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Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001) More at IMDbPro »

References

The Wizard of Oz (1939)
 -  Amélie is told that the name Bretodeau is pronounced, in part, like "Toto."
Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953)
 -  The marshmellow twister in Amelie refers to the problems Hulot (Jaques Tati) has with it in "Les Vacanses"
Rear Window (1954)
The Killing (1956)
Les quatre cents coups (1959)
Zazie dans le métro (1960)
L'eclisse (1962)
 -  The succession of kisses Amelie gives Nino at the end of the film mirrors the succession of kisses between Alain Delon and Monica Vitti in L'Eclisse.
Le mépris (1963)
 -  uses the theme music in a montage of Amelie's state of being
Bande à part (1964)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
L'amour en fuite (1979)
 -  In Amelie, the main character (Amelie) is entrigued by a shredded photograph she found near a photobooth, much like the main character in L'amour en fuite who falls in love with a woman whose shredded photograph he discovers inside a telephone booth.
The Shining (1980)
Delicatessen (1991)
Trois couleurs: Bleu (1993)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994)
The Lion King (1994)
 -  A character references a new satellite to be lauched with the remains of the dead, as it is with 'the great kings of the past' in the Lion King
Chung Hing sam lam (1994)
 -  In Chung Hing sam lam, Faye secretly breaks into the apartment of Cop 663, the man she is infatuated with, and gives everything a good makeover. Meanwhile, Amélie secretly breaks into the apartment of Mr. Collignon, the bullying owner of the neighborhood greengrocer, and wreaks havoc on everything as a practical joke.
La cité des enfants perdus (1995)
Mimi wo sumaseba (1995)
Duo luo tian shi (1995)
 -  Final scene on motorcycle
Titanic (1997)
The Mask of Zorro (1998)
Lola rennt (1998)
American Beauty (1999)
 -  Nino carries around a plastic bag and in the diner Joesph refers to him as 'the guy with the plastic bag.' Homage too Ricky Fitts in American Beauty.
Magnolia (1999)
Unbreakable (2000)

Referenced in

Chou jue deng chang (2001) (V)
 -  magazine cover on table
"Saturday Night Live: Jack Black/The Strokes (#27.11)" (2002)
 -  Referenced on Weekend Update
Halbe Treppe (2002)
 -  The motorcycling of the happy reunited couple in the end is a clear reference to the closing motorcycling scene in Amelie.
Ngo liu poh lut gau ching (2002)
 -  Poster of the film is seen in the film.
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Charlie's War (2003)
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
La grande séduction (2003)
29th Telluride Film Festival Aug. 30 - Sept. 2, 2002: Terry Gilliam Interviewed by Salman Rushdie (2003) (V)
Le divorce (2003)
The Year of the Rat (2003) (V)
 -  James Wong references the film in a discussion with Morgan and Shirley Walker
One Step Beyond: The Making of 'Alien: Resurrection' (2003) (V)
 -  Jean-Pierre Jeunet talked it about his other movie that he made after Alien: Resurrection
"Home Movies: Cho & Amy Lee (#4.10)" (2004)
 -  Jason mentions it in dialogue
Shnat Effes (2004)
 -  DVD cover shown in the video store
"Tatort: Verraten und verkauft (#1.573)" (2004)
 -  Daniela has a poster of this movie in her room.
"Nip/Tuck: Trudy Nye (#2.14)" (2004)
 -  in the videostore the clerk ask Christian if he want to rent "Amelie"
Un long dimanche de fiançailles (2004)
 -  The director claims that he ran out of ideas and added in a box that was a direct reference to Amelie, his previous film.
World of Warcraft (2004) (VG)
 -  In Dalaran you can find a character, whose name is Jean Pierre Poulin, a combination of Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Amélie Poulin.
Les poupées russes (2005)
 -  older man being guided over the street by the film's main character
All About Anna (2005) (V)
 -  Use of same Paris locations.
"Phénomania: La marche de l'empereur" (2005)
 -  Comparison between _La marche de l'empereur_ and _Amélie_
Paris, je t'aime (2006)
 -  The hairdo shown in segment "Porte de Choisy"
"EastEnders: (2006-05-23)" (2006)
 -  Sonia rents this film from the local video shop.
Jin tian de yu zen me yang? (2006)
 -  The cover of the DVD is shown in close-up in Rao Hui's DVD collection.
The Devil's Muse (2007)
 -  Themes
Monster (2008) (V)
 -  poster seen
Pulse 3 (2008) (V)
 -  mentioned in dialogue
Ghajini (2008)
 -  Scene where Kalpana helps the blind man is taken from Amelie.
Scent of a Cow (2009)
 -  Tribute to Amelie

Features

Oborona Tsaritsyna (1942)
Father of the Bride (1950)
Father's Little Dividend (1951)
 -  When Amélie makes a comment about people not looking at the road whilst driving in older films, it is during a scene from this film
Jules et Jim (1962)
 -  Two scenes when Amélie watches faces behind her at a movie theatre
Born for Hard Luck (1976)

Featured in

Celluloid Dreams (2002)
The 2002 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2002) (TV)
 -  clips
The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002) (TV)
 -  Scene of the movie for Best Foreign Language Film.
Home Movies (2002) (V)
 -  Clips from Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) is shown as a part of the short-documentary.
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
 -  is discussed

Spoofed in

Le fabuleux destin de Perrine Martin (2003)
 -  Main character tries to act the same as Amélie Poulain
My Big Fat Independent Movie (2005)
 -  Has a character who is a spoof of Amélie

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