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.

Most 1985 Thing: 105 picks in 24 episodes

Every film and category

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

Best 1980 thing · The most 1980 thing about the movie.

winner The Bogart and Hepburn impersonations: Two characters do old-movie star impressions at different points.
“But I think the winner is 2 characters and 2 different points to a Bogart impersonation or Catherine Hepburn.”
unknown · 0:50:33
nominee The old gas station pumps
“The old gas station pumps really brought me back at the gas station.”
unknown · 0:50:23
nominee Hitchhiking
“Number one, the hitchhiking.”
unknown · 0:51:26
nominee Kids hanging out at the lake
“Number two, white kids at the lake.”
unknown · 0:51:32

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

Most 1974 Thing · The most 1974 thing about the movie.

nominee The hitchhiker's Polaroid camera with flashbulb attachment
“I could offer you the Polaroid camera?”
unknown · 0:45:28
nominee Calling a girlfriend your old lady
“Calling someone's girlfriend your old lady?”
unknown · 0:45:53
winner Hitchhikers
“And then, uh, I think the winner is just hitchhikers.”
Bill Simmons · 0:46:09

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

Most 2006 Thing · The thing in the movie that is most of its year, 2006.

nominee The Nextel patch
“I think you have to start with the Nextel patch.”
Danny Heifetz · 0:49:54
winner Halliburton as a sponsor: Heifetz's winner; Halliburton was a reviled company then.
“It has to be Aliburton.”
Danny Heifetz · 0:52:17
winner Making the villain a gay French guy
“I think I think it's the making the villain a gay French guy.”
unknown · 0:52:22
nominee The sideburns and soul patch combination
“Uh, the sideburns, soul patch combination.”
unknown · 0:51:00
nominee The Circuit City mention
“Um, to play off of the Nextel thing, the mention of Circuit City.”
unknown · 0:51:22
nominee Yasmine Bleeth
“that's like looking up Yasmin Belize skirt.”
unknown · 0:51:39
nominee Amy Adams as Susan
“I have Amy Adams being a tiny, small side character in a movie.”
unknown · 0:52:25
nominee Sacha Baron Cohen as Jean Girard
“I kind of think it's Sasha Baron Cohen in a way.”
unknown · 0:52:31

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

Most 2003 thing · The most 2003 thing about the movie.

pick Lyle saying he invented Napster: Called one of the easiest answers.
“Obviously, it's Lyle saying he invented naps.”
unknown · 0:52:47
pick Hacker mumbo jumbo that sounds right: The last moment a hacker could say technical nonsense and the audience bought it.
“But I also have a subcategory for this, which is this was the last moment where a hacker character could just say a lot of mumbo jumbo and the audience was like, sounds right.”
unknown · 0:52:50
pick Hollywood Boulevard seeming alive and great: Van Lathan adds that Hollywood stayed lively until COVID.
“I have a Hollywood Boulevard seeming like alive and great.”
unknown · 0:54:01
pick Seth Green: A lead role three years before Entourage.
“One more 2003 thing about this movie. Seth Green's like really important in it?”
unknown · 0:55:21

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

Most 2001 Thing · The most 2001 thing about the movie.

pick MSN news searches and easily changing your identity with no repercussions: Also slow-loading websites on dial-up and casual Shaquille O'Neal references.
“Um, most 2001 thing about this movie, I had either MSN news searches or, uh, just easily being able to change your identity with no repercussions.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:53:25

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

Most 1968 thing · The most 1968 thing about the movie.

pick The intermission: Also opening a movie with three minutes of black screen and weird music.
“My 2 would be the intermission, which just doesn't happen anymore.”
Bill Simmons · 1:25:33
pick A movie becoming a phenomenon because people smoke marijuana in the theater
“The idea of a movie becoming a phenomenon because people are smoking marijuana in a movie theater.”
Sean Fennessey · 1:27:14
pick A big movie made entirely by hand, without digital effects
“The one thing that really strikes me is, so it's a movie made entirely without digital effects”
Sean Fennessey · 1:27:35
pick Nothing; the movie wiped out its own year: He says there was no 1968 while you watch 2001.
“2001 had nothing to do with 1968.”
Steven Spielberg · 1:29:47

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

Most 1987 or 1996 Thing · The most 1987 (the film's setting) or 1996 (its release) thing about the movie.

pick Scotty's Whitesnake poster (1987)
“Scotty Lundegard's got a white snake poster over his bed and 87 is the year that that album came out and here I go again was all.”
unknown · 0:58:24
pick Passing the film off as a true story, which couldn't be researched (1996)
“The 96 for me is just what we've already talked about that you could just say this was a true story and everyone would just believe it because they can't research it.”
unknown · 0:58:56
pick Regions of America felt far away and different (1996)
“I actually had this for what was the most 1996 part of this movie is that it's not necessarily the last time, but it is a time in America where different regions felt far away and culturally very different.”
unknown · 0:51:05
pick The Playboy in the bathroom magazine rack (1987)
“The most 1987 thing about this movie. We did not mention yet. It's a playboy in the bathroom reading rack.”
unknown · 1:01:22

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

Most 2007 / Most 1970s Thing · The most 2007 (or most 1970s) thing about the movie.

pick Jake Gyllenhaal's wide-eyed weirdo era (2007): The era that ends right after this movie.
“It's the wide-eyed, innocent weirdo era, which is like how he got launched with Donny Darker.”
unknown · 0:37:32
pick Folgers coffee (1970s)
“And I think it's Folger's coffee.”
unknown · 1:27:44
pick Coordinating investigations between cities (1970s)
“I would also say for 70s thing about the movie, just coordinating investigations between cities.”
unknown · 1:28:38
pick Gen X looking back at childhood just before Obama (2007)
“I do think it's a really interesting example of Gen X art and like Gen X kind of looking back at their childhood”
unknown · 1:28:50

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

Most dated thing about the movie · What in the film could only be from now.

pick F1 racing in Las Vegas; JP watching Sonny's 1993 crash on YouTube
“The F1 having a major race in Las Vegas could only have happened in the last 2 years.”
unknown · 1:01:13
pick F1 as internationally beloved and celebrity-infested
“I said F1 being internationally beloved celeb infested.”
unknown · 1:01:32

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

Most 1985 Thing · The most 1985 thing about the movie.

pick The computer hacking sequence into the David Lee Roth video
“The computer hacking sequence when they're navigating through this labyrinth of electronic stuff”
Kyle Brandt · 0:44:55
pick Believing you could create a hot girl out of your computer
“believing you could create a hot girl out of your computer in 1985 is the most 1985 thing about this movie.”
Bill Simmons · 0:45:11
pick Weird Science by Oingo Boingo
“The title song being written and performed by Oingo Boingo.”
Bill Simmons · 0:45:22
pick Wyatt's band posters
“Uh, Wyatt's posters.”
Bill Simmons · 0:46:05
pick The trunk full of Playboys
“Trunkful of Playboys, we mentioned.”
Bill Simmons · 0:46:23
pick David Lee Roth
“There's an 18 month window where it made sense to have David Lee Roth in your movie, and then by 86, it's over.”
Bill Simmons · 0:46:27
pick Tenderness by General Public
“And then the movie closes with general public tenderness, which...”
Bill Simmons · 0:46:38

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

The Most 1998 Thing · The thing in the movie that is most 1998.

pick the travel agent: Glen's answer, tied to a bad travel agent experience he had that day.
“I think the travel agent?”
Glen Powell · 0:42:55
pick reality television as a novel idea: In 1998 the premise would have seemed far-fetched.
“Reality television being like a novel idea.”
Chris Ryan · 0:43:14
pick Paul Giamatti as control room staffer: Seeing young Giamatti puts him in the mid-1990s, from Private Parts and My Best Friend's Wedding.
“I had young Paul Giamari.”
unknown · 0:43:31

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

Most 1987 Thing · The most 1987 thing about the movie.

winner Lisa Gibbons as the TV anchor: Named the winner and talked through the Mary Hart comparison.
“But your winner is Lisa Gibbons.”
unknown · 0:47:59
nominee Stop-motion robot effects: Charming, and better than the CGI that would replace it.
“The stop motion robot special effects, which were very, do you like them?”
unknown · 0:46:47
nominee Someone watching 8 TVs through a store window
“Somebody watching 8 TVs through a window on the street is very 80s.”
unknown · 0:47:23
nominee Murphy's silk patterned button-up shirt
“I almost thought about picking it for the most 1987 thing.”
unknown · 0:28:41
nominee News break saying rebels have taken over Acapulco: Acapulco was the St. Bart's of the mid 80s; it would read as plausible today.
“But now I guess that could have been for most 1987 thing about this movie.”
unknown · 0:46:07

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

Most 1995 thing about the movie · The most 1995 thing in Species

pick Young Michelle Williams as young Natasha, a film she has disavowed
“I mean, Michelle Williams as young Natasha Andrew chest. She's disavowed this film. Yeah, I know.”
unknown · 0:37:59
pick The little portable Sony TV: Natasha's portable Sony TV; 'She has that little portable Sony TV.'
“Uh, 1995.”
unknown · 0:38:29
pick The paper credit card authorization machine
“I just had the paper credit card authorization machine.”
unknown · 0:39:37
pick Everybody is so thin: Everybody is so thin (Molina, etc.)
“Man, you know what else is so 95 about this movie?”
unknown · 0:39:45
pick Vision Pro sports watching, offered as a 1995 contrast: Bill's thing drifts into a Vision Pro aside
“Uh, I have a 1995 thing, but like, do you think that F1 is going to be cool with the Vision Pro?”
Bill Simmons · 0:38:57

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

Most 1985 Thing · The most 1985 thing about the movie.

pick Soho in the 80s
“I have a one obvious one which is just Soho in the 80s”
Sean Fennessey · 0:49:38
pick The Geffen Company opening credit
“The Geffen Company presents.”
Bill Simmons · 0:51:39
pick Writing down a phone number to give to someone
“Giving somebody a phone number.”
Bill Simmons · 0:51:51
pick Bronson Pinchot as cameo
“A Bronson Pinchot cameo.”
Bill Simmons · 0:52:06
winner A cab across Manhattan for $6.50: Called his actual choice.
“Going all the way across Manhattan in a cab for $6.50.”
Bill Simmons · 0:52:37

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

Most 1995 thing · The thing in the movie that most belongs to 1995.

pick payphones: Crucial scenes at payphones and in taxicabs.
“I got payphones.”
Chris Ryan · 0:56:15
pick the World Trade Center and the Rodney King references
“World Trade Center is there, and Rodney King references.”
unknown · 0:56:24
pick the look of pre-Giuliani New York: One of the last movies where New York is still the gritty New York of the old movies.
“And, um, the look of New York City.”
Bill Simmons · 0:56:35
pick the lady saying she is going to marry Donald Trump
“I have the lady saying, and I'm going to marry Donald Trump.”
unknown · 0:57:34
pick Bruce and Sam jogging with the Twin Towers behind them
“Bruce and Sam jogging both with hair with the twin towers behind them.”
unknown · 0:57:44
pick Bonwit Teller: The department store the movie blows up, which the hosts could not place.
“And then Bondwit Teller.”
unknown · 0:57:53

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

Most 1988 thing · The most 1988 thing about the movie.

winner The hair: The hair, and the eyeshadow and makeup; Bill agrees the hair is the answer.
“The eyeshadow? The hair.”
unknown · 1:03:13
nominee Shoulder pads showing through a translucent blouse
“The shoulder, when she's, when they have sex and they're undressing each other in his apartment and she's got like a translucent blouse on, but you can see the shoulder pads through the translucent bath.”
unknown · 1:03:23
nominee The powder blue ruffle tux look
“What about the powder blue ruffle tux, uh, look?”
Bill Simmons · 1:03:39
nominee The Twin Towers in the skyline
“The Twin Towers, sadly.”
Bill Simmons · 1:03:45
nominee Multiple women calling themselves secretary
“Uh, multiple women calling themselves secretary?”
Bill Simmons · 1:03:49
nominee Lark cigarettes
“Lark cigarettes?”
Bill Simmons · 1:04:00
winner Catherine's wooden exercise bike: His number one, other than the hair.
“But my number one other than the hair is Catherine's exercise bike.”
Bill Simmons · 1:04:15

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

Most 1976 thing · The most 1976 thing about the movie.

pick The white doo-wop group on the street corner
“Well, that's what I had most 1976 thing.”
Bill Simmons · 0:50:37

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

Most 2004 thing · The thing about the movie that most belongs to the year it came out.

winner The brutal, video-game-style football hits: Borderline beheadings and clotheslines that he doesn't think would be filmed that way now.
“This is the EA sports, Madden, like just people getting crushed.”
Bill Simmons · 0:51:24
nominee The Astrodome
“The Astrodome.”
Bill Simmons · 0:51:10
pick A movie set in 1988 and released in 2004: She agrees, finding the pairing of period and release year the rich part.
“It's the combination of it being set in 88 and released in 04.”
Mallory Rubin · 0:51:47

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

Most 1994 Thing · What is the most 1994 thing about the movie

pick Restaurants with enough money in the register to be worth robbing
“Restaurants having enough money in the register to be worth robbing.”
Bill Simmons · 0:59:49
pick A dollar 40 for a pack of red apples
“A dollar 40 for a pack of red apples?”
Bill Simmons · 0:59:57
pick A $5 milkshake seeming like a lot
“A $5 milkshake, seeming like a lot.”
Bill Simmons · 1:00:20
pick Zippo lighters everywhere
“I think the preponderance of Zippo lighters in this movie is, I remember being 12 and like kids in middle school, like bringing Zippo lighters and being like, how cool is this, man?”
unknown · 1:01:06
pick Smoking in restaurants
“Uh, 94 uh, smoking in restaurants, obviously.”
unknown · 1:01:39
pick Bruce Willis's white tee, jeans and suede jacket
“Bruce's outfit when he goes back for the watch is quintessentially, like 1994, like the white t-shirt jeans and a suede jacket.”
unknown · 1:01:57

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

The 1999 Award · The most 1999 thing about the movie.

pick The travel bookstore (Lonely Planet heyday)
“So one of mine, I'll just get out of the way, was travel bookstore.”
unknown · 0:35:23
pick Julia Roberts' suits: The bad Express suits, like the jacket at the dinner scene.
“Wait, the other one I have is Joy Roberts suits.”
Amanda Dobbins · 0:35:40
pick When You Say Nothing at All
“I'm going to say the one you say nothing at all, song, song that is on the soundtrack and plays when they're in the garden scene.”
unknown · 0:36:04
pick Rhys Ifans as Spike: As an actor he is super 99, then played the same role over and over.
“I just feel like as an actor, he's super 99 to me as well.”
unknown · 0:36:47

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

Most 1996 thing · The most 1996 thing about the movie.

pick The Dodge Ram: Calls it a big-deal truck.
“I like the I'm going to go with the Dodge Room.”
Bill Simmons · 0:49:23
pick No Oklahoma City Thunder references
“I'm going with no OKC Thunder references.”
unknown · 0:49:41
pick Helen Hunt's hair: Says it is very era accurate.
“I'm going to go with Helen Hunt's hair.”
unknown · 0:49:16
pick The crew of character actors: Hoffman, Ruck, Davies, Slotnick: an awesome group of guys.
“I got the crew.”
Chris Ryan · 0:50:31
pick The world right before climate-change worry
“You know what's age? And the worst is the world right before we were that worried about climate change, where it was like, God, that's a bad storm.”
unknown · 0:51:05

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

Most 1999 Thing · The most 1999 thing about the movie.

winner America Online (written as American Online): First on Bill's list; also the answer given at 0:30:31.
“First of all, American Online.”
Bill Simmons · 0:28:43
nominee Fat Bastard singing the Chili's baby back ribs theme
“Fat bastard singing the chili baby backs ribs theme song was like about his 1999 as you're going to get.”
Bill Simmons · 0:29:09
nominee Rebecca Romijn's cameo: Name mangled in the transcript as Romain.
“A Rebecca Romain cameo?”
Bill Simmons · 0:29:16
nominee Mike Myers as comedic genius
“Mike Myers being a comedic genius just feels very 1999 to me.”
Bill Simmons · 0:29:25
nominee The Starbucks and Seattle motif
“The whole Starbucks, Seattle motif was a big deal in 1999 because that was right around the time.”
Bill Simmons · 0:29:36
nominee Jerry Maguire jokes
“There's some Jeremy McGuire jokes here where he does the show me the money and you had me at hello that just like 20 years later just aren't going to work.”
Bill Simmons · 0:30:11
nominee Jerry Springer
“And then Springer, which we talked about.”
Bill Simmons · 0:30:24

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

Most 1999 Moment · The most 1999 thing in the movie.

pick Pacino and Crowe faxing back and forth
“I have Pacino and Crow faxing back and forth.”
unknown · 0:56:20
pick Pacino conducting business from payphones
“Just the sheer amount of business Pacino conducts from payphones.”
unknown · 0:56:27
pick Corporate influence on the news media as a live worry
“the thing that I was thinking of that hasn't aged that well is just the sort of general concern about corporate influence on the news media.”
unknown · 0:58:14
pick 60 Minutes mattering as much as it did
“I think just 60 minutes mattering like it did.”
unknown · 0:58:59
pick The acceptance of cigarettes in daily life
“just the acceptance of cigarettes in our lives.”
unknown · 0:59:20
pick The offhanded reference to Ken Starr
“The only other 99 thing I would mention is the offhanded reference to Ken Starr.”
unknown · 1:00:34

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

Most 1999 Thing · The most 1999 thing about the movie.

pick The Cruise-Kidman marriage
“I think it's the Cruise Kidman marriage because that was kind of the iconic marriage of that decade, right?”
unknown · 1:08:33