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Richard Curtis Declares THIS The Best Movie of 2025—And It's Not Even Out Yet!

Richard Curtis Declares THIS The Best Movie of 2025—And It's Not Even Out Yet!

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Published: 18 March 2025 at 00:00 UTC

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Harry & Alex are joined by legendary British screenwriter and director, Richard Curtis. He's gifted us with some of the best rom-coms EVER! Love Actually, Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral. He is also the co-founder of Comic Relief, which celebrates 40 years and fundraising totals of over £1.6 billion! Richard shares his top must-watch films, behind-the-scenes stories at the Oscars and what happened when he had lunch with Demi Moore!


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Chapters:


01:57 – Billy Monger’s Ironman Challenge 

04:56 – Comic Relief - how did it start?

17:07 – Richard is back from the Oscars - what did Director Sean Baker say to him?

24:20 – Richard Curtis' top film pick for 2025 (and it's not out until May!)

41:06 – Having lunch with Demi Moore


Recommendations:


Films

  • A Man Called Otto (Netflix)
  • The Ballad of Wallace Island (Cinemas in May)
  • Breaking Away (Apple TV)
  • The Worst Person in the World (MUBI)
  • Elf (Amazon Prime)


TV Shows

  • Colin from Accounts  (BBC iPlayer)
  • Big Boys (Channel 4)
  • Nobody Wants This (BBC iPlayer)
  • Slow Horses (Apple TV)
  • Kin (BBC iPlayer)
  • Severance (Apple TV)
  • Paradise (Netflix)
  • Deadloch (Amazon Prime)


Books

  • The Man Who Was Magic (Ebay) 


Podcasts

  • The Archers Podcast (BBC Sounds) 


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