Movie connections for
Top Hat (1935)

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Referenced in

Golden Boy (1939)
The Band Wagon (1953)
 -  Opening shot of the film is a visual quote of opening shot of Top Hat.
Canciones para después de una guerra (1976)
Blue Money (1982) (TV)
 -  Tim Curry sings "Cheek to Cheek;" Curry and Debby Bishop arrive at a costume ball dressed as Fred & Ginger.
Tap (1989)
 -  a couple is called the "black Fred and Ginger"/in their act, they dance to the song "Cheek to Cheek"
"Agatha Christie: Poirot: The Adventure of the Cheap Flat (#2.7)" (1990)
 -  A poster for the film is displayed as Poirot and Hastings exit the theater.
The English Patient (1996)
Tregua, La (1997)
A Slight Case of Murder (1999) (TV)
Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
The Next Best Thing (2000)
Recording 'The Producers': A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks (2001) (TV)
 -  mentioned by Mel
The Dreamers (2003)
 -  It is mentioned by Matthew
"Angels in America" (2003)
 -  "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" plays as a man wearing a top hat dances
Kung fu (2004)
 -  A wall-sized poster.
Confetti (2006)
 -  the Hollywood Musical wedding couple say they are no Fred and Ginger but they dance to "Cheek to Cheek" (while wearing a top hat)
Gray Matters (2006)
 -  Gray and Sam (who are classic movie fans) dance to "Cheek to Cheek"

Featured in

Fred Astaire: Puttin' on His Top Hat (1980) (TV)
 -  clip
The American Film Institute Salute to Fred Astaire (1981) (TV)
 -  clip
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Precious Images (1986)
Hollywood The Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987)
 -  Scenes from this film are shown.
"Fejezetek a film történetéböl: Amerikai filmtípusok - A zenés film (#1.9)" (1989)
"Great Performances: The Fred Astaire Songbook (#19.4)" (1991)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) (TV)
The Celluloid Closet (1995)
Two Bits (1995)
The Race to Save 100 Years (1997)
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998) (TV)
The Green Mile (1999)
Billy Elliot (2000)
The Dreamers (2003)
 -  film clips are in the movie
The 100 Greatest Musicals (2003) (TV)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs (2004) (TV)
 -  Showing Top Songs
Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (2007)
 -  The couple from Lelouch's segment watch this film at the cinema.
Faut que ça danse! (2007)
 -  seen on a TV set

Spoofed in

Top Flat (1935)
Grand Slam Opera (1936)

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