The Big Picture · Review
November 26, 2025/ 48 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins
Sean and Amanda make the case for No. 3 on their century list: Spike Lee's 25th Hour, the movie almost nobody guessed.
1 films across 1 segment.
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No. 3 - '25th Hour'the mystery pick
Spike Lee's adaptation of David Benioff's novel, tracking Edward Norton's Monty Brogan through his last day before a seven-year prison sentence. Made during and after 9/11, not about the attack but surrounded by it. Sean and Amanda single out the mirror 'fuck you' monologue and the imagined-escape ending as two of the century's great scenes; it was originally No. 2 before Sean's late crisis of confidence dropped it to No. 3.
Also mentioned raised along the way
The rest of Spike Lee Do the Right ThingJungle FeverMalcolm XMo' Better BluesCrooklynInside ManBlacKkKlansmanClockers
Edward Norton's run Primal FearDeath to SmoochyFridaRed DragonAmerican History X
Rodrigo Prieto shot Amores PerrosOriginal Sin8 Mile21 GramsAlexanderBrokeback MountainThe Wolf of Wall Street
Other New York movies Spider-ManFrances HaGood TimeUncut GemsIf Beale Street Could TalkSynecdoche, New YorkRequiem for a DreamMargaret
In comparison FriendshipFried Green TomatoesMulholland DriveLady Bird
The drug-dealer genre American GangsterTrafficBlowScarface
If you liked it, watch Carlito's WayBoyz n the HoodTrainspottingMidnight ExpressOnce Upon a Time in AmericaMidnight Cowboy
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
TV The WireTrue BloodWhen the Levees Broke
Ads Amazon PrimeSingin' in the Rain