True Romance came up with a genuine on-air endorsement 9 times across the episodes we processed. This page collects every one of those moments: who said it, what they said, and the exact point in the episode.
Tony Scott's True Romance keeps earning fresh praise decades after release, showing up 9 times across Andrew Huberman, Joe Rogan, and Lex Fridman. That's an unusually wide mix of hosts agreeing on a Tarantino-scripted crime film.
Each recommendation links to the exact clip where it was mentioned. We pulled the quotes directly from the transcripts rather than paraphrasing them.
“I love True Romance. Possibly the best, one of the best scripts ever written.” — Dan Houser 00:10:34
Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser on creating GTA and Red Dead Redemption, the craft of storytelling in games, and his new studio Absurdventures.
“I saw you on a podcast and you were talking about the movie, True Romance. I love that movie. Everyone should see that movie who's old enough.” — Andrew Huberman 02:12:30
A veteran divorce lawyer reframes prenups as an act of love, arguing the hard conversations they force are what make marriages last.
“that movie's good yeah that movie is good that is a great movie” — Joe Rogan 00:26:36
Ex-CIA officer Mike Baker joins Joe Rogan for a wide-ranging talk on geopolitics, DOGE, deep fakes, the JFK files, and a camel trek across Arabia.
“it's a really good movie so good so fucking good that eggplant speech was one of the greatest” — Joe Rogan 01:10:34
Joe Rogan and comedians Shane Gillis, Mark Normand and Ari Shaffir get progressively wasted in a chaotic, crude Protect Our Parks comedy hangout.
“that movie holds up by the way I just watched it again recently it's fucking great God True Romance” — Sam Morril 00:56:40
Comedian Sam Morril and Joe Rogan riff on stand-up, sports, mob movies, AI surveillance, and the comedy boom over drinks.
“like Romeo and Juliet romance... like True Romance you know that movie it's a really fucking good movie” — Lex Fridman 02:28:14
Sex researcher Aella tells Lex Fridman how a repressive homeschooling led to sex work and the world's largest fetish survey.
“did you see the movie true romance uh yes that's my second favorite movie okay that's probably my favorite movie” — guest 00:11:17
Sarma Melngailis tells Lex Fridman her side of the Bad Vegan story, framing the fraud and prison as the result of psychological capture by a manipulator.
“a true romance by the way great movie it is a great film it's truly a great film and even even brad pitt who makes a brief appearance” — Lex Fridman 02:17:00
The Secret Service's 'original internet godfather' recounts building the first organized cybercrime ring, his crimes, prison, and redemption.
“there is this song called you're so cool Hans Zimmer soundtrack to true romance it was a movie that made a big impression on me” — Gustav Soderstrom 00:01:33
Spotify's Gustav Soderstrom on how streaming reshaped music, the playlist machine-learning revolution, and the untapped future of podcasting.
