The Movie Podcast

On the air since February 2019 · bio.to/themoviepodcast

456Films
1,077Episodes
729Hours of talk
1 yrsAvg. film age

LATELY

Recently covered

All episodes
Forgotten IslandOct 26, 2026Forgotten Island Interview with Directors Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado
ClayfaceOct 22, 2026Clayface Interview with Tom Rhys Harries and Director James Watkins (DC Studios)
TenzingOct 17, 2026Tenzing Interview with Willem Dafoe, Thinley Lhamo, and Director Jennifer Peedom (Apple TV)
WhalefallOct 16, 2026TEMP*** Whalefall Interview with Austin Abrams and Director Brian Duffield
Street FighterOct 15, 2026STREET FIGHTER Movie Review (2026)
FjordOct 12, 2026Fjord Interview with Sebastian Stan and Director Cristian Mungiu

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Milestones

First filmShazam!Mar 25, 2019
50th filmPieces of a WomanJan 6, 2021
100th filmSpace Jam: A New LegacyJul 16, 2021
250th filmMission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part OneJul 12, 2023
LatestForgotten IslandOct 26, 2026

WHO'S IN IT

Directors

Cast

BY THE NUMBERS

How the films rate on TMDB

Median 7.0 out of 10 · 431 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: 2 films25.0 to 5.5: 10 films1055.5 to 6.0: 19 films196.0 to 6.5: 74 films7466.5 to 7.0: 121 films1217.0 to 7.5: 115 films11577.5 to 8.0: 66 films668.0 to 8.5: 21 films2188.5 to 9.0: 2 films29.0 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: 2 films25.0 to 5.5: 10 films1055.5 to 6.0: 19 films196.0 to 6.5: 74 films7466.5 to 7.0: 121 films1217.0 to 7.5: 115 films11577.5 to 8.0: 66 films668.0 to 8.5: 21 films2188.5 to 9.0: 2 films29.0 to 9.5: 0 films9

Highest rated on TMDB

Project Hail Mary★ 8.6 / 10 · 2026
Michael★ 8.6 / 10 · 2026
Spider-Man: Brand New Day★ 8.5 / 10 · 2026

Lowest rated on TMDB

Cats★ 4.1 / 10 · 2019
Star Trek: Section 31★ 4.7 / 10 · 2025
Home Sweet Home Alone★ 4.8 / 10 · 2021

Box office

A hit grossed 2.5× its budget. A flop grossed less than its budget.
$86.8BWorldwide gross
$31.3BCombined budgets
47% hits21% flops · 32% in between

Biggest hits

Avengers: Endgame$2.9B on a $356M budget
Avatar$2.9B on a $237M budget
Spider-Man: Brand New Day$2.5B on a $225M budget

Biggest flops

The Five Devils$0.0M on a $3.4M budget
Young Woman and the Sea$0.6M on a $40M budget
Fjord$0.4M on a $4.8M budget

THE MIX

93% of the films are American and 72 are from the United Kingdom. 21 aren't in English, mostly French and Spanish. 429 were new releases when covered.

Genres

Drama170
Comedy138
Action130
Thriller119
Adventure111
Science Fiction91
Horror75

Release decades

1980s: 1 film1'80s1990s: 8 films8'90s2000s: 2 films2'00s2010s: 19 films19'10s2020s: 426 films426'20s

Franchises

Avatar3 of 5 films covered
Scream3 of 7 films covered
X3 of 3 films covered
Dune2 of 3 films covered
Halloween2 of 11 films covered
Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh)2 of 3 films covered
Knives Out2 of 3 films covered
Mission: Impossible2 of 8 films covered