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The Longlist

Josh and Jack Muller

Here at The Longlist, we celebrate movies and other pop culture through the storied art of rankings. There are no wrong answers. There are no bad opinions. And hot takes are always encouraged. We love movies and we love talking about them even more. Throughout each episode we’ll dissect a given topic, be it a director, actor, genre, studio, or even just a single movie that we really want to deep dive. And the way we really break down each topic is through a series of rankings, usually in the form of

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120:10

The Shining

The Longlist ·

2025/10/28

It's spooky season so we had to break down a spooky movie. Jack's hosting today and we're talking about the Stanley Kubrick classic, The Shining, one of Jack's all time favorite movies. We're also joined by our good friend Tommy, who offers some great insight on the film and the horror genre writ large. Enjoy!Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)

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89:58

The Crime Movie Draft

The Longlist ·

2025/10/21

We're taking a stab at our first draft here at The Longlist. The topic of the draft is crime movies and or goal is to create our ideal crime movie by selecting other elements from films in the genre. The eight categories we selected were: Cop/detective, Criminal, Crew, Set Piece, MacGuffin, Love interest/Femme Fatale, Twist, and Setting/Vibe. Adam Murray joined Josh and Jack again. We had a blast and hope you have fun listening.Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free

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144:58

Top 25 Favorite Movies

The Longlist ·

2025/10/14

We're doing something special for our 25th episode! Jack and I have always liked ranking movies, hence the structure of the podcast, and we decided to put it all out there and give our top 25 favorite movies of all time. It was a long and arduous journey, but we made it and we're happy with our lists. If you ask us next week, the list might change, but at some point we just need to make some decisions. We had a blast and we hope you enjoy.Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions-

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76:17

Paul Thomas Anderson Part 2

The Longlist ·

2025/10/07

This is part 2 of our Paul Thomas Anderson conversation. In honor of his new film, One Battle After Another, Jack and Josh invited their buddy Graham Patzner to talk all things PTA. In this episode, the three talk about his impact on their film appreciation and do lists on director flexes, acting performances, and and we rank PTA's filmography. We had a blast, hope you enjoy.Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)

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89:04

Paul Thomas Anderson Part 1

The Longlist ·

2025/09/30

Another two part episode incoming. In honor of his new film, One Battle After Another, Jack and Josh invited their buddy Graham Patzner to talk all thinks PTA. In this episode, part one of two, the three talk about his impact on their film appreciation and do lists on dialogue, camera work, and which characters they'd least like to spend some time with. We had a blast, hope you enjoy.Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)

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96:06

Top 5 of the Year So Far

The Longlist ·

2025/09/23

In this episode, we are taking stock of the year so far. We do our first Oscar race check in, we cover some of the movies that are getting buzz from various film festivals and put our finger on the pulse that is the movie year of 2025, at least to this point. The bulk of the episode is us discussing our favorite five movies of 2025 to this point. We HIGHLY expect our end of the year list to look very differently as there are a TON of movies yet to come out. But this is our near halfway point check

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86:56

Titanic

The Longlist ·

2025/09/16

Well, we've finally come to this. We mention Titanic, quite accidentally, in a number of our episodes to this point. So we decided, for good and all, to dedicate an entire episode to James Cameron's epic Oscar winner, Titanic. Josh and Jack are joined by Jack's fiance, Alex Ball this week. We have a lot of fun, a lot of laughs and plenty of lists to break down this classic. Enjoy.Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)

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88:14

5 Underrated Movies

The Longlist ·

2025/09/09

Welcome to The Longlist. We're trying something new with this episode. Rather than break down a topic with a variety of lists throughout the episode, brothers Josh and Jack are discussing five underrated movies each, but discussing them in greater detail. Whether or not these movies are underrated is up to you. From goofy comedies, to spy thrillers, to science fiction and good old fashion revenge stories. We cover a wide range of movies and we hope you enjoy.Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz

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94:16

Wes Anderson Part 2

The Longlist ·

2025/09/02

On this episode of The Longlist, brother's Josh and Jack are joined by Josh's wife, Rebecca to discuss one of our favorite classy dudes traversing the world of film these days, Wes Anderson. A true auteur in every sense of the word, his films have a unique look, sound and feel. We wanted to do his work justice and eventually recorded two pods worth of audio, loaded with lots of lists, lots of laughs, and more than a few disagreements. We had a lot of fun recording and we hope you have a lot of fun

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01:53:47

Wes Anderson Part 1

The Longlist ·

2025/08/25

On this episode of The Longlist, brother's Josh and Jack are joined by Josh's wife, Rebecca to discuss one of our favorite classy dudes traversing the world of film these days, Wes Anderson. A true auteur in every sense of the word, his films have a unique look, sound and feel. We wanted to do his work justice and eventually recorded two pods worth of audio, loaded with lots of lists, lots of laughs, and more than a few disagreements. We had a lot of fun recording and we hope you have a lot of fun

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01:00:11

History on Film Part 2

The Longlist ·

2025/08/20

On this episode of The Longlist we are discussing history on films, or more accurately historic films. Josh and Jack were joined by their good friend, Kyle Jackson, who recently became a doctor in history, and we all had a blast. Kyle gave some welcome insight on the actual history discussed, and we covered as many historical eras as we reasonably could. Lots of laughs, lots of lists, lots of great info, particularly from Kyle, and we hope you have as much fun as we did. This was an unplanned two

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01:36:42

History on Film Part 1

The Longlist ·

2025/08/19

On this episode of The Longlist we are discussing history on films, or more accurately historic films. Josh and Jack were joined by their good friend, Kyle Jackson, who recently became a doctor in history, and we all had a blast. Kyle gave some welcome insight on the actual history discussed, and we covered as many historical eras as we reasonably could. Lots of laughs, lots of lists, lots of great info, particularly from Kyle, and we hope you have as much fun as we did. This was an unplanned two

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01:40:58

Wild Card

The Longlist ·

2025/08/12

Josh and Jack are again joined by their good friend, Adam Murray, for a fun, free form episode. They had a bunch of random lists that they'd been floating around that they didn't feel warranted an entire episode. This one is a little lighter, a little looser but still so much fun. Hope you enjoy.Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)

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02:07:38

Jurassic Park

The Longlist ·

2025/08/05

Our first guest!!! Josh and Jack are joined by their good friend Adam Murray to break down one of their collectively favorite movies, one of the most beloved movies of all time, Jurassic Park. With lists ranging from director flexes, to favorite dinosaurs, to Jeff Goldblum line readings, it was a lot of fun to make, and hopefully a fun listen. Grab your amber mosquitos and your DNA strains and join us. Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)

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02:10:13

The Next Great Directors

The Longlist ·

2025/07/29

Jack and Josh discuss the latest class of directors who have clearly vaulted themselves into greatness. We break down the careers of Greta Gerwig, Jordan Peele, Ryan Coogler and others and have a bunch of fun lists surrounding their movies. It's a bit of a long one but we had a lot of fun and we hope you do too. Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)

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01:28:28

The Godfather Part 2

The Longlist ·

2025/07/22

Last week brothers Josh and Jack broke down one of the greatest American films of all time. Arguably its closest competitor for that title is its sequel, which is crazy unto itself. The Godfather Part 2 is also considered one of the greatest movies ever made. In this episode, we break down the incredible acting performances, talk about the distinct look and feel, analyze the parallels between the two films and rank all sorts of categories ranging from our favorite scenes to the characters we would

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01:42:39

The Godfather

The Longlist ·

2025/07/15

"I believe in America," and we believe in The Godfather. It's time for The Longlist to break down a single movie and where better to start than arguably the greatest American film of all time. In this episode, brothers Josh and Jack deep dive this stone cold classic. We rank categories from best lines to best violence. We ask what other movies are in contention for the greatest ever and discuss our favorite scenes and moments as well. Lots to cover so leave your guns and grab your canoli and let's

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01:17:36

2000s Part Two

The Longlist ·

2025/07/08

This is part two of a two part podcast where brothers Josh and Jack break down the years 2000 to 2009. In part one we discuss the decade by ranking a bunch of different and fun categories. In this episode we rank the movies in various different genres. And at the end of the episode, we rank and discuss our twenty favorite films of the decade. And what a great decade it was. We had so much fun, hope you do too.Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc

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01:29:58

2000s Part One

The Longlist ·

2025/07/01

The first decade of the 2000s was truly a great one for film. We as a filmgoing society had just finished the fantastic boom of the nineties and were riding high before things started to dramatically shift in the 2010s. In this first part of a two part episode, brothers Josh and Jack dive into the decade to discuss our favorite aspects of film form the years 2000-2009. In part one we picked out a bunch of fun categories to rank like favorite action sequences, funniest moments, best villains and side

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01:26:23

Nancy Meyers

The Longlist ·

2025/06/24

Do you like interior design? Romantic comedies? Loaded casts stacked with A-list movie stars? Sounds like you like Nancy Meyers movies. Jack had this week off but Rebecca once again joins the podcast. She and Josh break down Nancy Meyers' career, rank our favorite funny moments, rank our favorite performances and of course we had to talk about kitchens (sorry, Nancy). We finish off with a lengthy discussion on which of her movie are our favorites and which we think she'll be remembered for.Music

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