Rotten Tomatoes CRITICS Top 25 Movies of the Last 25 Years
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Patrick and Dan walk through the RT25 Critics' Top Movies, discussing their predictions, reactions to each entry, and the glaring omissions as they prepare to put their own list together in a few episodes.
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Chapters
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:54 Our Predictions & Expectations
00:04:30 How and When Was the List Created?
00:05:12 Top 25 Kick-Off
00:18:00 Top 20
00:30: 23 Top 15
00:43:03 Top 10
00:53:08 Top 5
01:07:43 What’s Missing from the List?
01:18:41 Physical Media Showcase
01:22:14 Outro
Topics Covered: Arrival, Denis Villeneuve, Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, Black Panther, Dunkirk, Paddington, Paddington 2, Inglourious Bastards, Saving Private Ryan, Zodiac, Quentin Tarrantino, David Fincher, Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring, Whiplash, Magnolia, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Whale, The Social Network, No Country for Old Men, The Matrix, The Dark Knight, Mulholland Drive, Parasite, Godzilla Minus One, Gladiator, Inception, The Prestige, Oh Brother Who Are Thou?, Captain Phillips, Tom Hanks, Martin Scorsese, Children of Men, Michael Manne, Collateral, Training Day, Denzel Washington, Black Hawk Down, 1917, Ridley Scott, Tom Hardy, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Josh Hartnett, Sam Shepard, Shape of Water, Ethan Hawke, Boyhood, The Fountain, Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan, Gambit, Jaws Steelbook, Gruv, Idle Hands Remake