Top 10 Films of 2025 (Pt. 2) with Alison Willmore and Michael Phillips (#1045)

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Adam Kempenaar & Josh Larsen

Tv & Film, Film History, Film Reviews

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🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 128 minutes

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For the second part of their Top 10 Films of 2025 conversation with Michael Phillips and Vulture critic Alison Willmore, the roundtable gets to the films that made at least two and, in one case, all four of their individual lists. Plus, thoughts on Rob Reiner’s passing, and film-of-the-year picks from Aisha Harris, Scott Tobias, Keith Phipps, Tasha Robinson, Marya E. Gates, David Chen, Chris Klimek, and Aaron Neuwirth. This episode is presented by⁠ Regal Unlimited⁠⁠, the all-you-can-watch movie subscription pass that pays for itself in just two visits. (Timecodes and chapter starts may not be precise with ads.)Intro (00:00:00-00:00:45) Rob Reiner / Notes (00:00:46-00:11:18) Poll Results: Film of 2025 (00:11:19-00:17:26) Two-Listers (00:17:26-00:48:55) Three-Listers (00:48:56-01:30:01) #1 Films of 2025 (01:30:02-01:53:52) More ‘Outlier’ Picks (01:53:53-01:58:42) Credits / New Releases (01:48:43-01:03:50) Links: -Rob Reiner Was Good | Matt Zoller Seitz https://www.vulture.com/article/rob-reiner-was-good.html -Filmspotting's 2025 Top 10 Picks https://www.filmspotting.net/top-5-lists-archive/1044-top-10-films-of-2025 Feedback: -Email us at ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠. -⁠⁠⁠⁠Ask Us Anything⁠⁠⁠⁠ and we might answer your question in bonus content. Support: -Join the Filmspotting Family for bonus episodes and archive access. ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://filmspottingfamily.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ -T-shirts and more available at the Filmspotting Shop. ⁠⁠⁠https://www.filmspotting.net/shop⁠⁠⁠ Follow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://facebook.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/larsenonfilm⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/larsenonfilm⁠ ⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/larsenonfilm.bsky.social⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.8	Availments with the 4th of Jan, 2026 from 11 a.m.
0:18.1	Plus and participation may vary.
0:19.2	Subjects availability.
0:20.6	Film spotting is presented by Regal Unlimited, the all-you-can-watch movie subscription
0:24.5	pass that pays for itself in just two visits.
0:27.2	Sign up now in the Regal app or at the link in the show description, and use code
0:30.7	FilmSpot 25.
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0:35.6	Those who listened to or watched are part one version of the top 10 films of 2025
0:41.8	already know this, but if you're just coming to this fresh, you missed out on our
0:46.3	outlier picks, which we covered previously on the former episode.
0:51.9	We had to split this up.
0:52.9	It went way long.
0:56.0	It was massive. And so we did decide to split it up. So catch up with that episode if you want to hear our outlier picks
1:01.3	before we now get to the ones that were consensus among the roundtable. You'll hear some choices
1:07.4	that made two lists, three lists, one movie that made four lists. And I'm going to sneak a couple of my outliers in there, but they're movies that feel like films of the year.
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