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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The Movies That Made Me podcast is an absolute gem for any movie lover. Hosted by Joe Dante and Josh Olson, the show features in-depth conversations with various guests from the film industry about the movies that influenced their work. With a wide range of guests, from directors to actors to writers, each episode offers unique insights into the creative process and the power of cinema.
One of the best aspects of this podcast is the wealth of film knowledge shared by both Joe Dante and Josh Olson. It's clear that they are true cinephiles who have a deep appreciation for film history. Their passion and enthusiasm for movies shines through in every episode, making it a joy to listen to. Additionally, their rapport with the guests creates a comfortable and engaging atmosphere that allows for insightful discussions.
Another great aspect of The Movies That Made Me is its focus on lesser-known or underappreciated films. The guests often discuss movies that may not be widely recognized but have had a profound impact on their personal and professional lives. This provides listeners with a treasure trove of recommendations and introduces them to hidden gems they may have otherwise missed.
However, one downside of the podcast is that some episodes can be hit or miss depending on the guest's embrace of the format. While most episodes are highly entertaining, there are instances where certain guests may not fully engage with discussing their favorite films. This can result in less captivating conversations or missed opportunities for deeper exploration.
In conclusion, The Movies That Made Me is an exceptional podcast that offers fascinating insights into the world of cinema. Joe Dante and Josh Olson create an enjoyable and informative listening experience through their vast knowledge, engaging discussions, and focus on underappreciated films. Whether you're a casual movie viewer or a dedicated film buff, this podcast is a must-listen for anyone interested in learning more about the movies that shape our lives.
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! The Hollywood Food Coalition Chuck Berry The Beatles Carl Theodor Dreyer Notes on the Cinematographer book by Robert Bresson (1975) Sculpting in Time book by Andrei Tarkovsky (1985) John Cassavettes Béla Tar David Lynch The Criterion Collection Dennis Hopper Monte Hellman Ry Cooder Akira Kurosawa Sergi López Kaneto Shindo Yasujirō Ozu Paul Schrader Oscar Isaac Transcendental Style in Cinema: Ozu, Bresson, Dryer book by Paul Schrader (2018) Artavazd Peleshyan Abbas Kiarostami Zohran Mamdani Mira Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
FALLOUT star Dallas Goldtooth takes hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through his favorite animated films. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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! 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 Gregg Toland 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) Eli Wallach 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 Richard Boone 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 Jeff Bridges Barry Brown David Huddleston Peter Bogdanovich Art Carney Lily Tomlin Sam Spade Brad Pitt Anthony Mann Juliette Lewis Geoffrey Lewis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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 (1963) Fail-Safe (1963) 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! The Hollywood Food Coalition Cassian Elwes Veronica Raedelli Sam Pressman Luigi Mangione Austin Kolodney Cary Elwes Stan Brakhage Béla Tarr 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 Lars von Trier Dogme 95 Focus Features Barry Diller Harris Savides Our Paprika Steen podcast episode Federico Fellini Anthony Quinn Richard Basehart Robert Altman Derek Jarman Stanley Kubrick John F. Kennedy Netflix Peter Brook The Tower East Theatre in New York Lord of the Flies novel Adam Sandler Ken Shapiro Chevy Chase Lane Sarasohn Tom Schiller The Smothers Brothers TFH Guru John Landis Al Pacino William Friedkin Bill Skarsgaard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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! 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 Dede Allen 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 John Ottman 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 Omar Sy The Hollywood Bowl Bernardo Bertolucci Maria Schneider Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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 Our Patreon! The Hollywood Food Coalition Francois Truffaut Wagner Moura Udo Kier The Lord of the Rings franchise Pedro Pascal Enzo Nunes Nicholas Roeg Ted Kotcheff 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 Sofia Coppola Clint Eastwood Geraldine Page Paul Thomas Anderson Robert Altman Elliott Gould Jack Davis Mad Magazine Mark Rydell Roman Polanski Adam Sandler The Cannes Film Festival Columbia Pictures Philip Seymour Hoffman Robert Elswitt Emily Watson John Carpenter Kim Richards Scream franchise Eduardo Coutinho João Pedro Teixeira Martin Scorsese The Vietnam War Bong Joon Ho Jerry Goldsmith Steven Spielberg Tobe Hooper Dick Miller Polly Holliday Phoebe Cates David Cronenberg Spike LeeThis list is also available on Movies Unlimited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER writer/director Kristen Stewart on this week's episode of the pod. Check out Kristen's conversation with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with TRAIN DREAMS writer/director Clint Bentley on this week's episode of the pod. Check out Clint's full conversation with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Movie star Kristen Stewart, who's making her directorial debut with THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER, unpacks the movies that made her with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Filmmaker Clint Bently discusses a few of his favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with writer/director Mary Bronstein Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mary Bronstein discusses a few of her favorite films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Featured trailers for films mentioned in the previous episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
DUST BUNNEY writer/director Bryan Fuller discusses his favorite gateway horror films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Featured trailers for movies discussed with Daniel Bessner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Author/Historian Daniel Bessner discusses his favorite dystopian films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Selected trailers for movies discussed with Edgar Wright. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Filmmaker / TFH Guru / Cinema Aficionado Edgar Wright returns to discuss a few of his favorite cinematic dystopian futures with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Karen Stetler shares some of her best experiences producing discs for The Criterion Collection with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere author Warren Zanes discusses the ten most important Bruce Springsteen songs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Writer/director Scott Cooper discusses a few of his favorite films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Writer, director, producer Ari Aster discusses a few of his favorite films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A few featured trailers for movies discussed with Mercedes Bryce Morgan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Director Mercedes Bryce Morgan discusses 10 movies that are horny and unsettling with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A few trailers for movies discussed with Anthony Jeselnik. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Comedian Anthony Jeselnik discusses a few of his favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin discuss some of the films they watched while writing SPLITSVILLE with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Trailers mentioned in the previous episode with Seth Worley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Writer, director, and VFX aficionado extraordinaire Seth Worley discusses ten movies that were always on TV when he was growing up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A few highlighted trailers for movies discussed by David Mackenzie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Director David Mackenzie discusses his favorite movies from his childhood with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Relay (2025) Hell Or High Water (2016) Starred Up (2013) 28 Years Later (2025) Sinners (2025) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) *My Fair Lady (1964) Dr. Doolittle (1967) *Don't Look Now (1973) The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) The Man Who Fell To Earth (1987) *The War Game (1965) Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948) *The 39 Steps (1935) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1936) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) North By Northwest (1959) The Lady Vanishes (1939) *Bande A Part a.k.a. Band of Outsiders (1964) Goodbye to Language (2014) *The Last Detail (1974) The Long Goodbye (1973) Point Blank (1967) *The Conversation (1974) Night Moves (1975) The Godfather (1972) The Godfather Part II (1974) *Klute (1971) The Parallax View (1974) Jaws (1975) *The French Connection (1971) F For Fake (1973) *Stranger Than Paradise (1984) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! Our pals at Movies Unlimited The Hollywood Food Coalition This list is also available on Movies Unlimited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A few select trailers for films discussed by director Benjamin Caron. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Director Benjamin Caron discusses his favorite movies that take place over the course of one day or night with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Featured trailers for the movies discussed in this week's Jordan Harper episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Novelist Jordan Harper discusses his favorite film adaptations with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Featured trailers for some of the movies discussed in this week's Jonathan Kaplan tribute episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're remembering the late great director (and Trailers From Hell Guru) Jonathan Kaplan (1947–2025) and re-running our chat with the director of Over The Edge, The Accused, and many more. Jonathan took us on a journey through some of his favorite movies. Movies Referenced In This Episode The Student Teachers (1973)Night Call Nurses (1972)White Line Fever (1975)Truck Turner (1974)Heart Like A Wheel (1983)The Accused (1988)Over The Edge (1979)Modern Times (1936)City Lights (1931)Manhattan (1979) Some Like It Hot (1959)The Apartment (1960)North By Northwest (1959) Moon Pilot (1962) Mr. Billion (1977)White Heat (1949)The Wizard of Oz (1939)The Three Musketeers (1973)The Four Musketeers (1974)Superman (1978)Superman II (1980)The Three Musketeers (1948)Shane (1953) The 400 Blows (1959)8 ½ (1963)Fellini Satyricon (1969)Richard (1972)Millhouse (1971)The Projectionist (1970)El Dorado (1966)The Shootist (1976)Woodstock (1970) Payback (1999)A Hard Day's Night (1964) The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)Billy Liar (1963)Ford Vs Ferrari (2019)The Wild Bunch (1969)The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)Bad Girls (1994)Masters of the Universe (1987)Giant (1956)The More The Merrier (1943) The Graduate (1967) The Victors (1963)…And Justice For All (1979)Citizen Kane (1941)An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997)The Day of the Dolphin (1973)The Call of the Wild (2020) The Lion King (1994)The Lion King (2019) The Revenant (2015)Lawrence of Arabia (1962)Dr. Strangelove (1964)Hollywood Boulevard (1976) Day For Night (1973)Being There (1979)Bound For Glory (1976)Second-Hand Hearts (1981)Requiem For A Heavyweight (1962)The Night of the Hunter (1955) The Godfather (1972)The Godfather Part II (1974)The Student Nurses (1970) Valley of the Dolls (1967) Charlie's Angels (2019)2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)Psycho (1960) The Oscar (1966) Barry Lyndon (1976) Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) Bird (1988)The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)American Sniper (2014) The Beguiled (1971)The Grapes of Wrath (1940) Fort Apache (1948)The Searchers (1956) Straight Time (1978)Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971)True Confessions (1981)Monster (2003)Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970) This list is also available on Letterboxd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Featured trailers discussed in James DeMonaco's episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Writer/director James DeMonaco discusses his top ten films that evoke the surreal, hallucinatory feel of dreams/nightmares, while not actually depicting dream/or nightmares with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode A History Of Violence (2005) The Home (2025) 52 Pick-Up (1986) The Purge (2013) The Purge: Anarchy (2014) The Purge: Election Year (2016) Staten Island (2009) This Is The Night (2021) Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) 3 Women (1977) Apocalypse Now (1979) Apocalypse Now Redux (2001) Jack (1996) The Godfather (1972) The Godfather Part II (1974) The Godfather Part III (1990) Dementia 13 (1963) Star Wars (1977) THX 1138 (1972) Blood Simple (1984) Megalopolis (2024) Mandy (2018) Beyond The Black Rainbow (2010) Nightmare Alley (2021) Blue Velvet (1986) Mulholland Drive (2001) The Accused (1988) The Swimmer (1968) Dune (1984) Dune (2021) Jodorowsky's Dune (2014) Crash (2005) *Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai (2000) Paterson (2016) Fellini's Roma (1972) Amarcord (1973) La Strada (1954) Nights of Cabiria (1957) 8 ½ (1963) Dirty Harry (1971) Gremlins (1984) Irreversible (2002) Antichrist (2009) Play It As It Lays (1972) Nashville (1975) Boom! (1968) Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) Punch Drunk Love (2002) The Long Goodbye (1973) Phantom Thread (2017) One Battle After Another (2025) Happy Gilmore (1995) Happy Gilmore 2 (2025) March of the Wooden Soldiers a.k.a. Babes in Toyland (1934) Beetlejuice (1988) Monkey Trouble (1994) Prizzi's Honor (1985) Vertigo (1958) Invaders From Mars (1953) The Woman in the Window (1944) Inception (2010) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Dreamscape (1984) What Dreams May Come (1998) The Truman Show (1998) Minority Report (2002) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! Our pals at Movies Unlimited The Hollywood Food Coalition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Writer/Director/TFH Guru Adam Rifkin returns to discuss cinematic remixes and mash-ups with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Featured trailers for some of the movies discussed in this week's episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Action star Scott Adkins RETURNS with director Ernesto Díaz Espinoza to discuss their favorite action scenes with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Featured Trailers from David Joseph Craig and Brian Crano. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Writer/Director duo David Joseph Craig & Brian Crano discuss their favorite films from the 90s with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Writer/Director Sean Byrne discusses a few of his favorite films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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