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Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
Best Picture Brainrot is a 100-week countdown to the 100th Academy Awards, where your hosts Adam, Alexis, and Sarah watch every Best Picture Oscar winner in order, starting with 1927's Wings to... whatever the Academy picks for their 100th winner. Learn about Oscar history, film history, even some world history while your hosts discuss every winner in detail and continuously suffer from ever-worsening brainrot. New episodes every Thursday.
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Episodes
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
69 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Ben-Hur (1960)
We are 69 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and we bid farewell to our good friend William Wyler who has brought us bangers such as Mrs.Miniver and The…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
70 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Gigi (1958)
We are 70 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and... buckle up. Vincente Minelli's French-Belle Epoque-set Gigi is our 31st Best Picture Winner and I…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
71 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
We are 71 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and today, we go back to the World War II well with a non-Wyler-led epic about POWs on the Pacific front who…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
72 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
We are 72 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and today, we're sponsored by Kalshi because we're talking about a bet. A certain bet, a specific bet about…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
73 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Marty (1955)
We are 73 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and today, we've got the meats. Marty tells the story of a sweet New York butcher who finds love after 34…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
74 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | On the Waterfront (1954)
We are 74 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and today we go back to a city we've been in a few times before, New York. But this time, we're bound for a…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
75 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | From Here to Eternity (1953)
We are 75 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and today we welcome a colorful cast of characters all clad in aloha shirts. Yes, Fred Zinneman's From Here…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
76 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
We are 76 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and today we go to the big top - that bastion of family fun, dazzling feats of human agility and... criminal…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
77 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | An American in Paris (1951)
We are 77 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and today we travel to the iconic city of love as tourists for An American in Paris, the Gene Kelly-led MGM…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
78 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | All About Eve (1950)
We are 78 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and today we talk all about All About Eve, 1950's Best Picture winner that brings one of the most feminine…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
79 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | All the King's Men (1949)
We are 79 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and today we discuss the rise and fall of a somewhat fake but mostly real (but still fake) American…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
80 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Hamlet (1948)
We are 80 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and this week we ask: To Brainrot? Or not to Brainrot? That is the question. 'Tis better to have Brainrotted…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
81 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
We are 81 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and this week it's time for a very special episode. Like the Oscars in the late 40s, we are here to talk…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
82 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
We are 82 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and for a second time, the gang is Wylin' out. William Wyler returns to the World War II well with another…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
83 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | The Lost Weekend (1945)
We are 83 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and it's... 5 'o clock somewhere! Join hic Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they wash down last year's feel-good…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
84 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Going My Way (1944)
We are 84 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and it's time Adam, Drew, and Sarah got a little bit... Catholic. We're not following the standard path…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
85 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Casablanca (1943)
We are 85 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they travel to unoccupied France to escape the Nazi takeover of mainland…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
86 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Mrs. Miniver (1942)
We are 86 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they hang out with a particular British housewife by the name of Mrs…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
87 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | How Green Was My Valley (1941)
We are 87 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as the answer the question all of us have been thinking: How Green Was My…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
88 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Rebecca (1940)
We are 88 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they get a little Hitchcockian and meet the winner of 1940's Best Picture -…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
89 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Gone With the Wind (1939)
We are 89 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they, frankly, give a damn about the 12th Best Picture winner - 1939's Gone…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
90 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | You Can't Take it With You (1938)
We are 90 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they consume more Capraganda with the 11th Best Picture winner - 1938's You…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
91 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
Can you believe this is our 10th epsiode? We are 91 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as "They Accuse!" (that will make…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
92 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
We are 92 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they get Zieggy with it in our next Best Picture winner discussion - 1936's…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
93 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
We are 93 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they take to the high seas with the eighth Best Picture winner - 1935's…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
94 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | It Happened One Night (1934)
We are 94 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they go from strangers to lovers of the seventh Best Picture winner -…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
95 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Cavalcade (1933)
We are 95 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they trudge through British history with the sixth Best Picture winner -…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
96 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Grand Hotel (1932)
We are 96 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they check in to cosmopolitan Berlin with the fifth Best Picture winner -…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
97 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Cimarron (1931)
We are 97 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they journey to the early days of Oklahoma with the fourth Best Picture…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
98 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
We are 98 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they return to war in the third Best Picture winner - 1930's All Quiet on…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
99 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | The Broadway Melody (1929)
We are 99 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they discuss the musical second Best Picture winner - 1929's The Broadway…
- Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars
100 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Wings (1927)
We are 100 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they kick off the countdown with the first ever Best Picture winner -…