Before leaving for Vietnam on the eve of President Kennedy's assassination, four marines organize an ugliest date competition which results in an unlikely romance. Directed by Nancy Savoca and written by Bob Comfort. Starring River Phoenix and Lili Taylor.  Listener request courtesy of Chris K. Thank you so much for listening! E-mail address: [email protected] Please follow the show on Twitter: @GreatestPod Subscribe on Apple Podcasts / Podbean This week's recommendations: One False...

The marriage between a screenwriter and his beautiful wife disintegrates amidst a troubled film production while conflicts emerge between art and commerce.  Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Screenplay by Godard (uncredited). Based on the 1954 novel Il disprezzo by Alberto Moravia. Starring Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll and Fritz Lang.  FOLLOW US ON LETTERBOXD - Zach1983 & MattCrosby Thank you so much for listening! E-mail address: [email protected] Please...

A grimy secret service agent will stop at nothing to take down the counterfeiter who killed his partner. Directed by William Friedkin. Screenplay by Friedkin and Gerald Petievich. Based on Petievich's novel of the same name. Starring William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer and Darlanne Fluegel. Listener request courtesy of Chris S. Thank you so much for listening! E-mail address: [email protected] Please follow the show on Twitter: @GreatestPod Subscribe on Apple Podcasts...

In 1980s suburban Chicago, a teenage girl experiences a roller coaster ride of emotions on the day of her sixteenth birthday.  Written and directed by John Hughes. Starring Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Schoeffling, Haviland Morris and Gedde Watanabe.  Listener request courtesy of Sarah Thank you so much for listening! E-mail address: [email protected] Please follow the show on Twitter: @GreatestPod Subscribe on Apple Podcasts / Podbean This week's recommendations: One...

A rare book dealer, while seeking out the last two copies of a satanic text, gets drawn into a supernatural conspiracy.  Directed by Roman Polanski. Screenplay by Polanski, John Brownjohn and Enrique Urbizu. Based on the 1993 novel El Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte. Starring Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin and Emmanuelle Seigner.  Listener Request courtesy of Aaron. Thank you so much for listening! E-mail address: [email protected] Please follow the show on Twitter:...

A successful cocaine dealer gets two tough assignments from his boss on the eve of his planned retirement. Directed by Matthew Vaughn from a screenplay by J.J. Connolly. Based on Connelly's 2000 novel of the same name. Starring Daniel Craig, Sienna Miller, Michael Gambon, Colm Meaney, George Harris, Tom Harris and Ben Whishaw.  Listener request courtesy of Stephen. Thank you so much for listening! E-mail address: [email protected] Please follow the show on Twitter: @GreatestPod Subscribe...

It's time to discuss five more of our favorites, including "The Red Dot," "The Fire" and "The Bizarro Jerry." Thank you so much for listening! E-mail address: [email protected] Please follow the show on Twitter: @GreatestPod Subscribe on Apple Podcasts / Podbean

A former FBI profiler contends with his past when he returns to service in order to pursue a new serial murderer. Directed by Michael Mann. The screenplay written by Mann was based on the 1981 novel "Red Dragon" by Thomas Harris. Starring William Petersen, Kim Greist, Dennis Farina, Brian Cox and Tom Noonan.  Thank you so much for listening! E-mail address: [email protected] Please follow the show on Twitter: @GreatestPod Subscribe on Apple Podcasts / Podbean This week's...

In the build-up to Christmas, the lives and relationships of many interlinked Londoners are examined before being changed forever. Written and directed by Richard Curtis. Starring Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Colin Firth and many, many others. Listener request courtesy of Aaron. FOLLOW US ON LETTERBOXD - Zach1983 & MattCrosby Thank you so much for listening! E-mail address: [email protected] Please follow the show on Twitter:...

Three separate groups of investors profit wildly while demonstrating how the financial crisis of 2007-2008 was triggered by the United States housing bubble. Directed by Adam McKay. Screenplay by McKay and Charles Randolph. Based on the 2010 book "The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine" by Michael Lewis. Starring Christian Bale, Steve Carrell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt. Listener request courtesy of Justin. FOLLOW US ON LETTERBOXD - Zach1983 & MattCrosby Thank you so much for...

A young sales clerk begins an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York City. Directed by Todd Haynes from a screenplay by Phyllis Nagy. Based on the 1952 novel originally published as "The Price of Salt" by Patricia Highsmith. Starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara. FOLLOW US ON LETTERBOXD - Zach1983 & MattCrosby Thank you so much for listening! E-mail address: [email protected] Please follow the show on Twitter: @GreatestPod Subscribe on Apple Podcasts /...

A famous author is held captive by an obsessive superfan after being rescued from a snowy automobile accident in the mountains. Directed by Rob Reiner. The screenplay was written by William Goldman. Based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Stephen King. Starring Kathy Bates and James Caan.  FOLLOW US ON LETTERBOXD - Zach1983 & MattCrosby Thank you so much for listening! E-mail address: [email protected] Please follow the show on Twitter: @GreatestPod Subscribe on Apple Podcasts /...

Director/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid career of Joe Gideon, a womanizing, drug-using dancer. Directed by Bob Fosse. Written by Fosse and Robert Alan Aurthur. Starring Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking and Leland Palmer. Listener request courtesy of Dr. Stephen FOLLOW US ON LETTERBOXD - Zach1983 & MattCrosby Thank you so much for listening! E-mail address: [email protected] Please follow the show on Twitter: @GreatestPod Subscribe on...

Ya boys are headed back to Bayside High to discuss some nostalgic favorites from Saved by the Bell, including "The Last Dance," "Operation Zack" and "Mystery Weekend." FOLLOW US ON LETTERBOXD - Zach1983 & MattCrosby Thank you so much for listening! E-mail address: [email protected] Please follow the show on Twitter: @GreatestPod Subscribe on Apple Podcasts / Podbean

A wealthy gynecologist's ideal world is thrown into turmoil when the women around him begin to affect his life in unexpected ways. Directed by Robert Altman. Written by Anne Rapp. Starring Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Laura Dern, Kate Hudson, Liv Tyler, Tara Reid, Shelley Long and Farrah Fawcett.  Listener request courtesy of Big Al FOLLOW US ON LETTERBOXD - Zach1983 & MattCrosby Thank you so much for listening! E-mail address: [email protected] Please follow the show on Twitter:...

A recidivist stick-up man and an ex-cop decide to help themselves to one of a local family's quintuplets when they are unable to conceive.  Written and directed by The Coen Brothers. Starring Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter.  FOLLOW US ON LETTERBOXD - Zach1983 & MattCrosby Thank you so much for listening! E-mail address: [email protected] Please follow the show on Twitter: @GreatestPod Subscribe on Apple Podcasts / Podbean This week's recommendations: Killers of the Flower Moon (Now in...

Laurie Strode looks to pick up the pieces, Dr. Loomis tries to capitalize on tragedy with another book and Michael Myers comes back to Haddonfield to reunite with his little sister. Written and directed by Rob Zombie. Based on characters by John Carpenter and Debra Hill. Starring Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, Malcolm McDowell, Sheri Moon Zombie, Brad Dourif and Danielle Harris. *We are discussing the director's cut* FOLLOW US ON LETTERBOXD - Zach1983 & MattCrosby Thank you so much for...

A married couple grieving the death of their young daughter encounter two sisters in Venice who bring them a warning from beyond. Directed by Nicolas Roeg. Screenplay by Allan Scott and Chris Bryant. Based on the short story by Daphne Du Maurier. Starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland.  FOLLOW US ON LETTERBOXD - Zach1983 & MattCrosby Thank you so much for listening! E-mail address: [email protected] Please follow the show on Twitter: @GreatestPod Subscribe on Apple Podcasts /...

Nancy Thompson, now an intern psychiatrist, and Kristen, a patient who can bring others into her own dreams, team up with the last of the Elm Street kids to battle Freddy Krueger in the dream world. Directed by Chuck Russell. Screenplay by Russell, Frank Darabont, Wes Craven and Bruce Wagner. Story by Craven and Wagner. Based on characters by Craven. Starring Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Craig Wasson, John Saxon, Laurence Fishburne and Robert Englund.  FOLLOW US ON LETTERBOXD -...

An American woman enrolls at a prestigious dance academy in Berlin run by a coven of witches.  Directed by Luca Guadagnino. Screenplay by David Kajganich. Based on the 1977 film of the same name by Dario Argento and Daria Nicolodi. Starring Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Jessica Harper and Chloë Grace Moretz. FOLLOW US ON LETTERBOXD - Zach1983 & MattCrosby Thank you so much for listening! E-mail address: [email protected] Please follow the show on Twitter:...

After being killed in Friday the 13th Part III 3D (1982), Jason Voorhees spontaneously revives, escapes from the hospital and returns to Crystal Lake to slaughter more fun-lovin' teens.  Directed by Joseph Zito. Screenplay by Barney Cohen from a story by Bruce Hidemi Sakow. Based on characters by Victor Miller, Ron Kurz, Martin Kitrosser and Carol Watson. Starring Erich Anderson, Judie Aronson, Peter Barton, Kimberly Beck, Corey Feldman, Crispin Glover and Ted White. FOLLOW US ON LETTERBOXD -...

A U.S. diplomat and his wife adopt an infant in Rome and then as a series of of mysterious and violent deaths occur around the family, it is revealed the child may be the prophesied antichrist.  Directed by Richard Donner. Written by David Seltzer. Starring Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, Harvey Stephens, David Warner and Billie Whitelaw.  FOLLOW US ON LETTERBOXD - Zach1983 & MattCrosby Thank you so much for listening! E-mail address: [email protected] Please follow the show on Twitter:...

Two years after the Woodsboro murders, as Sidney Prescott acclimates to college life, a new Ghostface begins to kill those around her. Directed by Wes Craven. Written by Kevin Williamson. Starring Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, David Arquette, Jamie Kennedy, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jerry O'Connell, Timothy Olyphant, Elise Neal, Laurie Metcalf and Liev Schreiber.  FOLLOW US ON LETTERBOXD - Zach1983 & MattCrosby Thank you so much for listening! E-mail address: [email protected] Please...

GREATEST OCTOBER RETURNS! A teenager turns to a television horror host for help when he discovers that his new neighbor is a vampire and no one will believe him.  Written and directed by Tom Holland. Starring Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Stephen Geoffreys and Roddy McDowall.  FOLLOW US ON LETTERBOXD - Zach1983 & MattCrosby Thank you so much for listening! E-mail address: [email protected] Please follow the show on Twitter: @GreatestPod Subscribe on Apple Podcasts /...