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From blockbuster franchises to intimate dramas, cinema delivered unforgettable experiences in 2025! Join us as we count down the films that reminded us why we love movies in the first place. Our list includes Paul Thomas Anderson's thrilling "One Battle After Another," Ryan Coogler's genre-blending "Sinners," Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein," and many more! Which film topped your list this year?
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00:00I can see the future. It's full of pals. I'm on the edge of life, and the view is gorgeous.
00:09Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the cinematic offerings of
00:142025 that reminded us why we love movies in the first place. I have my reasons. Which are what?
00:19My reasons? I'm not saying. I'm saying I'm not saying. Number 20. Wicked for Good.
00:27This is between us, the wizard, and I.
00:32Finishing the story that began with its gravity-defying predecessor, the second half of the Wicked story is just as emotionally enthralling and alive with wonder.
00:41With Elphaba and Glinda now torn apart after the former's climactic stance against the wizard,
00:45Wicked for Good reaffirms their eternal bond through its staggering musical performances.
00:50It's time for both of us to fly!
00:54Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande remain just as praiseworthy, delivering a knockout punch to naysayers with their powerful vocals and even greater emotional range.
01:05Even as the arrival of a certain girl from Kansas brings us closer to a more familiar version of Oz,
01:10Wicked for Good remains defiantly over its own rainbow.
01:13It rounds things out as a musical adaptation unlike any other, and one that's changed us.
01:18Okay, say it with us.
01:20I'm off to see the wizard.
01:21Number 19.
01:28Thunderbolts
01:29Belenna
01:29means a hero.
01:32There is no higher calling.
01:35Your sister understood something about that.
01:38I should have come back for you.
01:41No.
01:43That's just a fairy tale.
01:45After years of diminishing returns following 2019's epic Avengers Endgame, the Marvel Cinematic Universe bounced back in a big way with Thunderbolts.
01:54Incorporating characters from several previous Marvel projects, director Jake Schreier's film assembles a ragtag group of superpowered misfits against their will to combat a deadly new threat of seemingly unspeakable power.
02:05But you have the wrong people.
02:07We have all done bad things.
02:10Look, I've been where you are.
02:12The past doesn't go away.
02:14So you can either live with it forever.
02:20Or you can do something about it.
02:22Thunderbolts returns the flagging franchise to its roots, delivering the sheer thrills of the Captain America movies, combined with the dark humor of Guardians of the Galaxy.
02:30Anchored by Oscar nominee Florence Pugh's three-dimensional performance as a conflicted Black Widow, Thunderbolts is the rare superhero movie that not only excites, but has something bigger on its mind, too.
02:41No one here is a hero.
02:43We all have things that we regret.
02:45But I have so many.
02:48This is our best dance.
02:53Lena, when I look at you, I don't see your mistakes.
02:57This is our best dance.
03:01That's why we need each other.
03:02Number 18.
03:03Final Destination Bloodlines.
03:05Family.
03:06You don't get to pick the one you get.
03:08Just gotta love the one you got.
03:10I always knew this day would come.
03:15I got it.
03:16I don't think you got it.
03:20I held him up for years.
03:22Mission Impossible wasn't the only long-running franchise that came back strong in 2025.
03:27Coming nearly 15 years after Final Destination 5, Bloodlines tells a new story within the series' wider universe.
03:34One that pushes the boundaries of what we've come to expect from Final Destination.
03:38Grandma, what's happening to us?
03:40Years ago, I had a premonition that started it all.
03:44I saw what death was about to do.
03:46I saved a lot of lives that night.
04:01Using the franchise's central conceit to explore themes of intergenerational trauma, Bloodlines puts its pedal to the smashed, twisted metal from minute one and never lets up.
04:10Sure, it doesn't do much to switch up Final Destination's tried-and-true formula, but it hardly needs to.
04:16Most of all, Bloodlines serves as a touching farewell to series' mainstay and Candyman star Tony Todd,
04:22explaining just enough about his mysterious mortician without totally giving everything away.
04:26This book, it will show you everything you need to know to keep our family safe.
04:32It all started with Grandma.
04:34Death is coming for us because we were never supposed to exist.
04:37Watch out!
04:40Only by embracing death will it pass you by.
04:44Number 17, Mickey 17.
04:47I wouldn't be surprised if you were thinking at this point, what have I done?
04:51How lucky can one guy be?
04:54Nothing was working out, and I wanted to get off of her.
04:58You're planning to be in Expendable?
04:59Yeah.
05:00You read through the whole application.
05:01I ain't started kicking the head.
05:03Yeah, I should have read through it.
05:05From the start, Mickey 17 seemed to have everything going for it.
05:08It had a multiple Oscar-winning writer-director in Bong Joon-ho,
05:12and an all-star cast that included such heavy hitters as Robert Pattinson,
05:15and Oscar nominees Mark Ruffalo, Stephen Yeun, and Tony Collette.
05:19The sci-fi comedy also garnered positive reviews that praised its messaging,
05:23versatility, and deft satire.
05:25They made me work my ass off on one mission after another.
05:28Every time you die, we learn something new, and humanity moves forward.
05:32Oh, wait!
05:33He's alive!
05:34It's fine.
05:35My life is gonna be beautiful.
05:41Mickey!
05:42It's not looking very good for you.
05:44Unfortunately, despite its considerable pluses,
05:46Mickey 17 flopped hard at the box office,
05:49reportedly costing Warner Bros. as much as $80 million in losses.
05:53As such, we can only hope that with time,
05:56Mickey 17 rises to the status of becoming a cult favorite,
05:59and that future audiences give the film its due as one of 2025's best.
06:03I'm sure you're used to it by now, but...
06:05What's it feel like to die?
06:08Even on my 17th go-around, I hate dying.
06:11Why aren't you dead?
06:24I'm multiple.
06:25Number 16.
06:26Warfare.
06:27Let's go.
06:28Let's go.
06:28Let's go.
06:30Let's go.
06:31Come on.
06:32Hit it.
06:34Hit it.
06:38Hit it.
06:39Hit it.
06:40Hit it.
06:41Just under a year after the release of his action thriller Civil War,
06:53writer-director Alex Garland followed that film up with the harrowing Warfare.
06:57The newer project focuses on a platoon of Navy SEALs in the aftermath of the Battle of Ramadi in 2006,
07:03a relatively little-known part of the wider Iraq War.
07:06Warfare stars an impressive ensemble of up-and-coming Hollywood-leading men,
07:09including Joseph Quinn, Will Poulter, Charles Melton, and Michael Gandolfini.
07:13All stations, this net.
07:14All stations, this net.
07:16Clearance operations are complete.
07:18All friendly units are RTB at this time.
07:21Be advised, you have new friendly location.
07:23The bigger company has moved northwest of your location.
07:26Two clicks.
07:29Understand.
07:30Copy all.
07:31This is in addition to Emmy nominee Deferro Wunetai,
07:34who plays a fictionalized version of Ray Mendoza,
07:37who co-wrote and directed Warfare alongside Garland,
07:40a deeply disturbing journey executed in nail-biting real-time.
07:43Garland and Mendoza's film is highly effective in proving the old adage,
07:47war is indeed hell.
07:49Alpha 2, this is 1.
07:50We might have guys starting to move in our position.
07:52Maybe because they heard you slidging through the f***ing wall, right?
07:56We could hear every strike.
07:58Why didn't you just charge?
08:00I didn't want to make a noise.
08:03I'm not sure that looked out for you.
08:05Number 15.
08:06The Long Walk
08:07Marty, you were gonna die on this hill.
08:09Maybe more than half.
08:10That happened once six years ago.
08:12Oh, shit!
08:14Shit!
08:152025 was a fantastic year for Stephen King adaptations,
08:18but The Long Walk makes it farther than the rest.
08:21A simple yet brutal thriller,
08:23it realizes one of King's most disturbing premises.
08:26A group of young men participate in a televised competition
08:28where they walk until one remains.
08:30Get up, young man!
08:31Get up!
08:34Oh, it ain't fair!
08:37Oh, it ain't fair!
08:39The Long Walk courageously drops us into this frightening scenario
08:42without much explanation,
08:43but backs everything up with gut-wrenching performances.
08:46The undeniable bromance between Cooper Hoffman and David Johnson
08:49is just the tip of the iceberg,
08:51as the ensemble's natural chemistry
08:53makes each departure hurt just as badly as the last.
08:56Despite the novel's parallels to the Vietnam War,
08:58this Long Walk more broadly underscores the futility of conflict
09:02and the kinship required to stand against it.
09:04And you're right, Pete.
09:05This moment matters.
09:07Every moment matters.
09:10Especially at the end.
09:12Number 14.
09:13Black Bag
09:13If even Cate Blanchett,
09:34Michael Fassbender,
09:35and Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh
09:37can't put butts in movie theater seats,
09:39then what does that say about the state of Hollywood in 2025?
09:41A good old-fashioned spy thriller
09:43that notably isn't based on any pre-existing source material,
09:47Black Bag was critically acclaimed,
09:48boasting a virtually unheard-of 98% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
09:53If I watch her, I assume she watches me.
09:57I would do anything for you.
09:59Would you?
10:01Yes.
10:03If a situation presents itself,
10:05would you choose your marriage over everything else?
10:07My devotion to my marriage is my professional weakness.
10:13Unfortunately,
10:14Soderbergh's latest was almost totally overlooked by audiences,
10:18grossing just $39 million on a reported budget of up to $60 million.
10:22As such,
10:23we feel that Soderbergh was justified
10:25when he publicly posed the question of,
10:27what's going to happen to the person behind me
10:29who wants to make this kind of film?
10:30Maybe this is all your greatest game, George.
10:33It's a very dangerous line of work.
10:37I'll say.
10:42Would you kill for me, George?
10:47Would you?
10:48Number 13,
10:49Marty Supreme.
10:50Backhand!
10:51Backhand!
10:52Forehand!
10:54How do you live?
10:55Well, I live with the confidence.
10:56If I believe in myself,
10:57the money will follow.
10:58Benny and Josh Safdie are masters
11:00at crafting adrenaline-pumping movies
11:02that make us nervous in the most exciting ways.
11:05That is still the case when the brothers go solo,
11:07and Josh completely outdoes himself
11:09with the frantic sports epic Marty Supreme.
11:11Starring Timothee Chalamet
11:12in yet another awards-worthy performance,
11:15the movie follows the titular Marty
11:17on a madcap quest
11:18to prove he's the world's best ping-pong player.
11:20Marty!
11:21I can't support your mother.
11:23You're not going to have to.
11:23Because I'm going to step up.
11:24Step up how?
11:25I'm going to step up in a way you can't even imagine.
11:27Between his performance,
11:29Safdie's exhilarating direction,
11:30and the movie's relentless pace,
11:32Marty Supreme has earned comparisons
11:34to other studies in Decadence,
11:35like The Wolf of Wall Street and Catch Me If You Can.
11:38Though still very much a Safdie flick,
11:40only time will tell what kind of standards
11:42it will set for the sports genre as a whole.
11:44See, you're already following it way better.
11:45Look at his eyes.
11:46You're looking more engaged now.
11:47A custom ball like that,
11:49it's going to cost a lot of money.
11:50Of course it's custom.
11:51It's an original ball for an original guy.
11:52It's a Marty Supreme ball,
11:53not the Marty normal ball.
11:55Number 12.
11:5628 Years Later.
11:57In an age of revisiting dormant franchises through legacy sequels,
12:1028 Years Later represents everything great about this trend.
12:13Director Danny Boyle returns alongside writer Alex Garland,
12:16and the pair shows no signs of merely repeating the same steps
12:20of their iconic original outing.
12:21Instead, by shifting focus to a community
12:24just outside the quarantined British Isles,
12:2628 Years Later matches its enhanced action and makeup work
12:29with thought-provoking and naturally contemporary ideas.
12:32While the rage virus refuses to slow down,
12:35the movie is often at its best in quiet, contemplative moments
12:38that probe the connection between self-preservation,
12:41identity, and mortality.
12:43It's Latin.
12:44Ironically, it's a dead language.
12:46It means, remember death.
12:51Remember, you must die.
12:54The committed performances,
12:56especially that of newcomer Alfie Williams,
12:58guide us through a world that,
12:59even if it's beyond saving,
13:01isn't entirely beyond hope.
13:03You need a medicine.
13:04One of the old medicines from the hospitals.
13:07If you tell us where I want more,
13:09I can go and I can get it.
13:10Just tell us, please.
13:12There is no medicine that can cure.
13:14Number 11.
13:16Sentimental Value.
13:17But he's a very difficult person.
13:23We can't really talk.
13:26If Final Destination has proven that intergenerational trauma
13:29remains a fruitful theme for the horror genre,
13:31then Sentimental Value confirms that it still works
13:34for an intimate domestic drama.
13:35Here, Stellan Skarsgård stars as filmmaker Gustav
13:38as he reconnects with his estranged daughters
13:40while developing a movie about their family's complicated history.
13:43Oldest daughter Nora is particularly resistant to Gustav's efforts,
13:47especially after he offers a part initially written for her
13:50to an American movie star.
13:52It makes for a multifaceted portrayal
14:05of how artistic expression inevitably intersects
14:07with personal memories.
14:09Fueled by hard-hitting dialogue and devastating performances,
14:12Sentimental Value takes a difficult but honorable road
14:15by questioning if creative pursuits
14:16are the best way to come to terms with the past.
14:27Number 10.
14:29Wake Up, Dead Man.
14:30A Knives Out Mystery.
14:32Everyone thinks I did it.
14:34I didn't do it.
14:35This goes way beyond normal police work.
14:38This is something you and I have not experienced.
14:42With his third foray into the world of Benoit Blanc,
14:45writer-director Rian Johnson solidifies the Knives Out franchise
14:48as one of the most reliable in recent memory.
14:51Wake Up, Dead Man remains true to its predecessor spirit
14:53by providing the detective another scintillating mystery
14:56with a scathingly satirical edge.
14:58Centering around a murder at a small-town church,
15:01Blanc is joined by yet another terrific cast of A-listers,
15:04though Josh O'Connor's fiery performance
15:06as a troubled minister makes for an easy standout.
15:08Here's what's gonna happen.
15:10Benoit, Frick, and Blanc and I are gonna ask you all some questions
15:12and you're gonna answer them.
15:13We're gonna get to the bottom.
15:14Who killed my senior wicks and why?
15:17And then...
15:19that's it!
15:20Wake Up, Dead Man keeps the franchise
15:22as fun and politically charged as ever,
15:24crafting an intricate web of secrets
15:26that lay bare the shortcomings and hypocrisies
15:28of organized religion.
15:30In short, it just might be the perfect whodunit
15:32for a year like 2025.
15:34Man is lying, dead.
15:37A classic, impossible crime.
15:41Okay, you're freaking me out now.
15:43Number 9. Superman.
15:45Hey, buddy. Eyes up here.
15:55Aside from the Spider-Verse franchise,
15:58few of today's superhero outings
15:59managed to evoke the experience
16:01of seeing a comic book come to life.
16:03That is precisely what makes
16:04James Gunn's Superman a breath of fresh air,
16:07as it doesn't so much adapt the character
16:08as it does the comics that give him meaning.
16:11Bypassing an origin story
16:12and the building of a team,
16:14Superman provides us a DCU
16:15that's already alive
16:17with three-dimensional characters.
16:18One A!
16:19One A!
16:21One A!
16:21One A!
16:22One A!
16:23One A!
16:24One A!
16:24One A!
16:25Moreover, it's a highly relatable take
16:29on The Man of Steel,
16:30with David Cornswet arguably coming closer
16:32than anyone to matching
16:33Christopher Reeve's humble charisma.
16:35That humility is also evident
16:37in how the movie tells its own story
16:39without resorting to Easter eggs
16:40or cheap setups
16:41in order to tease future installments.
16:43I love,
16:45I get scared,
16:46I wake up every morning
16:47and despite not knowing what to do,
16:49I put one foot in front of the other
16:51and I try to make the best choices I can.
16:53I screw up all the time.
16:55But that is being human.
16:58Number eight,
16:59The Naked Gun.
17:11Given the rise of IP-based blockbusters,
17:13few mainstream movies feel content
17:15to just make audiences laugh,
17:17but The Naked Gun more than delivers
17:18on that simple goal.
17:19This continuation sees Liam Neeson
17:21take the reins as Frank Drebin Jr.,
17:23and the actor's gruff deadpan delivery
17:25makes each joke more absurd than the last.
17:27A perfect morning?
17:29Sure.
17:30But I had no idea
17:31what this city had in store for me.
17:35Although it follows the formula
17:37of the Leslie Nielsen-led trilogy to a T,
17:39it keeps its focus squarely
17:41on staging one outrageous gag after another.
17:44The Naked Gun is simultaneously
17:45a refreshing diversion for audiences
17:47and a nostalgic callback
17:49to a simpler time at the movies.
17:50It's the most purely funny movie of the year
17:53and a display of courage
17:54that will hopefully make way
17:56for theatrical comedies
17:57to make a comeback.
17:57They know me coming to me
17:59calling Stacy
18:00I'm the M to the E
18:02R G the I they eat
18:04Number 7.
18:05K-pop Demon Hunters
18:06Perhaps the most surprising hit of 2025,
18:19few were expecting a romp
18:20about a girl group moonlighting
18:21as Demon Hunters
18:22to go as above and beyond as it does.
18:24And we aren't just talking about
18:26its infectious zero-skip banger of a soundtrack.
18:29K-pop Demon Hunters
18:30not only matches its incredible music
18:32with impeccable animation,
18:33but with a genuinely moving depiction
18:35of guilt and self-acceptance.
18:37Much like its demonic antagonists
18:38who hide in plain sight,
18:40looks are deceiving in more ways
18:41than one with this movie.
18:42You're all I can think of
18:44Every drop I drink of
18:46You're my soda pop
18:48My little soda pop
18:50K-pop Demon Hunters
18:51is animated and scored
18:52with unbridled affection
18:54for the culture it depicts.
18:55Even K-pop's most vocal critics
18:57will be surprised
18:58by how willing it is
18:59to make its musical sequences
19:00such an involving part of the story.
19:02Let up, up, up, up, it's all I'm in
19:05You know together we're going
19:07Gonna be, gonna be going in
19:09Number 6.
19:11Frankenstein
19:11The timeless novel by Mary Shelley
19:21has cast such a large shadow
19:22over so many genres,
19:24while the 1931 Universal adaptation
19:26has played a key role
19:27in giving horror a visual identity.
19:29And yet nearly a century later,
19:31Guillermo del Toro's retelling
19:33of Frankenstein seemingly taps
19:34into something that so many
19:35other adaptations have missed.
19:37Always one to sympathize
19:39with a monster,
19:39Del Toro finds the perfect fit
19:41for his compassion
19:42in Jacob Elordi,
19:43whose miraculous transformation
19:45is just the tip
19:46of the movie's
19:46grand technical iceberg.
19:48And for a moment,
19:51a brief, brief moment,
19:54the world and I were at peace.
19:57Frankenstein is an undeniable visual feast
20:00worthy of Del Toro's best work.
20:02But thanks to Elordi's
20:03gentle and layered performance,
20:05the director keeps the story fresh
20:06by reminding audiences
20:07what it means
20:08to truly experience life.
20:11A madness calling me back.
20:12I cannot die.
20:17And I cannot live.
20:20Number 5.
20:21Begonia
20:22But the bees,
20:23they're dying.
20:26And that's the way they planned it.
20:28To make us
20:29the same as the bees.
20:31Let's go again.
20:32Begonia sees
20:33a pharmaceutical CEO
20:34kidnapped by two
20:35conspiracy-obsessed men
20:36who are convinced
20:37she's an alien.
20:38The fact that we're living
20:39in a moment in which
20:40that premise doesn't sound
20:41completely ridiculous
20:42is a sign of its
20:43chilling timeliness.
20:44Emma Stone reunites
20:45with director Yorgos Lanthimos
20:47after their Oscar-winning
20:48collaboration on Poor Things.
20:50And while Begonia
20:50isn't as visually extravagant,
20:52it has just as much
20:53on its mind.
20:55I am a high-profile
20:56female corporate.
20:57What you're asking me to do
20:59is not quite clear to me.
21:01Taking on topics
21:02like capitalist greed
21:03and internet radicalism,
21:05it's a film
21:05that implores us to laugh
21:06so that we don't
21:07lash out against the world.
21:09With each passing laugh,
21:10we're forced to question
21:11if those in power
21:12are simply misusing it
21:13or if we forsake
21:14our own power
21:15by looking for answers
21:16in the wrong places.
21:17I know who you are.
21:20I know what you are.
21:25I know you too, Teddy.
21:27Number 4.
21:29Weapons.
21:37Taking cues from the likes
21:38of Magnolia and Prisoners,
21:40Zack Kreger's sophomore feature
21:41is horror at its most
21:42ambiguous and confrontational.
21:44And we love it
21:45all the more for it.
21:46Spinning a variety
21:47of perspectives together,
21:49Weapons centers around
21:49the mysterious disappearance
21:50of a classroom of children
21:52who all leave their homes
21:53on the same night.
21:54It's an unsettling premise
21:56on its face.
21:57And like any great mystery,
21:58each new revelation
21:59provokes a strange mix
22:00of shock
22:01and uncomfortable laughter.
22:02It's a thematically
22:03well-rounded story
22:04that explores
22:05the dark underbelly
22:06of an idyllic community
22:07with disturbing imagery,
22:08particularly once
22:09Amy Madigan's Gladys
22:10gets involved.
22:16Incredibly,
22:21Weapons resists
22:22a definitive meaning,
22:24encouraging the audience
22:25to draw their own conclusions
22:26about what it's all
22:27supposed to mean.
22:27What are you doing
22:28back there?
22:29Wait.
22:29Number 3.
22:36Hamnet
22:37Is it true
22:38you know everything
22:39about a person
22:39by touching them here?
22:42Not everything.
22:44Another heartbreaking
22:45and powerfully acted movie
22:46about art's connection
22:47to trauma,
22:48Hamnet pulls back the curtain
22:49on one of the most famous
22:50tragedies of all.
22:51Though heavily fictionalized,
22:52this look at William Shakespeare
22:54and his wife Agnes
22:55is an excruciatingly real
22:56portrayal of grief
22:57in its rawest form.
22:59Paul Meskel
22:59and especially Jesse Buckley
23:00turn in career best performances
23:02as a couple
23:03processing the loss
23:04of their son,
23:05tapping into unimaginable sorrow
23:07with both ferocity
23:08and tenderness.
23:09That place in your head
23:10is now more real to you
23:11than anywhere else.
23:12I am myself indifferent.
23:13I am myself indifferent on it.
23:15Again.
23:16We wouldn't be surprised
23:17to see both of them
23:18land Oscar nominations
23:19alongside the movie itself.
23:20It's not easy
23:21for a film
23:22to be both unbelievably sad
23:23and daringly optimistic,
23:25but Hamnet makes
23:26that emotional balance
23:27look easy.
23:28They smile, play.
23:32Never forget for a moment.
23:36Number two.
23:37Sinners.
23:37Lady, brother.
23:39Be careful.
23:41I will.
23:46With all the things
23:48that I've seen.
23:53I ain't ever seen
23:55no demons.
23:56Yeah, maybe you saw
23:57this one coming.
23:57But could you blame us?
23:59Black Panther
23:59and Creed director
24:00Ryan Coogler
24:01re-teamed with
24:02Michael B. Jordan
24:02to deliver one of
24:03the most original,
24:04most purely entertaining
24:05blockbuster films
24:06in years.
24:07No ghosts.
24:11No magic.
24:16Till now.
24:17A masterful blend
24:30of horror,
24:31western,
24:32and musical elements,
24:33Sinners wowed audiences
24:34to the tune
24:35of $357.2 million.
24:38That was on a budget
24:39of $90 million,
24:40which surely gave
24:41Warner Brothers
24:42something to smile about
24:43after Mickey 17.
24:44Starring Jordan
24:45as twins Smoke
24:46and Stack Moore,
24:47Sinners elevates
24:48its Jara trappings
24:49to thoughtfully explore
24:50how racism
24:51ultimately hurts
24:52all of us.
24:52You keep dancing
24:54with the devil.
24:54You gotta let me in!
25:01You gotta let me in!
25:03You gotta let me in!
25:04Smoke, you gotta let me in!
25:08One day he's gonna
25:09follow you home.
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25:26Number 1.
25:27One battle after another.
25:29Uh, you know,
25:31I don't, I don't,
25:32I don't remember that part.
25:33All right, let's just not
25:34nitpick over the passwords.
25:35A comedic thriller
25:36of the highest order,
25:37no movie captures
25:38the singular blend
25:39of chaos, paranoia,
25:41and unfettered hope
25:42of 2025
25:43like one battle
25:44after another.
25:45Leonardo DiCaprio
25:46and Sean Penn
25:47lead a top-notch cast
25:48as an ex-revolutionary
25:50and the military man
25:51pursuing him
25:51and his daughter.
25:52Pay you,
25:53double your daily rate,
25:53get this done.
25:55Who is it?
25:56Bella Ferguson,
25:57age 16.
25:59Daughter.
26:00Bob Ferguson.
26:01Thematically challenging
26:02and visually resplendent,
26:03it's also the first time
26:04in a while
26:05that Paul Thomas Anderson
26:06has set a film
26:07in the present day.
26:08But through his
26:08action-packed direction,
26:10phenomenal performances,
26:11and the movie's
26:12precise alignment
26:13with the current
26:13political climate,
26:14One Battle After Another
26:15continues his streak
26:16as one of modern cinema's
26:18absolute best.
26:19It's the kind of movie
26:20destined to leave
26:21an indelible mark
26:22and could very well be
26:23the signature movie
26:24of the 2020s.
26:25Thank you, Sensei.
26:27Thank you, Sensei.
26:29God damn it.
26:31Viva la revolution!
26:32What was your favorite
26:35movie of 2025?
26:36Is there one
26:37we forgot to mention?
26:38Let us know
26:38in the comments below.
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