Episode 123: Reel Talk's Top Films of 2025

Reel Talk: A Movie Podcast

Wes Jones

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5.0 • 539 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 144 minutes

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From blockbusters to indie gems, 2025 was a year to remember in cinema. Tune into Episode 123 of Reel Talk for our definitive Top Films of the year. As we look back on the year in movies, each host counts down their favorite films and shares quick, spoiler-free thoughts on what made them stand out. We’re also joined by Nathan Bartlebaugh, who returns with his expert insight and fresh perspective on the year in film. In This Episode, We Cover: IntroductionsOur overall thoughts on the year in f...

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Real Talk, a movie podcast.
0:21.7	We are your go-to source for ratings and recommendations of past and present films.
0:27.4	I am your host, West Jones, podcasting from Bowling Green, Kentucky.
0:32.9	Hey, this is Tommy, podcasting straight from Nashville, Tennessee.
0:37.4	The Movie Buddy Conway, podcasting straight from Nashville, Tennessee.
0:42.9	The Movie Buddy Conway, podcasting from Bowling Green, Kentucky.
0:45.7	Today is the day, guys.
0:58.1	You guys are lucky because we are going to do our top 10 movies of 2025, or technically, 20. I don't know what what that counts as for like because it's 2026 Oscars. We'll just say 2025 for this movie for this episode. But we're going to do
1:03.9	our top 10 and we're going to get them done this year. It's not going to be like that manby Pambi
1:09.3	last year where we only did 10 through 10
1:12.2	through 6. We're going to get through all of them. But we have a little bit different idea.
1:17.0	We're going to say our top five and then we're just going to list off our 6 through 10. That
1:21.7	way it guarantees we get through it. Actually something could happen and we might not do it.
1:26.1	But anyway, so let me go
1:28.0	ahead and bring in our two other people first, Tommy. Welcome to the episode. Excited to talk about
1:33.9	your top five and ten for the year. Hey, Gabe, I am excited. This is fun. You know, we've talked a lot
1:40.9	about last year and the, you know, whatever happened. You know, we were talking before here you know we did recording Gabe if you remember we talked we had a great time we had a great list yeah and we you know just something has happened with the recording that we cannot find i have searched far and wide i've put out a lot of feelers. I have called in some of the best
2:02.4	tech staff from Silicon Valley, and they still can't find that recording. So never fear
2:08.2	real talk crew out there, though. We're going to find it one of these days. But in the meantime,
2:13.2	I'm excited to talk about 2025 because I think it was actually a pretty good year.
2:18.4	You know, I was thinking, Gabe, I was like how good of a year was 2025 in general?
2:24.2	I don't think it was great.
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