Our top 5 movies of 1975 and 2025

About this episode

The hosts count down their favorite films from 1975 and 2025, discussing the significance of each year in cinema.

Another December passes into January on the old calendar and we’re just out here doing the same thing we do every year: counting down our favorite films of the season, as well as our top picks from 50 years ago. That’s right, 2025 and 1975 are the contenders this episode. One is often cited as one of the greatest years in the history of the medium, and the other featured lots and lots of Pedro Pascal! Who will win? Ya gotta listen to the episodeeeee…

People in this episode

Hosts: Sam Ludwig, Elena Gibson

Topics covered

• film reviews
• top movies
• 1975 films
• 2025 films
• yearly countdown

Keywords

• 1975 movies
• 2025 movies
• film countdown
• Pedro Pascal
• best films

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: 1975, 2025

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