The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever features experts and enthusiasts and, well, their favorite films of every year ever. Host Tristan Ettleman sits down with a new guest every week to dive into the history and beauty of some of the best movies to ever come out of the cinematic medium.

Now Playing: 1909

Episodes

  • E1 - The End of a Decade

    The end of the first decade of the 20th century is a fitting time to reflect on the monumental changes facing the cinematic medium and the global industry that supported it in 1909. As this season will demonstrate, with an extremely diverse array of guest picks that features the least amount of overlap for the show so far, established genres and techniques, which are effective and pleasurable, coexist with the exciting refinement of composition, effects, narratives, and screen acting.

the Host

Tristan Ettleman is a film scholar and college instructor who dabbles in online content creation like this here podcast. His essay series of the same name is the inspiration for The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever podcast.