The Next Reel | Our Top 10 Best Movies of 2025 + Oscars 2026 Was WILD

The Oscars are over, and we’re breaking down everything from the biggest winners and biggest surprises to our personal Top 10 movies of 2025. In this episode, we recap the biggest moments from the 2026 Oscars, including Amy Madigan’s surprise win for Weapons, Sean Penn taking home another Oscar for One Battle After Another, Michael B. Jordan winning Best Actor, and Paul Thomas Anderson dominating the night with Best Picture and Best Director. Before the awards talk, we also review the movies we watched over the weekend, including Undertone, Argo, Dracula (2025), and The Great Santini. Then we each reveal our Top 10 films of 2025, featuring titles like Bugonia, Frankenstein, Sinners, Bring Her Back, One Battle After Another, Chainsaw Man: The Movie, Rental Family, and more. If you love Oscars reactions, movie rankings, film analysis, and year-end best-of lists, this episode is for you. Topics covered: 🎬 2026 Oscars recap 🎬 Biggest Academy Awards surprises 🎬 Best Picture and acting winners 🎬 Weekend movie reviews 🎬 Our Top 10 films of 2025 🎬 Best movies of the year debate #Oscars2026 #BestMoviesOf2025 #MovieRankings #OscarsRecap #FilmPodcast #PaulThomasAnderson #MichaelBJordan #SeanPenn #Weapons #OneBattleAfterAnother Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices