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The Movies That Made Me

Filmmakers and entertainers discuss the movies that inspired them. Hosted by Oscar nominated screenwriter and TFH Guru Josh Olson and fearless leader himself, director Joe Dante. The Movies That Made Me is recorded live in Hollywood and engineered by film composer Don Barrett.

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Severin Films' David Gregory Apr 14, 2026

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Severin Films co-founder David Gregory joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to break down five of his favorite movies that Severin has released in special restorations, and five that he wishes Severin could, one day, release!

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Movies Referenced In This Episode

Frightmare (1974)

Satan’s Slave (1976)

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Supervixens (1975)

The Night God Screamed (1971)

Black Snake (1973)

The Seven Minutes (1971)

*The Nanny (1965)

Delicatessen (1991)

Amelie (2001)

The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)

Lust for a Vampire (1971)

Fear in the Night (1972)

Blood and Flesh: The Reel Life and Ghastly Death of Al Adamson (2019)

Enter the Clones of Bruce (2023)

Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol (2026)

The System of Doctor Goudron a.k.a. The Lunatics (1913)

Figures de Cire (1914)

Piranha (1978)

Shivers (1975)

*Dracula vs Frankenstein (1971)

Satan’s Sadists (1969)

Five Bloody Graves (1969)

I Spit on Your Corpse (1974)

Blow-Out (1981)

The Howling (1981)

Satan’s Mistress (1982)

*Bloody Moon (1981)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Pieces (1982)

Hell of the Living Dead (1980)

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

El Topo (1970)

The Holy Mountain (1973)

Santa Sangre (1989)

Psycho (1960)

*Threads (1984)

The Bodyguard (1992)

L.A. Story (1981)

Dante’s Peak (1997)

Kess (1969)

The Day After (1983)

The War Game (1967)

The Full Monty (1997)

*Blood for Dracula a.k.a. Young Dracula (1974)

Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)

Bicycle Thief a.k.a. The Bicycle Thieves (1948)

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1964)

Taste of Fear (1961)

Diabolique (1955)

Brides of Dracula (1960)

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

Horror of Dracula (1958)

*Unhinged (1982)

Nightmare a.k.a. Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (1981)

*Exit the Dragon Enter the Tiger (1976)

The Tattoo Connection (1978)

Edge of Fury (1978)

Fist of Fury II (1977)

The Dragon Lives Again a.k.a. Deadly Hands of Kung Fu (1977)

Taxi Driver (1976)

Jaws (1975)

*The Last Shark a.k.a. The Great White (1981)

The Inglorious Bastards (1977)

Jaws II (1978)

They Call Me Bruce (1982)

Grizzly (1976)

Alien (1979)

Terminator (1984)

Shocking Dark a.k.a. Terminator II (1989)

Aliens (1986)

The Evil Dead (1981)

Cruel Jaws a.k.a. Jaws 5 (1995)

*I Don’t Want to Be Born (1975)

The Exorcist (1973)

Hands of the Ripper (1971)

Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)

Doberman (1997)

The Doberman Gang (1972)

The Most Assassinated Woman in the World (2018)

Les Vampires (1915)

L'ibis Bleu (1919)

The Devils (1971)

Hell on Earth: The Desecration and Resurrection of The Devils (2002)

Other Notable Items

The Hollywood Food Coalition

David McGillivray

Russ Meyer

Synapse Film

Mike Leigh

Peter Greenaway

Our Kier-la Janisse and Caelum Vatnsdal podcast episode

The Criterion Collection

Jimmy Sangster

Hammer Films

Ralph Bates

Virginia Wetherell

Joan Collins

Al Adamson

The Grand Guignol Theatre in France

The Cinéma français

BFI

Edgar Allan Poe

Jacques Tourneur

Maurice Tourneur

Barbara Steele

David Cronenberg

J. Carrol Naish

Schlock-O-Rama: The Films of Al Adamson book by David Konow (1998)

Vilmos Zsigmond

Ray Dennis Steckler

The Goldman Theatre in Philadelphia

Severin’s new show My Fleapit, My Palace

Blue Underground

Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesus Franco book by Stephen Thrower (2020)

Video nasties

Margaret Thatcher

Lucio Fulci

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Alan Klein

Claudio Argento

Dario Argento

The TLA in Philadelphia

Ken Loach

BBC

PBS

Udo Kier

Joe Dallesandro

Vittorio De Sica

Andy Warhol

Dark Winds TV series (2022- )

Scooby-Doo franchise

Peter Cushing

Vinegar Syndrome

Kino Lorber

The Nannynovel by Evelyn Piper (1964)

Pamela Franklin

William Dix

Warner Bros.

Bruce Lee

Bruceploitation

The Shaw Brothers

Golden Harvest Films

Elvis Presley

Laurel and Hardy

Emanuelle

James Bond

Quentin Tarantino

The New Beverly Cinema

The Zapruder film

Enzo G. Castellari

Universal Pictures

Film Ventures International

Edward L. Montoro

Vic Morrow

James Franciscus

American International Pictures

Donald Pleasence

Peter Medak

Radiance Films

Jeunet

Marc Caro

Monica Bellucci

Polygram Films

The Nuart Theatre

The Egyptian Theatre

Missing Movies organization

Paula Maxa

Louis Feuillade

Ken Russell

TFH Guru Guillermo del Toro

Mark Kermode

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FOR ALL MANKIND visual effects maestro Todd Sheridan Perry Apr 07, 2026

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Our podcast The Movies That Made Me returns from our post-Oscar hiatus with a brand-new guest! Visual effects supervisor and artist Todd Sheridan Perry breaks down the top 10 visual effects shots that made him with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

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Movies Referenced In This Episode

Infested (2002)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Star Wars (1977)

Tron (1982)

The Abyss (1989)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy (1909)

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)

Dead Alive (1992)

Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Number 17 (1932)

Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959)

Flesh Gordon (1974)

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

Jack The Giant Killer (1962)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

1941 (1979)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Piranha (1978)

Caveman (1981)

Battle Beyond The Stars (1980)

The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)

Independence Day (1996)

Seconds (1966)

Superman (1978)

Innerspace (1987)

The Gate (1987)

Bad Taste (1987)

Meet The Feebles (1989)

Forgotten Silver (1995)

The One and Only Ivan (2020)

The Call of the Wild (2020)

F1 (2025)

Tron: Ares (2025)

Heat (1995)

Other Notable Items

The Hollywood Food Coalition

Robert Wise

TFH Guru Roger Corman

For All Mankind TV series (2019)

Star City TV series (2026- )

I’m A Virgo TV series (2023)

Boots Riley

John Dykstra

J. Stuart Blackton

Georges Melies

James Whale

Peter Jackson

Alfred Hitchcock

The Dick Cavett Show TV series (1968-88)

Ray Harryhausen

David Allen

Jim Danforth

TFH Guru Rick Baker

Charles Band

Gregory Jein

John Carpenter

Doug Beswick

Jim Aupperle

Bill Hedge

Laine Liska

Star Trek franchise

Battlestar Galactica TV series (1978-79)

Dennis Muren

Joe Viskocil

Douglas Trumbell

Robert Abel

Mat Beck

Jerry Goldsmith

John Frankenheimer

Christopher Reeve

Margot Kidder

Weta Workshop

Randall William Cook

Halo TV series (2022-24)

Mickey Rooney

Judy Garland

James Cameron

Bryan Cranston

Darryl Zanuck

Jack Warner

Los Angeles International Airport

Robert De Niro

Michael Mann

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The Movies That Made Me WILL RETURN Mar 24, 2026

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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!

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TRAILER SHOW: Emilie Blichfeldt Mar 06, 2026

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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!

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THE UGLY STEPSISTER writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt Mar 03, 2026

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THE UGLY STEPSISTER writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt unwraps her favorite movies with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante!

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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

The Hollywood Food Coalition

The Academy Awards

Our Kleber Mendonça Filho podcast episode

Our Josh Safdie podcast episode

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

David Cronenberg

Stellan Skarsgaard

Catherine Breillat

Carl Theodor Dryer

Julia Ducournau

The Cannes Film Festival

Walerian Borowczyk

Marie Antoinette

Sean Price Williams

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland novel by Lewis Carroll (1865)

Kim’s Video in New York

Stanley Kubrick

Kathryn Bigelow

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TRAILER SHOW: Will Tracy Feb 27, 2026

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Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with BUGONIA writer Will Tracy on the latest episode of The Movies That Made Me!

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BUGONIA writer Will Tracy Feb 24, 2026

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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!

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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

The Hollywood Food Coalition

Phillip Kaufman

Beverly Garland

Yorgos Lanthimos

TFH Guru Illeana Douglas

Stavros Halkias

The Cum Town podcast

Our Chapo Trap House podcast episode

Our Andrew Hickie podcast episodes

A History of Rock in 500 Songs podcast

Our Ari Aster podcast episodes

Our Brian Helgeland podcast episode

George Marshall

The Ma and Pa Kettle movies

Paulette Godard

The Rifleman TV series (1958-63)

William Cameron Menzies

TFH Guru Larry Cohen

M. Night Shyamalan

Jonathan Glazer

Sandra Bernhardt

William Goldman

Miserynovel by Stephen King(1987)

Gerald’s Gamenovel by Stephen King (1992)

Alfred Hitchcock

Charlie Chaplin

Michelangelo Antonioni

Paul Thomas Anderson

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TRAILER SHOW: Josh Safdie Feb 20, 2026

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Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with MARTY SUPREME writer/director Josh Safdie on the latest episode of The Movies That Made Me!

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MARTY SUPREME writer/director Josh Safdie Feb 17, 2026

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MARTY SUPREME writer/director Josh Safdie unpacks his favorite movies with podcast hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

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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

The Hollywood Food Coalition

The battle of Jericho

Odessa A’zion

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Ronald Bronstein

Timothee Chalamet

Tyler, the Creator

Gwyneth Paltrow

David Cronenberg

A Nightmare on Elm Street series

The Cuban Missile Crisis

The Shiningnovel by Stephen King (1977)

Stanley Kubrick

TFH Guru Mick Garris

The Shining miniseries (1997)

Our Panos Cosmatos podcast episode

Johan Johansson

Gramaphone Records

Alfred Hitchcock

Scatman Crothers

Jean-Pierre Léaud

The History of Bones: A Memoir book by John Lurie (2021)

Matthew Broderick

Albert Lamorisse

The Fleischer Brothers

Harold Faltermeyer

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Oneohtrix Point Never

The New York Knicks

Sylvester Stallone

Welcome Back, Kotter TV series (1975-78)

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TRAILER SHOW: The McManus Brothers Feb 14, 2026

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Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with REDUX REDUX writers/directors Kevin and Matthew McManus on Friday's episode of The Movies That Made Me!

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