The Movies That Made Me
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- 1 hour 31 minutesMARTY SUPREME writer/director Josh Safdie
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 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
A Nightmare on Elm Street series
The Shining novel by Stephen King (1977)
TFH Guru Mick Garris
The Shining miniseries (1997)
Our Panos Cosmatos podcast episode
The History of Bones: A Memoir book by John Lurie (2021)
Welcome Back, Kotter TV series (1975-78)
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17 February 2026, 2:00 pm - 22 minutes 51 secondsTRAILER SHOW: The McManus Brothers
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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14 February 2026, 2:00 pm - 1 hour 7 minutesREDUX REDUX writers/directors The McManus Brothers
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!
Our Jim Cummings podcast episode
Our Jeremy Saulnier podcast episode
Our Macon Blair podcast episode
The Vista Theater in Los Angeles
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13 February 2026, 2:00 pm - 54 minutes 50 secondsSIRAT writer/director Óliver Laxe
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!
Notes on the Cinematographer book by Robert Bresson (1975)
Sculpting in Time book by Andrei Tarkovsky (1985)
Transcendental Style in Cinema: Ozu, Bresson, Dryer book by Paul Schrader (2018)
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10 February 2026, 8:00 am - 23 minutes 19 secondsTRAILER SHOW: Dallas Goldtooth
Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with FALLOUT star Dallas Goldtooth on this week’s episode of The Movies That Made Me!
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10 February 2026, 4:14 am - 25 minutes 17 secondsTRAILER SHOW: Walton Goggins
Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with FALLOUT star Walton Goggins on this week’s episode of The Movies That Made Me!
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7 February 2026, 3:00 pm - 1 hour 3 minutesFALLOUT star Dallas Goldtooh
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!
Reservation Dogs TV series (2021-23)
Our Sterlin Harjo podcast episode
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH novel by Robert C. O’Brien (1971)
Dragon’s Lair video game (1983)
Watchmen limited series (2019)
The American Cinematheque in Hollywood, CA
Vidiots in Los Angeles
The Chapo Trap House podcast
TFH Guru Kier-la Janisse
Maverick TV series (1957-62)
The Lone Ranger TV series (1949-57)
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6 February 2026, 2:00 pm - 1 hour 34 minutesFALLOUT star Walton Goggins
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!
Fallout TV series (2024- )
Jonathan Nolan
Graham Wagner
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
Lee Van Cleef
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
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
Peter Bogdanovich
Art Carney
Sam Spade
Brad Pitt
Anthony Mann
Juliette Lewis
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3 February 2026, 8:00 am - 1 hour 1 minuteDEAD MAN'S WIRE director Gus Van Sant
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!
Matt Damon
Casey Affleck
John Cassavettes
HBO
Diane Keaton
Woody Allen
David Lean
Carol Reed
The Screen Actors Guild
Sergio Leone
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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27 January 2026, 8:00 am - 1 hour 5 minutesTHE RIP writer/director Joe Carnahan
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!
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
Kerry Washington
James Cameron
Christopher Nolan
The Hollywood Bowl
Bernardo Bertolucci
Maria Schneider
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20 January 2026, 9:00 am - 28 minutes 39 secondsTRAILER SHOW: Kleber Mendonça Filho
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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