AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 323 – Our Favorite Films of 2025 Part 1
On episode 323 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson, TV Editor Tyler Doster, Associate TV Editor Karen Peterson, as well as AwardsWatch contributors Mark Johnson and Dan Bayer to discuss their favorite films of 2025 in part one of the AW end of the year show.
As we are about to begin an exciting new year of cinema in 2026, we say goodbye to 2025 with our AW team’s favorite films of the year. Instead of having everyone on one call together, the show is split up into two episodes this year, each covering a selection of the nine films the team loved the most. On this first installment of the end of the year show, the movies discussed were Sinners (Mark), Sorry, Baby (Tyler), The Secret Agent (Karen), Resurrection (Dan), and Hamnet (Erik).
In each segment, each person talks about why they selected the film as their favorite of the year, as well as an in-depth discussion over the film. At the end, the team gave honorable mentions for other films that they loved that included One Battle After Another, Weapons, Sentimental Value, Train Dreams, Pillion, The Naked Gun, The History of Sound, F1, and many more. Please enjoy this wonderful part one episode to wrap up 2025. Thank you all for reading everything on the website as well as listening to the show this past year.
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This podcast runs 2h53m. We will be back soon with part two of the best films of 2025, end of the year show. Till then, let’s get into it.
Music: “Modern Fashion” from AShamaleuvmusic (intro), ‘I Lied to You’ from Sinners, ‘Sorry, Baby (Piano)’ from Sorry, Baby, ‘Transfusão de Sangue’ from The Secret Agent, ‘Clamor of Time’ from Resurrection, ‘On the Nature of Daylight’ by Max Richter, ‘Silver Dagger’ by Paul Mescal from The History of Sound (outro).
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