Followed by
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1992) (TV)
Edited into
Visions of Light (1992)
References
Winchester '73 (1950)
- The use of Lawrence's service revolver as a plot device, passing from Lawrence to Tafas to Ali and finally back to Lawrence.
The Searchers (1956)
- Sherif Ali's entrance at the well recalls Ethan Edwards' famous entrance at the beginning of this film.
Referenced in
La carrière de Suzanne (1963)
- The main characters go to the movies to see this film.
Irma la Douce (1963)
Allos... gia to ekatommyrio! (1964)
- Aristeidis is dressed up like Lawrence
Moscow in Madrid (1965)
Pasternak (1965)
Major Dundee (1965)
- The execution of O.W. Hadley is based on the execution of Gasim by Lawrence, and Dundee's exile in Durango seems based Lawrence's in Daran (sic).
The Comedians (1967)
Nostra signora dei turchi (1968)
- Nostra signora dei turchi features the famous Maurice Jarre's theme from Lawrence of Arabia.
Ryan's Daughter (1970/I)
- The cut from the setting sun (before Doryan's death) to Charles striking a match is a sly homage to the famous "match cut" from Lean's earlier film.
"Monty Python's Flying Circus: Scott of the Antarctic (#2.10)" (1970)
- In the "Scott of the Sahara"-Trailer it says: "From the team that brought you 'Lawrence of Glenmorgan' and 'Bridge Over the River Trent'..."
The Steagle (1971)
Giù la testa (1971)
- John and Juan's conversation about revolutions around the campfire is similar to a conversation between Ali and Bentley in this movie, both discussions involving the meaning of revolution and its results.
The Last of Sheila (1973)
- dialogue
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
- When Aldo leads his gorillas down the hillside to attack the escaping mutants under Kolp, he cries out "No prisoners!" in the same fashion as does Lawrence when leading his attack on the retreating Turkish convoy.
"Sanford and Son: The Way to Lamont's Heart (#3.23)" (1974)
- Grady asks Judy whether she's ever seen this film.
The Wind and the Lion (1975)
- The Raisuli's departure scene before the final battle recalls Auda abu Tayi's departure from Wadi Rumm in the Lean film, and the Raisuli saying that he undertakes various actions (kidnapping Eden, returning her to the Americans, for instance) for "his pleasure", as does Auda.
Sholay (1975)
All the President's Men (1976)
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
"Alice: Florence of Arabia (#2.16)" (1978)
- title reference
"Saturday Night Live: Michael Palin/Eugene Record (#3.16)" (1978)
- Theme tune heard as Yasser Arafat takes to the stage
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Hollywood Knights (1980)
The Gong Show Movie (1980)
- The theme from Lawrence of Arabia plays before the desert musical finale as the helicopter lands and a turbaned man exits.
Burlesque (1980)
- This movie is mentioned by a character.
Roadgames (1981)
- Title mentioned.
"Danger Mouse: A Plague of Pyramids (#1.11)" (1981)
- Mentioned by DM
Charade (1984)
Tuareg - Il guerriero del deserto (1984)
Dune (1984)
Volunteers (1985)
- crowd chanting "Awrence!" instead of "Lawrence!" in both films
The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
"Hill Street Blues: Larry of Arabia (#6.17)" (1986)
- Title reference
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist (1987) (TV)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Buster (1988)
How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
"The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal (#1.1)" (1992)
- T. E. Lawrence makes an impresive entrance reminicent of this famous film
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Hercules Against the Moon Men (#5.10)" (1992)
- Crow mentions it.
The Princess and the Cobbler (1993)
- A few shots in the desert are homages to those in the film
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Eegah! (#6.6)" (1993)
- "Lawrence of Pasedena"
"Paul Merton: The Series: (#2.1)" (1993)
- Mentioned by Merton.
"The Critic: The Pilot (#1.1)" (1994)
- a poster of the film can be seen behind Valerie as she watches Jay's review
"The Simpsons: Homer and Apu (#5.13)" (1994)
- piece of Soundtrack played when Homer and Apu travel through desert
"The Critic: Eyes on the Prize (#1.6)" (1994)
- a poster for the film is seen in Jay's apartment
"SeaQuest DSV: The Last Lap at Luxury (#1.18)" (1994)
- Bridger mentions watching the film.
Doomsday Gun (1994) (TV)
- Explicit dialogue reference to the movie.
Stargate (1994)
Dumb & Dumber (1994)
The 67th Annual Academy Awards (1995) (TV)
The Heidi Chronicles (1995) (TV)
Nixon (1995)
'Doctor Zhivago': The Making of a Russian Epic (1995) (TV)
"The Nanny: The Heather Biblow Story (#4.24)" (1997)
- Val mistakes the movie's title as "Lawrence of Aruba".
Rough Riders (1997) (TV)
- Roosevelt's comedic salute to Wood similar to Lawrence's, and a character asking a journalist "Why don't you take a picture?" as they survey the aftermath of a battle occurs in both films.
'Red Dwarf' A-Z (1998) (TV)
- Poster seen in background during interview with James O'Brien
The Odd Couple II (1998)
- Oscar says he saw Omar Sharif on a camel.
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
"Frasier: How to Bury a Millionaire (#6.7)" (1998)
- Niles sees the movie in this episode.
Jack Frost (1998)
- Jack exclaims, "Leaping Lawrence of Arabia!"
The Mummy (1999)
- The music and cinematography of the scenes with the characters walking or riding through the desert.
The Book That Wrote Itself (1999)
- talked about in the movie
Return to the Arena: The Making of 'Rollerball' (2000) (V)
"Friends: The One Where Chandler Can't Cry (#6.14)" (2000)
- Phoebe's fan says he watched her in a porn movie called "Lawrence of a Labia"
Cecil B. DeMented (2000)
X-Men (2000)
The Cell (2000)
The Way of the Gun (2000)
- Drums throughout are very similar to Lawrence; Credits say Aqaba Productions
One of the Hollywood Ten (2000)
- Mentioned in the closing credits as one of the movies Michael Wilson went on to work in.
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001) (TV)
Spotlight on Location: The Mummy Returns (2001) (V)
- Mentioned by Stephen Sommers
"Just Shoot Me!: The Two Faces of Finch: Part 2 (#6.3)" (2001)
- Betsy buys Dennis "Lawrence of A-babe-ia".
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
The Four Feathers (2002)
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002)
800 balas (2002)
Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
- one of the sons said he would have worn a scarf over his head like LoA instead of underwear if he had it
Watching the Alien (2003) (V)
- mentioned once
The Big Empty (2003)
- 67 minutes into the film, Bob mentions the title character in dialog with John
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) (TV)
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy (2003) (V)
- mentioned once
The Last Samurai (2003)
Six: The Mark Unleashed (2004)
- Mentioned in dialogue as a "banned DVD."
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (2004) (VG)
- Title parodied in one of Bilzarbra's conversations.
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
- mentioned once
The Aviator (2004)
- The line "I like the desert. It's hot there in the desert, but it's clean.", is also spoken by T.E. Lawrence saying he likes the desert because "It's clean."
'Kingdom of Heaven': Interactive Production Grid (2005) (V)
- mentioned once
Comic Relief Does University Challenge (2005) (TV)
- Referenced by name
The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)
- One of the films on the list
"Jeopardy!: (#22.31)" (2005)
- correct response in "He Shoots, He Scores!" category
"American Dad!: Stan of Arabia: Part 1 (#1.12)" (2005)
- Entire episode features references including the title and use of the Lawrence of Arabia score
"American Dad!: Stan of Arabia: Part 2 (#1.13)" (2005)
- Entire episode features references including the title and use of the Lawrence of Arabia score
"Jeopardy!: (#22.69)" (2005)
- correct response in "My Favorite Films" category
"Voces: The Bronze Screen (#1.1)" (2006)
- Anthony Quinn is shown in a scene from this film.
The Alibi (2006)
- "Less of the warmed-over Lawrence of Arabia."
Ban the Sadist Videos! Part 2 (2006) (V)
- Poster is shown.
The Benchwarmers (2006)
- on shelf in video store
Five Fingers (2006)
- 'Martijn' tells 'Laurence' during the chess play about Lawrence of Arabia.
Bernard and Doris (2006)
- "I feel like Lawrence of Arabia."
A Good Year (2006)
- Talking to himself, Max quotes Lawrence's remark that he is attracted to the desert "because it's clean"
Miracles and Mystery: Creating 'The Green Mile' (2006) (V)
- mentioned once
Uranya (2006)
- Poster outside the cinema
"BBC Proms: Prom 2: Music from Great British Films (#1.7)" (2007)
- Playing Theme & showing clips
Stardust (2007)
- When taking a bath in the inn, Primus talk about his father, the king (interpreted by Peter O'Toole), riding a camel in his youth, this is a reference to Lawrence of Arabia
Journey to Land's End (2008)
- narrator mentions title character in one scene
Casting a Classic (2008) (V)
- Referenced during a discussion of the work of David Lean and Alec Guinness.
"The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-04-23)" (2008)
- Dennis Miller references this film during the 'Miller Time' segment.
Pontypool (2008)
- "Lawrence of Arabia cast" mentioned
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
- "Lawrence of a Labia" porn title mentioned
My Best Friend's Girl (2008)
- "Lawrence of a Labia" porn title
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
- Julian riding on the flamingo wearing an Arabic headdress
Sertoli, Sertoli, Sertoli (2009)
- 'Perkins' character name and the film's tag-line.
Dear Dad, Love Maria (2009)
- Uses the scene at the well where Lawrence meets Ali, to show the dichotomy and seperation between her and her father.
"Dirty Jobs: Camel Rancher (#5.14)" (2009)
- Title mentioned by camel rancher before the riding of the camels
"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: (#8.72)" (2009)
- Included in a $12,500 question
Florence of Arabia (2012)
- movie title
Featured in
David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean (1965)
- excerpt
The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980) (TV)
Precious Images (1986)
1992 MTV Movie Awards (1992) (TV)
- Clip shown during the opening montage
Lean by Jarre (1993) (TV)
100 Years at the Movies (1994) (TV)
A Century of Cinema (1994)
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
A Personal History of British Cinema by Stephen Frears (1997) (TV)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies (1998) (TV)
- This film is #5 on the list.
The Lady with the Torch (1999)
Lawrence of Arabia: A Conversation with Steven Spielberg (2000) (V)
- clips shown
The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia' (2000) (V)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001) (TV)
- This film is #23 on the list.
The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003) (TV)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003) (TV)
- T. E. Lawrence is #10 on the "Heroes" list.
The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia' (2003) (V)
The Ultimate Film (2004) (TV)
- number 85
The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005) (TV)
The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)
- Clips are shown
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
- clips
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies (2006) (TV)
- This film is #30 on the list.
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (2007) (TV)
- This film is #7 on the list.
The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) (TV)
- Featured in Best Picture montage.
AFI's 10 Top 10: America's 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres (2008) (TV)
- This film is #1 on the "Epic" list.
Religulous (2008)
- clip
"De wereld draait door: (#4.132)" (2009)
- A fragment is shown.
Spoofed in
Totò d'Arabia (1964)
How I Won the War (1967)
- The melody of "Lawrence of Arabia" is used in a satirical context (The troop marches through a desert).
Head (1968)
- The scene where Mickey is walking in the desert parodies Lawrence Of Arabia.
"Saturday Night Live: Richard Benjamin/Rickie Lee Jones (#4.16)" (1979)
- Spoofed in A Bird for All Seasons
Wrong Is Right (1982)
- In the first scene in which Hale is driving across the desert, the theme from "Lawrence" is on the soundtrack
Spaceballs (1987)
"The Simpsons: Homer's Night Out (#1.10)" (1990)
- The "Florence Of Arabia" strip club's name is a play on the film.
"The Simpsons: Bart the Daredevil (#2.8)" (1990)
- Bart's entrance at Springfield Gorge, and the music behind it is an homage to Lawerence Of Arabia.
A Wish for Wings That Work (1991) (TV)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
- When the bus breaks down the drag queens cross the desert in similar costumes and style as in Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
"The Critic: Sherman of Arabia (#2.7)" (1995)
- The "Jay lost in the desert" scene
"Rugrats: Carwash, The/Heatwave (#4.7)" (1997)
- The entire episode Heatwave is a parody of Lawrence of Arabia: the character of Sabu has a similar entrance to Sherif Ali, the babies trek across the "black tar playground" to reach water, Tommy rescuing Chuckie after he falls behind, and his being dubbed "al-Tommy" by Sabu.
"Big Train: (#2.6)" (2002)
- A sketch spoofs this movie.
"Robot Chicken: Help Me (#4.1)" (2008)
- As part of "Just the Good Parts"
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