Join Jack and Nick as they explore Shaft, a 1971 blaxploitation American crime action film directed by Gordon Parks. A prime example of the  genre, it was selected in 2000 for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." The Shaft soundtrack album, recorded by Isaac Hayes, was also a success, winning him a Grammy Award for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture and the "Theme from Shaft" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, making him the first Black man to win the award.

Join Jack and Nick as they discuss the first film in the Godzilla franchise, Godzilla (Japanese: ゴジラ, Hepburn: Gojira), a 1954 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.

Join Jack and Nick as they discuss North by Northwest, a 1959 American spy thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, and James Mason. It is listed among the canonical Hitchcock films of the 1950s and is often listed among the greatest films of all time. 

Join Jack and Nick as they discuss Run Lola Run, a 1998 German experimental thriller film written and directed by Tom Tykwer. 

Join Jack and Nick as they discuss the 1984 cult classic, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, often shortened to Buckaroo Banzai, a science fiction film produced and directed by W. D. Richter and written by Earl Mac Rauch. It stars Peter Weller in the titular role, with Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow, Jeff Goldblum, and Christopher Lloyd.

Join Jack and Nick as they discuss L.A. Confidential, a 1997 American neo-noir crime film directed, produced and co-written by Curtis Hanson, nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning two: Best Supporting Actress (Basinger) and Best Adapted Screenplay; Titanic won in every other category it was nominated for. In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected L.A. Confidential for preservation in the National Film Registry as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".   

Join Jack and Nick as they talk about that holiday "classic", Trading Places, a 1983 American comedy film directed by John Landis and written by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod. It stars Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, and Jamie Lee Curtis.  

Join Jack and Nick as they discuss The Maltese Falcon, a 1941 American film noir written and directed by John Huston in his directorial debut, based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. It stars Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade and Mary Astor as his femme fatale client.