Movie connections for
An American in Paris (1951)

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Edited into

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002) (TV)

References

The Play House (1921)
"Hopalong Cassidy" (1952)

Referenced in

A Star Is Born (1954)
1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (1955)
Mépris, Le (1963)
Charade (1963)
Demoiselles de Rochefort, Les (1967)
C'est pas moi, c'est lui (1980)
 -  Poster visible in Pierre's apartment
Boum 2, La (1982)
 -  Poster visible in the dance room where Vic has her lessons of modern dance.
Memories of Videodisc (1986) (V)
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989)
"Beverly Hills, 90210: Shooting Star/American in Paris (#3.5)" (1992)
 -  title reference
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Bride of the Monster (#5.23)" (1993)
 -  Joel: It's an American in Cleavland.
Forget Paris (1995)
Let It Be Me (1995)
 -  The scene in the perfume shoppe references to the classic Caron/Kelly musical, An America in Paris. In the parfume shoppe scene, Lisa (Caron's character) is working in the shoppe, Nicole Parfumeur, helping an older costumer purchase her scent. Jerry (Kelly's character) ended up helping her choose Louis De Muier (sp?) Night of Love.
Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Minsaara Kanavu (1997)
 -  Dance choreography and set design are heavily borrowed during one sequence.
An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)
As Good as It Gets (1997)
 -  In one scene, Greg Kinnear is listening to the music from An American in Paris. He even mentions the composer of that music-Gershwin.
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (1998) (TV)
Coeur au poing, Le (1998)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
In the Shadow of Hollywood (2000)
"Spin City: An American Deputy Mayor in Paris (#4.23)" (2000)
 -  title reference
Gaja Gamini (2000)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
The Majestic (2001)
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (2002) (V)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002) (TV)
"Sex and the City: An American Girl in Paris: Part Une (#6.19)" (2004)
 -  title reference
"Sex and the City: An American Girl in Paris: Part Deux (#6.20)" (2004)
 -  title reference
AFI's 100 Years, 100 'Movie Quotes': The Greatest Lines from American Film (2005) (TV)

Featured in

The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973) (TV)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
Iskanderija... lih? (1978)
 -  excerpt
That's Dancing! (1985)
 -  brief clips from ballet finale in opening credits
The American Film Institute Salute to Gene Kelly (1985) (TV)
Precious Images (1986)
"American Masters: George Gershwin Remembered" (1987)
 -  features two excerpts from this film
"Fejezetek a film történetéböl: Amerikai filmtípusok - A zenés film (#1.9)" (1989)
The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993) (TV)
100 Years at the Movies (1994) (TV)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Musicals Great Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit at MGM (1996) (TV)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (1998) (TV)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions (2002) (TV)
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (2002) (V)
The 100 Greatest Musicals (2003) (TV)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs (2004) (TV)
 -  Showing Top Songs
The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) (TV)
 -  Featured in Best Picture montage.

Spoofed in

The Band Wagon (1953)
 -  Cordova's pretentious stage show features women in costumes from the famous ballet in Minnelli's "An American in Paris"
The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield (1997) (VG)
 -  The film "An American in Toronto"

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