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Best Picture Power Rankings and The Rock’s Oscar Bid in ‘The Smashing Machine,’ with Benny Safdie!
The Big Picture
October 3, 2025 · 1:42:07 · ▶ Listen on Spotify
Hosts: Sean Fennessey, Van Lathan · With Benny Safdie, Amanda Dobbins
Chapters
Lists in this episode
Best Picture Power Rankings (updated)
Ranked list · Sean Fennessey, Van Lathan · ▶ 40:22
- 1One Battle After Another (2025) · Sean Fennessey▶ 40:22
- 2Hamnet (2025) · Van Lathan▶ 40:42
- 3Sinners (2025) · Sean Fennessey▶ 41:32
- 4Sentimental Value (2025) · Sean Fennessey▶ 43:09
- 5Jay Kelly (2025) · Van Lathan▶ 43:11
- 6It Was Just an Accident (2025) · Sean Fennessey▶ 45:37
- 7Bugonia (2025) · Sean Fennessey▶ 54:02
- 8House of Dynamite (2025) · Sean Fennessey▶ 53:59
- 9Frankenstein (2025) · Van Lathan▶ 45:05
- 10Wicked for Good (2025) · Van Lathan▶ 47:48
- ·No Other Choice (2025) · honorable mention · Sean Fennessey▶ 54:26
- ·Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) · honorable mention · Sean Fennessey▶ 54:27
- ·Rental Family (2025) · honorable mention · Sean Fennessey▶ 54:28
- ·Train Dreams (2025) · honorable mention · Sean Fennessey▶ 54:29
- ·Deliver Me From Nowhere (2025) · honorable mention · Sean Fennessey▶ 54:30
Movies Referenced (43)
Directors Referenced (11)
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Nebraska, The Descendants, Election▶ 2:09IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Fyre▶ 20:30IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · · Known for High Life, Beau Travail, Let the Sunshine In▶ 1:35:37IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino, Unforgiven▶ 49:15IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Van Lathan · Known for Now You See Me 2, Now You See Me▶ 25:49IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Logan, A Complete Unknown, Ford v Ferrari▶ 50:55IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · · Known for Dances with Wolves, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves▶ 1:40:26IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for All the Beauty and the Bloodshed▶ 44:32IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · · Known for The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Dogtooth▶ 54:17IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Actors Referenced (26)
19 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Van Lathan · Known for Black Adam▶ 0:37IMDb ↗Lb ↗
16 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Van Lathan · Known for Good Time, Uncut Gems, The Smashing Machine▶ 0:17IMDb ↗Lb ↗
14 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Van Lathan · Known for Edge of Tomorrow, The Devil Wears Prada, The Adjustment Bureau▶ 2:02IMDb ↗Lb ↗
6 mentions · Van Lathan, Sean Fennessey · Known for Top Gun, Mission: Impossible II, Minority Report▶ 16:37IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · · Known for The French Connection, The Royal Tenenbaums, Unforgiven▶ 1:40:05IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for A Complete Unknown, Call Me by Your Name, Lady Bird▶ 48:58IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for La La Land, Easy A, The Help▶ 12:56IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Smashing Machine▶ 2:05IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Rundown▶ 20:08IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Brutalist, The Testament of Ann Lee▶ 40:11IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Van Lathan · Known for Fences, The Book of Eli▶ 29:05IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Writers Referenced (1)
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Don't Look Up, The Other Guys, Vice▶ 16:19IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Cinematographers Referenced (1)
3 mentions · · Known for Uncut Gems, The Wolf of Wall Street▶ 1:05:41IMDb ↗Lb ↗