Top Podcasts for Movies Impact in 2026

The movies impact space keeps producing fresh voices and long-running favorites. This list rounds up 40 of the best, including The Rewatchables, The Big Picture, and How Did This Get Made?.

The Rewatchables

The Rewatchables, a film podcast from the Ringer Podcast Network, features The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and a roundtable of movie lovers from the Ring...

Content:
Action FilmsCultureEntertainmentFilm AnalysisMovie ReviewsMovies Impact
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Style:
Panel Discussion

When:
Background NoiseCommuting
The Big Picture

Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins review the movies you need to see. Plus: Top 5s, Movie Drafts, Oscars analysis, and more, featuring a rotating ca...

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EntertainmentFilm AnalysisMovie ReviewsTV Show RecapsVisual StorytellingMovies Impact

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Panel Discussion
How Did This Get Made?

The award-winning comedy podcast that celebrates bad movies. Comedians and actors Paul Scheer (The League), June Diane Raphael (Grace and Frankie),...

Content:
ComedyEntertainmentFilm AnalysisMovie ReviewsNostalgiaMovies Impact
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Goal:
Unwinding And Laughing

Style:
Panel Discussion

When:
Doing ChoresFocused LearningLong DriveWeekend Deep Dive
WHAT WENT WRONG

What Went Wrong covers Hollywood’s most notoriously disastrous movie productions, digging into the behind-the-scenes insanity of everything from ma...

Content:
Film AnalysisMovie ReviewsTheatrical AdaptationsMovies Impact

Style:
Panel Discussion

When:
Long Drive
Blank Check with Griffin & David

Not just another bad movie podcast, Blank Check reviews directors' complete filmographies episode to episode. Specifically, the auteurs whose early...

Content:
ComedyFilm AnalysisMovie ReviewsRetro Pop CultureSeries AnalysisMovies Impact

When:
Long Drive
Films To Be Buried With with Brett Goldstein

We are born. We die. In between we watch a lot of films. And some of these films shape the people we are. This is a podcast about those films. (And...

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EntertainmentFilm AnalysisMovie ReviewsMovies Impact
Unspooled

Each week actor & comedian Paul Scheer (Black Monday, The League) and film critic Amy Nicholson (LA Times Chief Film Critic ) watch and discuss the...

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EntertainmentFilm AnalysisMovie ReviewsNerd CultureNostalgiaMovies Impact
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Team Deakins

The Team Deakins podcast is an ongoing conversation between acclaimed cinematographer Roger Deakins and James Deakins, his collaborator, about cine...

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Film AnalysisIndie FilmmakingVisual StorytellingMovies Impact

Audience:
Creators
Filmspotting

Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen review new and classic movies, offering "affable, insightful film analysis since 2005" (NY Times).

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Blaxploitation MoviesFilm AnalysisIndie FilmmakingMovie ReviewsMovies Impact
The Movies That Made Me

Filmmakers and entertainers discuss the movies that inspired them. Hosted by Oscar nominated screenwriter and TFH Guru Josh Olson and fearless lead...

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Movie ReviewsMovies Impact
The Filmcast

In The Filmcast, hardcore geeks David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Jeff Cannata debate, pontificate, and delve into the latest films, TV shows, and...

Content:
Film AnalysisIndie FilmmakingMovie ReviewsSeries AnalysisMovies Impact

Style:
Panel Discussion
The A24 Podcast

No host, no ads, no rules. From the people behind Everything Everywhere All At Once, Midsommar, Uncut Gems, HBO's Euphoria, Hereditary, Moonlight, ...

Content:
Film AnalysisIndie FilmmakingMovie ReviewsMovies Impact
You Must Remember This

You Must Remember This is a storytelling podcast exploring the secret and/or forgotten histories of Hollywood’s first century. It’s the brainchild ...

Content:
CultureEntertainmentFilm AnalysisHistoryMovie ReviewsMovies Impact
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Audience:
History BuffsRetirees

Goal:
Following A Story

Style:
DocumentaryNarrative StorytellingSolo Commentary

When:
Before BedWeekend Deep Dive
The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth has been recognized as a premier film podcast by The Washington Post, The A.V. Club, IndieWire, Entertainment Weekly, and Film...

Content:
Blaxploitation MoviesFilm AnalysisMovie ReviewsMovies Impact
Every Single Sci-Fi Film Ever*

The Every Single Sci-Fi Film Ever* podcast looks back at more than a century of films, beginning in 1902 and working towards the future. Each episo...

Content:
Film AnalysisMovies Impact

Audience:
Sci-Fi Fans
The Filmmakers Podcast

A podcast about how to make film and TV by filmmakers who actually make them. Interviewing guests from the film-making world from Indie film to Hol...

Content:
Video Content CreationMovies Impact
Sardonicast

We’re Sardonicast! A podcast featuring the ”talents” of Alex (I Hate Everything), Adam (Your Movie Sucks) & Jake (Man Carrying Thing).

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Film AnalysisMovie ReviewsMovies Impact
Verbal Diorama

The award-winning podcast celebrating the history and legacy of movies you know, and movies you don't. Have you ever wondered how your favourite mo...

Content:
EntertainmentFilm AnalysisMovie ReviewsMovies Impact

Style:
Solo Commentary
Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair’s Little Gold Men takes you inside the world of film and television, from standing ovations at Sundance to the Best Picture award at th...

Content:
EntertainmentFilm AnalysisMovie ReviewsMovies Impact
Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Comedian and actor Gilbert Gottfried, a man Stephen King once called “a national treasure,” talks with the show business legends, icons and behind-...

Content:
Movie ReviewsMovies Impact
The No Film School Podcast

A podcast about how to build a career in filmmaking. No Film School shares the latest opportunities and trends for anyone working in film and TV. W...

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Movies Impact
The Crimes of Margo Freshwater

When she was 18, Margo Freshwater fell in with a much older man, and together they blazed through a three-week long crime spree that ended with her...

Content:
Film AnalysisMovies Impact
IndieWire: Screen Talk

Each week on Screen Talk, IndieWire's Anne Thompson and Ryan Lattanzio debate the indie film world and beyond -- from film festivals to new release...

Content:
Film AnalysisIndie FilmmakingMovie ReviewsMovies Impact
3 FILMS THAT HAVE IMPACTED EVERYTHING IN YOUR ADULT LIFE

3 FILMS THAT HAVE IMPACTED EVERYTHING IN YOUR ADULT LIFE" is the podcast that explores cinema's transformative power on your personal growth. Hoste...

Content:
CultureEntertainmentFilm AnalysisPersonal FinanceSelf ImprovementMovies Impact
Popcorn Podcast

Popcorn Podcast's bite-sized salty episodes will help you decide what movies to watch next. With exciting celebrity interviews, new movie reviews, ...

Content:
EntertainmentMovie ReviewsMovies Impact
Black on Black Cinema | Black Movie Reviews

Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast delivering in-depth reviews of Black films — from Oscar winners to hood classics, indie gems to blo...

Content:
Black FilmFilm AnalysisMovie ReviewsMovies Impact
Doc Tops (episodios)

Todos los capitulos del canal de YT de Doc Tops, y en video

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Movies Impact
Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood]

Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood] is a comedic podcast that reviews films with leading actors of color and analyzes them in the context of ra...

Content:
Black FilmBlaxploitation MoviesComedyCultureDiversity And InclusionMovies Impact
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When:
Long Drive
Talking With Docs Podcast

Doctors Brad Weening and Paul Zalzal along with other guest specialists, help you understand different health conditions in short, fun and instruct...

Content:
Film AnalysisMovies Impact

Style:
Documentary
Writers on Film

Writers on Film is the only podcast to focus on film books and to talk to the best authors working in the area of cinema. From Making Of tomes to b...

Content:
ArtsFilm AnalysisMovies Impact

Audience:
Book LoversWriters
Rough Cut

Rough Cut is a podcast for jewelers and small business owners in the business of jewelry. Join us for straight talk, honest advice, business insigh...

Content:
Movies Impact
A Piece of Pie: The Queer Film Podcast

Welcome to A Piece of Pie: the Queer Film Podcast. Creator and host Brian Rowe welcomes a rotating cast of contributors to discuss/ review movies b...

Content:
Film AnalysisQueer CinemaMovies Impact
Future of Film Podcast

Film is changing. Business models, audience behaviour and technology are all rapidly evolving - transforming the way stories are told, sold and con...

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Movies Impact
Movies That Matter

Welcome to Movies That Matter, where our personal connections matter more than the number of Academy Awards or Box-Office returns. Join host Chris ...

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Movies Impact
The Backseat Critics

Welcome to The Backseat Critics – the family-friendly movie review podcast where we watch the movies you probably shouldn’t!Join hosts RJ and Andre...

Content:
Movie ReviewsMovies Impact
Movies That Changed My Life

Each week IMDb host and producer Ian de Borja sits down with actors, filmmakers, and more to learn about the movies that inspired them to create th...

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Movies Impact
The Movie Roulette Podcast

Hey! We’re Andrew Ferguson, Jason Douglas, and Jason Shrout, and we’re the hosts of The Movie Roulette Podcast, based in the eastern suburbs of Kan...

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Movie ReviewsMovies Impact
Hey! We Just Saw A Movie

We are a couple that watches a lot of movies and has a lot to say. Hey! We're that cute couple that got together in high school, dated throughout c...

Content:
Movie ReviewsMovies Impact
MATT GOES TO THE MOVIES

Welcome to Matt Goes To The Movies. This podcast is meant to bring people together based on their love of cinema. Listeners are always encouraged t...

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Movies Impact
The Town

What's Underground you cant find it in the City so come to The Town

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EntertainmentMovies Impact