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Edited into
"The Incredible Hulk: Never Give a Trucker an Even Break (#1.9)" (1978)
 -  Shots from Duel are used in the climactic battle between the Hulk and the Truck
References
The Pride and the Passion (1957)
Psycho (1960)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
 -  Title seen on cinema marquee in the very beginning of the film
Referenced in
Jaws (1975)
Autostop rosso sangue (1977)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Mad Max (1979)
1941 (1979)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
"Mahô no star magical Emi: Suteki powerful driver (#1.16)" (1985)
 -  Musashi mentions the film because they experience a similar situation.
Power (1986)
 -  Closely imitated in scene where Richard Gere's car is run off the road by a semi.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Hard Car - Desiderio sfrenato del piacere (1990)
Breakdown (1997/I)
The Matrix (1999)
 -  Where the semi crashes into the phone booth
"Red Dwarf: Only the Good... (#8.8)" (1999)
 -  Referenced by name
Blacktop (2000) (TV)
 -  Black truck / red car smashing on hills
Traffic (2000)
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
Joy Ride (2001/I)
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)
 -  referenced as part of the documentary
The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting (2003) (V)
A Collaboration of Spirits: Casting and Acting 'The Color Purple' (2003) (V)
Monster Man (2003)
 -  Images of the large truck rear-ending the small car
Torque (2004)
 -  bikers pass by the same car, chased by the same truck
Johnson Family Vacation (2004)
 -  Truck menace
After the Sunset (2004)
 -  The scene where the big truck "threatens" the car
Throttle (2005)
 -  The main character's name is Tom Weaver... same last name as Duel's main actor. A pickup truck in the garage has "GREBLIEPS PAINTING" written on it. Greblieps is Spielberg spelled backwards. Early in the movie we can see somebody who looks just like Dennis Weaver driving by in a red Valiant, the same car that Weaver drives in "Duel". The black car is very similar to Duel's truck (massive, black windows, you can't see the driver, etc.)
The Holiday (2006)
 -  DVD on Amanda's shelf
Featured in
The Making of Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws' (1995) (V)
The Making of '1941' (1996) (V)
 -  clip shown
'Duel': A Conversation with Director Steven Spielberg (2004) (V)
 -  clips shown
Richard Matheson: The Writing of 'Duel' (2004) (V)
 -  clips shown
Steven Spielberg and the Small Screen (2004) (V)
 -  clips shown
"Troldspejlet: (#32.11)" (2004)
 -  DVD release reviewed + footage used
Spielberg on Spielberg (2007) (TV)
 -  clips shown
The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2009) (TV)
 -  Clips shown during Steven Spielberg tribute.
Spoofed in
Speed Zone! (1989)
Wrongfully Accused (1998)
 -  Train chases Ryan in the same manner as the truck in "Duel"
Minimum Overdrive (2004)
 -  Same premise of a machine chasing a man, except this time it's a RC car

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