Movie connections for
Almost Famous (2000) More at IMDbPro »

References

The Apartment (1960)
"The Andy Griffith Show" (1960)
The Hustler (1961)
 -  Manager telling wife/girlfriend something that the audience can't hear - woman's suicide attempt follows
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
"Star Trek" (1966)
Dont Look Back (1967)
Baisers volés (1968)
Gimme Shelter (1970)
The Song Remains the Same (1976)
Rude Boy (1980)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Sid and Nancy (1986)
Say Anything... (1989)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

Referenced in

All Access: The Making of 'Almost Famous' (2000) (TV)
 -  documentary about the movie
"Saturday Night Live: Kate Hudson/Radiohead (#26.2)" (2000)
 -  Mentioned during the monologue
Little Nicky (2000)
Behind the Scenes: 'Almost Famous' - Postcards from the Road (2001) (V)
"Frontline: The Merchants of Cool (#19.5)" (2001)
 -  Billboard shown in segment "Under-the-Radar Marketing".
Vanilla Sky (2001)
Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen (2002) (TV)
Prelude to a Dream (2002) (V)
The Country Bears (2002)
Moonlight Mile (2002)
"Gilmore Girls: Happy Birthday, Baby (#3.18)" (2003)
 -  Jess rents the film to watch with Rory.
Cazuza - O Tempo Não Pára (2004)
 -  Groupies.
Elizabethtown (2005)
 -  An item in the "travel scrapbook" includes lyrics from a fictitious song, "The Road," by J. Bebe and R. Hammond. This is a reference to another Crowe film, Almost Famous. Jeff Bebe and Russell Hammond were members of Stillwater, the band William Miller toured with.
"Jeopardy!: (#22.45)" (2005)
 -  referenced in clue in "Movie Songs" category
Broke (2006)
 -  Character mistakes memory for a scene from "Almost Famous"
"Entourage: One Day in the Valley (#3.2)" (2006)
 -  Ari mentions Almost Famous, the house party scene is an omage to the film
Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 3: Baddest of the Bands (2008) (VG)
 -  Strong Sad's plan to be a snooty rock journalist and sell the rights to the story of his exploits to a snooty independent movie studio refers to this movie, which chronicles Cameron Crowe's work at Rolling Stone
Under the Influence (2008)
 -  Film is discussed
"Psych: High Top Fade Out (#4.7)" (2009)
 -  In a discussion about the musicians' "code," Shawn says, "Even Patrick Fugit knows that."
"Psych: Let's Get Hairy (#4.8)" (2009)
 -  Shawn wonders aloud whether "Polexia" was Anna Paquin's name in "Almost Famous."

Features

A Foreign Affair (1948)
"The Midnight Special" (1972)

Featured in

"HBO First Look: All Access: The Making of 'Almost Famous' (#7.15)" (2000)
 -  clips
The Beatles Revolution (2000) (TV)
Behind the Scenes: 'Almost Famous' - Postcards from the Road (2001) (V)
The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001) (TV)
Vanilla Sky (2001)

Spoofs

Airplane! (1980)
Girl, Interrupted (1999)

Spoofed in

Recess: School's Out (2001)
Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
 -  Person on house roof at party says shes a golden goddess and jumps into pool
Ned (2003)
 -  Lead charcters deflowering
The Rocker (2008)
 -  Fish gets on a roof above a swimming pool and says the line, "I'm a golden Fish"

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