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Der Sieg des Glaubens (1933)
Edited into
Year of Siege (1962)
Wizards (1977)
 -  Footage from various newsreels, stock footage, and propaganda like "Triumph of the Will" are used by the character Blackwolf in "Wizards" to scare the magical people with technology.
Captive Minds: Hypnosis and Beyond (1983)
 -  Scenes from that movie edited into the ending of this one.
Die Macht der Bilder: Leni Riefenstahl (1993)
The Harvest of Sorrow (1998) (TV)
J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth (2003) (V)
Referenced in
The Great Dictator (1940)
 -  Visuals in final scene
Privilege (1967)
 -  Privilege has an extended sequence which is almost shot for shot from Triumph des Willens.
Sweet Movie (1974)
 -  The character of the Chastity Belt Lady exclaims: "We advocate simple triumph of the will."
The Day of the Locust (1975)
 -  Various aspects of the faith-healing service such as Big Sister working the crowd from center stage and the large neon crosses, plus the smashing of the store windows (some of which display Jewish names, such as "Ira's") during the riot.
Star Wars (1977)
Hitler - ein Film aus Deutschland (1977)
 -  Mentioned in dialogue.
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Inside the Third Reich (1982) (TV)
V (1983) (TV)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Husbands and Wives (1992)
 -  Rain compares the tone of Gabe's novel to that of the film
Die Macht der Bilder: Leni Riefenstahl (1993)
The Lion King (1994)
Fatherland (1994) (TV)
Die Nacht der Regisseure (1995)
Kontsert dlya krysy (1995)
Richard III (1995)
 -  The pre-coronation rally.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Invasion of the Neptune Men (#9.19)" (1997)
 -  Crow: And now enjoy music from Triumph of the Will.
Starship Troopers (1997)
Die 120 Tage von Bottrop (1997)
 -  a title appears reading "Triumph des Willens". After that we see a Leni Riefenstahl double shooting scenes for a new film
Pleasantville (1998)
Gladiator (2000)
Cats & Dogs (2001)
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' (2002) (V)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
The Powerpuff Girls (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
 -  Burgandy's arrival by helicopter at the start of the film is lifted from Adolph Hitler's arrival by plane at the begining of "Triumph."
Dreams and Desires: Family Ties (2006)
 -  Narrator fantasises about Riefenstahl's Nuremburg sequence
"The Office: Local Ad (#4.5)" (2007)
 -  Mentioned by Michael
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
 -  Shosanna is putting up the outdoor sign when Frederick Zoller takes an interest in her cinema, and their dialogue is 'a battle of wills'.
Featured in
The Lion Has Wings (1939)
 -  Scenes from "Triumph of the Will" are extracted and included in The Lion Has Wings (1939) so that they can be mockingly compared to life in Britain just before the war.
Divide and Conquer (1943)
The Nazis Strike (1943)
The Battle of Russia (1943)
War Comes to America (1945)
The Nazi Plan (1945)
Hitler Lives (1945)
 -  Uses clips from that film.
Autant en emporte l'histoire - La vie privée d'Hitler et d'Eva Braun (1949)
 -  Using footage of Göring, Hitler, and other personalities.
Nuit et brouillard (1955)
The Twisted Cross (1956) (TV)
Dusk (1962)
The Other World of Winston Churchill (1964) (TV)
Il giardino dei Finzi Contini (1970)
And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
"The World at War" (1973)
Grierson (1973)
Salon Kitty (1976)
 -  The film is featured prominently in two scenes. One is where the character Susan watches it passionatly in the movie theatre and the second time, when a nazi officer masturbates, while the film is prjected onto Susan's nude body.
Hitler - eine Karriere (1977)
Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? A History of Canadian Movies 1939-1953 (1979) (TV)
Sibiriada (1979)
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1981)
Hugh MacLennan: Portrait of a Writer (1982)
The Kid Who Couldn't Miss (1983)
Lulu in Berlin (1984)
 -  Title and scene are used.
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984)
Waffen SS: Hitler's Elite Fighting Force (1990) (V)
Heil Hitler! Confessions of a Hitler Youth (1991) (TV)
How the Nazis Came to Power (1991)
"Zomergasten: (#4.1)" (1991)
 -  A fragment of this film is shown in this episode
In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944 (1992) (TV)
"Zomergasten: (#5.5)" (1992)
 -  A fragment of this film is shown in this episode
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
Chaplin (1992)
 -  Charlie Chaplin shown watching and parodying Triumph of the Will in the film Chaplin.
Degenerate Art (1993) (TV)
D-Day, 6th June 1944: The Official Story (1994) (TV)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
The Last Days of World War II (1995) (TV)
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (1995) (TV)
"Zomergasten: (#8.1)" (1995)
 -  A fragment of this film is shown in this episode
"Zomergasten: (#8.5)" (1995)
 -  A fragment of this film is shown in this episode
Trinity and Beyond (1995) (V)
"Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood" (1995)
The Champagne Safari (1995)
Mother Night (1996)
The Empty Mirror (1996)
 -  Images during opening sequence and throughout the film, intercut with archive footage.
History of the World: China (1998) (TV)
In Our Own Hands (1998)
Nazis: The Occult Conspiracy (1998)
"The Century" (1999)
 -  Segment - "Evil Rising"
Shylock (1999)
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)
 -  features opening airplane sequence from this movie.
"Nuremberg" (2000)
Planet of the Apes (2001)
The Tramp and the Dictator (2002) (V)
The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002) (TV)
"Zomergasten: (#15.2)" (2002)
 -  A fragment of this documentary is shown in this episode
Inside Salon Kitty (2003) (V)
 -  Clips from this film are featured.
The Corporation (2003)
 -  When Michael Moore is explaining that IBM should be considered responsible for the Holocause shots from Triump of the Wills is used to show Hitler's rise to power.
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
 -  Clip included; editing analysed.
Murder-Set-Pieces (2004)
 -  The Photographer works out to a scene from Triumph of the Will.
Das Goebbels-Experiment (2005)
 -  Clip shown
"Cinemania: I anodos kai i ptosi tou Nazismou" (2008)
 -  footage from this film
Warner at War (2008) (TV)
 -  clip
Spoofed in
Catch-22 (1970)
Ice Age (2002)

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