The time has come for our mid-year top 5 – or ten because we don’t follow rules!

This week’s episode kicks off with a little chatter about two new titles, Superman and Fantastic Four, before Bill Harris (Letterboxd), Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, Website), Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd) and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd) count down their favourite titles of the year at this midway point of 2025.

What we’ve been watching:

Steve’s Top 5

5. The Wedding Banquet
4. Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
3. Bring Her Back
2. Sinners
1. **Listen to find out**

Melissa’s Top 5

5. Sinners
4. Bring Her Back
3. Eddington
2. Materialists
1. **Listen to find out**

Bill’s Top 5

5. The Wedding Banquet
4. Bring Her Back
3. Sorry, Baby
2. The Ballad of Wallis Island
1. **Listen to find out**

Marina’s Top 5

5. 28 Years Later
4. Sinners
3. Bring Her Back
2. Materialists
1. **Listen to find out**

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Opening and closing credits music is “Drive Breakbeat” by Rockot. Used under CC BY License.

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00:00:00 – Opening credits & introduction
00:03:35 – Superman
00:12:20 – Fantastic Four
00:32:39 – Mind-Year Top 5 (ish)
01:17:50 – Coming soon
01:26:19 – Closing thoughts & credits