The Movies That Made Me

In case you haven't noticed, we've been off the last couple of weeks! We've been working double-time for a while, often bringing you two episodes a week as we plowed through this amazing recent awards season. Hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante will return in TWO WEEKS with brand-new episodes of The Movies That Made Me, starting with a supercool video episode April 7! Until then, see you at the movies... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with THE UGLY STEPSISTER writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt on the latest episode of our podcast The Movies That Made Me! Watch the full episode ⁠here⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE UGLY STEPSISTER writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt unwraps her favorite movies with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Grimm’s Fairy Tales for Adults (1969) The Ugly Stepsister (2025) Hollywood Boulevard (1976) The Secret Agent (2025) Marty Supreme (2025) Amelie (2001) The City of Lost Children (1995) Delicatessen (1992) Sleepless in Seattle (1993) Dogville (2003) Involuntary (2008) Play (2011) The Square (2017) Fat Girl (2001) Enter the Void (2009) Crash (1996) Crash (2005) A History of Violence (2005) Videodrome (1983) Dead Ringers (1988) eXistenZ (1999) The Fly (1986) Jurassic Park (1993) The Dead Zone (1983) Raw (2016) Midsommar (2019) Titane (2021) ​​Immoral Tales (1973) The Beast (1975) Babygirl (2025) Wuthering Heights (2026) On The Waterfront (1954) Husbands and Wives (1992) The Godfather (1972) The Sweet East (2023) Good Time (2017) Funny Pages (2022) Tess (1979) Chinatown (1974) Total Recall (1990) Alien (1979) Point Break (1991) The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) The Two Towers (2002) The Return of the King (2003) Titanic (1997) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! The Hollywood Food Coalition The Academy Awards Rolfe Thiele Our Kleber Mendonça Filho podcast episode Our Josh Safdie podcast episode Jean-Pierre Jeunet Marc Caro David Cronenberg Olivier Asayas Gaspar Noé Nicole Kidman Lars von Trier Stellan Skarsgaard Ruben Östlund Andrea Arnold Lynne Ramsay Claire Denis Catherine Breillat Carl Theodor Dryer Jeff Goldblum Julia Ducournau The Cannes Film Festival Walerian Borowczyk Film Grab Rod Steiger Marlon Brando Marie Antoinette Kylie Jenner Kim Kardashian Sean Price Williams Alice's Adventures in Wonderland novel by Lewis Carroll (1865) Talia Ryder Kim’s Video in New York Roman Polanski Stanley Kubrick Sharon Tate Paul Verhoeven Ridley Scott Jane Campion Kathryn Bigelow Keanu Reeves Patrick Swayze Shudder Disney+ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with BUGONIA writer Will Tracy on the latest episode of The Movies That Made Me! Watch the full episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BUGONIA screenwriter Will Tracy talks to The Movies That Made Me podcast hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante about his 10 favorite "held captive" movies! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) You Only Live Twice (1967) Bugonia (2025) Save the Green Planet! (2003) The Menu (2022) Murder, He Says (1945) After Hours (1985) Something Wild (1986) The Ghost Breakers (1940) Hold That Ghost (1941) Ace in the Hole (1951) Young Frankenstein (1974) Haunted Honeymoon (1986) Videodrome (1983) Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) The Naked Spur (1953) Reign of Terror, a.k.a. The Black Book (1949) El Cid (1961) A Man Escaped (1956) Phone Booth (2002) Lifeboat (1944) Devil (2010) Zone of Interest (2023) The Exterminating Angel (1962) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) No Exit (1962) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) Abigail’s Party (1977) Rio Bravo (1959) Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) The Last Detail (1973) Innerspace (1987) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) The King of Comedy (1982) Misery (1990) Gerald’s Game (2017) Funny Games (1997) Funny Games (2007) The Last House on the Left (1972) The Vanishing (1988) The Vanishing (1991) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) Rear Window (1954) Vertigo (1958) North By Northwest (1959) Captive Wild Woman (1943) Captive Women (1952) The Petrified Forest (1936) Last Stop in Yuma County (2023) Key Largo (1948) The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) The Incident (1967) Collateral (2004) One Battle After Another (2025) A History of Violence (2005) Brokeback Mountain (2005) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! The Hollywood Food Coalition Phillip Kaufman Beverly Garland Yorgos Lanthimos James Bond TFH Guru Illeana Douglas Stavros Halkias The Cum Town podcast Our Chapo Trap House podcast episode Matt Christman Our Andrew Hickie podcast episodes A History of Rock in 500 Songs podcast Daniel Waters Our Ari Aster podcast episodes Our Brian Helgeland podcast episode George Marshall Fred MacMurray Marjorie Main The Ma and Pa Kettle movies Bob Hope Paulette Godard Pauline Kael Helen Walker Bonnie Parker Peter Whitney The Rifleman TV series (1958-63) Gene Wilder Robert Ryan James Stewart Ralph Meeker Anthony Mann John Ford William Cameron Menzies Robert Bresson TFH Guru Larry Cohen M. Night Shyamalan Jonathan Glazer Luis Buñuel Lee Grant Joseph Strick John Carpenter Dean Martin Hal Ashby Robert Towne Jack Nicholson Randy Quaid Dennis Quaid Jesse Plemons Aidan Delbis Sandra Bernhardt Robert De Niro Jerry Lewis Rob Reiner Stephen King William Goldman James Caan Kathy Bates Mike Flanagan Carla Gugino Misery novel by Stephen King (1987) Gerald’s Game novel by Stephen King (1992) Michael Haneke Elmer Fudd Jang Joon-hwan Alfred Hitchcock Peter Lorre Orson Welles Ingmar Bergman Woody Allen Charlie Chaplin Michelangelo Antonioni Cary Grant Larry Peerce Paul Thomas Anderson Larry McMurtry Diana Ossana Clint Eastwood Lauren Bacall William Hurt This list is also available on Letterboxd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with MARTY SUPREME writer/director Josh Safdie on the latest episode of The Movies That Made Me! Check out the full episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MARTY SUPREME writer/director Josh Safdie unpacks his favorite movies with podcast hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Abigail’s Party (1977) Marty Supreme (2025) Burying the Ex (2015) Uncut Gems (2019) Dazed and Confused (1993) King of New York (1990) Bad Lieutenant (1992) The Funerals (1996) The Addiction (1995) 4:44 Last Day On Earth (2011) Tomasso (2019) The Driller Killer (1979) Ms .45 (1981) Go Go Tales (2007) The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) A Woman Under the Influence *Kramer vs Kramer (1979) Hero (1992) Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974) Pink Floyd’s The Wall (1979) The Brood (1979) *Fire in the Sky (1993) *Matinee (1993) *A Clockwork Orange (1971) The Lost Boys (1987) *Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) *E.T. The Extraterrestrial (1982) *The Shining (1980) *Misery (1990) Popeye (1980) The Leprechaun (1992) Mandy (2018) The Princess Bride (1987) This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Barry Lyndon (1975) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Full Metal Jacket (1987) *The 400 Blows (1959) *Pulp Fiction (1994) The Breakfast Club (1985) *The Red Balloon (1956) White Mane (1953) Gremlins (1984) *The Running Man (1987) The Terminator (1984) The King of Comedy (1983) Total Recall (1990) Robocop (1987) *Above The Rim (1994) Rocky (1976) Rocky II (1979) *Rocky III (1982) Rocky IV (1985) Rocky V (1990) Masters of the Universe (1987) Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) *Saturday Night Fever (1977) Stayin’ Alive (1983) Carrie (1976) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! The Hollywood Food Coalition The battle of Jericho Josh Mostel G.I. Joe Anton Yelchin Anagrams Mike Leigh Abel Ferrera Willem Dafoe Odessa A’zion Clint Eastwood James Cagney The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Kevin Garnett Ronald Bronstein Timothee Chalamet Tyler, the Creator Gwyneth Paltrow IFC Films Zohran Mamdani Mira Nair Dustin Hoffman Meryl Streep Eric Clapton Stephen Frears Geena Davis Andy Garcia Chevy Chase David Cronenberg Robert Benton A Nightmare on Elm Street series Wendy Carlos John Candy John Goodman The Cuban Missile Crisis 4DX William Castle Smell-O-Vision Shelley Duvall The Shining novel by Stephen King (1977) Stanley Kubrick TFH Guru Mick Garris The Shining miniseries (1997) Jack Nicholson The Beatles Our Panos Cosmatos podcast episode Johan Johansson Gramaphone Records Kathy Bates James Caan Rob Reiner Alfred Hitchcock Scatman Crothers Vivian Kubrick Jean-Pierre Léaud Benny Safdie John Lennon John Hughes Chris Columbus Chicago The Ramones Richard Edson Jim Jarmusch The History of Bones: A Memoir book by John Lurie (2021) Bob Hope Bing Crosby Mel Brooks Matthew Broderick Albert Lamorisse The Fleischer Brothers Tex Avery Harold Faltermeyer Arnold Schwarzenegger Oneohtrix Point Never Richard Dawson Jerry Lewis Paul Verhoeven The New York Knicks Queen Onyx Bernie Mac 2Pac Dolph Lundgren Sylvester Stallone John Travolta Welcome Back, Kotter TV series (1975-78) The Bee Gees Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with REDUX REDUX writers/directors Kevin and Matthew McManus on Friday's episode of The Movies That Made Me! Check out the full episode ⁠here⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The brother filmmaking tandem Kevin and Matthew McManus (REDUX REDUX) hop on the line to unpack, well, the movies that made them with help from podcast hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Redux Redux (2026) The Terminator (1984) Sliding Doors (1998) Back to the Future (1985) Bring It On (2000) The Block Island Sound (2021) The ’Burbs (1989) Boss Level (2021) Groundhog Day (1993) *Death Wish (1974?) *Blue Ruin (2013) *Memento (2000) Irreversible (2002) The Prestige (2006) Dunkirk (2017) *Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003) *Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004) *Django Unchained (2012) The Hateful Eight (2015) Taxi Driver (1976) Funeral Kings (2012) *The Unforgiven (1992) Invictus (2009) Mystic River (2003) *Oldboy (2003) Oldboy (2013) Chinatown (1974) *I Saw The Devil (2010) A History of Violence (2005) *A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) *Friday the 13th (1980) Chato’s Land (1972) Red River (1948) Black Christmas (1974) Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) While the City Sleeps (1956) A Christmas Story (1983) *Drive (2011) Revenge of the Nerds (1984) Revenge of the Creature (1955) Revenge of the Blood Beast a.k.a. The She Beast (1966) The Vengeance of She (1968) The Stepfather (1987) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! The Hollywood Food Coalition Michaela McManus David Duchovny Rob Lowe The Clash Netflix Chris Sheffield Our Jim Cummings podcast episode Mark Duplass John Cassavettes Joe Carnahan Rotten Tomatoes Universal Pictures Our Jeremy Saulnier podcast episode Our Macon Blair podcast episode Christopher Nolan Jonathan Nolan Skywalker Ranch The Vista Theater in Los Angeles Christoph Walz Clint Eastwood Gene Hackman Francis Ford Coppola Matt Damon Sean Penn Sidney Lumet Spike Lee David Cronenberg The Hallmark Channel Charles Bronson Hulu Michael Winner John Wayne Bob Clark Ryan Gosling Ron Perlman Albert Brooks Christina Hendricks Terry O’Quinn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Writer/director Óliver Laxe (SIRAT) chops it up with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to discuss the movies that made him! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Sirat (2026) Wages of Fear (1953) Andrei Rublev (1966) Nostalghia (1983) The Mirror (1975) Ordet (1955) Au Hazard Balthazar (1966) Blue Velvet (1986) Sorcerer (1977) Mad Max (1979) Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) Apocalypse Now (1979) Easy Rider (1969) Zabriskie Point (1970) Vanishing Point (1971) Paris, Texas (1984) Freaks (1931) Dersu Uzala (1975) Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) Dirty Pretty Things (2001) The Naked Island (1960) The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952) Late Spring (1949) The Card Counter (2021) The Four Seasons (1975) Close-Up (1990) Where is the Friend’s House? (1987) Ten (2002) Five Dedicated to Ozu (2003) Through the Olive Trees (1994) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! The Hollywood Food Coalition Chuck Berry The Beatles Carl Theodor Dreyer Notes on the Cinematographer book by Robert Bresson (1975) Sculpting in Time book by Andrei Tarkovsky (1985) John Cassavettes Béla Tar David Lynch The Criterion Collection Dennis Hopper Monte Hellman Ry Cooder Akira Kurosawa Sergi López Kaneto Shindo Yasujirō Ozu Paul Schrader Oscar Isaac Transcendental Style in Cinema: Ozu, Bresson, Dryer book by Paul Schrader (2018) Artavazd Peleshyan Abbas Kiarostami Zohran Mamdani Mira Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with FALLOUT star Dallas Goldtooth on this week’s episode of The Movies That Made Me! Check out the full episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with FALLOUT star Walton Goggins on this week’s episode of The Movies That Made Me! Check out Walton's full podcast episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FALLOUT star Dallas Goldtooth takes hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through his favorite animated films. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Akira (1988) Batman: Gotham Knights (2008) The Dark Knight (2008) My Neighbor Totoro (1994) Ghost in the Shell (1995) Conan the Barbarian (1982) Hellraiser (1987) Heavy Metal (1981) Wolf Children (2012) The Ugly Stepsister (2025) Bambi (1941) Pocahontas (1995) Princess Mononoke (1997) Spirited Away (2001) Ponyo (2008) The Borrowers (1997) The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) An American Tail (1986) Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988) The Secret of NIMH (1982) The Land Before Time (1988) All Dogs Go To Heaven (1989) Rock-A-Doodle (1991) Waltz with Bashir (2008) WALL-E (2008) Dr. Strangelove (1964) Grave of the Fireflies (1988) Predator (1987) Gremlins (1984) Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) Explorers (1985) Marathon Man (1976) Clearcut (1991) Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) Maverick (1994) The Lone Ranger (2013) The Rescuers (1977) Rescuers Down Under (1990) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! The Hollywood Food Coalition Reservation Dogs TV series (2021-23) Our Sterlin Harjo podcast episode AMC Theaters Anime Hayao Miyazaki Darren Aronofsky Heavy Metal Magazine Richard Corben Walt Disney Pictures Bob Hoskins Don Bluth Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH novel by Robert C. O’Brien (1971) Steven Spielberg Dragon’s Lair video game (1983) The Academy Awards The Tulsa race massacre Watchmen limited series (2019) Graham Greene Wes Studi Tantoo Cardinal Joseph Gordon-Levitt Keanu Reeves Sonny Landham The American Cinematheque in Hollywood, CA Vidiots in Los Angeles The Chapo Trap House podcast TFH Guru Kier-la Janisse Severin Films Mel Gibson Jodie Foster James Garner Maverick TV series (1957-62) Jay Silverheels The Lone Ranger TV series (1949-57) The Mohawk people Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices