The Number One Movie in America

The Number One Movie in America

BOX OFFICE GOLD, ONE SHOW AT A TIME! Nearly every week, there’s a new NUMBER ONE MOVIE IN AMERICA. Let’s see how four decades of Americans have done at selecting movies, shall we? In each new episode of THE NUMBER ONE MOVIE IN AMERICA, we’ll randomly select a movie that spent at least one weekend atop the box-office charts. Whatever it is, we’ll have to watch it. And tell you whether or not you should. A rebranding of the longrunning review podcast “You Can’t Handle the Truth,” THE NUMBER ONE MOVIE IN AMERICA is Kahmeela Adams, Sean Collier, Robin Hitchcock and Aaron Kleiber. It is recorded at the iHeartMedia Podcast Studio in Pittsburgh. Follow us! @Number1MoviePod @The_RuggedAngel @SeanCollierPgh @HitchDied @AaronKleiber Contains Adult Language

Episodes

December 18, 2025 70 mins
It's a beloved holiday classic that's everywhere this time of year. So of course one of our hosts absolutely shreds it. (We're sorry.) Even so, ELF is loaded with great bits and memorable performances; how will it fare against our own favorite Christmas movies?

Plus, let's talk about RENTAL FAMILY, OH WHAT FUN, NUREMBERG, KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR and more!
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Misty, watercolored memories! Of what, we ask? Protesting and awkward dates, mostly. Verifiable movie stars BAR-bra Streisand and ROB-ert Redford have a relationship! It has, you know, ups and downs. And ... that's a movie, we guess? The important thing is that Robin's grandfather-in-law gives his opinion!

Stay tuned for our thoughts on WICKED: FOR GOOD, SENTIMENTAL VALUE, WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY, HAMNE...
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November 18, 2025 74 mins
Who you gonna bust? Callin' makes me feel good! Wait, that's wrong. Anyway: GHOSTBUSTERS ... is Ghostbusters. It requires no context or further comment. And yet, here we are! Will anyone dare to take a shot at this sacred, spooky cow?

Stick around for discussions of FRANKENSTEIN, THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE, TRAIN DREAMS, JAY KELLY, THE RUNNING MAN and many more!
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November 3, 2025 67 mins
Some people call THE NATURAL the best baseball movie of all time. They're wrong — but how close are they? Sean picked this one to answer that very question. Don't expect an answer on the whole gambling scheme, though. It's murky.

Plus, let's talk about SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE, BLUE MOON, BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER, THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR and more ... including, somehow, PARASITE.
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October 27, 2025 71 mins
Death! Watch out! It's everywhere! Could that be Death? Is Death over there? Probably! Certainly in FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES, this year's massive hit and the most successful film in the franchise! We go back to the beginning and cover FINAL DESTINATION in the process — and what? Why are we all crying?

Plus, let's talk about BLACK PHONE 2, AFTER THE HUNT, I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (the new one), GOOD BOY, TH...
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October 13, 2025 64 mins
It's a Hitchcockian thriller that's also a spooky ghost party that's also a sad meditation on motherhood! Do these things go together? Who cares, Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer are here! Let's go back to the summer of 2000 (feels like the autumn of 94) for WHAT LIES BENEATH!

Plus, let's talk about One Battle After Another, Roofman, Him, Highest 2 Lowest, The Long Walk, The Smashing Machine and more!
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September 29, 2025 63 mins
If you watch this tape — what? A tape. It's like a DVD but older. ... A DVD is a streaming movie that you, like, hold in your hand. Never mind, THE RING scared us silly 23 years ago, but after a hundred imitators, can it still kick off spooky season with a shriek? (The horse-on-the-boat sequence sure can.)

This week's recommendations: Robin enjoyed MEGADOC, and she enjoyed SPINAL TAP II more than Sean, who didn't like...
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September 15, 2025 59 mins
We're livin' 25 hours a day! Or, as Robin says, 14 max. But still! We're trying to draw life lessons from this Michael J. Fox comedy, which teaches us how to be seduced by the boss's wife even if she's your relative (by marriage) and how to enjoy the little things, like a corner office with a really big couch.

This week's recommendations: Robin raves about HIGHEST 2 LOWEST, Kahmeela sits down with PEE-WEE AS HIMSELF a...
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September 2, 2025 56 mins
Look. If you only had one shot or one opportunity to ... what, exactly? Eh, it doesn't matter, because 8 MILE is a pretty good watch! Join Papa Doc, Cheddar Bob, Future and Lotto — oh yeah, and Eminem (sorry, B. Rabbit) — for a sports movie about stage fright!

This week's recommendations: Sean wants to live in DOWNTON ABBEY. Robin is entirely fine with THE MONKEY. Kahmeela finally watched JOHN WICK.
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August 25, 2025 67 mins
Fast? Sure. Furious? Debatable. Rat? One, and it's a doozy. The vroom-vrooms and the pew-pews relocated to South Beach for 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS, the movie that would begin sowing the seeds for a billion-dollar franchise ... without actually showing any of the flair that would lead to that success!

This week's recommendations: Sean and Robin agree on WEAPONS, Sean puts in a vote for NIGHT ALWAYS COMES, Kahmeela likes COMPA...
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August 5, 2025 67 mins
We're gonna sleep in a real pile, unless you invite Bob and Terry! (We promise that sentence makes sense.) Spike Jonze's imaginative, decidedly feelings-heavy take on WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE wasn't for kids (or, necessarily, wide audiences), but it resonated with Millennial viewers. Which one of our panel will cry about it a little? The answer may surprise you!

Recommendations: Sean and Robin loved THE NAKED GUN. Ka...
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July 22, 2025 55 mins
After The Independence Day After Tomorrow, director Roland Emmerich thought he could do no wrong. (He must've forgotten about Godzilla.) So he made a prehistoric Lord of the Rings knockoff called 10,000 B.C. — is it mammoth-sized fun, or an anachronistic mess?

Plus: Kahmeela got along fine with THE LUCKIEST MAN IN THE WORLD, Robin and Sean are in favor of this SUPERMAN fella and Robin liked OH, HI. And some podcast re...
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July 14, 2025 64 mins
Everyone — including Robin and Sean on an earlier version of this very podcast — trashed "Fifty Shades of Grey" when it came out 10 years ago. With the benefit of hindsight, is there more to this pile of smut and menswear? (No.)

Plus, Sean and Robin are in favor of JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH, Robin recommends KPOP DEMON HUNTERS and BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN and Kahmeela is just fine with WOLFS and FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLIN...
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June 23, 2025 60 mins
Boy, Jim Carrey sure loves overacting in response to wacky situations! Having already encountered this behavior in the form of Liar Liar and Yes Man, we move on to BRUCE ALMIGHTY, which lets us discuss Morgan Freeman and "Friends."

This week's recommendations: Sean and Robin enjoyed MATERIALISTS, Kahmeela liked THE BETTER SISTER and Robin begs for clarification on which movie named DEEP COVER you're talking about.
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June 11, 2025 54 mins
You're forgiven (in fact, fortunate) if you've never heard of C.C. AND COMPANY, a 1970 biker film starring the undynamic duo of Joe Namath and Ann-Margret. The only question: How far down our overall rankings can this sweatfest go?

Plus! Sean gives a why-not shrug to KARATE KID LEGENDS, Robin has similar feelings on BALLERINA and they agree that MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — THE FINAL RECKONING is pretty good.
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May 26, 2025 63 mins
Immortal hippies! Pinhead-lookin' F. Murray Abraham! Beardless Riker! STAR TREK: INSURRECTION may not be the best movie in the series, but it's definitely ... something. See if anyone other than resident reluctant Trekkie Robin finds something to love!

This week's recommendations: Sean raves about FINAL DESTINATION BLOODLINES. Robin and Kahmeela are excited about the Apple series THE SEASON and lukewarm on HAVOC. Robi...
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Back in a previous decade, we did the first part — so why not finish the series? "Mockingjay — Part 2" wraps up the epic tale of Katniss being reluctantly near pivotal events in Panem history. But can it be more satisfying than its predecessor despite not having nearly enough Donald Sutherland?

Strong recommendations this week for SINNERS, THUNDERBOLTS, ANOTHER SIMPLE FAVOR and more!
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April 23, 2025 64 mins
We do an eclectic celebration of the dance — and we do NOT keep it all inside! There's plenty of love in the studio for THE BIRDCAGE, both one of the funniest comedies of the '90s and one of the most successful. We expected the laughs; we didn't expect so many feelings!

(We don't really have any recommendations this week; we talk about movies, but no one was particularly crazy about any of them. All of our love is for...
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April 7, 2025 93 mins
Are you ready to go back to Titanic? We're finally talking about one of the biggest movies of our lifetimes in this supersized episode.

Plus, Kahmeela and Robin both enjoyed FREAKY TALES, and Sean very much did not enjoy SNOW WHITE nor THE ALTO KNIGHTS (Snowalto Whights?) 
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March 26, 2025 71 mins
This was a movie! It came out in theaters and everything! In spite of the fact that there hadn't been any MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN content in more than 50 years! The results are ... well, listen to the show.

This week's recommendations: Robin is passionate about GHOSTLIGHT and PETITE MAMAN. Sean is perfectly fine with LAST BREATH and gobsmacked by DARK CITY. Kahmeela thinks you should get around to watching JACK REAC...
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