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Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars

Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars

By: Adam Sadiq Sarah Sax Drew Vollmer
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Summary

 Best Picture Brainrot is a 100-week countdown to the 100th Academy Awards, where your hosts Adam, Drew, and Sarah watch every Best Picture Oscar winner in order, starting with 1927's Wings to... whatever the Academy picks for their 100th winner. Learn about Oscar history, film history, even some world history while your hosts discuss every winner in detail and continuously suffer from ever-worsening brainrot. New episodes every Thursday.

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Episodes
  • 95 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

    95 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
    May 14 2026
    We are 93 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they take to the high seas with the eighth Best Picture winner - 1935's Mutiny on the Bounty.


    Ahoy! Witness Frank Lloyd's redemption from historical stinker Cavalcade as he makes a certified British banger in Mutiny on the Bounty. This tells the story of the HMS Bounty, a ship bound to Tahiti and captained by the domineering Captain Bligh. The titular mutiny comes when he pushes his crew too far but you'll have to listen to what comes next, and how it fits into the Best Picture canon.

    In this episode you're gonna hear:
    • The "impressive" way that the British Navy grew their ranks in this period
    • How the casting director weaponized real life drama to great effect
    • Drew remind us about how much he hates courtroom scenes
    • Too many cheese puns


    Follow us @bestpicturebrainrotpodcast as we keep delving into Oscars history with a brainrot spin

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    Adam - https://boxd.it/9fMt
    Drew - https://boxd.it/ahkIx
    Sarah - https://boxd.it/6VQMl
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • 94 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | It Happened One Night (1934)

    94 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | It Happened One Night (1934)
    May 7 2026
    We are 94 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they go from strangers to lovers of the seventh Best Picture winner - 1934's It Happened One Night.


    Calling all Capra-corns, we're watching the first rom-com to win Best Picture - It Happened One Night. Part romance, part screwball comedy and part road trip movie, this movie follows spoiled heiress Ellie Andrews as she tries to get from Florida to New York on the low with charming reporter Peter Warne by her side. It Happened One Night is a stone-cold classic of it's genre, but can the same be said for its Best Picture legacy?

    In this episode you're gonna hear:
    • A comprehensive history of the romantic comedy genre
    • Sarah cringe at Drew and Adam film-bro'ing up her favorite type of movie
    • How Bi Panic existed in full force in 1934
    • A bunch of unhinged recasts for this iconic actor pairing


    Follow us @bestpicturebrainrotpodcast as we keep delving into Oscars history with a brainrot spin

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    Adam - https://boxd.it/9fMt
    Drew - https://boxd.it/ahkIx
    Sarah - https://boxd.it/6VQMl
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • 95 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Cavalcade (1933)

    95 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Cavalcade (1933)
    Apr 30 2026
    We are 95 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they trudge through British history with the sixth Best Picture winner - 1933's Cavalcade.

    Oi! We talkin' about Cavalcade this week, innit? This film traces the history of Britain from the turn of the 20th Century up until the year of its release - 1933. It's one of those films where simultaneously a lot happens while also nothing happens at all. Cavalcade might be the most British film to win Best Picture - but it may not be all beans and toast for us.

    In this episode you're gonna hear:
    • History that only British kids learn in primary school
    • How a Gumpian ethos drives the action (or lack thereof) in this movie
    • A variety of terrible English accents
    • Our modern rewrite that brings Cavalcade to the 21st Century


    Follow us @bestpicturebrainrotpodcast as we keep delving into Oscars history with a brainrot spin

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    Adam - https://boxd.it/9fMt
    Drew - https://boxd.it/ahkIx
    Sarah - https://boxd.it/6VQMl
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    1 hr and 5 mins
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