Frozen II 2019
Chris says he didn't care for it even before he was a father, calling it a weirdly ornate, action-heavy version of the original.
The Big Picture · Discussion · Draft
The 2019 Movie Draft
December 23, 2022/ 98 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins · Chris Ryan
Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins, and Chris Ryan draft 2019 across six categories (Drama, Action Horror Thriller, Oscar Nominee, Blockbuster, Streamer, and Wildcard), from Parasite to Avengers: Endgame.
21 films across 2 segments.
AI-generated This episode was transcribed and analyzed with AI models. The matches aren't perfect — expect the occasional misheard title or a link to the wrong film.
2019, before the draftthe year, and the Oscars that followed it
The Lion King 2019
The photorealistic remake, name-checked as part of the year's Disney glut.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 2019
Sean recalls seeing it next to Kevin Smith and shouting along.
The 2019 Movie Draft drafting 2019 movies
Amanda Dobbins
Drama
Portrait of a Lady on Fire 2019
One of Amanda's favorite films of the year, which she had ranked 13th on her own year-end list despite a recent poll placing it among the 30 greatest films ever made.
Action Horror Thriller
Triple Frontier 2019
The Netflix heist movie. Amanda says it exists as a greater work of art in her mind than it does in reality, but stands by picking it over letting it go to Streamer.
Oscar Nominee
Parasite 2019
Amanda's first-overall pick and her best movie of the year. Bong Joon Ho's eventual Best Picture and Best Director winner.
Blockbuster
Little Women 2019
Greta Gerwig's adaptation, one of Amanda's favorite films of the year. She singles out Florence Pugh's Amy monologue.
Streamer
Marriage Story 2019
Noah Baumbach's divorce drama, which Amanda says wrecked both Sean and Chris, who grew up as children of divorce.
Wildcard
American Factory 2019
The documentary about a Chinese-owned Ohio factory, directed by Steven Bognar and the late Julia Reichert. It won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.
Chris Ryan
Drama
The Souvenir 2019
Joanna Hogg's film with Tilda Swinton, which Chris calls beautiful and a real arrival for Hogg as a filmmaker.
Action Horror Thriller
Midsommar 2019
Ari Aster's follow-up to Hereditary. Chris says it disturbed him more than Hereditary did, and notes it's one of the only horror movies shot almost entirely in daylight.
Oscar Nominee
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 2019
Chris says he always drafts a new Tarantino movie first. Sean recalls Chris's birthday dinner at Musso and Frank right after seeing it.
Blockbuster
Avengers: Endgame 2019
Chris takes it despite heavy ribbing from Sean and Amanda, calling it a fun collective theater experience even as he concedes he could have prioritized it earlier in the draft.
Streamer
The Laundromat 2019
Steven Soderbergh's Panama Papers film with Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, and Antonio Banderas. Chris calls it a masterpiece that was underseen because of its episodic, talking-to-camera structure.
Wildcard
21 Bridges 2019
Chris calls it the movie he may have watched most from that year, and Chadwick Boseman's performance his favorite of Boseman's career.
Sean Fennessey
Drama
Uncut Gems 2019
The Safdie brothers and Adam Sandler. Sean calls it the emotional inverse of The Irishman and says it makes him feel alive.
Action Horror Thriller
Ford v Ferrari 2019
James Mangold's racing drama, which Sean saw as the surprise opening-night film at his first Telluride.
Oscar Nominee
The Irishman 2019
Martin Scorsese's gangster epic, which Sean has watched four times and calls a capstone on Scorsese's gangster mythology.
Blockbuster
Knives Out 2019
Rian Johnson's whodunit, whose sequel Glass Onion was releasing the same day as this episode. Sean calls it a franchise that doesn't feel bound by franchise bullshit.
Streamer
High Flying Bird 2019
Steven Soderbergh's second film of the year, shot on an iPhone, about labor and player empowerment in pro sports.
Wildcard
The Lighthouse 2019
Robert Eggers' black-and-white two-hander with Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe. Sean recalls moderating a Q&A where Dafoe seemed entirely unimpressed with him.
On the board, undrafted honorable mentions
BooksmartAd AstraJokerUnder the Silver LakeDoctor SleepWavesHer SmellThe FarewellHustlers6 UndergroundThe ReportDolemite Is My NameEl Camino: A Breaking Bad MovieRolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin ScorseseVelvet BuzzsawDeadwood: The MovieThe Two PopesWine CountryBetween Two Ferns: The MovieGuava IslandStuberWoundsMurder MysteryUnicorn StoreCaptain MarvelReady or NotYesterdayThe Last Black Man in San FranciscoHail Satan?Last ChristmasDark WatersPain and GloryThe Dead Don't DieAlways Be My MaybeMotherless BrooklynRichard JewellPeterlooMaleficent: Mistress of EvilSerenityCrawlLong ShotJojo RabbitUsBrittany Runs a Marathon
Also mentioned raised along the way
In passing Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert GottliebGattacaTitanicMen in BlackSpeak No EvilThe NorthmanThor: Love and ThunderBabylonBardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of TruthsGlass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryThe MarvelsSnow White and the HuntsmanThe Huntsman: Winter's WarHappiest SeasonBeau Is AfraidInside ManSwamp ThingWhere the Crawdads SingHeaven's PrisonersWild ThingsEve's BayouThe GiftCitizen Kane
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