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The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

On the air since December 2015 · dga.org/Craft/Podcast

578Films
629Episodes
385Hours of talk
0 yrsAvg. film age

LATELY

Recently covered

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Your Mother Your Mother Your MotherOct 30, 2026Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother with Bassam Tariq and Walter Thompson-Hernandez (Ep. 629)
FjordOct 26, 2026Fjord with Cristian Mungiu and Ira Sachs (Ep. 628)
PrimetimeOct 23, 2026Primetime with Lance Oppenheim and Molly Gordon (Ep. 627)
DiggerOct 21, 2026Digger with Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Denis Villeneuve (Ep. 626)
A Break in the RainOct 20, 2026A Break in the Rain with Don Scardino and Laura Belsey (Ep. 625)
Misty GreenOct 9, 2026Misty Green with Chris Rock and Spike Lee (Ep. 624)

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Milestones

First filmBridge of SpiesDec 12, 2015
100th filmThank You for Your ServiceNov 10, 2017
250th filmMankMar 2, 2021
500th filmF1Jul 1, 2025
LatestYour Mother Your Mother Your MotherOct 30, 2026

WHO'S IN IT

Directors

Cast

BY THE NUMBERS

How the films rate on TMDB

Median 6.9 out of 10 · 501 films with 50+ votes
2.0 to 2.5: 0 films22.5 to 3.0: 0 films3.0 to 3.5: 0 films33.5 to 4.0: 0 films4.0 to 4.5: 1 film144.5 to 5.0: 3 films35.0 to 5.5: 8 films855.5 to 6.0: 38 films386.0 to 6.5: 90 films9066.5 to 7.0: 141 films1417.0 to 7.5: 140 films14077.5 to 8.0: 63 films638.0 to 8.5: 16 films1688.5 to 9.0: 1 film19.0 to 9.5: 0 films92.0 to 2.5: 0 films22.5 to 3.0: 0 films3.0 to 3.5: 0 films33.5 to 4.0: 0 films4.0 to 4.5: 1 film144.5 to 5.0: 3 films35.0 to 5.5: 8 films855.5 to 6.0: 38 films386.0 to 6.5: 90 films9066.5 to 7.0: 141 films1417.0 to 7.5: 140 films14077.5 to 8.0: 63 films638.0 to 8.5: 16 films1688.5 to 9.0: 1 film19.0 to 9.5: 0 films9

Highest rated on TMDB

Project Hail Mary★ 8.6 / 10 · 2026
Radical★ 8.3 / 10 · 2023
Green Book★ 8.2 / 10 · 2018

Lowest rated on TMDB

Poolman★ 4.3 / 10 · 2024
The Drowning★ 4.5 / 10 · 2016
Stop! That! Train!★ 4.9 / 10 · 2026

Box office

A hit grossed 2.5× its budget. A flop grossed less than its budget.
$48.0BWorldwide gross
$17.6BCombined budgets
37% hits36% flops · 27% in between

Biggest hits

Avengers: Endgame$2.9B on a $356M budget
Avatar: The Way of Water$2.3B on a $460M budget
Star Wars: The Force Awakens$2.1B on a $245M budget

Biggest flops

Code 3$0.0M on a $10M budget
Mayhem$0.0M on a $2.5M budget
The Kill Room$0.5M on a $50M budget

THE MIX

94% of the films are American and 96 are from the United Kingdom. 34 aren't in English, mostly French and Spanish. 565 were new releases when covered.

Genres

Drama391
Comedy143
Thriller99
History92
Crime79
Romance76
Action63

Release decades

1980s: 3 films3'80s1990s: 1 film1'90s2010s: 229 films229'10s2020s: 345 films345'20s

Franchises

Knives Out3 of 3 films covered
Avatar2 of 5 films covered
Downton Abbey (Films)2 of 3 films covered
Dune2 of 3 films covered
Planet of the Apes (Reboot)2 of 4 films covered
Star Wars2 of 9 films covered

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