It’s time to close the book on 2025. In this special year-in-review episode of After the Frame, we break down the biggest movies, boldest swings, and messiest misfires the year had to offer, no safe takes allowed.

We kick things off with a cold open featuring the entertainment headlines that defined the year, then dive headfirst into a full 2025 round-up packed with games and debates: Tenable, Recast It, Fix One Thing, Blind Rankings, Trailer Lies, Aged Like Milk vs. Aged Like Wine, One Scene Saves It, and Big Swing, Missed. If it sparked an argument in 2025, it’s probably here.

From there, we hit the categories, unpopular opinions, critic darlings that didn’t work for us, movies critics trashed that we defended, shocks of the year, disappointments, franchise fatigue moments, standout directors, and the films that should’ve been series instead.

Finally, we count down our Top 10 Worst Movies of 2025 (with dishonorable mentions) before flipping the script and revealing our Top 10 Best Movies of the Year, complete with debates, surprises, and the one movie that grew on us the most.

Whether you agreed with the consensus or spent all year yelling at it, this episode is our definitive look back at the movies that defined 2025, for better or worse.