2025: The Year In Movies Part 2

Over 100 different actors starred in the 55 movies I saw last year (starring in being the first two named stars, a tradition dating back to the old Chicago Tribune TV guide which populated the early days of my database), and seven of them were in more than one film. Those seven thespians are:

Films Per Actor Per Year

Actor Name Films
Emma Stone 3
Julia Garner 2
Anne Hathaway 2
Jesse Plemons 2
Florence Pugh 2
Margaret Qualley 2
Aaron Taylor-Johnson 2

Now let’s take a look at the remaining movies that I saw in 2025, following up on last week’s post.

Death of a Unicorn (2025)
Billionaires try to exploit the magical properties of unicorns, but the unicorns have other ideas.

Bugonia (2025)
A conspiracy theorist kidnaps a CEO, convinced that she is an alien.

American Sweatshop (2025)
A content approver for a website that definitely isn’t YouTube tries to identify a man in an abhorrent video.

The Girl Who Got Away (2021)
A serial killer escapes and goes after her one victim who got away.

Another Simple Favor (2025)
Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively return for a sequel to their 2018 hit.

Post Mortem – Ozark

After four seasons spread out across five years, Ozark wrapped up its run on Netflix earlier this year following the April release of the second half of season four.  The series has received a total of 32 Emmy nominations, including two Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series wins for Julia Garner in 2019 and 2020.

The ending was ambiguous enough that, in this world we live in now where no show is ever truly over, it could pick up again down the line in any number of ways.  The one disappointing thing about the ending was how the story of Ruth was wrapped up.  I wanted better for her.