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The Movies That Made Us

  • 2019-2021
  • 3 seasons
  • Netflix
  • Documentary
  • TV-PG

These blockbusters brought us together and gave us the time of our lives. Meet the actors, directors and industry insiders who made them happen.

Season 3 Episode Guide

8 Episodes 2020 - 2021

Episode 1

Halloween

Tue, Oct 12, 2021 47 mins

It took a young team's blood, sweat and tears - and a triple-threat visionary - to make this bloodless yet scarily influential horror masterpiece.

Episode 2

Friday the 13th

Tue, Oct 12, 2021 46 mins

What began as a bald rip-off made a bloody splash as a splatter classic. Now the unlikely crew spills its guts about the highs, lows and gory effects.

The Movies That Made Us Season 3 Friday the 13th

Episode 3

A Nightmare On Elm Street

Tue, Oct 12, 2021 43 mins

With a studio on the line, an imaginative director in the pocket and an actorly demon in tow, this supernatural slasher hit raked in a surreal profit.

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Episode 4

Robocop

Tue, Oct 12, 2021 54 mins

A painfully tight suit and budget, a passionate European auteur and on-set tensions fueled this blockbuster take down of cutthroat corporate America.

Episode 5

Aliens

Tue, Oct 12, 2021 48 mins

A hard-driving director, stressed crew, great expectations - and a tiny budget - made for a difficult birth in the case of this mother of all sequels.

Episode 6

Coming to America

Tue, Oct 12, 2021 47 mins

The happily ever after? It's on screen. Behind the scenes, this litigious, loveless foray involved fisticuffs, Nostradamus - and iconic Black talent.

Episode 7

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Tue, Dec 1, 2020 45 mins

The unlikely holiday classic, and stop-motion first, comes to ghoulish life with persistent vision - and nimble work by a ragtag bunch of misfits.

The Movies That Made Us Season 3 The Nightmare Before Christmas

Episode 8

Elf

Tue, Dec 1, 2020 45 mins

Despite its gifted cast and wonderland of effects, this endearing Christmas comedy is sold short by the studio - till it scores big with moviegoers.

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