Episode #435: Our Favorite Movies of 2025

We’re celebrating the end of the movie year that was and the start of the movie year to come, plus our first year (minus a few months in the middle there) with Kevin at the helm! We’ve got our annual Maxie Awards, movies we’re looking forward to in 2026 and, most importantly, each host’s 10 favorites from 2025.

What’s Good?
Alonso – Barebells
Drea – Warm (True) Spring
Kevin – a year of hosting (sorta)!

*indicates a film we covered on the show!

Drea
10. Twinless*
9. Lurker
8. Hamnet*
7. Bugonia*
6. Sentimental Value
5. Sorry, Baby
4. The Secret Agent
3. Train Dreams*
2. One Battle After Another*
1. Sinners*

Alonso
10. Happy End
9. A House of Dynamite
8. Rebuilding
7. It Was Just an Accident
6. One Battle After Another*
5. Train Dreams*
4. Caught by the Tides
3. My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow
2. Eephus
1. Sinners*

Kevin
10. Good Fortune
9. Hedda*
8. The Long Walk*
7. Twinless*
6. Weapons*
5. Thunderbolts**
4. F1
3. Superman*
2. Sinners*
1. 40 Acres*

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With
Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde

Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher