The RZA is BACK! He breaks down the 10 movies that inspired him while making his latest flick, One Spoon of Chocolate — in theaters this Friday! As a bonus, he and host Josh Olson cook up the perfect double feature pairing for each movie.
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
One Spoon of Chocolate (2026)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Waterloo (1970)
Yentil (1983)
The Cowboys (1970)
Walking Tall (1973)
Walking Tall Part 2 (1975)
A Real American Hero (1978)
Walking Tall (2003)
Billy Jack (1971)
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger (1978)
The Clones of Bruce Lee (1980)
The Creeping Flesh (1973)
Black Samurai (1976)
The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
The Spook Who Sat By The Door (1973)
Our Man Flint (1966)
Nothing But A Man (1964)
For A Few Dollars More (1966)
High Plains Drifter (1973)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Duck, You Sucker! (1971)
Take A Hard Ride (1975)
The Legend of N— Charlie (1972)
Boss (1974)
Bridges of Madison County (1995)
Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
Any Which Way You Can (1980)
Dirty Harry (1971)
The Enforcer (1976)
Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
Where Eagles Dare (1976)
Moonraker (1971)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Kelly’s Heroes (1970)
Christine (1983)
Killdozer (1974)
The Car (1977)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
Game of Death (1978)
Fury of the Dragon (1976)
Dr. Butcher Medical Deviant (1980)
Motel Hell (1980)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Halloween (1978)
Friday the 13th (1980)
The Evil Dead (1981/83)
The Thing (1982)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors (1987)
Mother’s Day (1980)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Hellraiser (1987)
Hellraiser II (1988)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Dawn of the Dead (1985)
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
Longlegs (2024)
Mandy (2018)
Abby (1974)
The Exorcist (1973)
First Blood (1982)
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Life Gamble (1979)
Ten Tigers from Kwangtung (1980)
The Five Deadly Venoms (1978)
Crippled Avengers a.k.a. Mortal Combat (1977)
The Soul of N— Charley (1973)
White Lightning (1973)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Normal (2026)
Convoy (1978)
Eden (2025)
Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
The Lost Boys (1987)
Near Dark (1987)
Other Notable Items
Our Patreon!
The Hollywood Food Coalition
Quentin Tarantino
“Rapture” song by Blondie (1981)
Some Girls album by The Rolling Stones (1978)
Mick Jagger
Keith Richards
“Miss You” song by The Rolling Stones (1978)
“Honky Tonk Women” song by The Rolling Stones (1969)
Billy Squier
“King Tim III” song by Fatback Band (1979)
“Rapper’s Delight” song by the Sugarhill Gang (1979)
Our Walton Goggins podcast episode
Rod Steiger
Martin Luther King Jr.
Josh’s Bronzeville podcast (2017-21)
Laurence Fishburne
Larenz Tate
Christopher Plummer
Orange is the New Black TV series (2013-19)
Michael Harney
The Wu-Tang Clan
Bruce Dern
The Smokehouse in Burbank
Roscoe Lee Browne
Shameik Moore
Harry Goodwins
James Lee Thomas
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
Phil Karlson
Walking Tall TV series (1981)
Buford Pusser
Tom Laughlin
Bruce Lee
Bruce Li
Our David Gregory podcast episode
Peter Cushing
Jim Kelly
Ivan Dixon
Hogan’s Heroes TV series (1965-71)
Bob Crane
Law and Order TV series (1990-2020, 2022- )
The Mary Tyler Moore Show TV series (1970-77)
Mary Tyler Moore
Dick Van Dyke
Lou Grant TV series (1977-82)
I Spy TV series (1965-68)
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. TV series (1964-68)
The Dick Van Dyke Show TV series (1961-66)
That’s My Mama TV series (1974-75)
Clifford Davis
Good Times TV series (1974-79)
Hill Street Blues TV series (1981-87)
Dennis Franz
Clint Eastwood
Spaghetti westerns
Sergio Leone
Sly Stone
Jim Brown
Lee Van Cleef
Fred Williamson
The Milgram Theatre in Philadelphia
Richard Burton
Marlon Brando
Don Rickles
Donald Sutherland
Stephen King
James Brolin
Clint Walker
John Saxon
Lalo Schifrin
Angela Mao
Bolo Yeung
Jackie Chan
Sammo Hung
RZA/Wu-Tang’s Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) album (1993)
Rudolph Valentino
Charlie Chaplin
Tekken video game franchise (1994- )
Street Fighter video game franchise (1987- )
Fist of the North Star franchise (1983- )
The Green Hornet TV series (1966-67)
Sonny Chiba
Vidiots
Venom Mob
Shaw Brothers Studio
Alexander Fu Sheng
Philip Kwok
Burt Reynolds
Joseph Sargent
Bob Odenkirk
Walter Matthau
Beyond Fest
Howard Hawks
Ron Howard
Cary Grant
Tom Hanks
Bill Paxton
Lance Henriksen
Kathryn Bigelow
Check out RZA's first The Movies That Made Me appearance here.
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