The Movies That Made Me

Oscar-winning superstar director Ron Howard talks to his former New World Pictures colleague Joe Dante and co-host Josh Olson about the movies that made him and continue to impress him!

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Limit Up (1989)

Grand Theft Auto (1977)

Infested (2002)

The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (1963)

Hollywood Blvd. (1976)

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)

Citizen Kane (1941)

Rush (2013)

Curious George (2006)

*One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) - 24:00

Amadeus (1984)

American Graffiti (1974)

12 Angry Men (1957)

The Howling (1981)

The ’Burbs (1989)

*The Graduate (1967) - 31:49

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Romeo and Juliet (1968)

White Heat (1949)

The Searchers (1956)

*The Apartment (1960) - 39:26

Some Like It Hot (1959)

Sunset Blvd. (1950)

Night Shift (1982)

Splash (1984)

Parenthood (1989)

Silver Streak (1976)

Foul Play (1978)

Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

*As Good As It Gets (1997) - 44: 37

All The President’s Men (1976)

Three Days of the Condor (1975)

Network (1976)

*Schindler’s List (1993) - 49:00

Amistad (1997)

The Color Purple (1985)

Jurassic Park (1993)

Cape Fear (1991)

Apollo 13 (1995)

Frost/Nixon (2008)

*Dog Day Afternoon (1976) - 53:41

*Das Boot (1981) - 56:43

Eight Days A Week (2016)

A Hard Day’s Night (1964)

Unforgiven (1992)

*Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) - 63:05

It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)

It Happened One Night (1934)

*A Boy And His Dog (1975) - 70:22

David and Lisa (1962)

Mad Max (1979)

The Road Warrior (1981)

Backrooms (2026)

Obsession (2026)

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Our revamped Patreon! 

The Hollywood Food Coalition

Michael Curtiz

Ron and Clint Howard’s memoir The Boys (2021)

Rance Howard

Jean Speegle Howard 

The University of Oklahoma

Dennis Weaver

Gary Cooper

Bruce Dern

Harry Dean Stanton

Vincente Minnelli

The Andy Griffith Show TV series (1960-67)

Samuel Fuller

TFH Guru Allan Arkush

TFH Guru Roger Corman

New World Pictures

Our latest RZA podcast

Imagine Entertainment

Brian Grazer

Curious George TV series (2006-22)

Milos Forman

Danny DeVito

Christopher Lloyd

Kirk Douglas

Michael Douglas

Haskell Wexler

Jack Nicholson

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest novel by Ken Kesey (1962)

Gary Sinise

Death of a Salesman play by Arthur Miller (1949)

Nathan Lane

Lee J. Cobb

Henry Fonda

Mister Roberts play by Joshua Logan (1948)

John Ford

The ’Burbs TV series (2026- )

Mike Nichols

Robert Surtees

Franco Zeffirelli 

The Sopranos TV series (1999-2007)

Sidney Hickox 

Warner Bros. Pictures

French New Wave

Andy Griffith

The Cornell Theatre in Burbank, CA

Charles Martin Smith

Happy Days TV series (1974-84)

Penny Marshall

Billy Crystal

Lowell Ganz

Babaloo Mandel

Thomas L. Miller

Glenn Close

James L. Brooks

Cliff Robertson

Ned Beatty

Steven Spielberg

Michael Jordan

Peter Morgan

The Crown TV series (2016-23)

Tom Hanks

Making Movies memoir by Sidney Lumet (1995)

On Directing Film book by David Mamet (1991)

Bill Connor

Dog Day Afternoon play by Stephen Adly Guirgis (2026)

Wolfgang Peterson

Ringo Starr

Paul McCartney

Meryl Streep

Gene Hackman

Clint Eastwood

James Stewart

Frank Capra

Sam Rosen

John Carradine

D.W. Griffith

Don Knotts

Sheldon Leonard

The Beverly Hillbillies TV series (1962-71)

Petticoat Junction TV series (1963-70)

Anson Williams

Bobby Sherman

Linda Purl

L.Q. Jones 

John Cassavetes

Alvy Moore

George Miller

Harlan Ellison

Jason Robards

Robby the Robot

Don Johnson

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TASK creator Brad Ingelsby walks hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through the movies that have had the most sustained impact on him.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

52 Pickup (1986)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

A History of Violence (2005)

Boogie Nights (1997)

Hard Eight (1996)

One Battle After Another (2025)

Phantom Thread (2017)

There Will Be Blood (2007)

Breaking Away (1979)

Stand By Me (1986) 

Freaky Tales (2025)

Wild Tales (2014)

Half Nelson (2006)

Captain Marvel (2019)

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Mean Streets (1973)

Straight Time (1978)

The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)

Goodfellas (1990)

Deliverance (1973)

The 400 Blows (1959)

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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Mare of Easttown miniseries (2021)

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Mark Ruffalo

Fabien Frankel 

Emilia Jones

Alison Oliver

Kate Winslet

The Cannon Group, Inc.

Elmore Leonard

Roy Scheider

Ann-Margret

John Frankenheimer

John Glover

Viggo Mortensen

Maria Bello

Beef TV series (2023- )

Frank Rizzo

Attila the Hun

Paul Thomas Anderson

The Toronto International Film Festival

Alfred Molina

John C. Reilly

Phillip Seymour Hoffman

William H. Macy

Don Cheadle

Heather Graham

The San Fernando Valley in Southern California

Pedro Pascal

Tom Hanks

Ryan Gosling

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck

Ang Lee

“Brokeback Mountain” short story by Annie Proulx (1997)

Heath Ledger

Michelle Williams

Anne Hathaway

Ernest Borgnine

Larry McMurtry 

Diana Ossana 

The Academy Awards

The BAFTAs

The WGA Awards

Quentin Tarantino

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia

“Backstreets” song by Bruce Springsteen (1975)

Mahershala Ali

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Marc Munden takes hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through the movies that inspired him while directing the new LORD OF THE FLIES miniseries.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Lord of the Flies (1963)

Lord of the Flies (1990)

If… (1968) - 12:04

Britannia Hospital (1982)

O Lucky Man! (1973)

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Walkabout (1973)

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

Monos (2019)

Under The Skin (2013)

Jackie (2016)

Johnny Mad Dog (2008)

The 400 Blows (1959)

Zero for Conduct (1933)

Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979)

Come and See (1985)

Apocalypse Now (1979)

The Tribe (2014)

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Netflix

House of Pies in Los Angeles

Jack Thorne

Lord of the Flies novel by William Golding (1954)

Peter Brook 

Richard Mosse 

Lindsay Anderson 

Malcolm McDowell

Francois Truffaut

Jean-Pierre Léaud  

Graham Crowden 

Peter Jeffrey 

Mona Washbourne

Stanley Kubrick

Nicholas Roeg

Jenny Agutter

Luke Roeg

John Barry

Peter Weir

Alejandro Landes

Mica Levi

Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire

Jean Vigo

Charlie Chaplin

Rome TV series (2005-07)

HBO

Elem Klimov

Francisco Goya

Aleksei Kravchenko

Olga Mironova

Roger Deakins

Heart of Darkness novella by Joseph Conrad (1899)

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SWARM co-creator/executive producer Janine Nabers runs hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through the movies that made her that probably couldn't be made today!

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Birth of a Nation (1915)

Dirty Harry (1971)

Bebe’s Kids (1992)

House Party (1990)

Fritz the Cat (1972)

A Goofy Movie (1995)

Speed Racer (2008)

Tropic Thunder (2008)

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993)

Do The Right Thing (1989)

He Got Game (1998)

Malcolm X (1992)

She’s Gotta Have It (1985)

School Daze (1988)

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Lolita (1962)

Lolita (1997)

Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)

Liberty Heights (1999)

The Piano Teacher (2001)

The Jerk (1979)

The Mask (1994)

Melania (2026)

Airport (1970)

Lemonade (2016)

Beyonce: Year of 4 (2011)

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987)

Jaws (1975)

Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)

I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)

Undercover Brother (2001)

Boyz N The Hood (1991)

Menace II Society (1993)

Scary Movie (2000)

Scary Movie (2026)

Perfect Blue (1997)

KPop Demon Hunters (2025)

The Rules of Attraction (2002)

Less Than Zero (1987)

Varsity Blues (1999)

American Psycho (2000)

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Richard Pryor

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Tevin Campbell

Marques Houston

The Wachowski Sisters

Robert Downey Jr.

Shonda Rhimes 

Bridgerton TV series (2020- )

Ben Stiller

Tom Cruise

Joel Silver

A24

Justin Theroux

Spike Lee

TFH Guru Ernest Dickerson

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Josh’s podcast Bronzeville

Laurence Fishburne

Walton Goggins

Rod Steiger

Sidney Poitier

Roots miniseries (1977)

OJ Simpson

Stanley Kubrick

Lolita novel by Vladimir Nabokov (1955)

Shelley Winters

Melanie Griffith

Dominique Swain

Woody Allen

James Mason

Peter Sellers

Adrian Lyne

Adrien Brody

Barry Levinson

Ben Foster

John Waters

David Simon

Michael Haneke

Steve Martin

Jim Carrey

Carl Reiner

Bob and Ray

Bernadette Peters

Carl Gottlieb

The Wayans Family

In Living Color TV series (1990-94)

Marlon Wayans

Roger Avary

The Shards novel by Brett Easton Ellis 2023)

Dawson’s Creek TV series (1998-2003)

James Van Der Beek

Pose TV series (2018-21)

What Would Diplo Do? TV series (2017)

Our Steven Canals podcast episode

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HOKUM writer/director Damian McCarthy breaks down the movies that had a massive impact on him growing up in the '80s and '90s with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Hokum (2026)

Gremlins (1984)

Oddity (2024)

The Thing (1982)

The Thing (2011)

Nightmare Alley (1947)

The Thing From Another World (1951)

The Frighteners (1996)

Back to the Future (1985)

Fright Night (1985)

Re-Animator (1985)

Bad Taste (1987)

Meet the Feebles (1989)

Dead Alive (1992)

Heavenly Creatures (1994)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn (1987)

Army of Darkness (1992)

Blood Simple (1984)

The Evil Dead (1983)

American Movie (1999)

Ringu (1998)

Ghost (1990)

Dirty Harry (1971)

The Ring (2002)

Fight Club (1999) - 32:50

The Matrix (1999)

The Truman Show (1998)

Office Space (1999)

Donnie Darko (2001)

Southland Tales (2001)

The Fall (2006)

Alone in the Dark (1982)

Jaws (1975)

Caveat (2020)

The Hidden (1987)

The Killing (1955)

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

Vampire’s Kiss (1987)

Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972)

Bad Lieutenant (1992)

Blue Ruin (2013)

The Toxic Avenger (2025)

I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017)

The Duellists (1977)

He Dies At The End (2010)

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John Carpenter

Tyrone Power

Peter Jackson

Michael J. Fox

Crispin Glover

Thomas F. Wilson

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Jake Busey

Jeffrey Combs

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring novel by J.R.R. Tolkien (1954)

Robert Shaye

Sam Raimi

The Coen Brothers

Bruce Campbell

Hideo Nakata

Patrick Swayze

Tony Goldwyn

Kevin Smith

Robert Rodriguez

Our Richard Kelly podcast episode

Tarsem Singh

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Seann William Scott

Moby

Dwight Schultz

The A-Team TV series (1983-87)

Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series (1987-94)

Donald Pleasence

Martin Landau

Jack Palance

Jack Sholder

Kyle MacLachlan 

Michael Nouri 

Stanley Kubrick

Werner Herzog

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