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The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’
September 17, 2025 · The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) · Comedy · Drama · 44:48 · ▶ Listen on Spotify
Hosts: Sean Fennessey · With Amanda Dobbins
Edition: 25-best-of-the-century
Movies Referenced (19)
Directors Referenced (9)
27 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Royal Tenenbaums, Isle of Dogs▶ 2:09IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Annie Hall, Manhattan, Deconstructing Harry▶ 24:08IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Apartment, Some Like It Hot▶ 24:11IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for To Be or Not to Be, The Shop Around the Corner▶ 24:13IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Day for Night, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The 400 Blows▶ 10:05IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Punch-Drunk Love, Licorice Pizza, There Will Be Blood▶ 41:18IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Moonrise Kingdom, The Darjeeling Limited, The French Dispatch▶ 30:38IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon▶ 44:02IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Actors Referenced (20)
17 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The French Connection, The Royal Tenenbaums, Unforgiven▶ 2:24IMDb ↗Lb ↗
7 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Royal Tenenbaums, Bottle Rocket, Wedding Crashers▶ 2:19IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Shakespeare in Love, Sliding Doors▶ 2:24IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Old School, The Royal Tenenbaums▶ 2:24IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Tropic Thunder, Zoolander▶ 2:24IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Lethal Weapon, Lethal Weapon 4▶ 2:24IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Spice World, Small Soldiers, 6 Underground▶ 25:45IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Departed, It's Complicated, Glengarry Glen Ross▶ 2:24IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Lost in Translation, Rushmore, Moonrise Kingdom▶ 2:24IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Top Gun, Mission: Impossible II, Minority Report▶ 44:09IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Belfast, The Five-Year Engagement▶ 20:29IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Malcolm X, Reality Bites▶ 40:22IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Writers Referenced (4)
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Squid and the Whale, Marriage Story▶ 24:18IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Broadcast News, As Good as It Gets, Terms of Endearment▶ 24:06IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Road, No Country for Old Men, The Counselor▶ 34:35IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Black Panther, Creed▶ 0:06IMDb ↗Lb ↗