We Recommend: A Movie Podcast
We Recommend is a movie podcast where every week Jesse and Jason discuss a movie that they love and recommend you to watch and then come back and listen to their podcast!
Episodes
172 episodes
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
“Man Of Constant Sorrow” is one of those movie songs that rewires your brain, and we cannot shut up about why it hits so hard. We recommend O Brother, Where Art Thou? and then dig into how the Coen Brothers turn a goofy chain-gang escape into s...
Guardians of the Galaxy
A talking raccoon, a walking tree, a mixtape, and a team that somehow becomes a family in record time. We recommend Guardians of the Galaxy and then pull it apart piece by piece to figure out why it still feels better written, funnier, and more...
Dogma
Dogma is one of the rare religious satires that can be filthy, hilarious, and strangely sincere in the same breath, and we had a blast revisiting it with fresh eyes. We start with the real-world saga around access and ownership, why physical me...
Ready or Not
A wedding night is supposed to be awkward in a charming way, not “your billionaire in-laws might hunt you to death before sunrise.” That’s the wicked hook of Ready or Not, and we go deep on why this horror comedy still hits so hard years later....
Shaun Of The Dead
Shaun of the Dead is the rare zombie movie that makes us laugh hard and still sneaks up with real grief, and we wanted to figure out how it pulls off that trick. We talk through why Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are such a perfect pairing, how Pegg...
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
A great comedy doesn’t just have jokes, it has conviction. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery goes all-in on its swingy, colorful James Bond parody and somehow turns the dumbest premises into the cleanest punchlines. We rewatched it wi...
Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves has a reputation people love to argue about, so we finally put it to the test and then immediately wondered why we ever doubted it. What we found is a full-blooded 1991 action adventure that’s somehow gritty, roman...
Devil in a Blue Dress
A great noir isn’t just shadows and cigarettes. It’s pressure, the kind that makes every choice feel like it could wreck your life. Devil in a Blue Dress takes the classic detective setup and tightens the screws by putting Easy Rollins, a Black...
Heathers
Heathers starts like a familiar high school movie and then snaps into something way darker and smarter, a satire that doesn’t let the adults, the popular kids, or the audience off the hook. We recommend it, and then we spend the episode tracing...
Mortal Kombat (1995)
Mortal Kombat (1995) shouldn’t work as well as it does, and that’s exactly why we had to revisit it. The CGI gets clowned, the dialogue gets cheesy, and yet the movie still feels like it has a pulse. We sit down to rewatch this classic video ga...
Anaconda (1997)
A giant snake is scary. A giant snake paired with a crew that keeps making the worst possible choices? That’s cinema. We’re rewatching Anaconda (1997) and breaking down why this Amazon jungle creature feature still hits as a comfort movie, even...
12 Monkeys
The scariest part of 12 Monkeys is not the virus. It is the feeling that everything has already happened and you are just sprinting toward it anyway.We recommend Terry Gilliam’s 1995 sci-fi thriller and then pull it apart scene by scene...
Army Of Darkness
Get your Boomstick ready and listen to us discuss the wackiest horror movie you will ever see! We would love to hear from you! Send us an email and maybe it will be read on the podcast! werecommendmailbag@gmail.com
You Were Never Really Here
Paradise is a lie, and this week’s movie makes sure you feel it. We recommend You Were Never Really Here and then get honest about why it’s one of the most effective 90-minute films we’ve seen: a psychological thriller that treats trauma like t...
Donnie Darko
A jet engine crashes into a bedroom, a rabbit-masked stranger predicts the end of the world, and somehow the whole thing becomes a story about choice, hypocrisy, and what it costs to save the people you love. We go deep on Donnie Darko with a f...
Orange County
Orange County is a coming of age comedy that moves like it has something to prove, because it does. We recommend it for one simple reason: it crams a full story, a stacked cast, and a ridiculous number of laughs into 82 minutes without feeling ...
Dirty Harry
Dirty Harry has one of the most quoted lines in movie history, but the real hook is uglier and more interesting: it’s a thriller that asks you to cheer while the hero breaks the rules. We recommend Don Siegel’s 1971 San Francisco crime film and...
Zodiac
This week we are diving into one of the best movies of 2007! It deals with some of Jesse's favorite topics Process and Obsession. Starring three of our best actors, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, and Robert Downey Jr. We would love ...
Mandy
Cage, Chainsaws, and Cults what more do I need to say? Find your inner tiger and give us a listen!We would love to hear from you! Send us an email and maybe it will be read on the podcast! werecommendmailbag@gmail.com
Predator
A chopper ride, a handshake that shook the jungle, and a hunter who learns the hard way that prey can think back. We take a full-tilt dive into Predator—why it still slaps decades later, how its two-act metamorphosis from macho mission to survi...
Hell or High Water
This week we are covering the Best Picture nominated Hell or High Water! Listen to us discuss one of Jesse's favorite films of 2016. They dig into which is better Westerns or Neo Westerns. When did Jeff Bridges forget how to talk?We woul...
28 Days Later
Rage spreads faster than reason—and that’s only half the story. We dive into 28 Days Later to unpack why Danny Boyle’s fast-infection nightmare still feels terrifyingly current, from its blood-borne rules to the way it frames survival as a mora...
Deep Impact
A comet is coming, the clock is brutal, and somehow Deep Impact still finds a way to be tender. We dig into why this ’98 disaster film sticks: not the most explosions per minute, but the most honesty per moment. From Morgan Freeman’s calm Presi...