Episodes

  • The Movies That Made Me WILL RETURN

    The Movies That Made Me WILL RETURN
    Mar 24 2026
    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
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    2 mins
  • TRAILER SHOW: Emilie Blichfeldt

    TRAILER SHOW: Emilie Blichfeldt
    Mar 6 2026
    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
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    20 mins
  • THE UGLY STEPSISTER writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt

    THE UGLY STEPSISTER writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt
    Mar 3 2026
    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
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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • TRAILER SHOW: Will Tracy

    TRAILER SHOW: Will Tracy
    Feb 27 2026
    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
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    31 mins
  • BUGONIA writer Will Tracy

    BUGONIA writer Will Tracy
    Feb 24 2026
    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, fittingly enough! 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
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • TRAILER SHOW: Josh Safdie

    TRAILER SHOW: Josh Safdie
    Feb 20 2026
    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
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    25 mins
  • MARTY SUPREME writer/director Josh Safdie

    MARTY SUPREME writer/director Josh Safdie
    Feb 17 2026
    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
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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • TRAILER SHOW: The McManus Brothers

    TRAILER SHOW: The McManus Brothers
    Feb 14 2026
    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
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    23 mins