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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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TRAILER SHOW: Edgar Wright Nov 14, 2025

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Selected trailers for movies discussed with Edgar Wright.

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RUNNING MAN director Edgar Wright Returns! Nov 11, 2025

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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.

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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)

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Criterion Collection producer Karen Stetler Oct 28, 2025

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Karen Stetler shares some of her best experiences producing discs for The Criterion Collection with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

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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 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)

David Cronenberg

A History of Violencegraphic novel by John Wagner (1997)

Janus Films

Martin Scorsese

Thelma Schoonmaker

Sugar Ray Leonard

Terry Gilliam

Sid Sheinberg

The Battle of Brazil book by Jack Mathews (1987)

Hunter S. Thompson

Ralph Steadman

Johnny Depp

Benicio del Toro

Richard LaGravense

Robin Williams

Our 2025 Halloween Jam episode

Emeric Pressburger

The Cannes Film Festival

ITV

The Film Foundation

Lauren Bacall

TFH Guru Larry Karaszewski

DH Lawrence

David Lean

Alex Corda

BAFTAAlec Guinness

Video Archives

Quentin TarantinoRitwik Ghatak

Saeed Akhtar Mirza

The Indiana National Film Archive

Film and Television Institute of India

Professor Joseph Fahmy

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

David Strathairn

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

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

Ang Lee

TFH Guru Guillermo del Toro

Albert Brooks

John Huston
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Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere author WARREN ZANES Oct 24, 2025

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Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere author Warren Zanes discusses the ten most important Bruce Springsteen songs.

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Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere writer/director SCOTT COOPER Oct 21, 2025

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Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere writer/director Scott Cooper discusses a few of his favorite films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

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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 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

“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)

Born In The USA album by Bruce Springsteen (1984)

“Darkness On The Edge Of Town” song by Bruce Springsteen (1978)

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

Peter Bogdanovich

Woody Harrelson

Forest Whitaker

The American Cinematheque

The DGA Building

William Friedkin

Terrence Malick

Guillermo del Toro

“Badlands” song by Bruce Springsteen

Charles Starkweather

Caril Ann Fugate

Miami Vice TV series (1984-89)

Francis Ford Coppola

The El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles

Quentin Tarantino

David Cronenberg

Viggo Mortensen

New Line Cinema

The Criterion Collection

Darkness On The Edge Of Town album by Bruce Springsteen (1978)

Our Casey Affleck podcast episode

TFH Guru Dennis Lehane

“Fight The Power” song by Public Enemy (1989)

Petty: The Biography book by Warren Zanes (2015)

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The Movies That Made Me Halloween Jam 2025 Oct 17, 2025

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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.

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EDDINGTON writer/director Ari Aster - Part 2 Oct 14, 2025

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The discussion continues between The Movies That Made Me podcast hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante and Eddington writer/director Ari Aster.

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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)

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Our pals at Movies Unlimited

The Hollywood Food Coalition

Stanley Kubrick

Coen Brothers Bruce Jay Friedman

Lolitanovel by Vladimir Nabokov (1955)

Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- )

Casper Van Dien

Michael Douglas

Michelangelo Antonioni

Vinegar Syndrome

Catherine Breillat

Alfred Hitchcock

David Cronenberg

Pedro Almodovar

Terrence Malick

The Criterion Collection

Steven Spielberg

Andrei Tarkovsky

Peter Greenaway

DallasTV series (1978-91)

DynastyTV series (1981-89)

The Butcher Boy novel by Patrick McCabe (1992)

Sergei Eisenstein

The Toronto International Film Festival

Our Caelum Vatnsdal podcast episode

Jan Švankmajer

The Far Sidecomic strip by Gary Larson (1979-1995)

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EDDINGTON writer/director Ari Aster Oct 07, 2025

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Writer, director, producer Ari Aster discusses a few of his favorite films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

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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 pals at Movies Unlimited

The Hollywood Food Coalition

The Chapo Traphouse Podcast

Martin Scorsese

David Cronenberg

The Criterion Collection

Emeric Pressburger

Blue Jamradio series(1997-99)

Jam TV series (2000)

Brass Eye (1997, 2001)

The Chris Morris Music Show (1994)

On the Hourradio show (1991-92)

The Day Today radio show (1994)

Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- )

The KingdomTV series (1994, 1997, 2022)

Our Daniel Clowes podcast

Eightball comic by Daniel Clowes (1989-2003)

Zap Comix comic series (1968-2014)

Monicagraphic novel by Daniel Clowes (2023)

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TRAILER SHOW: Mercedes Bryce Morgan Oct 06, 2025

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A few featured trailers for movies discussed with Mercedes Bryce Morgan

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BONE LAKE director Mercedes Bryce Morgan Sep 30, 2025

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Bone Lake director Mercedes Bryce Morgan discusses 10 movies that are horny and unsettling with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

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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 pals at Movies Unlimited

The Hollywood Food Coalition

USC School of Cinematic Arts

Stanley Kubrick

Warner Brothers

Julia Ducournau

Twin PeaksTV series (1990-91, 2017)

Roger Ebert’s review of Crash

David Cronenberg

Crash novel by JG Ballard (1973)

Ray “Crash” Corrigan

The Little Drummer Girlminiseries (2018)

The House of Yes play by Wendy MacLeod (1990)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?play by Edward Albee (1962)

The Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles

Valley of the Dollsnovel by Jacqueline Susann (1966)

FrasierTV series (1993-2004)

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