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Directed by | Brian Volk-Weiss |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 16 |
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Running time | 45–52 minutes |
Production company | The Nacelle Company |
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Network | Netflix |
Release | November 29, 2019 – October 12, 2021 |
The Movies That Made Us is an American documentary streaming television series created by Brian Volk-Weiss, and a spin-off to The Toys That Made Us . The four episode debut season of the new series is dedicated to popular movies from the 1980s and 1990s, and tells the stories behind them. [1] [2]
No. overall | No. in season | Title/film | Original release date | |
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1 | 1 | Dirty Dancing | November 29, 2019 | |
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2 | 2 | Home Alone | November 29, 2019 | |
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3 | 3 | Ghostbusters | November 29, 2019 | |
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4 | 4 | Die Hard | November 29, 2019 | |
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No. overall | No. in season | Title/film | Original release date | |
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5 | 1 | Back to the Future | July 23, 2021 | |
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6 | 2 | Pretty Woman | July 23, 2021 | |
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7 | 3 | Jurassic Park | July 23, 2021 | |
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8 | 4 | Forrest Gump | July 23, 2021 | |
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9 | 1 | Halloween | October 12, 2021 | |
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10 | 2 | Friday the 13th | October 12, 2021 | |
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11 | 3 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | October 12, 2021 | |
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12 | 4 | RoboCop | October 12, 2021 | |
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13 | 5 | Aliens | October 12, 2021 | |
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14 | 6 | Coming to America | October 12, 2021 | |
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15 | 7 | The Nightmare Before Christmas [lower-alpha 1] | October 12, 2021 | |
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16 | 8 | Elf [lower-alpha 1] | October 12, 2021 | |
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