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Movie Podcast Weekly returns with its biggest and most anticipated episode of the year: Episode 382, our annual BMOTY celebration, where we count down and declare our Best Movie of the Year during our Top 10 Movies of 2025. This marks our first recording of 2026, and as always, the stakes feel high as your four favorite hosts reveal their personal rankings and reflect on the cinematic year that was 2025… Alongside our lists, we are honored to include a special Top 10 from “Mario in the Bar.” We count his list down right alongside our own for a full, festive rundown of the year in cinema.
As expected, the conversation goes off the rails in all the best ways. Jason dives into the unexpected joys of “side-boob” theater seating; Andy vents his growing frustration with modern moviegoing audiences; and Ryan reveals that his wiener is from Detroit. Karl’s Irish credentials are examined, though listener Paddy Glynn may still hold the crown. Jason also shares a winding tale involving Tom Rosenthal and Ron Tosenthal that lands with questionable success. Recorded back on January 6, 2026, this episode captures the chaotic, hilarious spirit that makes this show a yearly favorite. Join us!
If you’re a Horror movie fan, listen to Jay of the Dead’s NEW HORROR MOVIES! Thanks for listening to Movie Podcast Weekly, The Clown Car of Movie Podcasting…
SHOW NOTES: Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 382
Introduction
– Listener feedback from Paddy Glynn
– Where is Paddy from? (Which city?)
– A word about “Marty Supreme”
– The Year in Cinema: 2025
– How Our Lists Are Built
MPW’s Top 10 Movies of 2025
Karl’s Top 10 Movies of 2025
1. BMOTY: Stranger Things, Season 5: Episode 8: “Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up” (2025)
2. Frankenstein (2025)
3. Nuremberg (2025)
4. One Battle After Another (2025)
5. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025)
6. F1: The Movie (2025)
7. The Housemaid (2025)
8. Weapons (2025)
9. Companion (2025)
10. The Long Walk (2025)
Ryan’s Top 10 Movies of 2025
1. BMOTY: Sinners (2025)
2. One Battle After Another (2025)
3. Superman (2025)
4. Eddington (2025)
5. The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
6. Frankenstein (2025)
7. The Thunderbolts* (The New Avengers) (2025)
8. Bugonia (2025)
9. A House of Dynamite (2025)
10. Warfare (2025)
Jason’s (Non-Horror) Top 10 Movies of 2025
1. BMOTY: Warfare (2025)
2. Roofman (2025)
3. Last Breath (2025)
4. Drop (2025)
5. The Lost Bus (2025)
6. Anaconda (2025)
7. Mickey 17 (2025)
8. Tron: Ares (2025)
9. Train Dreams (2025)
10. A House of Dynamite (2025)
Andy’s Top 10 Movies of 2025
1. BMOTY: Weapons (2025)
2. Sisu: Road to Revenge (2025)
3. Frankenstein (2025)
4. 28 Years Later… (2025)
5. Wake Up Dead Man (2025)
6. The Accountant 2 (2025)
7. Sinners (2025)
8. A House of Dynamite (2025)
9. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025)
10. The Long Walk (2025) – tie – Warfare (2025)
Mr. 105 Himself, Mario in the Bar’s Top 10 Movies of 2025
1. BMOTY: Sinners (2025)
2. The Long Walk (2025)
3. Song Sung Blue (2025)
4. Soul on Fire (2025)
5. Rule Breakers (2025)
6. Weapons (2025)
7. The Accountant 2 (2025)
8. Rental Family (2025)
9. Warfare (2025)
10. Roofman (2025)
Wrap-Up
– THANK YOU, PADDY for the $2 per month!
– Jay challenges the guys to a game for next week’s episode
– Karl recommends watching “Bless the Beasts and Children” (1971)
If you haven’t already, be sure to check out Jay of the Dead’s NEW HORROR MOVIES! It’s a biweekly podcast where Jay of the Dead, Mister Watson, Dr. Shock, Gillman Joel, Dr. Walking Dead Kyle Bishop, GregaMortis, Mackula, Ron Martin and Dave Zee review new Horror movies and deliver specialty Horror segments!
Links for this episode:
Jay says check out his MPW buddies here:
— Movie Podcast Weekly
— On Twitter: Karl Huddleston
— On Twitter: Geek Cast Ryan Elliott
— Ryan’s show: Geek Cast Live Podcast
— On Twitter: William Rowan Jr.
— William’s shows: Movie Moments Podcast and The Sci-Fi Podcast
Want to hear more Horror movie reviews? Check out Jay’s weekly horror podcast:
– Horror Movie Weekly.com
– On Twitter: @horror_weekly
Considering the Cinema links:
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Film Blog / Audio Podcast: ConsideringTheCinema.com
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Letterboxd: Letterboxd.com/ConsiderCinema
Yes!!!! It is finally here and I listened intently on alll your comments and I was laughing and commenting all along while listening to this episode. I was happy Ryan and i agreed on our BMOTY I was jumping for joy…. This is my favorite episode every year and always look forward to it just please don’t make me wait until March next year lol 😆. Also Karl is always welcome to visit I’m in San Clemente but I have a drink and any movie he wants to see any time he is in town. Also you need to do another listener host show as you have tons of fans… Well I have rambled on enough enjoy the rest of your week brother and never stop podcasting.
Mario in the bar…
I’m with Mario and GCR: My BMOTY of 2025 is “Sinners.” With apologies to Karl and “Stranger Things,” however, my favorite filmed entertainment of 2025 was the second and final season of “Andor” on Disney+. “Stranger Things” finished strong, and as a fan since the beginning, I had a blast with the big sendoff. But “Andor” is now my favorite “Star Wars” anything of ever, and the second season was just relentlessly brilliant and endlessly thrilling.
I brainstormed a handful of distinctively weird movie titles for the next episode after this one. Now that that the show is weekly again, that episode would have been recorded on (checks notes) Jan. 6, right? Anyway here’s my list:
Welcome to Mooseport
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Lady in the Water
Machine Gun Preacher
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
The Time Traveler’s Wife
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
The Men Who Stare at Goats
The Minute You Wake Up Dead
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
We did , in my humble opinion, a real cool deep dive into Andor over on Geek Cast Live!
https://violentpress.com/?s=The+rebellion+cut
These are great episodes! Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll never look at a ping pong ball the same way again.