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OV500 – 2025 Year in Review – Best Movies of the Year and Viewing Stats – The Obsessive Viewer – Movie Review Podcast

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Welcome to The Obsessive Viewer’s 2025 Year in Review episode! Mike and Tiny join me for our 13th year sharing our movie viewing stats for the year and our top ten favorite movies lists. We also share movie accomplishments, notable TV we watched in 2025, 2026 movies we’re looking forward to, movie watching goals for 2026, honorable mentions, and more.

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Mic Info

• Matt: ElectroVoice RE20 into RØDEcaster Pro II (Firmware: 1.6.8)
• Mike: Blue Snowball via USB in Riverside.FM
• Tiny: Podmic USB via USB in Riverside.FM

Timestamps

• Show Start – 00:28
• Introducing Tiny and Mike – 02:34
• Thoughts on Our Years – 06:50
• 2025 Goals/Accomplishments – 15:14
• Notable TV Watched in 2025 – 30:30
• The Obsessive Viewer TV Show of the Year 2025 – 41:53

Stats and Stat Tracking

• Our 2025 Viewing Stats – 42:32
• Standouts & Movies We Missed – 1:11:46
• Honorable Mentions – 1:26:03

Top Tens of 2025

• Our Numbers Ten and Nine – 1:36:36
• Our Numbers Eight and Seven – 1:59:50
• Our Numbers Six and Five – 2:30:12
• Our Numbers Four and Three – 2:58:56
• Our Number Twos – 3:28:55

• Mike’s Number One – 3:45:55
• Tiny’s Number One – 3:52:18
• Matt’s Number One – 3:57:01

• The Obsessive Viewer Movie Of the Year 2025 – 4:03:05

• 2026 Movies We’re Looking Forward To – 4:05:41
• 2026 Viewing Goals – 4:08:17

• Closing the Ep – 4:09:39
• Patreon Clip – 4:12:12

Related Links

• Matt’s 2025 Podcast and Writing Archive
• Matt’s 2025 Letterboxd Stats
• Tiny’s 2025 Letterboxd Stats
• Mike’s 2025 Letterboxd Stats
• Mike White: The No-Hit Wonder – Mike’s Substack
• As Good As It Gets – Linktree
• Start Your Podcast with Libsyn Using Promo Code OBSESS

Podcast Episodes Featuring Reviews of Movies on Our Top Ten Lists

• OV464 – Companion (2025) & Presence (2025) – Guest: Brent Leuthold – Jan 30
• OV470 – Mickey 17 (2025) & The Electric State (2025) – Guest: Brent Leuthold – Mar 13
• OV476 – Friendship (2025) & Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025) – May 28
• Tower Junkies – 096 – Movie – The Life of Chuck (2025) – Guest: Kim C (The Year of Underrated Stephen King) – Jun 12
• OV480 – 28 Years Later (2025) & F1: The Movie (2025) – Guest: Mitch Ringenberg – Jun 26
• OV483 – Superman (2025) & M3GAN 2.0 (2025) – Guest: Mitch Ringenberg – Jul 17
• OV486 – The Naked Gun (2025) & Happy Gilmore 2 (2025) – Aug 20
• OV487 – Weapons (2025) & War of the Worlds (2025) – Guest: Sam Watermeier – Sept 14
• OV488 – One Battle After Another (2025) & V/H/S/Halloween (2025) – Guest: Brent Leuthold – Oct 2
• OV490 – HIFF2025: Filmmaker Interview – The Tenderness Tour (2025) Director Andie Redwine & Star Richard Propes – Oct 16
• OV491 – HIFF2025: Filmmaker Interviews – A Simple Machine (2025) & Disposable Humanity (2025) – Oct 21
• OV496 – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) & Eternity (2025) – Guest: Brent Leuthold – Dec 12
• OV497 – The Long Walk (2025) & The Plague (2025) – Guest: Joe Shearer – Dec 30
• OV498 – IFJA Ten Best Films of 2025 – Guests: Andy Carr and Logan Sowash – Dec 31

Mike’s Top Ten List 

1. Eternity
2. Sinners
3. Marty Supreme 
4. The Long Walk
5. The Life of Chuck 
6. Superman
7. The Ugly Stepsister
8. Weapons 
9. Companion
10. Friendship

Tiny’s Top Ten List 

1. Eddington
2. Wake Up Dead Man
3. Superman
4. The Life of Chuck 
5. Mickey 17
6. Weapons
7. One Battle After Another
8. 28 Years Later 
9. Sinners
10. The Naked Gun

Matt’s Top Ten List 

1. The Life of Chuck
2. 28 Years Later
3. Superman
4. Marty Supreme
5. Sinners
6. One Battle After Another
7. Weapons
8. Friendship
9. The Plague
10. Bob Trevino Likes It

Indianapolis Theaters

• Alamo Drafthouse Indy
• Kan-Kan 
• Living Room Theaters
• Keystone Art 
• Flix Brewhouse

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Next Week on the Podcast

• OV501 – 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) & Primate (2026)