Best of 2025 - Movies
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Now that I've said what I wanted to about the current situation with the Michigan football team, let's get back to my best of 2025 lists. Today I'm going to give you all my top five movies of the year. I realized while writing this list that I saw a ton of movies this year, and more so, I went back to the theater to see a bunch of these movies. I have missed the theater and going back was totally awesome for me. There was a weekend where my wife, my two kids and I went to see three movies on three straight days in the theaters and it was awesome. The theater going experience adds so much to the movies in my opinion and getting back there was a big deal for me.
I do want to shout out three movies that did not make my top five really quickly. First of all I loved the new "Superman" movie. It was cool and sweet and very well made. I also happened to really enjoy Edgar Wright's "The Running Man". This one was truer to the book and it was ultra violent and even silly from time to time. Michael Cera was tremendous too. And finally, "Bugonia" is one of the most original and interesting movies I saw all year. Jesse Plemons and Emma Watson give powerhouse performances and when the movie goes barreling towards the end, it is a wild ride. Also, a small shoutout to "Eddington". That movie was magnetic for 90 minutes, and then it goes off the rails, but in a good way. And Joaquin Phoenix gives what I consider to be the best performance of his career. Now let's get to the list.
At number 5 I have "Sisu: Road to Revenge". This movie is an absolute orgy of violence. This movie is nonstop action and I was so enthralled at every second I watched. I saw the first "Sisu" with my dad at home and we were blown away at how wild it was. I mean, he survives a horrific plane crash amongst so many other things. In "Sisu: Road to Revenge", the plane crash seems timid. There's so much action in this sequel. The main guy, who doesn't speak in the movie, rides a train car that has an atom bomb attached to it. He has to fight his way through said train with a bunch of people after him. He has planes chasing him through the woods. He even finds a way to get a tanker to flip over obstacles in his way. This movie rules, it is so fun, it is violent and it might have been the best time I had in the theater this year.
At number 4 I have "Friendship". I am a Tim Robinson fan. I think that much has been made clear time and time again. This movie just allows him to do his thing for 90 minutes. Paul Rudd is in this movie, as is Kate Mara, but this is all Tim Robinson. Make no mistake, this is his movie through and through. And he nails it. It is a perfect movie for him because he gets to do what he does best, and that is his version of cringe comedy. The scene in his home, where he is confronted by Connor O'Malley while Robinson is at his drum kit is hilarious. When he takes his son to go pick mushrooms and then gets sick in the mall, wonderful. All the stuff between him and Rudd and his friends was tremendous. This is such a funny movie and I have watched it multiple times since it made its way to streaming. This is the best comedy of the year and I think everyone should seek it out.
At number 3 I have "Sinners". This would have easily been number 1 almost any other year. This is such a cool and unique take on vampires. But the movie is so much more than that. What Ryan Coogler was able to do with music and making this somewhat of a musical was magical. The scene where the young kid is playing his guitar in the juke joint and all of the past, present and future musical genres show up was one of the coolest things I have ever witnessed in the theater. We got that scene and the Irish folk song with all the vampires which was amazing in its own way. I know some people said that the movie was slow in parts, but I disagree. All of that was to build the story and get us to the finale, which was incredible. Hailee Steinfeld, Delroy Lindo and most notably, Michael B Jordan, playing two roles, do some of the best work of the year. Michael B Jordan deserves all the accolades, as does Coogler. "Sinners" is an amazing movie and it needs to be seen by everyone.
At number 2 I have "Weapons". I'm not usually a fan of "horror" movies, but with "Sinners" and Weapons", I'm all in on this style of horror movies. "Weapons" is a fascinating story about a classroom of kids that all disappeared one day and this movie tells us the story of how it all happened and gives us a conclusion. I knew Zach Cregger from "The Whitest Kids U Know", but he is on the Jordan Peele trajectory of former comedy creators who now do horror. And they are absolutely crushing it. And I would be remiss if I didn't mention Amy Madigan as Aunt Gladys. She is more than deserving of awards consideration for this role. She was so menacing and scary and diabolical. The stuff she does to the main kid's parents was horrific and she totally sells it. Madigan gives such a great performance. It may be the best of the year for me.
And finally, at number 1 I have "One Battle After Another". This is not only the movie of the year, it may be one of the best movies I have ever seen. It is such a well made and perfectly told story. From the opening sequence, where we see Leonardo Dicaprio and Teyana Taylor and their group and what they're doing, it is so compelling. And the movie just gets better and better from there. I don't know if there is a movie out there that tells the story of what is happening in America right now. Taylor and Dicaprio are awesome. Taylor plays her role perfectly. Dicaprio has never been this funny in a role. Chase Infiniti is a revelation. Benecio Del Toro is wonderful. Sean Penn is eerie and diabolical. And Paul Thomas Anderson directs the hell out of this movie. He had a vision and he put it out in the world and it is getting all kinds of love. From the opening sequence to the stuff between Infiniti and Dicaprio to the car chase scene, this movie is so well made and so awesome. I was floored after I saw the movie and I implore everyone to see it if you haven't already. "One Battle After Another" is a true achievement and it is not only the best movie of the year, it is an all timer.
That's it for my top five movies of 2025. Come back on Monday for my top five tv shows of the year.
Ty
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