Rotten Tomatoes FANS (and our) Top 25 Movies of the Last 25 Years

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Patrick and Dan present the RT25 Fans List alongside their list of the Top 25 Movies of the last 25 Years with their reactions, defenses, and rationale for each entry along with movies that just missed their list.

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Chapters

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:21 Top 25 Kick-Off - Whiplash, Godzilla: Minus One, O, Brother, Where Art Thou?

00:04:48 24 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Hot Fuzz, Signs

00:09:15 23 - La La Land, Train to Busan, Blade Runner: 2049

00:14:00 22 - There Will Be Blood, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Avengers: Endgame

00:21:33 21 - The Departed, Road to Perdition, Boyhood

00:28:20 Top 20 - Gladiator, Unbreakable, Prisoners (with Nightcrawler honorable mention)

00:33:57 19 - Mad Max: Fury Road, Dodgeball, Training Day (Remember the Titans Honorable Mention)

00:38:58 18 - No Country for Old Men, Wall-E, Collateral

00:39:29 Patrick Hates Animated Movies

00:43:28 17 - Inglourious Basterds, How to Train Your Dragon, John Wick

00:49:44 16 - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Black Hawk Down, Interstellar

00:57:09 15 - Avengers: Infinity War, 28 Days Later (with 28 Weeks Later / 28 Years Later tangent), Sicario

01:01:29 14 - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Black Hawk Down, Interstellar

01:19:09 Top 10

01:36:23 Top 5

01:46:09 Wrap Up & Honorable Mentions

01:47:57 Outro

Patrick Bark

Patrick is a podcaster, marketer, physical media enthusiast, and lifelong film obsessive who hosts The Bark Knight Podcast, where he dives into everything from creature features to cult classics. He writes about movies with an eye for atmosphere, storytelling, and the strange corners of genre cinema. When he’s not discussing films, he’s diving into board games, video games, or attending industry events.

https://www.youtube.com/@barkknightpodcast
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