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A LOT of Seinfeld Movies
Names of Real Movies mentioned or parodied in Seinfeld. Some people say
they are referring to the novels. However, remember Jerry and George do not read books.
They go to movies. Jerry-("War and Peace" - never finished it) (Jerry: "I
read." Elaine: "Books, Jerry" - Jerry: "Oh") and
George-("Breakfast at Tiffany's", "Risk Management")
Updated, Feb. 11, 2003
Amadeus - Mozart died while writing the Requiem... [The Maestro]
The American President - Playing on the screen behind frantic George [The
Movie]
Apocalypse Now - ...the horror..[The Chicken Roaster(Peterman)][The
Stranded (Elaine)]...the smell of cardboard in the morning[The Boyfriend(standup)]
Animal Crackers - "I've swept me off my feet!" [The
Invitations]
Alaska - Poster in the theatre [The Little Kicks]
The Babe - Babe Ruth promises sick little Johnny a home run. But Johnny
asks for two. Babe says, okay, if it will make him well. (Kramer does not care if it will
make Bobby well - nice twist.)[The Wink]
Backdraft - Universal Studio tour[The Trip I]
Basic Instinct - Newman's interrogation of Jerry (Wayne Knight's
interrogation of Sharon Stone in the film) [The Package]
Beauty and the Beast - Elaine and Vincent [The Comeback]
Barcelona Movie poster in lobby[The Engagement]
The Betrayal - layarteB ehT - [The Betrayal]
Beaches - It was Beaches for god sake [The Understudy]
Beckett - The King getting rid of Beckett - Play Now getting rid of
George - The King and George both say 'well played'. [The Voice]
Breakfast At Tiffany's - George crashes video showing instead of the book
[The Couch]
The Blob - a relationship must be nurtured or it turns against you
like..[The Ex-Girlfriend]
Cape Fear - "J-E-RR-Y" and "H-E-LL-O" tattooed on
Uncle Leo's fingers ala Robert DeNiro. [The Bookstore]- Elaine says Cape Fear when George
is hiding from Dick [The Red Dot]
Carmen - Poster on wall in bar [The Van Buren Boys]
Casablanca - As Jerry and his "wife" break up and Courteney Cox
leaves his apartment Jerry says, similar to the departing scene in the film, "We'll
always have pancakes" (Paris) [The Wife]
Cinderfella - Jerry Lewis's cufflinks [The Strongbox]
Citizen Kane - Mr. Peterman's mother dies but utters "Bosco"
before passing on (like "Rosebud") [The Secret Code]
Cocoon II - Maureen Stapleton returns for Lo Mein [The Stake Out]
The Crying Game - George's own personal one when he saw Frank naked [The
Doorman]
Carnal Knowledge - D'ja ever see Candice Bergen in that? [The Trip I]
A Cry in the Dark - dingo ayte yeour bibie- [The Stranded]
Cynthia - poster on wall at the club- [The Fire]
Chapter Two - Niel Simon's plagiarized note [The Letter]
Cyrano de Bergerac - Newman feeding Kramer the lines to Pam in the
library [The Soul Mate]
Dark Victory - "I think I'll have a large order of Prognosis
Negative" (an important line said in the film by Bette Davis) "Prognosis
Negative" is used as a fake film in [The Dog] also Elaine says "Prognosis
Negative" in [The Junior Mint]
Dr. Zhivago - on cable [The Baby Shower]
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - (the 1941 version) the movie poster is visible
[The Gum]
The Day The Earth Stood Still - poster on the wall in the talent agency
[The Trip]
Death of a Salesman -Jerry calls George 'Biff' -Biff Loman [The
Boyfriend][The Subway][The Pez Dispenser][The Visa]
Deliverance - Jon was in a canoe in that one [The Mom and Pop Store]
Duck Soup
one spot, two spot, zig-zag-tear.
pop-die, pennygot, tennyum, tear.
harem, scare 'em, rip 'em, tear 'em,
tay-taw-toe. - [The Bookstore]
Dracula - poster on wall
of The Improv [The Fire]
Dead Man Walking - Jerry says, "My little walking man" - when
George says being engaged is like being on Death Row [The Caddilac???]
Dr. Cyclops - Kramer's mad scientist ideas about the 1984 Olympic tape
[The Gymnast]
The English Patient - Elaine found it boring [The English Patient]
Edward Scissorhands - Their favorite movie [The Barber]
The Elephant Man - Look away, I'm hideous [The Abstinence]; I am not an
animal [The Pick]; Team of psychiatrists [The Pitch]
EVE - Poster on theater wall while buying tickets [The Movie]
Extreme Measures - Poster at theater playing Cry, Cry Again [The Little
Kicks]
Fantastic Voyage - Jerry could get small and investigate teeth [The
Pothole]- Jerry had a copy with Raquel [The Summer of George]
A Far Off Place - on movie marquee Kramer was looking for a bathroom in
[The Pilot I]
Forget Paris - poster on wall at the theatre- [The Pool Guy]
The French Connection - You drove like Popeye Doyle [The Good Samaritan]
The Firm - postal interrogation by Wilford Brimley- [The Junk Mail]
Fists of Fury - Bruce Lee poster on dojo wall and Kramer refers to the
kids' little fists of fury [The Foundation]
Freaks - Mickey is surrounded by other people [The Stand In]
A Few Good Men - He can't handle the truth. [The Marine Biologist]
The First Power - poster at the theater... [The Movie]
The Fugitive - I'll make a hard target search of every drug store,
grocery store, convenience store in a 25 block radius. [The Sponge].
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - Clint Eastwood! [The Strike]
The Great Gatsby - George says their relationship will be Gatsby-like
[The Friar's Club]
The Graduate - Kramer is running to the church before George's conversion
[The Conversion]-'who are you Mrs. Robinson [The Hamptons] - Mrs. Hamilton's (like Mrs.
Robinson) advances to Jerry on autodial [The Millennium]
Ghostbusters - either Nine 1/2 Weeks or Ghostbusters according to George
[The Blood]
The Godfather - Fredo - [The Strongbox] - Jerry says look what they did
to my boy - Kramer says never go against the family Jerry [The Bris]
The Godfather II - in my HOME - [The Andrea Doria]
The Godfather III -"Just when I think I'm out, they pull me back
in". - [The Pick]
Goodfellas -Mike, the bookie, trapped in Jerry's trunk. - [The Susie]
Godzilla - Nikki could do whatever she wanted [The Calzone]
The Great Escape - when George places a dime on the floor then pretends
to see it - walks over and picks it up [The Glasses]
Havana -Elaine returns tape to Jerry with $35 fine [The Virgin]
High Noon -Elaine was blacklisted from Hop Sing's (Carl Foreman was
blacklisted for writing High Noon) The opponent returning to race on the street (like the
gunfighters returning for the showdown in the movie) - the children denouncing Kramer as a
communist (like the Hollywood stars that denounced their peers as communists and the towns
folk that would not aid the sheriff) - the entire communist thread (The McCarthy commision
witch hunts){well done parody of an allegory}[The Race]
Home Alone - George cries watching video [The Junior Mint]- Elaine says
"In Home Alone, they forgot." [The Parking Space]
Home Alone II George did not like it because he had not yet seen 'I' [The
Junior Mint]
The Hustler (1961) - "Slow down Eddie." [The Maestro] Mike's
broken thumbs [The Susie]- "I have a hunch Fat Man" while playing pool[The Doll]
I NEED MORE SEX - On Marquee of porno theater in stock shot at beginning
[The Stranded]
I Picari Movie poster visible in movie booth [The Engagement]
Indecent proposal - Elaine looked like Demi Moore in the big dress [The
Secretary]
It's A Wonderful Life - parody of the line when Jerry is asking for a
kiss at the end... Mary Oh Mary, Give us a kiss. ...[The Kiss Hello]
Independence Day - remember the book about toy ray guns...[The Wizard]
JFK - the magic loogy (Wayne Knight doing the same scene in both)[The
Boyfriend]
King Kong - poster on the talent agency wall [The Trip]- poster on wall
[The Van Buren Boys]
Krakatoa, East of Java - Kramer's fraudulent charity - Jerry says East of
Java [The Truth]
The Lion King - Jerry and Elaine singing Hakuna Matata [The Merv Griffin
Show]
Last of the Mohicans - "Stay Alive!...no matter what occurs, and I
will find you!" [The Maid]
Last Tango in Paris - George lied about seeing it - Too bad - It was
erotic [The Junk Mail]
Lassie - "What is it boy? Trouble? At the Old Mill?" (wasn't
Lassie a girl though?)
Little Big League - movie poster is visible at The Paragon. [The
Secretary]
The Long, Long Trailer - the movie poster is visible. [The Postponement]
Mad Max and the Thunderdome - George yells, "Thunderdome"
asking if this place is like that in the movie [The Dealership]
Mame - Poster on wall in bar [The Van Buren Boys]
Meet Me in St. Louis - Poster when in line for Plan Nine From
Outerspace[The Postponement]
Moby Dick - One eyed cop chasing Newman for parking tickets - [The
Scofflaw]
Macbeth (Polansky's 1971 version) - Elaine says, "Out damned heel.
Out, I say" [The Slicer]
Marathon Man - lady in the street [The Doorman]
Miracle on 34th Street - when Kramer is the Santa Clause and tries to
speak a foreign language [The Race]
Midnight Cowboy - bus ride [The Mom and Pop Store]
Midnight Express - Jerry can't get George out of Turkish Prison - no PLUS
system [The Secret Code]
My Cousin Vinny - The Marisa Tomei video tapes [The Cadillac I]
Nixon - driving off in the Cadillac [The Cadillac II]
Naked Gun - girl with Elmer Fudd laugh - [The Bubble Boy] + line
"What are YOU doing here." from smothering scene. [The Heart Attack]
The Net Frank watched it and got the idea to sell computers (see Speed)
[The Serenity Now]
Nine 1/2 Weeks - a sensual story of erotic love - mentioned by George
[The Blood]
A Night at the Opera - in the closet [The Pothole]
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest...electrodes in your head... [The Truth]
O Lucky Man! - the pigman in the hospital [The Bris]
The Omen - the kid was mischievous and rambunctious [The Nap]
Only You - Another Marisa Tomei video George rented [The Cadillac 1 or 2]
The Outlaw Josey Wales - a second Clint Eastwood [The Strike]
Pal Joey- Crazy Joe Devola asks Elaine if she has a pal Joey. [The Opera]
Patton - "Seinfeld, you magnificent bastard!" [The Millennium]
Phenomenon - George speaks Portuguese [The Abstinence]
Pet Semetary Where Fredo is buried [The Strongbox]
Plan 9 From Outer Space - make sarcastic remarks to strangers? [The
Chinese Restaurant] and [The Postponement]
Platoon - bad food [The Fatigues]
Pulp Fiction - Newman taking care of the "stumps" [The Muffin
Tops]
Prancer - poster when in line at theater [The Movie]
The Planet of the Apes - Dr. Zaius(sp?) [The Reverse Peephole]
Pride of the Yankees(1942)? Take a bite of the hat to prove you are a
Yankee team player - George has to take a bite of pie to prove he is team player at
McKenzie [The Postponement]
The Private Life of Henry VIII - playing at The Alex [The Gum]
Poseidon Adventure - the group finding their way out of the stadium(the
dialogue) [The Peurto Rican Parade]and the garage(the goldfish!)[The Parking Garage]
Rocky - "It was like Rocky I" - [The Marine Biologist]
Rocky III - Slow motion of faces yelling to stop the fight when Little
Jerry goes up against 'the ringer' - [The Little Jerry]
The Rainmaker (1958) - ...there's something in the air..."Who are
you? Burt Lancaster?" [The Finale]
Raiders of the Lost Arc - George's hat causes Jerry to call him Indiana
[The Parking Space]- Jerry on the Tonight Show May 14, 1998 after The Finale
Reservoir Dogs - The planning session in the restaurant [The Frogger]
Risky Business - Kramer was all a twitter for Connie [The Friar's Club]
Rosemary's Baby - the baby of George's hateful old girlfriend [The Baby
Shower]
A Room with a View - the last scene in Tuscany with Elaine and Maestro
looking out into the square [The Maestro]
Runaway Train - Trains, no cars here [The Mom and Pop Store]
Scent of a Woman - The Soup Nazi looks like Al Pacino [The Soup Nazi]
Schindler's List - the ring, I could have...[The Raincoats]
Seventh Seal - The mental chess game [The Nose Job]
Silkwood - the power of the shower head was nuclear [The Shower Head]
The Sound of Music - the song "How do you solve a problem like
Maria?" was to be the signal first...then... Lemon Tree [The Phone Message]
Spartacus - a rare archival print - [The Gum]
Speed - Frank says: girl on the bus was in The Net - [The Serenity Now]
A Streetcar Named Desire - STELLA... - [The Pen] - a mechanic's animal
sexuality like Stanley Kowalski [The Fusilli Jerry]
Striptease - Arnie yelled at Elaine to shut up [The Yada Yada]
Star Trek 3 - Jerry's favourite [The Foundation]
Star Trek 2 - Jerry's eulogy for Susan - Kramer's Katra - George
screaming "Khan!!!" [The Foundation] Elaine screaming "SUSIE!!!" [The
Susie]
Star Wars - Dustin Hoffman starred? [The Calzone] - Jerry dated Elaine a
long time ago in a galaxy far away [The Truth]
Sunset Blvd - The landlady: as Norma Desmond (in film) All right, Mr.
DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up... [The Trip] - Jerry: I'm still big. It's the bootlegs
that got small. [The Little Kicks]
Superman - The closing music and Jerry's look to the camera just like in
the film [The Race]
Shackles - Kramer taunts the Cable Guy - It's on HBO... [The Cadillac]
The Sting - The way George touches the side of his nose as the secret
signal [The Van Buren Boys]
Suddenly Last Summer - When the karate kids swarm around Kramer taking
revenge as he is climbing the ladder is a direct parallell to Sebastian in Venice where he
is being chased by the children. [The Foundation]
Taxi Driver - "You talking to me? [The Soup Nazi]; The young
prostiture, The Pimp, and the fear of NY streets [The Maid]; Buying the shower head - like
the gun [The Shower Head]
Terminator - Cheryl is called 'The Terminator' [The Visa]
Terminator 2 - Judgment Day (get it?)- Ping says - Hasta la vista, baby
[The Visa]
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo - Kramer watching at 3 a.m. [The Keys]
Thelma and Louise - Kramer and the car salesman push the envelop on the
gas tank [The Dealership]
Titanic - old lady lied [The Burning]
Ten Little Indians (renamed: And Then There Were None - for PC reasons) -
and then there were three...and then there were two [The Contest]
Three Days of the Condor - Newman says, "Here's how it's going to
happen. You may be walking...someone you trust..." [The Junk Mail]
Under Siege - Morty says, "Hey! Under Siege is on again. Who's up
for it?" -it is on TV in their room at the Plaza. [The Doodle]
Viva Zapata - Elaine could have watched it for catalogue ideas [The
Foundation]
War Games - George and Maura argue about turning the keys [The Strongbox]
Weekend at Bernie's 2 - Elaine announces he is dead [The Comeback]
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"If I wasn't in these
shackles..." and George says, "But you are, Blanche! You are in the
shackles!" - That's what Bette Davis says. [The Airport]
When Worlds Collide (1951) - George's two worlds Elaine and Susan [The
Pool Guy]
The Wizard of Oz - poster on wall in The Improv [The Fire]
Xanadu - Jerry exclaims 'Xanadu' when he sees George's luxurious
handicapped washroom [The Voice]
Year of the Comet Movie poster is visible [The Movie]
Zorba The Greek - Anthony would leave a note [The Good Samaritan]
City Slickers, The Secret Garden, The Princess Bride, Three of Hearts, Léolo,
...others not readable - Videos on Newman's table [The Bottle Deposit I]
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