Rewatch IndexEvery Rewatchables episode

Archive intelligenceUpdated through Aug 2026

The shape of
rewatchability.

The obvious stats tell you what gets covered. These signals tell you how the show thinks—when a movie becomes rewatchable, which voices travel together, and where the archive ignores the critical consensus.

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Archive velocity

2015—2026

67 episodes in the peak year, 2020. Each bar is a year of the podcast.

Episodes indexed478every archive entry
Unique movies455repeats consolidated
Median movie age27yrat first coverage
Archive voices632.8 hosts per episode
Critical baseline75%average across 454 films

Signal 01 / The waiting period

27

Years is the median wait before a movie enters the conversation.

This is not a new-release show wearing a nostalgia costume. 46% of the movie library was already 30 years old when first covered.

01

Time signature

When movies become rewatchable

A movie’s release year and its first episode date reveal the archive’s real center of gravity: memory with enough distance to become mythology.

Release → first episode

27 yrs

Average movie age; the median is less sensitive to deep-catalog outliers.

The archive’s pulse

8 in a month

Apr 2020 was the busiest publishing month in the dataset.

02

Voice network

The chemistry chart

Raw appearance counts favor the most prolific hosts. Co-appearance reveals the show’s recurring conversational architecture—the pairings it trusts most.

Highest pair affinity

Bill Simmons
+ Kyle Brandt

100%

of the less-frequent host’s appearances include the other. Affinity separates a genuine pairing from two independently frequent voices.

03

Taste profile

Prestige—with a cult-movie escape hatch

The archive leans critically strong overall, but a meaningful tail of low-scoring movies proves that rewatchability and respectability are different measurements.

04

Memory map

The archive has a home decade

The 1990s supplies the largest share of unique movies, while drama is the most common genre tag.

05

Second looks

A rewatch can be re-rewatched

Repeat episodes are the archive editing itself in public. The timeline below shows the titles with the most returns, and how long the conversation stayed open.

06

Rivalry lab

Does critical acclaim predict the pick?

Hanks-vs.-Cruise decisions grouped by the featured movie’s Rotten Tomatoes band. The split tests whether one side benefits when the movie is more critically respected.

Decision balance by RT band

Cruise is the contrarian pick.

1.8×more likely to win on a movie below 60% RT33% Cruise · 18% Hanks
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HanksCruise
90–10036 calls · 1 tie20–15
75–8930 calls16–14
60–7423 calls · 1 tie10–12
< 6033 calls · 3 ties10–20

122 DECISIONS

Hanks vs. Cruise

See every Hanks or Cruise pick, then filter the chart by year, decade, genre, director, or rating.

Tom Hanks headshot Hanks5645.9% of matches
Tom Cruise headshot Cruise6150.0% of matches
Total decisions122Since March 2024
Leader in viewCruiseBy 5 decisions
Ties54.1% of matches
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HEAD TO HEAD

Competition mode

Watch the race unfold across 122 matching episodes

Tom Hanks headshot HanksTom Cruise headshot Cruise122 movies
Tom Hanks headshotTHE EVERYMANTom Hanks56 wins
VS
Tom Cruise headshotTHE MAVERICKTom Cruise61 wins
Filtered cumulative decisions: 56 Hanks, 61 Cruise

THE SPLIT

How close is it?

5-pick gap
47.9%Hanks
52.1%Cruise

Excluding 5 tied decisions, Cruise leads the race by just 5 picks.

BY HOST

Where the regulars land

Episode outcome while appearing

One decision is recorded per episode, not per host. Select a host to filter the full ledger.

FULL LEDGER

Every decision

122 results
Host
All hosts
MovieOn the micDateDecision
Tom Cruise headshotAbout Last Night1986 · Romance / Comedy / Drama · 65% RT · Edward Zwick
Bill Simmons headshotChris Ryan headshotMallory Rubin headshotBill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Mallory Rubin
Cruise
Tom Cruise headshotThe Italian Job2003 · Action / Crime · 72% RT · F. Gary Gray
Bill Simmons headshotChris Ryan headshotVan Lathan headshotBill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Van Lathan
Cruise
Tom Cruise headshotThe Karate Kid Part II1986 · Martial Arts / Drama / Action / Family · 49% RT · John G. Avildsen
Bill Simmons headshotKyle Brandt headshotBill Simmons, Kyle Brandt
Cruise
Tom Hanks headshotObsession2025 · Romance / Horror · 94% RT · Curry Barker
Bill Simmons headshotChris Ryan headshotJoanna Robinson headshotBill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Joanna Robinson
Hanks
Tom Cruise headshotHitch2005 · Romance / Comedy · 68% RT · Andy Tennant
Bill Simmons headshotVan Lathan headshotMKBill Simmons, Van Lathan, Mina Kimes
Cruise
Tom Cruise headshotShe's the One1996 · Romance / Comedy · 63% RT · Edward Burns
Bill Simmons headshotSean Fennessey headshotWMBill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, Wesley Morris
Cruise
Tom Hanks headshotAli2001 · Sports / Drama · 69% RT · Michael Mann
Bill Simmons headshotChris Ryan headshotVan Lathan headshotBill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Van Lathan
Hanks
Tom Cruise headshotPacific Heights1990 · Thriller / Horror / Drama · 52% RT · John Schlesinger
Bill Simmons headshotChris Ryan headshotKyle Brandt headshotBill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Kyle Brandt
Cruise
Tom Hanks headshotThe Good Son1993 · Thriller / Horror / Drama · 26% RT · Joseph Ruben
Bill Simmons headshotChris Ryan headshotSean Fennessey headshotBill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey
Hanks
VSDomestic Disturbance2001 · Thriller / Crime · 23% RT · Harold Becker
Bill Simmons headshotChris Ryan headshotSean Fennessey headshotBill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey
Tie
Tom Hanks headshotThe Hand That Rocks the Cradle1992 · Thriller / Horror / Mystery · 67% RT · Curtis Hanson
Bill Simmons headshotChris Ryan headshotJoanna Robinson headshotBill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Joanna Robinson
Hanks
Tom Cruise headshotSingle White Female1992 · Thriller / Erotic / Horror · 53% RT · Barbet Schroeder
Bill Simmons headshotVan Lathan headshotMallory Rubin headshotBill Simmons, Van Lathan, Mallory Rubin
Cruise
Tom Hanks headshot2001: A Space Odyssey1968 · Sci-fi · 90% RT · Stanley Kubrick
Bill Simmons headshotSean Fennessey headshotSSBill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, Steven Spielberg
Hanks
Tom Hanks headshotAnimal House1978 · Comedy · 91% RT · John Landis
Bill Simmons headshotChris Ryan headshotBill Simmons, Chris Ryan
Hanks
Tom Hanks headshotBorat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan2006 · Comedy / Satire · 90% RT · Larry Charles
Bill Simmons headshotKyle Brandt headshotBill Simmons, Kyle Brandt
Hanks
Tom Cruise headshotTropic Thunder2008 · Comedy / Action / War · 82% RT · Ben Stiller
Bill Simmons headshotChris Ryan headshotVan Lathan headshotJABill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Van Lathan, Joel Anderson
Cruise
Tom Hanks headshotThere's Something About Mary1998 · Romance / Comedy · 84% RT · Bobby Farrelly; Peter Farrelly
Bill Simmons headshotChris Ryan headshotSean Fennessey headshotBill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey
Hanks
Tom Hanks headshotGhostbusters1984 · Comedy / Action · 95% RT · Ivan Reitman
Bill Simmons headshotChris Ryan headshotVan Lathan headshotBill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Van Lathan
Hanks

ABOUT THE DATA

The only movie question that matters.

This unofficial fan tracker is not affiliated with The Ringer, Spotify, Tom Hanks, or Tom Cruise. Episode outcomes and lineups come from the community-maintained Rewatchables spreadsheet.

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Headshots: Tom Hanks by Angela George (CC BY-SA 3.0) and Tom Cruise by Eva Rinaldi (CC BY-SA 2.0). Cropped for display.

Read the receipts

Every number on this page is computed from the complete local episode archive. Episode totals include all entries. Movie, age, decade, genre, director, and critic metrics consolidate repeat episodes into a unique movie first. Co-host pairings count shared episodes. Rotten Tomatoes is used as an external critical baseline; archive selection is treated only as a signal of editorial interest.

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