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‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Burns Bright Before Flaming Out. Plus: Best Picture Power Rankings and the Oscar Short Lists!
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December 19, 2025 · Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) · Action · Adventure · Animation · 1:23:10 · ▶ Listen on Spotify
Hosts: Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins
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Best Picture Power Rankings
Ranked list · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · ▶ 1:19:33
- 10Surrat · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:19:33
- 9The Secret Agent (2025) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:19:43
- 8Train Dreams (2025) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:19:44
- 7Sentimental Value (2025) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:19:45
- 6Frankenstein (2025) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:19:47
- 5Marty Supreme (2025) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:19:48
- 4It Was Just an Accident (2025) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:19:49
- 3Hamnet (2025) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:19:51
- 2Sinners (2025) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:19:52
- 1One Battle After Another (2025) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:19:53
Best Picture Tiers (outside the Top 10)
Tiered list · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · ▶ 1:07:16
- ·Wicked: For Good (2025) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:14:43
- ·No Other Choice (2025) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:14:43
- ·F1 · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:14:44
- ·Song Sung Blue · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:14:41
- ·Weapons (2025) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:14:45
- ·Rental Family (2025) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:07:19
- ·Is This Thing On? (2025) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:07:19
- ·The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:07:16
- ·A House of Dynamite (2025) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:07:22
- ·Jay Kelly (2025) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:07:23
- ·Wake Up Dead Man (2025) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:07:23
Movies Referenced (40)
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Directors Referenced (8)
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for It Was Just an Accident▶ 53:45IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Schindler's List, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Saving Private Ryan▶ 12:48IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for 1917, Road to Perdition▶ 10:53IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Apocalypse Now, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II▶ 14:16IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Taxi Driver, Killers of the Flower Moon, Mean Streets▶ 14:13IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Martian, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise▶ 14:09IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Actors Referenced (36)
5 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Free Guy, Zack Snyder's Justice League, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings▶ 17:11IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Avatar, Alien▶ 16:55IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Wake Up Dead Man, Challengers▶ 13:02IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Revolutionary Road, Titanic▶ 16:57IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Notting Hill▶ 50:11IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Big Daddy, Little Nicky▶ 46:17IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for Weapons, Field of Dreams▶ 50:30IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for No Time to Die, Barbie, Turning Red▶ 44:19IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Sinners, Get Shorty, Da 5 Bloods▶ 46:47IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Avatar: Fire and Ash▶ 40:48IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Edge of Tomorrow, The Devil Wears Prada, The Adjustment Bureau▶ 13:02IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Writers Referenced (4)
6 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Avatar, Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgment Day▶ 0:20IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Jurassic World, Avatar: The Way of Water▶ 16:45IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Jurassic Park, Twister, Westworld▶ 12:53IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Jurassic World, Avatar: The Way of Water▶ 16:45IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Cinematographers Referenced (1)
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Avatar: The Way of Water, Titanic, Ant-Man▶ 16:50IMDb ↗Lb ↗