TMBDOS! Episode 357: The Best First-Time Watches for 2025.

2025 is in the rearview mirror, and Lee is joined by Daniel to talk about the best things they watched for the first time in that year. Unlike some previous years, the hosts have kept the show a bit shorter this time around, only having a top 10 list and some honourable mentions (oh, and Lee has one film to shit on as well!).

Daniel's Honourable Mentions:

"Sovereign" (2025)
"The Long Walk" (2025)
"The Running Man" (2025)
"All the President's Men" (1976)

Lee's Honourable Mentions:

"The Life of Chuck" (2024)
"Freaky Tales" (2024)
"Dangerous Animals" (2025)
"G. B. H." (1983)
"The Monolith Monsters" (1957)

Daniel's Top Ten First-Time Watches of 2025:

10."Superman" (2025)
9."Sisu" (2022)
8.""American Movie" (1999) & "Coven" (1997)
7."Chasing Chasing Amy" (2023)
6."Wolfs" (2024)
5."The Great Waldo Pepper" (1975)
4."Seven Psychopaths" (2012)
3."Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery" (2025)
2."Panic in the Streets" (1950)
1."One Battle After Another" (2025)

Lee's Top Ten First-Time Watches of 2025:

10. "Good Boy" (2025)
9. "The Substance" (2024)
8. "The Great Waldo Pepper" (1975)
7. "Eastern Condors" (1987)
6. "Vanishing Point" (1971)
5. "The Naked Prey" (1966)
4. "The Outfit" (1973)
3. "Sinners" (2025)
2. "The Passion of Joan of Arc" (1928)
1. "One Battle After Another" (2025)

Lee fucking hated "Bikini Guillotine" (2025)!

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Featured Music: "You Got What It Takes" by The Dave Clark 5, "Cinema" by Yes, "Let's Go to the Pictures" by Wreckless Eric, and "Motion Pictures" by Neil Young.