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A list of 600 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), The Sound of Music (1965), The Wizard of Oz (1939) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). About this list: Family Guy is a TV show known for its humor based on references and cutaways.
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- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, a comedy set in the 1970s, features Will Ferrell as egotistical news anchor, Ron Burgundy.
- American Dad! In the realm of animated sitcoms, American Dad! stands out with its satirical take on family life, politics, and American culture. The series primarily revolves around the eccentric Smith family, consisting of CIA agent Stan Smith (voiced by Seth MacFarlane), his loving yet peculiar wife Francine (Wendy Schaal), their two teenage children Hayley (Rachael MacFarlane) and Steve (Scott Grimes), a sassy extraterrestrial named Roger (also voiced by Seth MacFarlane), and Klaus (Dee Bradley Baker), a talking goldfish with the brain of an East German athlete.
- Happy Gilmore. In Happy Gilmore, the title character, played by Adam Sandler, is a failed hockey player with an uncanny talent for golf. His powerful swing, honed from years of hockey playing, propels him into the professional golfing scene.
- Chappelle's Show. Chappelle's Show takes a magnifying glass to society with comedic brilliance, steering clear of the mundane. Dave Chappelle crafts sketches that peel back layers of culture and politics, holding a mirror to our shared humanity.
Many tie-in media based on the show have been released, including Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, a straight-to-DVD special released in 2005; Family Guy: Live in Vegas, a soundtrack-DVD combo released in 2005, featuring music from the show as well as music created by MacFarlane and Walter Murphy; a video game and pinball machine, released in ...
A selection of films highlighted on Family Guy. For films that are not Family Guy originals, there must be at least one strong visual reference, such as a showing of the film.
- Disney
- North by Northwest
- Stephen King
- Christian Bale
- Back to The Future
- Airplane
- Lord of The Rings
- The Music Man
- Animal House
- Rocky IV
Early in his career, MacFarlane freelanced as a writer for Disney, working on Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, among others. He put his experience to good use in the series 8 episode, "Road To The Multiverse". We join Stewie and Brian visiting a number of parallel universes, including a 21st century where Christianity has never existed and technology is...
Family Guy's triumphant return to Fox after the studio cancelled the show three years previously is chock-full of cultural references. With Peter desperate to spice up his marriage after Lois screams out George Clooney's name during the act of... you know, the couple embark on a second honeymoon. When repairing the car after Peter crashes it drains...
So, The Simpsons mined the rich resource that is the work of Stephen King first, with The Shinning. It wasn't until season 15 of Family Guythat they brought us "Three Kings", a reworking of a trio of the writer's best loved tales. When Lois complains he watches too much TV, Peter visits the library and picks up three books by the "greatest author o...
Not so much a movie reference as a movie business reference, "Ocean's Three and a Half" treats us to an extended cutaway featuring the now legendary meltdown by Christian Bale on the set of Terminator: Salvation. When director of photography Shane Hurlbut (who should've known better, to be honest) stepped into Bale's eye line during the filming of ...
Remember that time Brian rickrolled us all? It was one of many Family Guy references to Back to the Future. Throughout the show's run we learn, among other things, that Doc Brown is surprisingly racist when he desperately tries to warn Marty about his future daughter marrying a black guy. We have our eyes opened to a major plot hole when a mistrust...
While politics robbed us of Ronald Reagan's acting talents, at least he left us with his portrayal of George Gipp, the tragic Notre Dame halfback in Knute Rockne, All American. In the film, Gipp delivers a moving speech from his death bed, imploring Coach to inspire the team and, "win just one for the Gipper". Cut to 1980's Airplane, where straight...
Another series that's been plundered many times on the show, The Lord of the Ringswas never likely to escape unscathed. References to the sprawling epic fantasy have cropped up variously in sequences where Herbert (as Gandalf) defends Chris against an evil Balrog tree, Peter turns full Gollum as he becomes obsessed with one of Brian's old chew toys...
With Seth McFarlane sharing the same voice coaches who trained Barbra Streisand and Frank Sinatra, it's no surprise that extravagant musical parodies crop up regularly in the show. While many of the numbers stick with the original tunes and add Family Guy's own "unique" lyrics, in season 4's "Patriot Games", Peter choreographs a word-for-word rendi...
Brian The Bachelorbrings us the simple love story between a boy and his acne. When Chris develops an enormous talking pimple, who he names Doug, the malevolent carbuncle starts to lead the young man astray. Urging him to pull cruel pranks and commit acts of vandalism, Doug is soon controlling every aspect of Chris's life. While this doesn't go down...
We hate to state the obvious, but there is nothing in the world of cinema more magnificent and uplifting than a Rocky montage. We all know this, and so does Family Guy. Referencing the work of art that is the Rocky IVtraining sequence not once, but twice during its lifetime, the show has given us the "Hearts on Fire" backed scene in the swamps of D...
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Apr 20, 2024 · Here are the best ones to stream during the spookiest month. Arguably the single most iconic action/thriller of the 2000s, Taken helped establish Liam Neeson as an action star, something Family Guy has poked fun at a few times.
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He did voice in many animated films and TV series, such as "The Mask - The Animated Series" (1995), "The New Batman Adventures" (1997), "Pokemon" (1998), "Powerpuff Girls" (1998), "Voltron: The Third Dimension" (1998), "Family Guy", Lilo & Stitch (2002), as well as "Lilo & Stitch" TV series, "Codename Kids Next Door" (2002), Batman VS Dracula ...
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