Followed by
Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
References
Patton (1970)
The Terminator (1984)
Referenced in
The Dream Team (1989)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Hellcats (#3.9)" (1990)
- Crow: "Meanwhile, in Gordon Gekko's jet."
"The Simpsons: Homer vs. Lisa and the Eighth Commandment (#2.13)" (1991)
- Bart says "this is where Wall Street gets arrested".
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
- The line "I never got to see Wall Street!"
Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992) (V)
The Player (1992)
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
- As Topper and Benjamin Willard pass each other on the river, they both exclaim, "I loved you in 'Wall Street!'"
The Last Party (1993)
Prisoner of Zenda, Inc. (1996) (TV)
"NewsRadio: Zoso (#2.15)" (1996)
- Mr. James mentions that this is the saddest movie he ever saw
"NewsRadio: Rap (#3.12)" (1997)
- "Greed is good."
"Spin City: Wall Street (#3.24)" (1999)
- title reference
"HBO First Look: Full Contact: The Making of 'Any Given Sunday' (#6.10)" (1999)
Boiler Room (2000)
Good Advice (2001)
- When telling his broker to sell short, Charlie Sheen's character says "Trust me... I used to be good at this."
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (VG)
- A Gordon Gecko lookalike pedestrian says 'Greed is good'
25th Hour (2002)
- Monty makes a Gordon Gecko reference.
It Runs in the Family (2003)
"Futurama: Three Hundred Big Boys (#5.11)" (2003)
- Amy's tattoo sarcastically calls Kiff "Gordon Gecko."
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
- Miles's "Love is good" speech is started in the same style and tone as Gordon Gekko's "Greed is good" speech.
"Saturday Night Live: Megan Mullally/Clay Aiken (#29.11)" (2004)
- Mentioned by 'Sharon Stone'
Knuckle Sandwich (2004)
- mentioned in dialogue
"High Chaparall: (#3.3)" (2004)
- A poster can be seen
"The O.C.: The Rager (#2.19)" (2005)
- Reed: You're like a Doogie Howser meets Gordon Gekko.
The Deal (2005)
- Ca. 29 min into the film Abbey calls Tom "a kinder, gentler Gordon Gekko".
"Grattis världen: Dover-Calais (#1.7)" (2005)
- Mentioned by name
The DiCaprio Code (2006)
- George Lucas mentions this movie when talking about Michael Douglas
"Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Proud Flesh (#5.13)" (2006)
- One of the characters in the episode mentions the film (he shows it to his students)
Black Rain: The Script, the Cast (2006) (V)
- mentioned once
"The Sarah Silverman Program.: Not Without My Daughter (#1.4)" (2007)
- Heather does the 'Greed is good' speech
"Robson Arms: Pest Control (#2.6)" (2007)
- When Nick wants to get a suit for job interviews, Nick calls him Gordon Gekko.
"Chuck: Chuck Versus the Sandworm (#1.6)" (2007)
- the Buy More HR guy thinks Morgan is being Gordon Gekko for Halloween
"30 Rock: Ludachristmas (#2.9)" (2007)
- Kenneth has a flashback to his Wallstreet days compete with movieposter.
"The Office: Employee Transfer (#5.5)" (2008)
- On Halloween, Ryan dresses up as Gordon Gecko.
"Neues aus der Anstalt: Die Zeit drängt (#3.4)" (2009)
- Tobias Mann mentions Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg "looks like Michael Douglas in Wallstreet".
"De wereld draait door: (#4.157)" (2009)
- Kelder talks about this film.
"The Goode Family: Gerald's Way or the Highway (#1.12)" (2009)
- Dean asks Gerald if he has seen the movie
"Family Guy: Quagmire's Baby (#8.6)" (2009)
- Quagmire mentions the movie
"The Thick of It: (#3.5)" (2009)
- Stewart tells Phil that a policy is the "reverse-Gekko" before saying "greed is bad".
Features
"The Tracey Ullman Show" (1987)
- One of the Simpsons shorts can be seen on TV briefly.
Featured in
The 60th Annual Academy Awards (1988) (TV)
Oliver Stone: Inside Out (1992) (TV)
The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998) (TV)
Boiler Room (2000)
New York at the Movies (2002) (TV)
The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003) (TV)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003) (TV)
- Gordon Gekko is #24 on the "Villains" list.
The Beautiful Country (2004)
- The film plays at Binhs refuge in New York. Gordon Gekkos speach about greed... (Binh has no money at all, and is actually a victim to human traders greed)
"Retrosexual: The 80's" (2004)
... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2005) (TV)
- clips
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases (2005) (TV)
- The quote "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good." is #57 on the list.
"Getaway: (#15.41)" (2006)
- Some clips from this movie are shown when a story on movie locations in Central Park visits Sheep Meadow.
"20 to 1: 50 to 01: Great Movie One Liners (#4.10)" (2007)
- Some clips from this movie are shown in a segment on the line "Greed, for want of a better word, is good."
"20 to 1: Movie Saints and Sinners (#5.6)" (2007)
- Clips shown in a segment on Gordon Gekko.
"The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-06-26)" (2008)
- Clips of this film were shown during the 'Talking Points' segment.
"De wereld draait door: (#4.24)" (2008)
- A fragment is shown.
Spoofed in
"The Ben Stiller Show: With Sarah Jessica Parker (#1.6)" (1992)
- Spoofed in the "Oliver Stoneland" segment
Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game (1998) (VG)
- When visiting the town of Gecko, one of the ghouls will muse upon the nature of greed. He also introduces himself as "Gordon of Gekko" spoofing Micheal Douglas' character.
"Futurama: Future Stock (#4.9)" (2002)
- That Guy is based on Gordon Gecko, down to the way he dresses; his mentoring Fry parallels the plot of Wall Street.
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