The Movies That Made Me

The Movies That Made Me WILL RETURN

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 [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

TRAILER SHOW: Emilie Blichfeldt

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 [https://open.spotify.com/episode/7GGz529mYjGILmkUFS4b5F?si=Z40zec5sS8i6KmyNND1Z4w]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

THE UGLY STEPSISTER writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt

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 [https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5426003]!  The Hollywood  Food Coalition [https://hofoco.org/] The Academy Awards [https://www.oscars.org/node/1] Rolfe Thiele [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Thiele] Our Kleber Mendonça Filho podcast episode [https://open.spotify.com/episode/69hAGGxZyFvi0fE473wmfk] Our Josh Safdie podcast episode [https://player.fm/series/the-movies-that-made-me/marty-supreme-writerdirector-josh-safdie] Jean-Pierre Jeunet [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Jeunet] Marc Caro [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Caro] David Cronenberg [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cronenberg] Olivier Asayas [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Assayas] Gaspar Noé [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_No%C3%A9] Nicole Kidman [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Kidman] Lars von Trier [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_von_Trier] Stellan Skarsgaard [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellan_Skarsg%C3%A5rd] Ruben Östlund [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben_%C3%96stlund] Andrea Arnold [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Arnold] Lynne Ramsay [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynne_Ramsay] Claire Denis [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Denis] Catherine Breillat [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Breillat] Carl Theodor Dryer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Theodor_Dreyer] Jeff Goldblum [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Goldblum] Julia Ducournau [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Ducournau] The Cannes Film Festival [https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/] Walerian Borowczyk [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walerian_Borowczyk] Film Grab [https://film-grab.com/] Rod Steiger [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Steiger] Marlon Brando [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_Brando] Marie Antoinette [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Antoinette] Kylie Jenner [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylie_Jenner] Kim Kardashian [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Kardashian] Sean Price Williams [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Price_Williams] Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland] novel by Lewis Carroll [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Carroll] (1865) Talia Ryder [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talia_Ryder] Kim’s Video [https://drafthousefilms.com/kimsvideo] in New York Roman Polanski [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Polanski] Stanley Kubrick [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick] Sharon Tate [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Tate] Paul Verhoeven [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Verhoeven] Ridley Scott [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridley_Scott] Jane Campion [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Campion] Kathryn Bigelow [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Bigelow] Keanu Reeves [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keanu_Reeves] Patrick Swayze [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Swayze] Shudder [https://www.shudder.com/] Disney+ [https://www.disneyplus.com/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

TRAILER SHOW: Will Tracy

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 [https://open.spotify.com/episode/6heAd72JwdfSAwPgYlMYr3?si=PXqBmssGSu68cW5IASWOow]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

BUGONIA writer Will Tracy

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! 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 [https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5426003]!  The Hollywood Food Coalition [https://hofoco.org/] Phillip Kaufman [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kaufman] Beverly Garland [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Garland] Yorgos Lanthimos [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorgos_Lanthimos]  James Bond [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond] TFH Guru Illeana Douglas [https://trailersfromhell.com/gurus/douglas-illeana/] Stavros Halkias [https://www.stavvy.biz/] The Cum Town [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cum_Town] podcast Our Chapo Trap House podcast episode [https://moviesthatmademe.com/podcast/chapo-trap-house/] Matt Christman [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8956251/] Our Andrew Hickie podcast [https://moviesthatmademe.com/podcast/andrew-hickey-part-1/] episodes [https://moviesthatmademe.com/podcast/andrew-hickey-part-2/] A History of Rock in 500 Songs [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-history-of-rock-music-in-500-songs/id1437402802] podcast Daniel Waters [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Waters_(screenwriter)] Our Ari Aster podcast [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-movies-that-made-me-62773863/episode/eddington-writerdirector-ari-aster-part-2-300336525] episodes [https://podtail.com/en/podcast/the-movies-that-made-me/eddington-writer-director-ari-aster/] Our Brian Helgeland podcast episode [https://open.spotify.com/episode/6tA692vyaRgVzremfnZERd] George Marshall [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Marshall_(director)]  Fred MacMurray [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_MacMurray] Marjorie Main [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Main]  The Ma and Pa Kettle [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_and_Pa_Kettle] movies Bob Hope [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hope] Paulette Godard [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulette_Goddard] Pauline Kael [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Kael] Helen Walker [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Walker] Bonnie Parker [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde] Peter Whitney [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Whitney] The Rifleman [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rifleman] TV series (1958-63) Gene Wilder [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Wilder] Robert Ryan [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ryan] James Stewart [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stewart] Ralph Meeker [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Meeker]  Anthony Mann [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Mann] John Ford [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ford] William Cameron Menzies [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cameron_Menzies] Robert Bresson [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bresson]  TFH Guru Larry Cohen [https://trailersfromhell.com/gurus/cohen-larry/] M. Night Shyamalan [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Night_Shyamalan]  Jonathan Glazer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Glazer] Luis Buñuel [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Bu%C3%B1uel]  Lee Grant [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Grant] Joseph Strick [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Strick] John Carpenter [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carpenter] Dean Martin [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Martin] Hal Ashby [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Ashby] Robert Towne [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Towne] Jack Nicholson [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Nicholson] Randy Quaid [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Quaid] Dennis Quaid [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Quaid] Jesse Plemons [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Plemons] Aidan Delbis [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aidan_Delbis] Sandra Bernhardt [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Bernhard] Robert De Niro [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_De_Niro] Jerry Lewis [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lewis] Rob Reiner [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Reiner] Stephen King [https://stephenking.com/index.html] William Goldman [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Goldman] James Caan [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Caan] Kathy Bates [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Bates] Mike Flanagan [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Flanagan_(filmmaker)] Carla Gugino [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Gugino] Misery [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misery_(novel)] novel by Stephen King (1987) Gerald’s Game [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32692.Gerald_s_Game] novel by Stephen King (1992) Michael Haneke [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Haneke] Elmer Fudd [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Fudd] Jang Joon-hwan [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Joon-hwan]  Alfred Hitchcock [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock] Peter Lorre [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lorre] Orson Welles [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Welles] Ingmar Bergman [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingmar_Bergman] Woody Allen [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Allen] Charlie Chaplin [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin] Michelangelo Antonioni [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo_Antonioni] Cary Grant [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cary_Grant] Larry Peerce [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Peerce] Paul Thomas Anderson [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Thomas_Anderson] Larry McMurtry [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_McMurtry] Diana Ossana [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Ossana] Clint Eastwood [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Eastwood] Lauren Bacall [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Bacall] William Hurt [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hurt] This list is also available on Letterboxd. 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