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See which eras get covered, who shows up together, how the movies scored, and which favorites keep coming back.

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Episodes by year

2015—2026

67 episodes in 2020, the busiest year. Each bar shows one year of the podcast.

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Episodes indexed482all archive entries
Unique movies459repeat episodes merged
Median movie age27yrat first coverage
Hosts632.8 hosts per episode
Average RT score75%across 458 films

TRANSCRIPT INSIGHTS

What the conversations reveal

These results come from 477 episode transcripts. They show what the speakers praised, questioned, debated, and returned to most often.
Episodes analyzed454 clearout of 477 transcripts
Structured notes41,893across 12 useful types
Named host takes5,309opinions tied to a speaker
People opinions6,666person + speaker identified

WHY MOVIES WORKED FOR THEM

What made movies rewatchable

Each transcript reason is placed in the first plain-language group it matches.
Standout scenes797
Cast and performances328
Comedy and quotable lines186
Direction, music, and style144
Story and ideas117
Characters and emotion115
Easy to return to112
Nostalgia and cultural memory51

WHAT HELD MOVIES BACK

The most common criticisms

This groups the criticism notes; it does not turn them into movie ratings.
Story or logic problems443
Character or performance212
Parts that aged poorly178
Length or pacing170
The ending78
Filmmaking choices76

How to read this: these are counts of structured transcript notes, not votes or review scores. One episode may contain several notes about the same person or idea.

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New Transcript analysis / v1

What the transcripts
show.

7,647category calls found in
477 full episodes

The archive shows which movies were covered. The transcripts show when the categories begin, which categories return most often, and who is named as a winner.

99% of all episodes analyzed477 / 482Browse all categories

Category timing

Categories typically begin 41% into an episode.

Before 35%21% of timed episodes101
35–45%45% of timed episodes213
45–55%24% of timed episodes114
After 55%10% of timed episodes48
14categories in the median episode16.0 average

Most common categories

Which categories appear most often?

1,234 unique category names
262categories used more than once
972categories used once
85%calls with a winner

Cast appearances

Which actors appear most often?

This counts each time a category winner in a transcript includes a credited actor’s full name.

Director category fingerprints

What do the category calls look like for each director?

This compares Rewatchables categories from analyzed episodes about each director's films. It describes the show's conversation—not the director's filmmaking.

Choose a directorCompare the analyzed sample and category mix
Selected director

Michael Mann

Plain-language takeaway The biggest category family is Cast & characters, accounting for 22% of all calls in this sample.

01 / Analyzed sample

The episodes and category calls included for this director.

Episodes analyzed
11
Unique movies
11
Total category calls
130
Average calls per episode
11.8
Calls naming a winner
84%
Directors enter this comparison after at least three processed episodes.
02 / Category-family mix
Where all 130 calls fit

Broad families group related categories. Every bar uses the same 0–100% scale, so their lengths are directly comparable.

Show essentials24 calls 18%
Aging report19 calls 15%
Cast & characters29 calls 22%
Craft & moments15 calls 12%
Alternate cuts18 calls 14%
Debate desk20 calls 15%
One-night-only5 calls 4%
How transcript stats are counted

Category start times are approximate because transcripts are checked at eight-minute intervals. An actor gets a named win only when a category winner includes the credited actor’s full name; character-only wins do not count. Director comparisons show category patterns within analyzed episodes, not the quality of the films.

Full methodology

Movie age at first episode

27

years passed between release and the first episode.

That is the median wait. 46% of the movies were at least 30 years old when they got their first episode.

03

Movie age

How old movies are when first covered

This compares each movie’s release year with the date of its first episode.

Release → first episode

27 yrs

Average movie age. A few much older movies pull this above the median.

Busiest month

8 episodes

Apr 2020 had the most episodes in the archive.

04

Host pairs

Which hosts appear together most

This counts the episodes shared by each pair of hosts.

Pair with the strongest overlap

Bill Simmons
+ Kyle Brandt

100%

of the less-frequent host’s episodes also include the other host. This adjusts for pairs where one host has many more total appearances.

05

Rotten Tomatoes scores

How covered movies scored with critics

The average Rotten Tomatoes score is 75%. 96 covered movies scored below 60%.

Movies below 60% RT

Lower scores, repeat episodes

RT score and episode count
01
Blue Chips1994 · Sports / Drama
41%2×02
Den of Thieves2018 · Action / Crime
42%2×03
Basic Instinct1992 · Thriller / Mystery
56%2×04
Cocktail1988 · Romance / Drama
11%1×05
Another 48 Hrs.1990 · Comedy / Action
19%1×06
Dirty Work1998 · Comedy
20%1×07
Two for the Money2005 · Sports / Drama
22%1×

Sorted by episode count, then lowest critic score. This only shows which movies got covered; it does not include the hosts’ own ratings.

06

Decades and genres

Which decades and genres show up most

The 1990s has the most unique movies. Drama is the most common genre tag.

07

Repeat episodes

Movies covered more than once

The timeline shows the movies with the most episodes and the time between their first and latest coverage.

08

Decision results

Hanks and Cruise picks by RT score

This groups each Hanks vs. Cruise decision by the featured movie’s Rotten Tomatoes score.

Wins by RT score

More Cruise wins come from movies below 60% RT.

2.1×higher share of wins below 60% RT compared with Hanks36% Cruise · 17% Hanks
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HanksCruise
90–10037 calls · 1 tie21–15
75–8932 calls17–15
60–7423 calls · 1 tie11–11
< 6036 calls · 3 ties10–23
09

Head to head

Great Rewatchables matchups

Choose a director or actor matchup and see how their episode totals have grown across the archive.

DIRECTOR MATCHUP

Scorsese vs. Spielberg

directorMartin Scorsese

9 episodes
VSDead even
9 episodes

directorSteven Spielberg

036912201720222025

Counts episodes by the movie’s credited director.

18 matching episodes · 2017–2025

128 DECISIONS

Hanks vs. Cruise

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Tom Hanks headshot Hanks5946.1% of matches
Tom Cruise headshot Cruise6450.0% of matches
Total decisions128Since March 2024
Leader in viewCruiseBy 5 decisions
Ties53.9% of matches
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HEAD TO HEAD

Watch the race

Play all 128 matching decisions in order

Tom Hanks headshot HanksTom Cruise headshot Cruise128 movies
Tom Hanks headshotTHE EVERYMANTom Hanks59 wins
VS
Tom Cruise headshotTHE MAVERICKTom Cruise64 wins
Filtered cumulative decisions: 59 Hanks, 64 Cruise

THE SPLIT

How close is it?

5-pick gap
48.0%Hanks
52.0%Cruise

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

BY HOST

How each host’s episodes split

Results from episodes they appeared on

One decision is recorded per episode, not per host. Select a host to filter all picks below.

ALL PICKS

Every decision

128 results
Host
All hosts
MovieOn the micDateDecision
Tom Cruise headshotLaw Abiding Citizen2009 · Drama / Crime / Thriller · 26% RT · 34 MC · F. Gary Gray
Bill Simmons headshotVan Lathan headshotCHBill Simmons, Van Lathan, Craig Horlbeck
Cruise
Tom Cruise headshotRambo: First Blood Part II1985 · Action / Adventure / Thriller / War · 33% RT · 47 MC · George P. Cosmatos
Bill Simmons headshotKyle Brandt headshotBill Simmons, Kyle Brandt
Cruise
Tom Hanks headshotTalladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby2006 · Comedy · 71% RT · 66 MC · Adam McKay
CHDHDKCraig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly
Hanks
Tom Hanks headshotAliens1986 · Action / Thriller / Sci-fi · 93% RT · 84 MC · James Cameron
Bill Simmons headshotChris Ryan headshotSean Fennessey headshotBill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey
Hanks
Tom Hanks headshotApollo 131995 · Drama · 92% RT · 78 MC · Ron Howard
Bill Simmons headshotAmanda Dobbins headshotRob Mahoney headshotBill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, Rob Mahoney
Hanks
Tom Cruise headshotSpeed ("The Re-Speed")1994 · Action / Thriller · 95% RT · 78 MC · Jan De Bont
Bill Simmons headshotChris Ryan headshotSean Fennessey headshotBill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey
Cruise
Tom Cruise headshotAbout Last Night1986 · Romance / Comedy / Drama · 65% RT · 70 MC · Edward Zwick
Bill Simmons headshotChris Ryan headshotMallory Rubin headshotBill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Mallory Rubin
Cruise
Tom Cruise headshotThe Italian Job2003 · Action / Crime · 72% RT · 68 MC · 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 · 55 MC · John G. Avildsen
Bill Simmons headshotKyle Brandt headshotBill Simmons, Kyle Brandt
Cruise
Tom Hanks headshotObsession2025 · Romance / Horror · 93% RT · 77 MC · Curry Barker
Bill Simmons headshotChris Ryan headshotJoanna Robinson headshotBill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Joanna Robinson
Hanks
Tom Cruise headshotHitch2005 · Romance / Comedy · 68% RT · 58 MC · Andy Tennant
Bill Simmons headshotVan Lathan headshotMKBill Simmons, Van Lathan, Mina Kimes
Cruise
Tom Cruise headshotShe's the One1996 · Romance / Comedy · 63% RT · 53 MC · Edward Burns
Bill Simmons headshotSean Fennessey headshotWMBill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, Wesley Morris
Cruise
Tom Hanks headshotAli2001 · Sports / Drama · 69% RT · 65 MC · Michael Mann
Bill Simmons headshotChris Ryan headshotVan Lathan headshotBill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Van Lathan
Hanks
Tom Cruise headshotPacific Heights1990 · Thriller / Horror / Drama · 52% RT · 55 MC · 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 · 45 MC · Joseph Ruben
Bill Simmons headshotChris Ryan headshotSean Fennessey headshotBill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey
Hanks
VSDomestic Disturbance2001 · Thriller / Crime · 23% RT · 29 MC · 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 · 64 MC · 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 · 63 MC · Barbet Schroeder
Bill Simmons headshotVan Lathan headshotMallory Rubin headshotBill Simmons, Van Lathan, Mallory Rubin
Cruise

ABOUT THE DATA

Where these picks come from.

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.

How these stats are counted

Conversation insights and category results come only from the 477 processed transcripts. The community spreadsheet was not shown to either extraction process and is used only in a separate comparison report. Names are attached to opinions only when the transcript identifies the speaker. Times are approximate eight-minute transcript markers. Older archive totals still count the existing episode catalog; movie, age, decade, genre, director, and Rotten Tomatoes stats count each movie once.

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