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

FALLOUT star Walton Goggins takes hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through his favorite westerns. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode The Accountant (2001) The Apostle (1998) House of 1,000 Corpses (2003) Chrystal (2004) Miracle at St. Anna (2008) Predators (2010) Lincoln (2012) A History of Violence (2005) Citizen Kane (1941) Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) The Hired Hand (1971) Easy Rider (1969) A Fistful of Dollars (1964) For A Few Dollars More (1965) The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1967) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Yojimbo (1960) Seven Samurai (1954) High Noon (1952) The Hateful Eight (2015) The Cowboys (1970) King of Marvin Gardens (1972) Coming Home (1978) On Golden Pond (1981) Our Town (1940) The Long Goodbye (1973) The Wild Bunch (1969) Dillinger (1973) Wild Rovers (1971) Shane (1953) Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (1973) The Second Civil War (1997) The President’s Analyst (1967) Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) Bad Company (1972) Places in the Heart (1984) The Big Lebowski (1998) Piranha (1978) Daisy Miller (1974) The Late Show (1977) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! The Hollywood Food Coalition Fallout TV series (2024- ) Jonathan Nolan Graham Wagner Geneva Robertson-Dworet Danny McBride The Righteous Gemstones TV series (2019-25) El Compadre restaurant in Los Angeles The Academy Awards Sidney Poitier The Sundance Film Festival The Slamdance Film Festival The Shield TV series (2002-08) Michael Chiklis Hill Street Blues TV series (1981-87) The Wire TV series (2002-08) Justified TV series (2010-15) Sons of Anarchy TV series (2012-14) Vice Principals TV series (2016-17) I’m A Virgo miniseries (2023) Daniel Waters Walter Hill Gregg Toland The White Lotus TV series (2021- ) Sam Rockwell Ron Perlman Quentin Tarantino Henry Fonda Sergio Leone Woody Strode Tom Hanks TFH Guru Roger Corman Stanley Kubrick Ennio Morricone Jason Robards Charles Bronson Claudia Cardinale Clint Eastwood John Wayne Warren Oates Bruce Dern Peter Fonda Akira Kurosawa Masaki Kobayashi Lee Van Cleef Luciano Vincenzoni United Artists James Bond “The Ecstasy of Gold” theme by Ennio Morricone (1966) Eli Wallach Abbey Road Studios Tim Roth Kurt Russell Harlan Ellison Robert Duvall Ed Harris Chris Cooper Anthony Hopkins Roscoe Lee Browne Mark Rydell William Holden James Arness Alan Ladd Ernest Borgnine Bo Hopkins Ben Johnson Sam Peckinpah Harry Dean Stanton Perry Mason TV series (1957-66) The Rifleman TV series (1958-63) In The Heat of the Night TV series (1988-95) Slim Pickens Richard Boone George Stevens Alan Ladd Paramount Pictures James Coburn Our Man Flint film franchise Errol Flynn The Criterion Collection Sam Peckinpah Gillian Welch David Rollins Kris Kristofferson New Line Cinema Willie Nelson The Roxy in West Hollywood, CA Mick Jagger Robert Benton Jeff Bridges Barry Brown David Huddleston Peter Bogdanovich Art Carney Lily Tomlin Sam Spade Brad Pitt Anthony Mann Juliette Lewis Geoffrey Lewis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've got auteur royalty on The Movies That Made Me today! The one and only GUS VAN SANT joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to talk about, yes, the movies that made him! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Dead Man’s Wire (2026) Song Sung Blue (2025) The Princess Bride (1987) Burying The Ex (2014) Citizen Kane (1941) Sátántangó (1994) The Turin Horse (2011) Elephant (2004) Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) Gerry (2002) Last Days (2005) Lawrence of Arabia (1962) The Third Man (1949) The Celebration (1998) 8 ½ (1963) The Last of England (1987) Jubilee (1978) Drugstore Cowboy (1989) Mala Noche (1985) Dr. Strangelove (1964) Fail-Safe (1964) House of Dynamite (2025) Lord of the Flies (1963) The Plague (2025) Whistle (2026) The Nun (2018) The Groove Tube (1974) Modern Problems (1981) Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) To Die For (1995) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) The Boys in the Band (1970) Staircase (1969) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! The Hollywood Food Coalition Cassian Elwes Veronica Raedelli Sam Pressman Luigi Mangione Austin Kolodney Cary Elwes Stan Brakhage Béla Tarr Chantal Akerman Sight and Sound The Criterion Collection Matt Damon Casey Affleck John Cassavettes HBO Diane Keaton Woody Allen Colin Callender David Lean Carol Reed The Screen Actors Guild Sergio Leone Thomas Vinterberg Lars von Trier Dogme 95 Focus Features Barry Diller Harris Savides Our Paprika Steen podcast episode Federico Fellini Anthony Quinn Richard Basehart Robert Altman Derek Jarman Stanley Kubrick John F. Kennedy Netflix Peter Brook The Tower East Theatre in New York Lord of the Flies novel Adam Sandler Ken Shapiro Chevy Chase Lane Sarasohn Tom Schiller The Smothers Brothers TFH Guru John Landis Al Pacino William Friedkin Bill Skarsgaard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE RIP writer/director Joe Carnahan returns to our podcast The Movies That Made Me. This time, Joe takes hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante on a sonic journey to unpack the John Williams scores that made him! Check out Joe's first appearance on the podcast here. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode The Rip (2026) The Man Who Would Be King (1975) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Cool Hand Luke (1967) Fiddler on the Roof (1971) The Poseidon Adventure (1972) The Towering Inferno (1974) Earthquake (1974) Jaws (1975) Images (1972) The Cowboys (1972) Shaft (1971) Shaft’s Big Score! (1972) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Superman: The Movie (1978) The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Gremlins (1984) Poltergeist (1982) Cobra (1986) JFK (1991) The Usual Suspects (1995) Munich (2005) The Great Escape (1968) Stripes (1980) 1941 (1979) Animal House (1978) The A-Team (2010) The Howling (1981) The Trouble with Harry (1955) Maestro (2024) Not Without Hope (2025) Shadow Force (2025) ET the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Always (1989) Empire of the Sun (1987) The Last Emperor (1987) Last Tango in Paris (1973) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! The Hollywood Food Coalition Orson Welles Matt Damon Ben Affleck Brad Pitt “Debbie Downer” on Saturday Night Live Netflix John Huston Paul Newman Robert Redford Humphrey Bogart Clark Gable Sean Connery Michael Caine The Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, CA John Williams “The Sabbath Prayer” song from Fiddler on the Roof Irwin Allen Steven Spielberg Robert Altman John Wayne Dede Allen Bruce Dern Jason Patrick Roscoe Lee Brown The Smokehouse Restaurant Richard Roundtree “Theme From Shaft” song by Isaac Hayes (1971) Glen Ford Glen Campbell Frank Oz Sylvester Stallone John Ottman Donald Surherland Jerry Goldsmith David Mamet Elmer Bernstein Dick Miller Nancy Allen Tim Matheson Robert Zemeckis Bob Gale Our Stephen Bissette podcast episode Swamp Thing comic books Pino Donaggio Bernard Hermann The Twilight Zone TV series (1959-64) Bradley Cooper Clinton Shorter Kerry Washington James Cameron Christopher Nolan Omar Sy The Hollywood Bowl Bernardo Bertolucci Maria Schneider Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with THE SECRET AGENT writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho on this week’s episode of The Movies That Made Me! Catch up with the pod here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE SECRET AGENT director Kleber Mendonça Filho joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to break down the movies that made him! Kleber is fresh off winning this year's Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film for THE SECRET AGENT this weekend. His film's star, Wagner Moura, also took home a Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Small Change (1976) The Secret Agent (2025) Bacurau (2019) *Walkabout (1973) *Wake in Fright (1971) The Right Stuff (1983) Don’t Look Now (1973) Performance (1970) The Witches (1990) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Superman (1978) Star Wars (1977) Piranha (1978) *Fitzcarraldo (1982) Burden of Dreams (1982) Apocalypse Now (1979) The Blues Brothers (1980) Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) Paris, Texas (1984) *The Beguiled (1971) The Beguiled (2017) Escape From Alcatraz (1979) *The Long Goodbye (1973) *Punch-Drunk Love (2002) McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) MASH (1970) Chinatown (1974) Boogie Nights (1997) Magnolia (1999) The Wedding Singer (1998) Happy Gilmore (1995) Assault on Precinct 13 (1975) Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) LA Plays Itself (2003) Pictures of Ghosts (2023) *Twenty Years Later (1984) The Big Shave (1967) The Longest Day (1962) Cleopatra (1963) Halloween (1978) La Jetée (1962) Green Vinyl (2004) *Gremlins (1984) *The Host (2006) E.T. The Extra-terrestrial (1982) Poltergeist (1982) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) *The Fly (1986) *Do The Right Thing (1989) Jungle Fever (1991) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! The Hollywood Food Coalition Francois Truffaut Wagner Moura Udo Kier The Lord of the Rings franchise Pedro Pascal Enzo Nunes Nicholas Roeg Ted Kotcheff Philip Kaufman The Criterion Collection TFH Guru Roger Corman Klaus Kinski Werner Herzog Nicolas Cage The Cologne Film Festival The French new wave Don Siegel Sofia Coppola Clint Eastwood Geraldine Page Paul Thomas Anderson Robert Altman Elliott Gould Jack Davis Mad Magazine Mark Rydell Roman Polanski Adam Sandler The Cannes Film Festival Columbia Pictures Philip Seymour Hoffman Robert Elswitt Emily Watson John Carpenter Kim Richards Scream franchise Eduardo Coutinho João Pedro Teixeira Martin Scorsese The Vietnam War Bong Joon Ho Jerry Goldsmith Steven Spielberg Tobe Hooper Dick Miller Polly Holliday Phoebe Cates David Cronenberg Spike Lee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER writer/director Kristen Stewart on this week’s episode of the pod. Check out Kristen’s conversation with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with TRAIN DREAMS writer/director Clint Bentley on this week’s episode of the pod. Check out Clint’s full conversation with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante ⁠here⁠! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Movie star Kristen Stewart, who's making her directorial debut with THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER, unpacks the movies that made her with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Punch Drunk Love (2002) Uncut Gems (2019) The Chronology of Water (2025) Infested (2002) Love Lies Bleeding (2024) St. Maud (2019) River of Grass (1994) First Cow (2019) Meeks Cutoff (2010) Badlands (1973) The Mastermind (2025) Panic Room (2002) Female Perversions (1996) Working Girl (1988) Working Girls (2025) 9 to 5 (1980) Angela (1995) Angela’s Ashes (1999) The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) Citizen Kane (1941) Burden of Dreams (1982) Hearts of Darkness (1991) Fitzcarraldo (1982) Jingle All The Way (1996) Waterworld (1995) Solaris (1972) The Greatest Night in Pop (2025) The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) The Brutalist (2024) Godzilla vs Biollante (1989) The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) Rachel, Rachel (1968) Wanda (1971) Targets (1968) The Last Picture Show (1971) Shadows (1959) Faces (1968) A Woman Under The Influence (1974) Husbands (1979) The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) Opening Night (1977) Gloria (1980) Sometimes A Great Notion (1971) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! The Hollywood Food Coalition Jeopardy! TV series (1964- ) Adam Sandler Ken Kesey Our Rose Glass podcast episode The Sundance Film Festival Kelly Reichardt Sissy Spacek Larry Fessenden David Fincher Tony Plana The Criterion Channel Jesse Eisenberg The New Yorker Melanie Griffith The Laemmle Theatres AMC Theatres Our Rebecca Miller podcast episode Girls TV series (2012-17) Marlon Brando Imogen Poots Klaus Kinski Jim Belushi Brian Levant Arnold Schwarzenegger Kevin Costner Thora Birch Andrei Tarkovsky Bob Dylan “All Along The Watchtower” cover by The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968) Frank Sinatra “We Are The World” song by USA For Africa (1985) Mona Fastvold Amanda Seyfried Christopher Abbott Paul Newman Ethan Hawke Joanne Woodward The Last Movie Stars documentary miniseries (2022) Barbara Loden Elia Kazan Peter Bogdanovich Polly Platt A History of Rock in 500 Songs podcast The Kinks Ray Davies Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation Against Themselves book by Sophie Gilbert (2025) Francis Ford Coppola The Palme d’Or The Academy Awards American Zoetrope John Cassavetes Gena Rowlands Paul NewmanThis list is also available on Movies Unlimited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Filmmaker Clint Bentley discusses a few of his favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Train Dreams (2025) Thief (1981) Heat (1995) *One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) Gremlins (1984) Goonies (1985) Sometimes A Great Notion (1971) *Jules et Jim (1962) Y Tu Mamá También (2002) *Princess Mononoke (1997) Spirited Away (2001) My Neighbor Totoro (1994) Ponyo (2008) Cars (2006) Yellow Submarine (1968) Bambi (1941) The Jungle Book (1967) Robin Hood (1973) The Wizard of Oz (1939) La Strada (1954) I Vitelloni (1953) Il bidone (1955) La Dolce Vita (1960) 8 ½ (1963) Happy As Lazzaro (2018) *Days of Heaven (1978) Badlands (1973) Jockey (2021) *It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) Casablanca (1942) The Godfather (1972) Manhunter (1986) *Andrei Rublev (1966) Ivan’s Childhood (1962) Solaris (1972) One Battle After Another (2025) Stalker (1979) The Mirror (1975) Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) Mission: Impossible (1996) Top Gun (1986) Lady Bird (2017) The Big Sick (2017) Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning (2025) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Lawrence of Arabia (1962) *Baraka (1992) Koyaanisqatsi (1982) The Color of Pomegranates (1969) Let The Corpses Tan (2017) Amer (2009) The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears (2013) Reflection in a Dead Diamond (2025) Breathless (1960) Nouvelle Vague (2025) Blue Moon (2025) *Ikiru (1952) High and Low (1963) Rashomon (1950) Seven Samurai (1954) Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986) *Modern Times (1936) City Lights (1931) The Gold Rush (1925) The Great Dictator (1940) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! The Hollywood Food Coalition Bosch TV series (2014-21) Tom Bernardo Netflix Joel Edgerton The Golden Globe Awards Adam Sandler Federico Fellini Akira Kurosawa Police Squad TV series (1982) Jack Nicholson Clint Eastwood John Ford One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest novel by Ken Kesey Sometimes A Great Notion novel by Ken Kesey Paul Newman Richard Jaeckel Universal Pictures Henry Fonda Milos Forman Train Dreams novella by Denis Johnson Harry Potter franchise Hayao Miyazaki Astro Boy Speed Racer Anthony Quinn Broderick Crawford Richard Basehart Alice Rohrwacher Terrence Malick Adolpho Veloso “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” song by The Beatles (1967) “Here Comes The Sun” song by The Beatles (1969) Andrei Tarkovsky The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan album by Bob Dylan (1961) The New Beverly Cinema Akira Kurosawa Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani Jean-Luc Godard Richard Linklater Frank Capra Martin Scorsese Charlie Chaplin Unknown Chaplin documentary miniseries (1982) This list is also available on Movies Unlimited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mary Bronstein discusses a few of her favorite formative films with Josh Olson. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode If You Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025) Repulsion (1965) Antichrist (2009) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Taxi Driver (1976) Marty Supreme (2025) Bonnie and Clyde (1967) McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) Shampoo (1975) The Matrix (1999) The Blair Witch Project (1999) Splendor in the Grass (1961) Wanda (1971) Rules Don’t Apply (2016) Gypsy (1962) West Side Story (1961) Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) The Hot Rock (1972) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) East of Eden (1955) Rebel Without A Cause (1955) Bus Stop (1956) Thelma and Louise (1991) Sunset Boulevard (1950) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! Our pals at Movies Unlimited The Hollywood Food Coalition Conan O’Brien A$AP Rocky TFH Guru Illeana Douglas’ Connecticut in the Movies book (2023) NYU Blockbuster Video PBS Turner Classic Movies The Video Archives rental shop in Manhattan Beach, CA and later Hermosa Beach, CA Quentin Tarantino Kim’s Video shop in NYC Warren Beatty Faye Dunaway Arthur Penn French New Wave Jean Luc Godard Natalie Wood Barbara Loden Eliah Kazan Ella Beatty Howard Hughes Ethel Merman Rosalind Russell Steve McQueen Robert Redford Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Betty Davis Joan Crawford The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV series (1962-92) The Academy Awards James Dean Raymond Massey East of Eden novel by John Steinbeck (1952) Nicholas Ray Rose Byrne Marilyn Monroe Lee Strasberg The Actor’s Studio Ridley Scott Callie Khouri Brad Pitt This list is also available on Movies Unlimited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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DUST BUNNY writer/director Bryan Fuller discusses his favorite gateway horror films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Gremlins (1984) You Only Live Twice (1967) On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) The Running Man (2025) Dust Bunny (2025) Dirty Harry (1971) Explorers (1985) Piranha (1978) Don’t Look Now (1973) The Howling (1981) Coma (1978) The Great Train Robbery (1976) The ‘Burbs (1989) Alien (1979) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) The Shaggy Dog (1959) Battlestar Galactica (1978) Humanoids From The Deep (1980) The Devil’s Backbone (2001) Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) Scream (1996) The Terminator (1984) Time Bandits (1981) Mad Max (1979) Weapons (2025) Hostel (2005) Saw (2004) Jennifer’s Body (2009) Poltergeist (1982) Star Wars (1977) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) ET The Extraterrestrial (1982) Blade Runner (1982) The Thing (1982) Stand By Me (1985) Goonies (1985) The Shining (1980) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Invaders From Mars (1986) Labyrinth (1986) The Dark Crystal (1982) The Wizard of Oz (1939) Casino Royale (2006) The Black Hole (1979) Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) Bambi (1941) Escape From Witch Mountain (1975) The Cat From Outer Space (1978) The Ugly Stepsister (2025) Grimm's Fairy Tales of Lustful Couples (1969) Silent Running (1971) Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1983) The NeverEnding Story (1984) The Godfather Part II (1974) Gremlins II: The New Batch (1990) Die Hard (1988) Rocky (1976) Howling II: Your Sister Is A Werewolf (1985) Howling III: The Marsupials (1988) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! Our pals at Movies Unlimited The Hollywood Food Coalition George Lazenby TFH Guru Edgar Wright Lily Allen David Harbour Hannibal TV series (2013-15) Laurence Fishburne Margery Simkin Sophie Sloan Columbia Pictures Our Ethan Hawke podcast episode Jerry Goldsmith Pino Donaggio Brian De Palma Alexandre Desplat David Byrne Brian Eno John Williams Alien photo novel by Richard J Anobile (1979) Star Trek TV series (1966-68) Battlestar Galactica TV series (1978-79) Johnny Mathis Watchmen graphic novel series by Alan Moore (1986-87) Pushing Daisies TV series (2007-09) Sean Connery Robin Hood Terry Gilliam Sid Sheinberg Tobe Hooper Steven Spielberg Amblin Craig T. Nelson JoBeth Williams Howard Hawks TFH Guru John Sayles Bryan’s Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror TV series (2022) Briana Venskus Wil Wheaton River Phoenix Dave Grusin The MPAA’s PG-13 rating Louise Fletcher Jim Henson Animal the Muppet The Muppet Show TV series (1976-81) Zach Galligan Kate Capshaw Harrison Ford Ke Huy Quan Mads Mikkelson Walt Disney Pictures The Love Boat Ernest Borgnine Joseph Bottoms Shudder Cinderella The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Marie Liljedahl Huey, Dewey, and Louie Bruce Dern Wolfgang Petersen Barrett Oliver Noah Hathaway James Bond Sybil DanningThis list is also available on Movies Unlimited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Author/historian Daniel Bessner discusses his favorite dystopian films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Vanishing Point (1971) Mad Max (1971) Casablanca (1941) Looper (2012) Hollywood Boulevard (1976) Chronicle (2012) Fruitvale Station (2013) Black Panther (2018) Knives Out (2019) Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Children of Men (2010) Idiocracy (2006) The Matrix (1999) The Animatrix (2003) Batman: Gotham Knight (2008) They Live (1988) Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985) Minority Report (2002) Magnolia (1999) War of the Worlds (2005) Mission: Impossible (1996) Escape From LA (1996) Escape From New York (1981) Robocop (1987) The Warriors (1979) Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) 12 Monkeys (1995) Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1988) The Fisher King (1991) The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) Brazil (1985) Time Bandits (1981) V for Vendetta (2005) Gattaca (1997) Mad Max (1979) The Road Warrior (1981) Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985) Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! Our pals at Movies Unlimited The Hollywood Food Coalition The American Cinematheque in Los Angeles Spike Lee George Miller Steven Seagal Daniel’s American Prestige podcast Lawrence Summers Daniel’s “Life and Death of Hollywood" article in Harper’s Bazaar Rian Johnson Bruce Willis Joseph Gordon-Levitt Josh Trank Ryan Coogler Dante Alighieri Barack Obama Poker Face TV series (2023- ) Laura Dern Carrie Fisher Clive Owen Julianne Moore Lana Wachowski Lily Wachowski Slavoj Zizek Keith David Rowdy Roddy Piper Joe Pantoliano John Carpenter Harlan Ellison Tom Cruise The Mission: Impossible film franchise Philip K. Dick Steven Spielberg Max von Sydow Kurt Russell Peter Fonda “Theme From New York, New York” song by Frank Sinatra (1977) 12 Monkeys TV series (2015-18) Bruce Willis Brad Pitt Terry Gilliam Henry Jaglom The Occupy Wall Street movement V for Vendetta graphic novel series by Alan Moore and David Lloyd (1982-89) Ethan Hawke Jude Law Ernest Borgnine Nicholas Hoult Tom Hardy Charlize Theron George Miller Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road book by Kyle Buchanan (2022) The Star Wars franchise The Indiana Jones franchise Mel Gibson Daniel’s American Prestige interview with Glen Lowry This list is also available on Movies Unlimited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Filmmaker/TFH Guru/Cinema Aficionado Edgar Wright returns to discuss a few of his favorite cinematic dystopian futures with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021) The Running Man (2025) Hellzapoppin (1941) The Chocolate War (1988) A Boy And His Dog (1975) Soylent Green (1973) The Second Civil War (1997) The China Syndrome (1979) Halloween (1978) Halloween (2007) Halloween (2018) The Howling (1981) The Deadly Affair (1967) A Deadly Affair (2017) His Deadly Affair (2019) Deadly Affair (2024) Deadly Affair a.k.a. Star Struck (2000) The Chain Reaction (1980) Chain Reaction (1996) Mad Max (1979) Crash (1996) Crash (2005) Baby Driver (2017) Boss Baby (2017) Star Wars (1977) The Ruins (2008) The 10th Victim (1965) The Prize of Peril (1983) Danger: Diabolik (1968) John Wick (2014) Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) Our Man Flint (1966) In Like Flint (1967) The President’s Analyst (1967) Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) Barbarella (1968) Modesty Blaise (1966) Rollerball (1975) Battle Royale (2000) The Hunger Games (2012) Die Hard (1988) Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) The Detective (1968) Three Days of the Condor (1975) Terminator: Genisys (2015) Punishment Park (1971) Privilege (1967) Culloden (1964) The War Game (1966) Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948) Threads (1984) Logan’s Run (1976) Walkabout (1971) I Start Counting (1970) The Shuttered Room (1967) Looker (1981) Escape From New York (1981) Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) The Creator (2023) Prom Night (1980) Scanners (1981) Phantasm (1979) Brazil (1985) Blade Runner (1982) 1984 (1984) Robocop (1987) Total Recall (1990) Robodoc (2023) The Terminator (1984) Starship Troopers (1997) Delicatessen (1992) A History of Violence (2005) Super Vixens (1976) Doberman (1997) Demolition Man (1993) Idiocracy (2006) The Adventures of Ford Farlaine (1990) Heathers (1988) Death Race 2000 (1976) Series 7: The Contenders (2001) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! Our pals at Movies Unlimited The Hollywood Food Coalition Our Lee Daniels podcast episode This list is also available on Movies Unlimited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Karen Stetler shares some of her best experiences producing discs for The Criterion Collection with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Black Narcissus (1947) The Apple (1980) A History of Violence (2005) Raging Bull (1980) Dead Ringers (1988) Naked Lunch (1991) Scanners (1981) Crash (1996) The Brood (1979) Videodrome (1983) The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) Taxi Driver (1976) Citizen Kane (1941) King Kong (1933) The Red Shoes (1948) The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) Monty Python’s The Life of Brian (1979) Time Bandits (1981) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) The Fisher King (1991) The African Queen (1951) Dark of the Sun (1968) Sons and Lovers (1960) I Know Where I’m Going! (1945) Oliver Twist (1948) Major Barbara (1941) Brief Encounter (1945) The Poseidon Adventure (1972) Tunes of Glory (1960) The Horse’s Mouth (1958) *The Cloud-Capped Star (1960) *Cairo Station (1958) Dr. Strangelove (1964) Nashville (1975) *3 Women (1977) *McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) Don’t Look Now (1973) The Player (1992) Short Cuts (1993) *Matewan (1987) *Devil In A Blue Dress (1995) One False Move (1992) The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) Shaft (1971) Shaft (2000) The Terminator (1984) *Withnail & I (1987) How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989) *The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1965) *Downhill Racer (1968) The French Connection (1972) War of the Worlds (1953) The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1959) Avatar (2009) *The Prince of Tides (1991) *Funny Girl (1968) Yentil (1983) The Tales of Hoffman (1951) Birth of a Nation (1915) A Matter of Life and Death (1956) Mother (1996) *The Dead (1987) The Howling (1981) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! Our pals at Movies Unlimited The Hollywood Food Coalition Michael Powell Pia Zadora The Criterion Collection Menachem Golan Severin Films The Chicago International Film Festival Bosch TV series (2014-21) Tom Bernardo David Cronenberg A History of Violence graphic novel by John Wagner (1997) Janus Films Martin Scorsese Thelma Schoonmaker Sugar Ray Leonard Frank Warner Terry Gilliam Sid Sheinberg The Battle of Brazil book by Jack Mathews (1987) Kim Greist Hunter S. Thompson Ralph Steadman Johnny Depp Benicio del Toro Lynda Obst Richard LaGravense Robin Williams Our 2025 Halloween Jam episode Emeric Pressburger Marius Goring Moira Shearer Jack Cardiff Ian Christie The Cannes Film Festival ITV The Film Foundation Lauren Bacall TFH Guru Larry Karaszewski DH Lawrence Erwin Hillier Wendy Hiller Ronald Neame David Lean Alex Corda BAFTAAlec Guinness Video Archives Quentin TarantinoRitwik Ghatak Satyajit Ray Saeed Akhtar Mirza Kumar Shahani The Indiana National Film Archive Film and Television Institute of India Professor Joseph Fahmy Farid Shawqi Hind Rostom The Criterion Channel Playboy Magazine Alexander Payne Robert Altman Sissy Spacek Shelley Duvall Vilmos Zsigmond Keith Carradine Michael Murphy Rene Auberjonois Joan Tewkesbury Graham Clifford Ingmar Bergman TFH Guru John Sayles Chris Cooper Mary McDonnell David Strathairn Maggie Renzi Walter Mosley’s Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins novel series Attica Locke Carl Franklin Don Cheadle Billy Bob Thornton Denzel Washington Picket Fences TV series Woody Allen Bruce Robinson Peter Hannan Richard E. Grant Margaret Thatcher The Spy Who Came In From The Cold novel by John Le Carre Martin Ritt director Richard Burton Mikhail Gorbachev Robert Redford The Sundance Film Festival Joe Jay Jalbert Michael Ritchie Gene Hackman The Invisible Art: The Legends of Movie Matte Painting by Craig Barron and Mark Cotta Vaz (2004) Ben Bird The Star Wars film franchise Ray Harryhausen Barbra Streisand Elliott Gould Our RZA podcast episode The Wu-Tang Clan Wayne Wang Ang Lee TFH Guru Guillermo del Toro Albert Brooks John HustonThis list is also available on Movies Unlimited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere author Warren Zanes discusses the ten most important Bruce Springsteen songs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere writer/director Scott Cooper discusses a few of his favorite films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (2025) Crazy Heart (2009) The Last Picture Show (1971) Out of the Furnace (2013) The Deer Hunter (1978) Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) Tender Mercies (1983) Black Mass (2015) The Conversation (1974) Badlands (1973) Days of Heaven (1978) Hostiles (2017) Antlers (2021) Heat (1995) Thief (1981) Ferrari (2024) A Boy And His Dog (1975) Unforgiven (1992) A History of Violence (2005) Naked Lunch (1991) Spyder (2002) Gerry (2002) The Instigators (2024) Gone Baby Gone (2007) Se7en (1995) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! Our pals at Movies Unlimited The Hollywood Food Coalition Martin Scorsese Bruce Springsteen Deliver Me from Nowhere book by Warren Zanes (2023) Our Warren Zanes podcast episode Nebraska album by Bruce Springsteen (1982) Telluride Film Festival Stephen Graham “Born To Run” song by Bruce Springsteen (1975) "Dream Baby Dream" song by Suicide (1979), cover by Bruce Springsteen Somewhere North of Nashville album by Bruce Springsteen (2025) Nebraska ‘82: Expanded Edition album by Bruce Springsteen (2025) Jon Landau Born In The USA album by Bruce Springsteen (1984) “Darkness On The Edge Of Town” song by Bruce Springsteen (1978) Sam Cooke Al Teller Our David Krumholtz podcast episode “Mansion On The Hill” song by Bruce Springsteen (1982) “My Father’s House” song by Bruce Springsteen (1982) Columbia Records Al Teller Jean Renoir Peter Bogdanovich Jeff Bridges Christian Bale Casey Affleck Woody Harrelson Forest Whitaker Zoe Saldana Willem Dafoe Sam Sheppard Michael Cimino Clint Eastwood The American Cinematheque The DGA Building William Friedkin Mike Nichols Robert Duvall Johnny Depp Whitey Bulger Terrence Malick Guillermo del Toro “Badlands” song by Bruce Springsteen Sissy Spacek Charles Starkweather Caril Ann Fugate Michael Mann Miami Vice TV series (1984-89) Don Johnson James Caan Al Pacino Francis Ford Coppola Willie Nelson Merle Haggard The El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles Quentin Tarantino Ron Howard Vince Vaughn David Cronenberg Ed Harris Viggo Mortensen New Line Cinema Ralph Fiennes The Criterion Collection Maria Bello Darkness On The Edge Of Town album by Bruce Springsteen (1978) Our Casey Affleck podcast episode Matt Damon Gus Van Sant TFH Guru Dennis Lehane Ben Affleck Toby Emmerich Spike Lee Chuck D “Fight The Power” song by Public Enemy (1989) Petty: The Biography book by Warren Zanes (2015) This list is also available on Movies Unlimited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s Halloween 2025, and The Movies That Made Me is getting gruesome. Josh and Joe call in the ghosts of episodes past for a wicked roundtable of horror favorites—ranging from cult curiosities to midnight movie masterpieces. If you crave atmosphere, mayhem, and monsters, this year’s Halloween Jam is your cinematic séance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The discussion continues between The Movies That Made Me podcast hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante and Eddington writer/director Ari Aster. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Barry Lyndon (1976) Lolita (1962) Lolita (1997) Dr. Strangelove (1964) Defending Your Life (1991) Real Life (1979) Mother (1996) High Anxiety (1977) Silent Movie (1976) Blazing Saddles (1974) Elephant Man (1981) Robocop (1987) Flesh + Blood (1985) The Fourth Man (1983) Soldier of Orange (1977) Turkish Delight (1973) Starship Troopers (1997) Infested (2002) Basic Instinct (1992) Total Recall (1990) Showgirls (1995) Hollow Man (2000) Black Book (2006) Taxi Driver (1976) The Wild Bunch (1969) Straw Dogs (1974) Audition (1999) Ichi The Killer (2001) Gozu (2003) Devils On The Doorstep (2000) Twentynine Palms (2003) Zabriskie Point (1970) Looking For Mr Goodbar (1977) Fat Girl (2001) A Clockwork Orange (1971) Blue Velvet (1986) Walkabout (1971) Psycho (1960) Vertigo (1958) A History of Violence (2005) Full Metal Jacket (1987) Ivan’s Childhood (1962) Andrei Rublev (1966) Imitation of Life (1959) The Baby of Mâcon (1993) The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989) The Draughtsman’s Contract (1982) Written on the Wind (1956) There’s Always Tomorrow (1956) Mildred Pierce (1945) The Butcher Boy (1997) The Heart of the World (2000) Rumours (2024) Dimensions of Dialogue (1983) Daisies (1966) The Cremator (1969) Conspirators of Pleasure (1996) World of Glory (1991) Songs From The Second Floor (2000) A Swedish Love Story (1970) Playtime (1967) Billy’s Balloon (1998) World of Tomorrow (2015) Elephant (1989) Eddington (2025) Matinee (1993) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! Our pals at Movies Unlimited The Hollywood Food Coalition Marx Brothers Woody Allen Albert Brooks Stanley Kubrick Mel Brooks Coen BrothersBruce Jay Friedman James Mason Lolita novel by Vladimir Nabokov (1955) Adrian Lyne Peter Sellers Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- ) Carl Reiner David Lynch Paul Verhoeven Casper Van Dien Michael Douglas Takashi Miike Bruno Dumont Michelangelo Antonioni Vinegar Syndrome Diane Keaton Catherine Breillat Alfred Hitchcock David Cronenberg Pedro Almodovar Douglas Sirk Terrence Malick Roy Andersson Jacques Tati Spike Lee Nicolas Roeg The Criterion Collection Russ Meyer Daniel Clowes Steven Spielberg Brian De Palma Robert Altman Andrei Tarkovsky Peter Greenaway Rembrandt Sacha Vierny Dallas TV series (1978-91) Dynasty TV series (1981-89) Fred MacMurray Eamonn Owens Neil Jordan The Butcher Boy novel by Patrick McCabe (1992) Guy Maddin Evan Johnson Sergei Eisenstein The Toronto International Film Festival Our Caelum Vatnsdal podcast episode Jan Švankmajer The Far Side comic strip by Gary Larson (1979-1995) Don Hertzfeldt Alan Clarke This list is also available on Movies Unlimited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Writer, director, producer Ari Aster discusses a few of his favorite films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Eddington (2025) Midsommar (2019) Beau Is Afraid (2023) Heathers (1988) Batman Returns (1992) 3 Ninjas (1992) A Face In The Crowd (1957) Surf Ninjas (1993) Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) Babe: Pig In The City (1998) Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) Goodfellas (1990) Taxi Driver (1976) The Passion of the Christ (2004) The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) A History of Violence (2005) The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) Black Narcissus (1947) Peeping Tom (1960) Age of Consent (1969) Happiness (1998) The Piano Teacher (2001) Cul-de-sac (1966) The Servant (1963) Wake in Fright (1971) Four Lions (2010) Jam (2006) Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996) Abigail’s Party (1977) Grown-Ups (1980) Home Sweet Home (1982) Nuts in May (1976) Hard Labor (1973) Naked (1991) Secrets and Lies (1996) Vera Drake (2004) Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) Mr. Turner (2014) Topsy-Turvy (1999) Breaking The Waves (1996) Dogville (2003) Europa (1991) An Element of Crime (1984) Seventh Continent (1989) Benny’s Video (1992) 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994) Caché (2005) The White Ribbon (2009) Funny Games (1997) Funny Games (2007) Punishment Park (1971) Edvard Munch (1974) This Is Spinal Tap (1984) The War Game (1966) Threads (1984) Ghost World (2001) Crumb (1995) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! Our pals at Movies Unlimited The Hollywood Food Coalition The Chapo Traphouse Podcast Daniel Waters Tim Burton Batman Leslie Nielsen Rob Schneider Looney Tunes Tex Avary Harrison Ford Indiana Jones Martin Scorsese David Cronenberg Willem Dafoe The Criterion Collection Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger Harold Pinter Luis Buñuel Chris Morris Joseph Losey Blue Jam radio series (1997-99) Jam TV series (2000) Brass Eye (1997, 2001) The Chris Morris Music Show (1994) On the Hour radio show (1991-92) The Day Today radio show (1994) David Lynch Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- ) Mike Leigh BBC Michael Haneke Lars Von Trier The Kingdom TV series (1994, 1997, 2022) Dogme 95 Robert Bresson Peter Watkins Darius Khondji Our Daniel Clowes podcast Eightball comic by Daniel Clowes (1989-2003) Robert Crumb Zap Comix comic series (1968-2014) Terry Zwigoff Monica graphic novel by Daniel Clowes (2023) This list is also available on Movies Unlimited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Bone Lake director Mercedes Bryce Morgan discusses 10 movies that are horny and unsettling with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Bone Lake (2025) Jaws (1975) Ms. 45 (1981) Eyes Wide Shut (1999) Citizen Kane (1941) Titane (2021) Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) The Counselor (2014) Alien (1979) The Duellists (1977) Thelma and Louise (1991) Raw (2018) Crash (1996) Trash Humpers (2011) Kids (1995) Spring Breakers (2012) Society (1989) Crash (2005) 1984 (1984) Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) Crash! (1976) Checkered Flag or Crash (1977) Re-Animator (1985) The Substance (2024) The Handmaiden (2016) Oldboy (2003) Poor Things (2023) Bugonia (2025) Climax (2018) Baraka (1992) Samsara (2001) Irreversible (2002) Heathers (1988) House of Yes (1997) Mean Girls (2004) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) Showgirls (1995) Robocop (1987) Starship Troopers (1997) Flesh and Blood (1985) Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) The Doom Generation (1995) Independence Day (1996) Gremlins (1984) Abigail’s Party (1977) Revolutionary Road (2008) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! Our pals at Movies Unlimited The Hollywood Food Coalition Abel Ferrara Zoë Lund USC School of Cinematic Arts Stanley Kubrick Tom Cruise Nicole Kidman Warner Brothers Julia Ducournau Harmony Korine Twin Peaks TV series (1990-91, 2017) Roger Ebert’s review of Crash David Cronenberg Elvis Costello Crash novel by JG Ballard (1973) Charles Band Ray “Crash” Corrigan Brian Yuzna Park Chan-wook Florence Pugh The Little Drummer Girl miniseries (2018) Emma Stone Gaspar Noé ICM Partners Daniel Waters Mark Waters Parker Posey The House of Yes play by Wendy MacLeod (1990) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? play by Edward Albee (1962) The Titanic Paul Verhoeven The Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles Russ Meyer Valley of the Dolls novel by Jacqueline Susann (1966) Gregg Araki James Duval John Mahoney Frasier TV series (1993-2004) Mike Leigh This list is also available on Movies Unlimited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Comedian Anthony Jeselnik discusses a few of his favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Weapons (2025) Hereditary (2018) Alien (1979) *Jaws (1975) *Top Secret! (1984) Airplane! (1980) Top Gun (1986) Airport (1970) The Naked Gun (1988) Blue Lagoon (1980) Real Genius (1985) Tombstone (1993) *The Return of the Living Dead (1985) Night of the Living Dead (1968) 28 Days Later (2003) The Terminator (1984) *King of New York (1990) Pulp Fiction (1994) Bad Lieutenant (1992) Citizen Kane (1941) Touch of Evil (1958) Go Go Tales (2007) 4:44 Last Day On Earth (2011) *Cemetery Man (1983) *Knockin On Heaven’s Door (1997) Inglourious Basterds (2009) Blade Runner (1982) The Bucket List (2010) *Se7en (1995) Schindler’s List (1993) A History of Violence (2005) The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) *Braveheart (1995) Lethal Weapon (1987) Apocalypto (2006) *Comedian (2002) MacGruber (2010) *Martyrs (2008) *Inside (2007) Funny Games (1997) Saw (2008) Bambi (1941) The Coffee Table (2022) *Manchester by the Sea (2016) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! Our pals at Movies Unlimited The Hollywood Food Coalition Alien: Earth TV series (2025- ) The Hollywood Reporter Wondery Sigourney Weaver Roy Scheider Gilligan’s Island TV series (1964-67) John Williams Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker Val Kilmer Elvis Presley Police Squad TV series (1982) Cher Mr. Show With Bob And David TV series (1995-98) The Ben Stiller Show TV series (1992-93, 1995) Second City Television TV series (1976-81) Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- ) Danny Boyle William Stout Christopher Walken John Malkovich Abel Ferrara Laurence Fishburne Wesley Snipes Samuel L. Jackson Willem Dafoe Rupert Everett Til Schweiger Rutger Hauer Quentin Tarantino David Fincher Laurence Olivier Morgan Freeman Ernest Hemingway Tower Records Andrew Kevin Walker Kevin Spacey Steven Spielberg Mel Gibson Peter Jackson Jerry Seinfeld HBO Orny Adams The Comedy Cellar in New York Colin Quinn Jacques Cousteau Seinfeld TV series (1989-98) Miramax The A.V. Club Michael Haneke Kenneth Lonergan Zach Efron TFH Guru Mick Garris David Cronenberg This list is also available on Movies Unlimited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin discuss some of the films they watched while writing SPLITSVILLE with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode The Climb (2020) Splitsville (2025) Mission: Impossible (1996) The Seduction of Mimi (1972) Swept Away (1974) Swept Away (2002) Which Way Is Up? (1977) Pardon Mon Affaire (1976) The Woman in Red (1984) The Heartbreak Kid (1972) The Heartbreak Kid (2007) A New Leaf (1971) Looking For Mr. Goodbar (1977) The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953) Gremlins (1984) Ishtar (1987) Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978) Carnal Knowledge (1971) Divorce Italian Style (1961) Divorce American Style (1967) How To Kill Your Wife (1965) The Magnificent Cuckold (1964) The Pizza Triangle (1970) The 10th Victim (1965) The In-Laws (1979) Midnight Run (1988) Boccaccio ‘70 (1962) Stromboli (1950) Johnny Stecchino (1991) Men… (1985) Me And Him (1988) Chatterbox (1977) A Talking Cat!?! (2013) We Won’t Grow Old Together (1972) We All Love Each Other So Much (1974) Blazing Saddles (1974) Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975) Monty Python’s The Meaning Of Life (1983) Monty Python’s The Life Of Brian (1979) The Producers (1968) American History X (1997) The Mask (1994) - Kyle The Gold Rush (1925) - Mike City Lights (1931) Rush Hour 2 (2001) 80 For Brady (2023) Abigail’s Party (1977) Revolutionary Road (2008) Hellzapoppin (1941) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! Our pals at Movies Unlimited The Hollywood Food Coalition This list is also available on Movies Unlimited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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