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.

Great Shot, Gordo Award: 91 picks in 37 episodes

Every film and category

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

Great Shot Award · Best shot.

winner The last shot, Sally in the truck bed at dawn
“covered it the last shot.”
unknown · 0:53:52
pick Pam walking toward the house under the swing: Played for a joke about long shots of her backside.
“Under the swing.”
unknown · 0:53:56

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

Gordo Award · Most cinematic shot.

pick Crane shot swooping from the racetrack into Ricky's driver's seat
“There's one crane shot that is pretty cool on top of the racetrack”
Craig Horlbeck · 0:59:29
pick The long slow-motion tumbling crash with the engine fire
“I thought like the long crash where they're tumbling in slow motion”
unknown · 0:59:41
pick The pre-race fighter jet flyover
“they do like a flyby with like 4 fighter jets.”
unknown · 1:00:02

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

Best shot · The best shot in the movie (the award's name was garbled in the transcript).

pick Sutherland's body popping out of the water, with the pan up out of Venice
“Sutherland's body popping out of the water?”
unknown · 1:00:21

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

Great Shot Award · The best shot in the movie (one host inverts it to the worst).

pick Buscemi getting stabbed
“It got to be Boshemi getting stabbed, right?”
unknown · 1:00:00
pick Rick's shadow emerging on Danny's wall after he closes the door: Concedes it is not exactly North by Northwest.
“I had Rich Shadow emerging on Danny's wall after he closes the door.”
unknown · 1:00:02
pick Hold on the crowbar resting on the fuse box: An inverted pick: the worst shot in the movie, with Vaughn fake-electrocuting himself.
“I had kind of an inverted great shot, Gordo, because it's the worst shot in the movie, but it's like there's a hold on the crowbar resting on top of the fuse box.”
unknown · 1:00:09

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

Great Shot Gordo · The most cinematic shot, named for Gordon Willis.

pick The ape in slow motion learning to use a weapon
“I have the ape in slow motion, learning how to use a weapon and how he filmed that would be my favorite.”
Bill Simmons · 1:44:31
pick The bone-to-spacecraft match cut
“I think the match cut that Stephen described earlier is the probably the number one answer.”
Sean Fennessey · 1:44:40
pick The floating pen
“The one I like the most is the floating pen”
Sean Fennessey · 1:44:44
pick The floating pen: He then explains the glass-and-tape trick.
“Oh, okay, well, that was what I was going to say with the floating pen was one of my favorite shots.”
Steven Spielberg · 1:44:55
pick The Dawn of Man front-projection shots
“my other favorite shop is everything at the Dawn Man.”
Steven Spielberg · 1:45:38
pick Brody on the beach, the dolly-zoom shot in Jaws: Bill names Spielberg's own Jaws shot as a Hall of Fame winner; Spielberg then explains where it came from.
“You have a Hall of Fame, great shock order, award winner, um, Brody. The got the beach. Trombone shot.”
Bill Simmons · 1:48:40

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

Great Shot, Gordo · The best shot in the movie (Roger Deakins' cinematography).

pick The opening shot, a white-out then Lundegaard's car drives past
“I mean, I have that for Great shot Gordo, the 1st shot whole fucking movie.”
unknown · 0:16:02
nominee Carl and Gaear introduced at the King of Clubs bar
“I have a couple of nominees for Gordo, but the thing is, is that like the shot as they like kind of push in or when they even 1st just like, they didn't move the camera that much.”
unknown · 0:37:48
nominee Paul Bunyan towering over the night sky
“Paul Bunyan towering over the night sky.”
unknown · 1:11:28
nominee The innocent couple driving past the trooper murder scene; Jerry driving past the parking attendant
“The innocent couple driving by the state troopers murder scene, Jerry going past the parking attendant, that sort of like them sort of going into danger that way is really great.”
unknown · 1:11:33

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

Great Shot, Gordo Award · Most cinematic shot, named after Gordon Willis.

pick The digitally recreated shots: the opening fireworks and the overhead shot of the taxicab
“There's a couple of like the just the digitally recreated moments, the fireworks, the overhead shot of the taxicab, et cetera.”
Chris Ryan · 1:47:05
pick Graysmith and Melanie in the phone booth outside the restaurant
“it's the Gyllenhaal 70 in the phone booth outside of the restaurant.”
unknown · 1:47:14
pick The Zodiac coming over the hill at Lake Berryessa, then Hartnell's face and the stabbing: Three connected shots; notes the blood in the stabbing is all digital.
“One is the shot of, um, the zodiac killer coming over the hill in Lake Barriessa.”
unknown · 1:47:53
pick The aerial Golden Gate Bridge shot
“Amazing Golden Gate Bridge shot.”
unknown · 1:49:00

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

Best shot · The best single shot in the film.

winner JP's car crash in slow-mo
“JP's car crash in slow-mo.”
unknown · 1:09:37
nominee Sonny taking the checkered flag with fireworks going off
“just the shot of Sonny taking checkered flag and the fucking fireworks going off.”
unknown · 1:09:44

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

Great Shot, Gordo Award · Most cinematic shot.

winner Kim Malin launching out of the chimney into the pond while her clothes blow off
“I can't understand how they got Kim Malin to launch out of the chimney”
Bill Simmons · 0:55:47
nominee The shower combo, with Hughes cutting back and forth between the two girls
“Would you go with the shower combo when they're talking about the girls are getting ready”
Bill Simmons · 0:55:39

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

Best Shot · Most cinematic shot.

pick Truman going through the revolving door, or the last shot of him walking into the black doorway
“Truman going through the revolving door, like, with the kind of, like, realization that something is changing or the last shot of the movie of him walking into the black, black doorway.”
Chris Ryan · 0:53:02
pick the over-the-bow shot when the storm stops and the sun comes up
“And they go, the, the, over the bow shot, and he's like this, and you don't know if he's dead or not, and then, I don't know, I just thought that looked cool, the sun come up.”
Bill Simmons · 0:53:16
pick Ed Harris touching Truman's face on the screen: He sees it as summing up the creator and creation father-son dynamic.
“I loved Ed Harris touching his face on the screen.”
Glen Powell · 0:53:25

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

Great Shot Gordo Award · Most cinematic shot.

winner RoboCop's shadow growing on the wall in the alley: The actor walked backward so the shadow would get bigger.
“I have when the 2 hooligans are with the woman in the alley and he shoots between the legs when Robo gets out and the shadow is projected against the wall behind them and he looks huge and it keeps getting bigger.”
unknown · 0:56:57

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

Best shot · Most cinematic shot

pick Natasha coming out of the cocoon in the train: The train was inverted to make the fall work
“I was gonna say, though, her coming out of the cocoon in the train.”
unknown · 0:52:34
pick The tongue coming through the back of the guy's head: Not cinematic but memorable; won best kiss at the 1996 MTV Movie Awards
“As far as shots, though, what about the defining shot of this movie, which I feel like was the tongue coming through the back of the guy's head?”
unknown · 0:53:43

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

Best Shot · The best shot in the movie.

pick The keys thrown off the roof straight at the camera
“So there's the keys, which is an incredibly difficult shot to pull off.”
unknown · 1:00:21
pick Paul bouncing in the back of the cab to flamenco music
“I do think that shot of him flying in the cab where he's sitting in the back and it's bouncing and you're hearing the flamenco music and you're like, what is going on?”
unknown · 1:00:55
winner The whip zoom on Marcy as she winks to the camera
“And then I mentioned my favorite by far is the zoom in on Marcy when she winks winks to the camera.”
Sean Fennessey · 1:01:04
pick The crane shot coming down on him outdoors in the last 20 minutes
“I like when he's, it's like in the last 20 minutes.”
unknown · 1:01:11

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

Great shot · The most cinematic shot in the movie.

pick Bonwit Teller exploding
“For me, bomb wet tower exploding.”
Bill Simmons · 1:13:57
pick the opening shots of the sun coming up over New York
“the opening 3 or 4 shots of the sun coming up in New York City”
unknown · 1:14:02
pick the man cut in half by the wire
“The fucking guy getting cut in half.”
unknown · 1:14:15

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

Best shot · The best shot in the film.

pick The opening credits
“the opening credits, right?”
unknown · 1:13:44
pick Tess's last shot: Said to add a lot of ideas to what you are meant to take from the movie.
“I was going to say the last shot.”
unknown · 1:13:45
pick Tess on the ferry in fog, then the helicopter shot into the night skyline
“I would say there's a after Baldwin cheats on her.”
unknown · 1:14:11

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

Great shot · Best shot in the film.

winner The Steadicam run up the museum steps: Credited to Garrett Brown and his Steadicam.
“Oh, the running up there, Museum of Steps, steady cam.”
unknown · 0:41:48
pick The wide shot of Philly ending the first 5 AM training scene
“We said the 5 AM training ending the 1st time with the wide shot of Philly.”
unknown · 1:06:22

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

Great Shack Award · Most cinematic shot (also billed as the Fortune 3 Clap Award for most giftable moment).

winner Don and Mike slumped at the one yard line: Total despondence at the end of the championship game.
“Okay. Don and Mike slumped over the one yard line.”
Bill Simmons · 0:58:01

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

Great Shot, Gordo Award · Best, most cinematic shot

nominee Looking up from the trunk at Vincent and Jules
“I'll give you the shot looking up from the trunk of Vincent Jules.”
Bill Simmons · 1:10:21
nominee Lance selling heroin through the mirror
“Lance through the mayor selling heroin.”
Bill Simmons · 1:10:25
nominee The jaw shot of Mia getting stoned
“The jaw shot for Mia getting stoned.”
Bill Simmons · 1:10:28
nominee Marcellus with the donuts
“Marcellus with the donuts.”
Bill Simmons · 1:10:31
nominee Butch's one-take walk through North Hollywood back to his apartment
“The onener of Bruce Willis walking through North Hollywood to get back to his apartment, the deep focus shot of Butch coming in as Marcellus is getting raped and the Maynard's face.”
unknown · 1:10:36
nominee Fabienne standing in the TV screen
“And the shot of Fabian standing in the TV screen.”
unknown · 1:10:48
nominee Mia walking into the bathroom, then her head coming up in the mirror
“I like, this is a less iconic one, but the image of Mia walking away from Vincent into the bathroom at Jack Rabbit Slims.”
unknown · 1:11:00
nominee Butch in the foreground as a wounded Marcellus walks down the alley with a gun
“Um, and then, did you say, maybe I didn't hear a Butch leaning against the wall in the foreground as like a wounded Marcellus, isn't walking down the alleyway with a gun right before they go into a pawn shop?”
unknown · 1:11:10
nominee Mia dancing behind the beam in her house
“There's one thing before that, which is he goes to the bathroom and she puts on the urge over cover and she dances, and that's like, to me, that's definitely a great shot.”
unknown · 0:32:07
nominee Maynard's face as Butch goes back down
“When he goes back down, Maynard's face is just perfect, that that shot is unreal.”
unknown · 0:46:38

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

Great Shot Award · Best shot in the movie.

pick The tornado reveal behind the drive-in screen
“The revealed the tornado reveal, the drive-in, lightning flashes and the tornadoes behind the drive-in screen.”
Chris Ryan · 0:59:06
pick The shot in the middle of the F5 as they hang on: Calls it majestic.
“To me, it's the shot of the middle of the F5. when they're hanging from the thing.”
unknown · 0:59:13

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

Best Shot · The best shot in the film.

pick The wide shot of the last two laps: Best for technical achievement.
“Uh, I mean, just for technical achievement, probably the last last 2 laps”
unknown · 0:49:07
nominee The wide shot of the quarry: Also loved for its setting.
“although I just really like the setting of the quarry a lot.”
unknown · 0:49:11

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

Great shot, Gordo · The best shot or visual moment in the film.

pick Brad's monologue into the mirror with the graffiti on it
“Oh, man. Judge Reinhold doing a monologue into a mirror with a graffiti that says big hairy pussy.”
Chris Ryan · 0:55:12
nominee Stacy's-eye shot of the stereo guy, Ron Johnson, arching his neck: Attribution inferred from the Stacy's-perspective framing and the nominee reference.
“and I think also the, um, from Stacy's perspective, shot of stereo guy Ron Johnson, like, like, like, transforming into a basket, because he arches his neck and head at the point is genuinely, genuinely wonderful.”
Mallory Rubin · 0:59:58

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

Most Cinematic Shot · Best shot (Bill names the award in garbled words).

winner The chandelier coming down
“which I would give the Great Shack order award for most cinematic shot as the things coming down.”
Bill Simmons · 0:33:39
nominee The pan up from Oliver's Baccarat crystals to the chandelier
“the harbinger that leads to that point when Oliver is like using his Baccarat crystals for his little personal symphony and we pan up past his face to the chandelier.”
unknown · 0:33:56

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

Best shot · The best shot in the movie.

pick Peck choking Van as the ambulance arrives, sirens reflected in the door
“I had Peck choking out van as the ambulance arrived so you can kind of see it in the background getting closer and you can see like the reflection of the sirens and the side door.”
unknown · 0:53:17
pick The shot from behind with Peck's hand on the wife's leg and Carl the janitor between them
“I like the shot of behind when he has his hand on the wife's leg and the cameras behind them.”
unknown · 0:53:28
pick The camera pull back to the wife on top of Dennis: Speaker jokes it may be too on brand for him.
“But I have to give the best shot to the camera pull back to the wife being on top of Dennis just because that was a great shot, Cordo.”
unknown · 0:53:49

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

Great Shot · The best shot in the film.

winner The dissolve from the stitches on Alex's wrist to the rows of farmland outside the church: Cinematographer John Bailey's story of the match; the hosts say it has to be the Costner shot.
“they were shooting the field outside the church where they see all the rows of like farmland and he's like, 0 my god, this matches perfectly with the stitches on Alex's wrist.”
unknown · 1:06:17
nominee Triads of three object shots referencing Ozu
“So when you see like 3 shots of objects that all tell you something about characters, it's like this thing called a triad, right?”
unknown · 1:06:06

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

Great shot · Best shot of the movie.

pick The mobsters lined up on the sidewalk looking into camera
“Uh, the Great Shot Gordo, I actually have the lineup, like when all the mobsters are lined up, and there's a couple shots down the sidewalk, but I love the way that they're all looking direct into camera, and that's, and that's sea.”
Chris Ryan · 1:13:34
pick Sonny getting shot at, in slow motion
“I had Sonny getting shot at.”
unknown · 1:13:46
pick Tyrell Hicks on the bus
“She just looks impossibly beautiful.”
unknown · 1:14:10
pick Young C chases the bus, then sees Lorenzo in the window
“I had the scene where young C and his friends are starting to chase after the bus with the black kid on it, but then he turns around and his father's De Niro's in the window and he like gives me this sign and then it cuts back and you see kind of caught between the 2 worlds, right?”
unknown · 1:14:17

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

Best shot · The most cinematic shot (the Great Shack Order Award).

nominee A Dutch-angle shot on James Rebhorn that feels like Hitchcock: Neither speaker had a real pick.
“I guess like there's a shot at James Rehorn that's supposed to be out of like Hitchcock or something where it's like a Dutch angle, but Oh, yeah, it's not.”
unknown · 0:51:35

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

Great Shot Award · Most cinematic shot.

nominee Heaven with the Backstreet Boys
“I think it's heaven with the Backstreet Boys.”
unknown · 0:43:02
winner Danny McBride's entrance
“McBride probably wins most cinematic.”
unknown · 0:43:22
nominee Running away from the convenience store as the apocalypse starts
“Yeah, I mean, the only competition would be, uh, them running away from the convenience store when the Apocalypse 1st starts and all the car cars.”
unknown · 0:43:14

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

Great Shot Gordo Award · The most cinematic shot in the movie.

winner The final sunset and horizon shot: Same pick as the best needle drop.
“The final shot when the indie music kicks in and we get the sunset.”
Bill Simmons · 0:58:30

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

Great Shot, Gordo · Best shot in the movie.

pick The wide shot of Danny's mountain phone call: Also awards it the scene-stealing location for the watch hat.
“This also gets the, uh, the great shot, Gordo, the wide shot”
Bill Simmons · 0:43:33
pick The explosion behind Danny and Solomon in the Freetown escape
“And then there's an explosion in the background of the shot, and the whole fucking escape from Freetown sequence is unbelievable.”
Chris Ryan · 0:44:14

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

Dennis Thieves Benny scene-stealing location / Great Shot Gordo Award · Best shot and best scene-stealing location, both the same here.

winner The wide shot of the Malibu house as the Vanity Fair reporter wakes up
“The Malibu House, when we see the when the Vanity Fair reporter wakes up and there's just windows and shit, and then we get the wide shot.”
Bill Simmons · 0:59:23

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

Great Shot Award · Most cinematic shot.

winner Frank arrested in France and walking out
“Giving both to Frank when he gets arrested in France and then come out.”
unknown · 0:50:12
pick Hanratty taking the Christmas Eve phone call, blue and gray blinds with one warm lamp
“And then my great shot, Gordo, is Hank's, when the 1st time he gets the Christmas Eve phone call, and there's this shot.”
unknown · 0:50:41

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

Most cinematic shot · The most cinematic shot in the movie.

winner The opening helicopter credits sequence with the wide shot of the wilderness: Compared to the big wide shot at the start of Cliffhanger.
“The opening helicopter credits sequence. I think is really strong when you get that like wide shot of everything we're looking at.”
Bill Simmons · 1:02:14
nominee The mountain shot where they turn around and see everything
“There's also a mountain shot. Where they're walking up and they turn around and they look and you can see everything.”
Bill Simmons · 1:02:32

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

Great Shot Gordo Award (most cinematic shot) · The most cinematic shot, named after Gordon Willis.

pick Spacey digging in the dark lit only by the car's headlights
“I mean, you kind of, you kind of have to go with the digging at the end, right?”
Brian Koppelman · 0:57:29
pick Demi Moore staring out a high-rise window in a crisis
“I like when people stare out of windows and tall buildings in New York City and they're under some sort of they're having some sort of crisis.”
Bill Simmons · 0:58:02

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

Gordo Award for most cinematic shot · Most cinematic shot.

winner Two-shot of the men at the table when the verdict is announced, with the crowd standing behind: He says it's a pretty straightforward visual movie.
“It's like a 2 shot of those 2 guys sitting at the table when they announced the verdict and he goes, woo-ah.”
Chris Ryan · 0:50:00

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

Gordo Award · Best shot in the movie.

winner Deep-focus shot of Beauchamp's story with Alice's reaction: Deep-focus shot of the man hearing the story and realizing it is about his wife, before Frances Fisher's character says he has no wife above the ground.
“I had the deep focus shot of, of, uh, the wireless sitting in front and hearing the story”
Chris Ryan · 1:08:04

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

Great Shot Gordo Award · The best single shot in the movie.

winner Paul wakes up holding the knife to Annie's face as lightning goes off
“When he wakes up, when he falls asleep, hold the knife, and he wakes up.”
Bill Simmons · 0:58:50

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

Great Shot Gordo Award · The best shot of the movie.

pick The mushrooms-in-Vegas sequence filmed from the audience seats
“I have them when they're on mushrooms in Vegas, how they filmed it when they were in the seats.”
unknown · 0:48:38