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Welcome to Forgotten Cinema! Each episode, Mike Field and Mike Butler highlight a film that for a variety of reasons was forgotten by audiences. Whether it be because a more popular movie was released at the same time or the movie simply didn’t catch on with an audience in the its initial run. We’ll discuss what we love about the movie or perhaps don’t love about it and decide whether the movie is worth a revisit.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to Forgotten Cinema! Each episode, Mike Field and Mike Butler highlight a film that for a variety of reasons was forgotten by audiences. Whether it be because a more popular movie was released at the same time or the movie simply didn’t catch on with an audience in the its initial run.
Forgotten Cinema is hosted by Michael Butler & Michael Field. The show has published 418 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The Lair of the White Worm" (14 October 2026, 44 minutes), "Videodrome" (7 October 2026, 46 minutes), and "Baby Boom" (30 September 2026, 44 minutes).
Forgotten Cinema publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 42 minutes across 418 episodes.
Booking probability for Forgotten Cinema is 37%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Forgotten Cinema requires a Pod Score of 87 or higher. Forgotten Cinema's contact route on record: public web form.
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Episode #11
Forgotten Horror 8 slithers into its second episode with "The Lair of the White Worm", starring a very young Hugh Grant and Peter Capaldi. Neither Mike Butler nor Mike Field had seen the film before, and after watching...
Episode #10
Forgotten Horror 8 kicks off with "Videodrome", David Cronenberg’s surreal blend of horror, science fiction, and media paranoia. Both Mike Butler and Mike Field enjoy the film, especially its unforgettable imagery and...
Episode #9
This week on Forgotten Cinema, the Mikes take on the winner of the latest Audience Choice vote: "Baby Boom", starring Diane Keaton. Both Mike Butler and Mike Field enjoy the film, especially Keaton’s performance and the...
Episode #8
This week on Forgotten Cinema, the Mikes take a look at "Nurse Betty", a film that somehow manages to be incredibly sweet and deeply mean at the exact same time. Mike Field is a big Neil LaBute fan and has always...
Episode #7
This week on Forgotten Cinema, the Mikes take a look at "Music & Lyrics", the 2007 romantic comedy starring Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore. Both Mike Butler and Mike Field really enjoy the film, especially its sharp...
Episode #6
This week on Forgotten Cinema, the Mikes take a look at "Victory", or "Escape to Victory", as the film has somehow come to be known. Both Mike Butler and Mike Field enjoy the movie, but neither thinks it entirely works...
Episode #5
This week on Forgotten Cinema, the Mikes take a look at "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow", the ambitious 2004 sci-fi adventure starring Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Angelina Jolie. Butler remembered enjoying the...
Episode #4
This week on Forgotten Cinema, the Mikes take a look at "Restoration", the 1995 period drama starring Robert Downey Jr. and Sam Neill. Neither Mike Butler nor Mike Field had seen the film before, and both come away...
Episode #3
This week on Forgotten Cinema, the Mikes turn up the heat with "Backdraft", Ron Howard's 1991 firefighter thriller starring Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, and Donald Sutherland. Both Mike Butler and Mike...
Episode #2
This week on Forgotten Cinema, the Mikes take a look at "Confess, Fletch", the 2022 comedy mystery starring Jon Hamm as investigative reporter and perpetual troublemaker Irwin M. Fletcher. Both Mike Butler and Mike...
Episode #1
Season 26 begins on Forgotten Cinema as the Mikes take a look at "Payback" , the 1999 crime thriller starring Mel Gibson. The plan was to watch "Payback: Straight Up," director Brian Helgeland’s restored cut of the...
Episode #13
This week on Forgotten Cinema, Forgotten Summer comes to an end with "White Water Summer", the 1987 wilderness adventure starring Kevin Bacon and Sean Astin. Unfortunately, neither Mike Butler nor Mike Field is...
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This week on Forgotten Cinema: Now Showing, the Mikes take a look at "Autonomous", a new vertical horror short from the creators of "ZombieCON Vol. 1", now streaming on Screamify. In this bonus episode, Mike Butler and...
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In this bonus episode, the Mikes interview director Kyle Valle and star Erin Áine of the vertical horror short "Autonomous"; now showing on the new streaming service "Screamify". Mike Field and Mike Butler ask Valle and...
Episode #11
This week on Forgotten Cinema, Forgotten Summer continues with "Blown Away", the 1994 action thriller starring Jeff Bridges and Tommy Lee Jones. Both Mike Butler and Mike Field find pieces of the film to enjoy. The...
Episode #10
This week on Forgotten Cinema, Forgotten Summer continues with "War of the Worlds", Steven Spielberg's intense adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic. After covering "Flight of the Navigator", discussing "Close Encounters...
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Join Mike Field and Mike Butler for a special Now Showing episode as they discuss the new independent sci-fi/drama/thriller "Abductee"; written and directed by William Hopp and starring Dusty Sorg and Virginia Newcomb...
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In this special bonus episode of Forgotten Cinema, the Mikes are sitting down with Writer/Director William Hopp to discuss his new film "Abductee" which as of this episode release is on a roadshow across independent...
Episode #9
This week on Forgotten Cinema, Forgotten Summer begins with "Flight of the Navigator", Disney's beloved family sci-fi adventure that has earned a nostalgic following over the years. Neither Mike Butler nor Mike Field...
Episode #8
This week on Forgotten Cinema, the Mikes revisit "Secret Window", the psychological thriller based on a story by Stephen King and the winner of this season's Audience Choice. For Mike Butler, this is a film he has never...
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