Chris Ryan as Self

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HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Chris Ryan to induct 'Any Given Sunday' into the Sports Movie Hall of Fame. They break down Oliver Stone’s bizarre editing, Cameron Diaz’s underrated ownership chops, Al Pacino’s last great performance, the Tao of James Woods, the eye-opening concussion/painkiller subplots, Jamie Foxx’s breakout role as Willie Beamon, the craziest cameos, and where the “Inches” monologue ranks in the pantheon of great sports movie speeches.

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HBO and The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Mark Titus and Chris Ryan to induct ‘Blue Chips’ into the Sports Movie Hall of Fame. They cover film's most ridiculous moments, Nick Nolte’s intense coaching style, Bob Knight’s mystique, point-shaving scare tactics, Shaq’s final college game, the player cameos, rebooting ‘Blue Chips’, post-retirement Larry Bird, and the best college basketball movies.

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HBO and The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Chris Ryan and Rembert Browne to induct ‘White Men Can’t Jump’ into the Sports Movie Hall of Fame. They cover Woody Harrelson’s hustling tactics, Wesley Snipes’s height, Rosie Perez’s polarizing character, the essence of pickup basketball, Woody’s fashion, Wesley Snipes’s career trajectory, the black-actor championship belt, ‘New Jack City’ power rankings, and the premise of the planned remake.

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HBO and The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Chris Ryan to induct ‘Moneyball’ into the Sports Movie Hall of Fame. They cover the state of Brad Pitt’s career, the past 20 years of sports movies, the making of ‘Moneyball’, their favorite moments from the film, and the future of sports movies.

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HBO and The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Chris Ryan and Juliet Litman to induct ‘Jerry Maguire’ into the Sports Movie Hall of Fame. They discuss Rod Tidwell spin-offs, Tom Cruise Oscar snubs, the opening montage, Jonathan Lipnicki’s pinnacle, “show me the money”, the best Cruise movies, the birth of the modern sports movie, and Cruise’s romantic-lead chops.

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HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Chris Ryan to induct 'Heat' into the Movie Hall of Fame. They discuss whether De Niro vs. Pacino was worth the hype, if this was peak Michael Mann, whether this is one of the greatest ensemble casts ever, the 10 most important lessons from Heat, Pacino’s best line, and who ultimately won this movie—Pacino or De Niro.

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HBO and The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Chris Ryan and Amanda Dobbins to celebrate and appreciate 1992’s ‘A Few Good Men’ in the inaugural episode of 'The Rewatchables' by discussing what they love about the movie, which scenes have aged the best and worst, and whether Jo Galloway was a good lawyer.

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HBO and The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Chris Ryan to revisit and examine the Oscar-winning ‘The Departed,’ directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio. They break down everything from who was in the original intended cast to the film's most memorable moments, as well as what the movie is trying to say about society through DiCaprio’s and Damon’s characters. And, of course, they unpack Jack Nicholson’s memorable Boston accent.

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HBO and The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan lead us deep into the inner recesses of 1991’s Oscar-winning psychological thriller ‘The Silence of the Lambs,’ starring Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster. They pay tribute to Ted Levine’s iconic performance as Buffalo Bill, wonder what would have been with the movie's originally intended cast of Gene Hackman and Michelle Pfeiffer, and rehash their favorite and most haunting moments.

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan are just a couple of ideas men trying to rewatch the 1982 comedy ‘Night Shift,’ starring Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, and Shelley Long and directed by Ron Howard.

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