0:23:22
pick The soundtrack and its music choices, such as Midnight Cowboy over Lieutenant Dan in New York: Called incredible, though Sean found the Midnight Cowboy cue too on the nose.
“Incredible music soundtrack.”
Bill Simmons · 0:23:28
pick The gimmick of Forrest intersecting with 50 years of American history: It shouldn't have worked but he enjoys it.
“The gimmick of forest intersecting with 50 years of American history.”
Bill Simmons · 0:24:39
pick Lieutenant Dan's redemption: Praised along with Gary Sinise's performance.
“The redemption of Lieutenant Dan has aged really nicely.”
unknown · 0:26:29

The Social Network (2010) · 'The Social Network' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

What's aged the best · The parts of the movie that have held up or gotten better.

pick All four rewatchable-scene contenders plus the opening scene into the credits and Mark walking through fake Harvard
“I would throw in all 4 of the things we just mentioned into this, as well as, um, the opening scene into the credits.”
Bill Simmons · 0:32:08
pick The deposition scenes: He has no idea why they work so well.
“The deposition scenes work way better than they should.”
Bill Simmons · 0:33:07
pick The Armie Hammer CGI as the Winklevoss twins
“This was really the most successful CGI to date, I feel like.”
Bill Simmons · 0:34:07
pick The Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross score: Speaker not certain; the music is praised by all three.
“I think we throw the word iconic around too much. This is by far.”
Bill Simmons · 0:35:06
winner The Winklevoss twins effects: Most movies' effects age badly, but here the seamlessness is crucial and still holds almost ten years on.
“I'm gonna go Winkle Voss's just because ordinarily what we would say is what a great movie, but with the special effects of age so poorly.”
Chris Ryan · 0:38:40
nominee Peter Thiel as Peter Thiel: His write-in: how much to trust Thiel as an investor, which has proved prescient for Silicon Valley.
“How much we should have been trusting the Peter Teal character in the movie in the 1st place when he comes on as an investor?”
Sean Fennessey · 0:39:20

You've Got Mail (1998) · 'You’ve Got Mail' With Juliet Litman and Amanda Dobbins

Aged Best · What about the movie holds up best.

pick The movie's predictions about New York changing and online romance: Chain stores replacing the neighborhood shops, and meeting romantic partners over text on the internet, all came true.
“You know what's funny is that this movie, everything this movie predicted came true.”
unknown · 0:17:48
pick Kathleen Kelly's apartment and clothes: The sunny junior one-bedroom and her wardrobe are back in style.
“I think the 2 things that have aged the best are, 1st of all, Kathleen Kelly's apartment.”
unknown · 0:20:36
pick The original catfishing: The pen-pal deception plot as part of the lineage of catfishing.
“So this is like part of the lineage of the beginning of catfishing.”
unknown · 0:21:44

The Departed (2006) · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

What's aged the best · What in the movie has held up best.

pick The title sequence with the Dropkick Murphys, 18 minutes in
“The title sequence coming in 18 minutes in with Dropkick Murphy.”
Bill Simmons · 0:17:49
pick The cranberry juice scene with Ray Winstone: Praised for the music, the shot and Winstone's delivery.
“Cranberry juice is a perfect movie scene.”
Bill Simmons · 0:18:41
pick The Nicholson death scene
“Well, one last one.”
Bill Simmons · 0:18:37