Remembering Jonathan Kaplan

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.

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