Screen Drafts
Experts and enthusiasts competitively collaborate in the creation of screen-centric "best of" lists. Hosted by draft commissioners Clay Keller and Ryan Marker. "Most impeccable taste in guests." - Entertainment Weekly
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 183 minutes
- Episodes
- 365
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
ALFRED HITCHCOCK MEGA DRAFT: PART THREE (with Ben Mankiewicz, Oriana Nudo, Maureen Lee Lenker, & Drea Clark)
All train tracks have led to this: the THRILLING conclusion of the ALFRED HITCHCOCK MEGA DRAFT! Clay and guest commish Drea Clark (Maximum Film) are joined by GMs Ben Mankiewicz (TCM's The Plot Thick…
FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT SUPER DRAFT: PART TWO (with Marya E. Gates, Clay Keller, Ryan Marker, & Billy Ray Brewton)
Marya E. Gates returns alongside Clay Keller, Ryan Marker, and guest commissioner Billy Ray Brewton for the epic conclusion to the FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT SUPER DRAFT, ranking films #11 to #1 on the single…
ALFRED HITCHCOCK MEGA DRAFT: PART TWO (with Mark Harris, Darren Franich, & Adam B. Vary)
The epic ALFRED HITCHCOCK MEGA DRAFT continues in PART TWO, as Mark Harris (Pictures at a Revolution, Five Came Back, Mike Nichols: A Life), Adam B. Vary (Variety) and Screen Drafts Legend Darren Fra…
FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT SUPER DRAFT: PART ONE (with Marya E. Gates, Clay Keller, Ryan Marker, & Billy Ray Brewton)
Hitchcock / Truffaut Month continues with PART ONE of the FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT SUPER DRAFT! Veteran GM Marya E. Gates joins Clay and Ryan to make picks 21-12 on the definitive ranking of the work from o…
ALFRED HITCHCOCK MEGA DRAFT: PART ONE (with Drea Clark, William Bibbiani, & Walter Chaw)
HITCHCOCK / TRUFFAUT Month commences with PART ONE (picks 30-21) of the long, long, long-awaited ALFRED HITCHCOCK MEGA DRAFT. Joining us to build the foundation of the list are newly-minted Screen Dr…
CLASSIC HAMMER HORROR (with Bryan Cogman, B.J. Colangelo, & Chris Hewitt)
SCREAM Drafts 2024 comes to a shocking conclusion as Screen Drafts Legend Bryan Cogman (Game of Thrones) is joined by B.J. Colangelo (This Ends at Prom) and Chris Hewitt (Empire Magazine) to rank the…
RURAL HORROR (with Josh Larsen & Joe George)
It's week three of SCEAM Drafts VII and out-of-towners Josh Larsen (Filmspotting) and Joe George (Den of Geek) broke down in Draftland, so we tied them to the draft table and made them rank the 7 bes…
EROTIC HORROR (with Justin LaLiberty & Samm Deighan)
In week 2 of SCREAM Drafts 2024, Justin LaLiberty and Samm Deighan of Vinegar Syndrome return to rank the 7 best EROTIC HORROR films!
1977 HORROR (with Kyle Anderson & Billy Ray Brewton)
SCREAM Drafts VII kicks off with "best friends" Billy Ray Brewton and Kyle Anderson ranking the 7 best horror films from the year 1977!
BOOKSTORE & LIBRARY MOVIES (with Joe Reid, Joanna Robinson, Katey Rich, & Chris Feil)
Literacy Month comes to an end as Team This Had Oscar Buzz (Chris Feil & Joe Reid) squares off with Team Vanity Fair Refugees (Joanna Robinson & Katey Rich), competitively / collaboratively ranking t…
PATRICIA HIGHSMITH (with Louis Peitzman & Katie Walsh)
Returning GMs Katie Walsh and Louis Peitzman join us for the next chapter of Literacy Month, ranking the 7 best films adapted from the works of the Talented Ms. Highsmith!
'90s SPORTS mini-MEGA (with Alan Sepinwall, Linda Holmes, Jen Yamato, & Daniel Fienberg)
Daniel Fienberg (The Hollywood Reporter), Alan Sepinwall (Rolling Stone), and Linda Holmes (NPR), are back at the draft table, this time joined by Jen Yamato (The Washington Post), for the next insta…
ELMORE LEONARD (with Bryan Cogman & Milla Bell-Hart)
Literacy Month continues with screenwriters Bryan Cogman (Game of Thrones) and Milla Bell-Hart (Bad Monkey) ranking the best films ever made from the work of acclaimed crime writer ELMORE LEONARD! Jo…
MICHAEL CRICHTON SUPER DRAFT (with Darrin Navarro, Billy Ray Brewton, Clay Keller, & Bryan Cogman)
An adventure 4 years in the making! To kick off Literacy Month, Commissioner Clay is joined by newly minted Screen Drafts All-Star Darrin Navarro, Screen Drafts Legend Billy Ray Brewton, and guest co…
CASTAWAYS (with Emily St. James & Noel Murray)
Co-authors of LOST: Back to the Island, Emily St. James (Yellowjackets) & Noel Murray (The New York Times, The A.V. Club), rank the 7 best films ever made about CASTAWAYS!
MICHAEL MANN SUPER DRAFT (with Roxana Hadadi, Blige Ebiri, & Brandon Streussnig)
Rookies Bilge Ebiri and Brandon Streussnig join Screen Drafts vet Roxana Hadadi to competitively / collaboratively rank all 13 films directed by the Master of Dudes Rock Cinema, MICHAEL MANN!
1994 mini-MEGA (with Drea Clark, Drew McWeeny, Billy Ray Brewton, & Frank Berman)
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the films of 1994 and we are celebrating with some of our favorite guest GMs, Hall-of-Famer Drew McWeeny, Legend Billy Ray Brewton, and near-Legend Drea Clark,…
RETAIL HELL (with Bethy Squires & Mia Lee Vicino)
Former retail warriors Bethy Squires (Vulture) and Mia Lee Vicino (Letterboxd) join Clay and Ryan at the Draft Table to rank the 7 best films ever made about living in RETAIL HELL!
The Marathon: JERRY BRUCKHEIMER (Booster Club Sneak Peek)
Welcome to Draftland, where frenemy arthouse cinema operators Clay and Ryan program competing 4-film movie marathons using titles drawn from classic Screen Drafts episodes! Today, they are using the …
JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME (with Jon Gabrus, Ryan Stanger, and Drew McWeeny)
It's the kickin'-est, punchin'-est, splitsin'est draft of the year, as Screen Drafts rookies / Action Boyz Jon Gabrus and Ryan Stanger join commissioner Clay and guest co-commish Drew McWeeny (The La…