The Movies That Made Us (Seasons 1–3)

The Movies That Made Us (2019) is an American documentary series you can watch online on iFILM. Each episode takes one beloved blockbuster — Home Alone, Dirty Dancing, Ghostbusters — and traces exactly how it got made, why it nearly didn't, and how it ended up owning the cultural conversation for decades.

The people who were actually in the room tell the story. Chris Columbus breaks down the budget fights on Home Alone, Macaulay Culkin and Joe Pesci talk about their work on set, Sean Cunningham explains how Friday the 13th launched an entire horror subgenre. Director Bryan Fogel Weiss shapes every episode like a mystery with a satisfying payoff: not just what happened but how, and against what odds.

Stream The Movies That Made Us online on iFILM — essential viewing for anyone who grew up with these films burned into memory.