84: Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan & Tom Hardy’s Disappointed Parents
In this episode, Joe and Adam take on the paradox that is Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk - a stunning, cinematic powerhouse of a flick with an all-timer score from Hans Zimmers, and yet somehow… forgotten? The guys consider Nolan, Sir Christopher - are people out to get him or is that all in Adam’s head? They also tackle the tricky topic of patriotism in war films - is it a problem here, or does...
1hr 22m Apr 01, 2025
1hr 22m
83: Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World, Pete Postlethwaite & Spielberg's Posters
Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World OR The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Today's episode follows Joe & Adam's discussion about Steven Spielberg's second go at dinosaurs, this time led by Jeff Goldblum, also starring Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Vince Vaughn and Richard Schiff. Are dinosaurs actually any good? Why does every JP film apart from the first kind of suck? And more vital, vital quest...
1hr 9m Mar 25, 2025
1hr 9m
82: T2 Trainspotting; Danny Boyle’s magic; Ewan McGregor’s mystery
Joe & Adam reunite with Renton, Spud, Sick Boy, and Begbie for *T2 Trainspotting* (2017), Danny Boyle’s bold sequel to the iconic Brit flick. They dig into Boyle’s stylish return, Ewan McGregor’s wildly uneven filmography, and—shockingly—talk about the movie more than usual.
1hr 4m Mar 18, 2025
1hr 4m
81: The Descendants, Realism & Jeff Bridges
George Clooney plays patient man in Hawaii. Alexander Payne's 2011 film The Descendants provides Joe & Adam a lovely dive into his filmography and a conversation about the director's desire to hold back. Jeff Bridges' brother sparks a musical jaunt through his whole back catalogue. The well of Clooney vs Pitt is revisited once more.
1hr 30m Mar 11, 2025
1hr 30m
80: Minority Report; Spielberg’s Filmography; Nitpicks and 9/11
Sci-fi, Spielberg and tonal confusion abound today; Joe & Adam dig into the 2001 Philip K Dick book adaptation of the same name… it’s not called Philip K Dick, it’s called Minority Report. They chat sci-fi world building, other blockbusters Spielberg should have made and the logistics of rolling out the Pre-cog Crime initiative across the US given there are only three of them. Will Joe’s seri...
1hr 10m Mar 04, 2025
1hr 10m
79: The Abyss, James Cameron & Pioneering Movie-Making
James Cameron does underwater movie.
54m Feb 25, 2025
54m
78: What Joe’s Watched: Wild Robot, The Batman, 65 etc & Listener Emails
Chat about flicks Joe’s seen lately (Wild Robot, The Batman, 65 etc), plus listener emails
1hr Feb 18, 2025
1hr
77: Boogie Nights, Found Family & Prosthetics
Paul Thomas Anderson's 1998 film Boogie Nights is the topic for today's conversation. Unsaucy films set with a saucy backdrop, found families and prosthetics: Joe & Adam dive into PTA's second feature film.
1hr 9m Feb 11, 2025
1hr 9m
76: The Matrix, Fake Purpose & His Majesty's Voice
The Matrix (1999) is clearly not a forget you forgot film, but it's two trilogy-sequels very much are. In today episode, Joe & Adam dig into what made the first film iconic, what spoilt the second two, and why all films split into the two categories of 'Cod Purpose' or 'Fake Purpose'.
1hr 19m Feb 04, 2025
1hr 19m
75: Closer, Julia Roberts, and very rude words
Joe & Adam take a close look at Closer, based on the play of the same name, and say lots of rude words.
1hr 24m Jan 28, 2025
1hr 24m
74: Swingers, On a Night Out movies & Answer-machines
Super duper ‘it’s so money’ indie gem Swingers gets the MYFYF treatment.
1hr 19m Jan 21, 2025
1hr 19m
73: Best Films of the Year
Joe and Adam conduct the annual Movies You Forgot You Forgot awards, including best film of the year, best new film to you, and others!
1hr 20m Jan 01, 2025
1hr 20m
72: Platoon, Vietnam War Movies & Ruined by Spoofs
Joe & Adam ponder whether Oliver Stone’s Vietnam War flick is part of the canon, or if it’s been ruined by factors
1hr 12m Dec 24, 2024
1hr 12m
71: Prometheus, Alien & Imagining The Future
It's a prequels episode, with Prometheus in the firing line. Ridley Scott's Alien prequel, starring Michael Fassbender & Charlize Theron was released in 2012 and never quite lived up to expectation. Joe & Adam, in this episode, discuss why the film doesn't really work, why the original Alien is great, and how people imagine the future.
1hr 26m Dec 17, 2024
1hr 26m
70: Collateral, Tom Cruise and Streetlights
Michael Mann's Collateral is on the bill in this episode of Movies You Forgot You Forgot. Does Tom Cruise make it work as the silver-haired villain? Is Jamie Foxx miscast? And why does Mann love shooting outside at night? All this and more!
1hr 13m Dec 10, 2024
1hr 13m
69: Gladiator 2, plus Rotten Tomatoes’ Best of 25 Years
Joe & Adam pop their thumbs down for Gladiator 2
1hr 4m Dec 03, 2024
1hr 4m
68: Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino; Foot Massage Digressions
A swift post-modern dive into one of the key movies of the 1990s. Tarantino’s defining flick?
1hr 21m Nov 26, 2024
1hr 21m
67: Almost Famous, Nostalgia and Invisible Sad Boys
The Cameron Crowe directed 2000 nostalgia music flick about a band on the run, starring Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup and Patrick Fugit, and featuring the late great Philip Seymour Hoffman. Joe & Adam dig into director’s cuts, the fine differences between nostalgia for a general past time versus a nostalgia for being young (with added Chat-GPT for clarity/confusion), and this film’s missing heart ...
1hr 7m Nov 19, 2024
1hr 7m
66: The Lobster, Colin Farrell’s Triumph of Will, and Lots of Lanthimos
Joe & Adam spar over Yorgos Lanthimos and what sound a lobster would make.
1hr 18m Nov 11, 2024
1hr 18m
65: The King's Speech, Oscar Bait & Colin Firth Emerges From a Lake
The film ruined by Oscar-buzz.
1hr 12m Nov 05, 2024
1hr 12m
64: Harry Potters, Twisters, and What’s Been Watched
In this special episode the MYFYF duo chat about the recent movies they’ve seen - but not before Joe tells a tale about his dad’s bedtime stories. Also, the co-host reflects on the films he watched on his recuperation journey (all the Harry Potters, obviously), while Adam laments his time with Twisters. Plus plenty more in this not-so special ep that isn’t about movies we forgot we forgot, but ...
59m Oct 29, 2024
59m
63: Signs, Faith vs Aliens, and Big Mel
M Night Shyamalan’s hokey but timely (at the time) spooky alien crop circle flick starting Mel Gibsons gets the Forgot You Forgot Treatment - but not before Joe tells his anecdote about Hans Zimmer. Why was Mel such a big star, what’s up with the Culkins and the Fannings, and why can’t these aliens open doors?
59m Oct 22, 2024
59m
62: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; the Sci-fi of Old Man Babies, and Films that Span a Life
Joe & Adam chat the highs and lows of David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
1hr 13m Oct 15, 2024
1hr 13m
61: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Wuxia, and Embarrassing Mixtapes
Ang Lee's ground-breaking Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon remembered.
1hr 5m Oct 08, 2024
1hr 5m
60: The Darjeeling Limited, Wes Anderson and Joe gets Covid
I want us to be brothers again, like we used to be… Joe & Adam board Wes Anderson’s Darjeeling Limited (2007), starring Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman. They consider style over substance; Joe shares his theory why some Wes works, and other Wes doesn’t, and they chat his acting troupe a bit. Adam also gets sidetracked by Tarantino and Joe gets Covid. Send us your suggestions fo...
1hr 22m Oct 01, 2024
1hr 22m
59: Gravity
Joe & Adam chat Alfonso Cuaron’s space disaster thriller Gravity.
1hr 23m Sep 10, 2024
1hr 23m
58: The Lives of Others (Das Leben Der Anderen)
Joe & Adam chat about Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Oscar-winning Stasi flick from 2006. Expect tension and release.
1hr 6m Sep 03, 2024
1hr 6m
57: Hail, Caesar!
The Coen Brothers' Hollywood Fixer considers a job offer.
51m Aug 27, 2024
51m
56: American Pie: Reunion aka American Reunion
We unpick the horribly dated sexual politics of this smutty sex-comedy (Joe reveals his soft spot for the flaccid flicks; while Adam unleashes his harsh hard words). Meanwhile, at the backend of the pod, seeing as it’s been a while, Joe runs down some of the movies he’s seen recently. Can you plum us with a movie you forgot YOU forgot Email us at moviesyouforgotyouforgot@gmail.com. Also, foll...
1hr 39m Aug 20, 2024
1hr 39m
55: L.A. Confidential
It's 1997, the year of the movie, and three detectives from Los Angeles Police Department investigate multiple homicides.
1hr 15m Aug 13, 2024
1hr 15m
54: Listener Emails
We read your emails - it’s lot’s of fun. There are some Pick Ones; Forgot You Forgots that begin with the letter G; there’s chin stuff; meanwhile Adam breaks his own rules with an intro about Slow Horses. Email us at moviesyouforgotyouforgot@gmail.com
1hr 18m Jul 23, 2024
1hr 18m
53: The Mission Impossible Episode
Tom Cruise completes impossible missions as Ethan Hunt over the course of thirty years.
1hr 17m Jul 16, 2024
1hr 17m
52: The Best Films of the 21st Century - Part Four
Picking our favourite films of the 21st century one year at a time.
56m Jul 09, 2024
56m
51: The Best Films of the 21st Century - Part Three
Picking our favourite films of the 21st century one year at a time.
46m Jul 02, 2024
46m
50: The Best Films of the 21st Century - Part Two
Picking our favourite films of the 21st century one year at a time.
59m Jun 25, 2024
59m
49: The Best Films of the 21st Century - Part One
Picking our favourite films of the 21st century one year at a time.
1hr 14m Jun 18, 2024
1hr 14m
48: Layer Cake
Welcome to the Layer Cake.
1hr 18m Jun 11, 2024
1hr 18m
47: Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Three ghosts help Matthew McConaughey in a spookily bad rom-com.
1hr 14m Jun 04, 2024
1hr 14m
46: World War Z
It’s zombies! And boy are they fast! Brad Pitt is Gerald 'Gerry' Lane in the Marc Forster directed 2013 action spectacle World War Z.
1hr 15m May 28, 2024
1hr 15m
45: Joker
Joaquin Phoenix is very serious in clown gone wrong feature film.
1hr 18m May 21, 2024
1hr 18m
44: Gladiator
Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott get deep down and dusty in 2000’s Gladiator, reinvigorating the swords-sandals flick and making Rusty a bona fide star in the process.

1hr 15m May 14, 2024
1hr 15m
43: The Martian
Maths Damon does science with high stakes in the star-riddled Ridley blockbuster space movie The Martian from 2015.
1hr May 07, 2024
1hr
42: Planet of the Apes (Rise of, Dawn of, War for)
Planet of the Apes (Rise/Dawn/War)... is it a trilogy... a set... a tribe... a troop? We don't know, but it sure as hell stars Andy Serkis mo-capping the hell out of Caesar – a very smart, very angry, very sexy, ape.
1hr 21m May 01, 2024
1hr 21m
41: Wild
Witherspoon goes wild in this walking film from 2014.
1hr 9m Apr 24, 2024
1hr 9m
40: Jarhead & The Hurt Locker
A Gulf War/Iraq War film double header: the Sam Mendes flick Jarhead (2005) starring Jake Gyllenhaal; and the Kathryn Bigelow picture The Hurt Locker (2008) featuring Jeremy Renner and Anthony Mackie.
59m Apr 16, 2024
59m
39: The Revenant
Leonardo Di Caprio hits the snowy bear-filled wilderness in the 2015 Alejandro González Iñárritu directed survival flick The Revenant.
55m Apr 09, 2024
55m
38: Vanilla Sky
Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz and the two Camerons spin out of their tiny minds in the muddled romantic drama Vanilla Sky (2001).
1hr 1m Apr 02, 2024
1hr 1m
37: A Dangerous Method
Viggo & Fassbender go mano e mano in this psychiatric thrill ride.
1hr 7m Mar 26, 2024
1hr 7m
36: Submarine
Richard Ayoade gets all Wes Anderson for his 2010 directorial debut Submarine, based on Joe Dunthorne's novel of the same name...
55m Mar 19, 2024
55m
35: Passengers, sultry sci/fi, and the Pratt problem
Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence smooch incessantly in limp sci-fi romance Passengers, from 2016, directed by Morten Tyldum.
1hr 4m Mar 12, 2024
1hr 4m