Let's Finally Watch This

A podcast for casual movie fans who have always meant to watch classic movies. Hosts Nick Hayden and Timothy Deal guide you through film history as they highlight one movie from each decade for the last century, exploring how each film sits in its time period, why it's well-known, and whether it's actually worth your time. We're finally getting around to movies we've always heard about. Why don't you join us?

Let's Finally Watch This is a tv podcast hosted by Derailed Trains of Thought, with 57 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Derailed Trains of Thought hosts Let's Finally Watch This, a tv show with 57 episodes published.

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  Episode 51 – The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

  Oct 2, 2026—

  The year is 1946. The war is over, and the soldiers are coming home. Director (and veteran) William Wyler uses this moment in history to make The Best Years of Our Lives , a remarkably contemporary and multi-faceted drama featuring three men from different branches of the military and socioeconomic standings adjusting to civilian life. Each struggles with his own reentry into the world he left behind. What The Best Years of Our Lives offers casual movie fans who have always meant to watch classic movies: one of the first major movie roles for a disabled person; impressive use of deep focus; a movie that feels unique both in its subject matter and its proximity to the event; and a substantial amount of drinking and smoking. Show Notes

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  Episode 50 – Modern Times (1936)

  Sep 25, 2026—

  The year is 1936. The cinema world is filled with talkies. Sound has revolutionized the industry. But Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times revels in its almost-silent-film genius. The iconic Tramp tries to make an honest living for himself and his street urchin love in a world of machine-filled factories and hard-to-keep jobs, a gentle satire on a world not completely unlike our own modern times. What Modern Times offers casual movie fans who have always meant to watch classic movies: Charlie Chaplin, a pillar of cinema history, at his best; a conveyor belt scene often imitated; hijinks and escapades rooted in the Tramp’s lovable persona; and the Chaplin’s first spoken “words” on film. Show Notes

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  Episode 49 – The Black Pirate (1926)

  Sep 18, 2026—

  The year is 1926. The movie industry is a year away from its first big sound film, but another major technological advance is also slowly advancing–COLOR!  The Black Pirate  is a vital early success of Technicolor, due in part to actor Douglas Fairbanks’s swashbuckling athleticism. With its vibrant use of color and high adventure,  The Black Pirate  influenced many future pirate movies. What  The Black Pirate  offers casual movie fans who have always meant to watch classic movies: a successful use of early color technology; exciting archetypal characters and story beats; Douglas Fairbanks’s exuberant flair; and an all-around fun movie that doesn’t feel as old as it is. Show Notes

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  Episode 48 – Intolerance (1916)

  Sep 11, 2026—

  The year is 1916. It’s only been a decade since The Story of the Kelly Gang , but director D.W. Griffith has pushed the medium to new heights. With the same vision that created the cinematically groundbreaking (though racist) The Birth of a Nation (see episode 36), Griffith ushers audiences through four separate plotlines in what some have called the only “film fugue.” Intolerance sets out to tell “love’s struggle throughout the ages,” from present day troubles with crime and poverty to the downfall of the great Babylonian empire. What Intolerance offers casual movie fans who have always meant to watch classic movies: a massive scale in sets and story; a way-ahead-of-its-time intertwining of narratives; silent movie melodrama; and Mountain Girl. Show Notes

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  Episode 47 – The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)

  Sep 4, 2026—

  Welcome to Season 5 of Let's Finally Watch This, a podcast for casual movie fans who have always meant to watch classic movies. We have another 12 exciting, decades-hopping episodes for you. First up, we're back in 1906, where moving pictures are still very much a technology in its infancy. This time we're in Australia, where the legend of Ned Kelly holds sway in the cultural imagination. Enter Charles Tait and his brothers, who produce what many consider the first dramatic, feature-length film, The Story of the Kelly Gang. What The Story of the Kelly Gang offers casual movie fans who have always meant to watch classic movies: charmingly amateur acting; 17 surviving minutes of the original 70; a historically important but visually damaged view of early movie-making; and one artistic expression of the Australian interest in bushrangers. Show Notes

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