The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 3 - '25th Hour’
The Big Picture
November 26, 2025 · 25th Hour (2002) · Drama · 50:51 · ▶ Listen on Spotify
Hosts: Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins, Bill Simmons
Edition: 25-best-of-the-century
Lists in this episode
Other 21st-century New York movies
Unranked list · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · ▶ 47:44
- ·Francis Ha · Sean Fennessey▶ 47:44
- ·Good Time (2017) · Sean Fennessey▶ 47:47
- ·Uncut Gems (2019) · Sean Fennessey▶ 47:48
- ·If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) · Sean Fennessey▶ 48:06
- ·Synecdoche, New York (2008) · Sean Fennessey▶ 48:10
- ·Requiem for a Dream (2000) · Sean Fennessey▶ 48:11
- ·Margaret (2011) · Amanda Dobbins▶ 48:19
Movies to watch if you like 25th Hour
Unranked list · Sean Fennessey · ▶ 49:03
- ·Carlito's Way (1993)▶ 49:03
- ·Clockers▶ 49:12
- ·Boyz n the Hood (1991)▶ 49:23
- ·Trainspotting (1996)▶ 49:28
- ·Midnight Express (1978)▶ 49:32
- ·Once Upon a Time in America (1984)▶ 49:35
- ·Midnight Cowboy (1969)▶ 49:38
Movies Referenced (29)
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins▶ 11:54IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey▶ 47:45IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Directors Referenced (8)
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Born on the Fourth of July, Platoon, JFK▶ 43:09IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Do the Right Thing, Inside Man▶ 43:39IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for If Beale Street Could Talk, Moonlight, Aftersun▶ 48:07IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Body Double, Dressed to Kill, The Bonfire of the Vanities▶ 49:07IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus▶ 16:03IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Actors Referenced (21)
8 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Fight Club, American History X, Primal Fear▶ 2:11IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for The Master, Capote, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead▶ 2:11IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for True Grit, The Green Mile▶ 2:11IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Rent, The Lego Batman Movie, Sin City▶ 2:11IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for X-Men, X2: X-Men United▶ 2:11IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Grumpy Old Men▶ 6:20IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Desperado, Wild Wild West▶ 15:32IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Spider-Man, Wonder Boys▶ 9:27IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Hills Have Eyes▶ 36:00IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for He Got Game, 25th Hour▶ 35:39IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Writers Referenced (5)
2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for Julie & Julia, When Harry Met Sally...▶ 38:20IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Squid and the Whale, Marriage Story▶ 7:02IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Cinematographers Referenced (1)
5 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Brokeback Mountain, The Wolf of Wall Street, Killers of the Flower Moon▶ 2:16IMDb ↗Lb ↗