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The Big Picture

The Top Five Movies of 2020

The Big Picture

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.25.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2020

⏱️ 91 minutes

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This has been a strange year for movies, most of which were seen at home. But we didn't struggle to find some that lit up our imagination and reflected the times. Sean and Amanda are joined by Chris Ryan and Adam Nayman to pick their top five films of 2020. Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guests: Chris Ryan and Adam Nayman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Sean Fennesee.

0:20.0

I'm Amanda Dobbins.

0:21.5

And this is the big picture a conversation show about the greatest movies of the past

0:25.7

165 days. It's been a terribly strange and often difficult 2020, but there has been

0:31.0

much to recommend from the world of movies, so joining us to capture the story of the year

0:35.4

our big picture all stars Chris Ryan and Adam Naaman all coming up on the big picture.

0:53.2

Chris Adam, welcome to both of you. Thank you for being here and sharing your thoughts

0:56.8

and feelings.

0:57.8

Sean, it has been a difficult year for you because I just feel like I'm living in Lake

1:02.2

Havasu. I've seen Ted at 12 times in the theaters. I'm immune to everything. What's going

1:08.9

on with you?

1:09.9

You have been out in the streets with the CR Army sharing COVID together, which is unfortunate

1:14.4

for you. Me, Adam and Amanda have been staying safe and watching a lot of films and we're

1:18.0

going to talk about the films we've been watching this year, which I'm really excited to

1:20.7

do with all of you guys. But I thought we should open with some emotional and honest reflections

1:25.9

on what this year in movies was because I certainly spent a lot of time thinking about

1:31.0

it and I still don't totally know how I feel about it. Amanda, does this feel like it's

1:36.5

a reasonable episode for us to even be doing, given what's been going on in the world of

1:39.6

movies the last nine, ten months?

1:41.2

Yes, because we have to make do as the movie industry has and we'll continue to have

1:46.7

to make do. Listen, we can only be in 2020 and talking about what's happening and we

1:53.2

did watch a lot of movies. I do think that 2020 despite the very dark circumstances for

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