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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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REDUX REDUX writers/directors The McManus Brothers Feb 13, 2026

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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!

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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

The Hollywood Food Coalition

Michaela McManus

Chris Sheffield

Our Jim Cummings podcast episode

John Cassavettes

Rotten Tomatoes

Universal Pictures

Our Jeremy Saulnier podcast episode

Our Macon Blair podcast episode

Christopher Nolan

Skywalker Ranch

The Vista Theater in Los Angeles

Francis Ford Coppola

David Cronenberg

The Hallmark Channel

Charles Bronson

Christina Hendricks

Terry O’Quinn

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SIRAT writer/director Óliver Laxe Feb 10, 2026

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Writer/director Óliver Laxe (SIRAT) chops it up with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to discuss the movies that made him!

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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

The Hollywood Food Coalition

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Notes on the Cinematographer book by Robert Bresson (1975)

Sculpting in Time book by Andrei Tarkovsky (1985)

John Cassavettes

The Criterion Collection

Transcendental Style in Cinema: Ozu, Bresson, Dryer book by Paul Schrader (2018)

Artavazd Peleshyan

Abbas Kiarostami

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TRAILER SHOW: Dallas Goldtooth Feb 10, 2026

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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.

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TRAILER SHOW: Walton Goggins Feb 07, 2026

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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.

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FALLOUT star Dallas Goldtooh Feb 06, 2026

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FALLOUT star Dallas Goldtooth takes hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through his favorite animated films.

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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

The Hollywood Food Coalition

Reservation Dogs TV series (2021-23)

Our Sterlin Harjo podcast episode

Darren Aronofsky

Heavy Metal Magazine

Walt Disney Pictures

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)

Tantoo Cardinal

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

The American Cinematheque in Hollywood, CA

Vidiots in Los Angeles

The Chapo Trap House podcast

TFH Guru Kier-la Janisse

MaverickTV series (1957-62)

Jay Silverheels

The Lone Ranger TV series (1949-57)

The Mohawk people

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FALLOUT star Walton Goggins Feb 03, 2026

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FALLOUT star Walton Goggins takes hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through his favorite westerns.

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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

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

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)

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

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

David Huddleston

Peter Bogdanovich

Art Carney

Sam Spade

Brad Pitt

Anthony Mann

Juliette Lewis

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DEAD MAN'S WIRE director Gus Van Sant Jan 27, 2026

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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!

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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

The Hollywood Food Coalition

Veronica Raedelli

Austin Kolodney

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

Focus Features

Barry Diller

Harris Savides

Our Paprika Steen podcast episode

Federico Fellini

Anthony Quinn

Richard Basehart

Robert Altman

Stanley Kubrick

John F. Kennedy

Netflix

The Tower East Theatre in New York

Lord of the Flies novel

Adam Sandler

Chevy Chase

Lane Sarasohn

Tom Schiller

The Smothers Brothers

TFH Guru John Landis

Al Pacino

William Friedkin

Bill Skarsgaard

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THE RIP writer/director Joe Carnahan Jan 20, 2026

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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.

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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

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

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

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

The Hollywood Bowl

Bernardo Bertolucci

Maria Schneider

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TRAILER SHOW: Kleber Mendonça Filho Jan 16, 2026

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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.

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THE SECRET AGENT writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho Jan 13, 2026

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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

The Hollywood Food Coalition

Francois Truffaut

Udo Kier

The Lord of the Rings franchise

Pedro Pascal

Nicholas Roeg

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

Clint Eastwood

Geraldine Page

Paul Thomas Anderson

Robert Altman

Elliott Gould

Mad Magazine

Mark Rydell

Roman Polanski

Adam Sandler

The Cannes Film Festival

Columbia Pictures

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Robert Elswitt

Emily Watson

John Carpenter

Scream franchise

Eduardo Coutinho

João Pedro Teixeira

Martin Scorsese

The Vietnam War

Jerry Goldsmith

Steven Spielberg

Tobe Hooper

Dick Miller

Phoebe Cates

David Cronenberg

Spike Lee

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