Movie connections for
Red Dawn (1984) More at IMDbPro »

Remade as

Red Dawn (2010)

References

The Longest Day (1962)
 -  The radio code "John has a long mustache" appears in both films.
Patton (1970)
Star Wars (1977)
 -  C. Thomas Howell's character wears a STAR WARS baseball cap at the beginning of the movie.

Referenced in

Russkies (1987)
 -  one of the boys says that the russians attacked from cuba, "just like in red dawn"
Basil Poledouris: His Life and Music (1997) (V)
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
"Saturday Night Live: Britney Spears (#25.19)" (2000)
 -  Mentioned on Morning Latte
Extreme Days (2001)
"Scrubs: My Heavy Meddle (#1.16)" (2002)
 -  Elliot and Turk watch Red Dawn instead of working on a medical project.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (VG)
 -  On one of the talk radio stations, a guest talks about the Soviet Union invading and describes it exactly the same as Red Dawn.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)
 -  in a newspaper, "Red Canadian Dawn" is one of the top movies at the box office
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Cheri Oteri (2004) (TV)
 -  Mentioned on Morning Latte
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) (VG)
 -  In Ammu-Nation, the announcer of the Ammu-Nation commercials refers to the film as a documentary.
"American Dad!: With Friends Like Steve's (#1.22)" (2006)
 -  Stan refers to it saying "it's the best movie ever filmed".
Halo 3 (2007) (VG)
 -  (Spoiler alert) The memorial service at the end of the game is reminiscant to the Partisan Rock scene at the end of Red Dawn.
Trip & Sloan (2007)
 -  Sloan discussed the prevelence of Soviet culture during the 1980's.

Features

Aleksandr Nevskiy (1938)

Featured in

A Family Thing (1996)
 -  Ray and Earl are watching this movie in Ray's living room.
Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood (2004) (TV)
 -  featured in documentary
"I Love the 80's 3-D" (2005)
 -  They showed clips of it.
"The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Duplicity/Knowing/I Love You, Man (#1.4)" (2009)
 -  Footage is shown when referenced

Spoofed in

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (2001) (VG)
"South Park: Grey Dawn (#7.10)" (2003)
 -  title, many scenes in the episode spoof the movie red dawn
"Family Guy: Hell Comes to Quahog (#5.3)" (2006)
 -  Peter stars in a Broadway Musical version

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