Movie connections for
Three Kings (1999) More at IMDbPro »

References

Gunga Din (1939)
3 Godfathers (1948)
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
"The Simpsons" (1989)
 -  Bart Simpson doll tied to hood of Humvee due to "Baghdad Betty" urban legend saying that while American troops are away fighting Bart Simpson is sleeping with their wives.
"ER" (1994)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Six-String Samurai (1998)

Referenced in

Timecode (2000)
Training Day (2001)
Rock Star (2001)
 -  Mark Wahlberg plays a character with expertise of photocopiers.
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
X2 (2003)
The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)
 -  One of the films on the list
JCVD (2008)
 -  one of the employees references it but doesn't say the title
Battlefield: Bad Company (2008) (VG)
 -  The single player campaign is about soldiers stealing gold.
"Family Guy: Three Kings (#7.15)" (2009)
 -  Title Reference
"Jeopardy!: (#26.21)" (2009)
 -  Subject of a $2,000 clue in the category "War Films"

Features

La haine (1995)
 -  The character of Capt. Said can be seen watching the opening credits of this film.

Featured in

An Intimate Look Inside the Acting Process with Ice Cube (1999) (V)
 -  Was shot during the making of "Three Kings" and also features a few scenes from it
Under the Bunker: On the Set of 'Three Kings' (2000) (V)
 -  featured in documentary
The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)
 -  Clips are shown
Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People (2006) (V)
 -  Has clips
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008) (V)
 -  clips

Spoofed in

"South Park: Red Sleigh Down (#6.17)" (2002)
 -  The scene where Santa Claus is tortured is very similar to the torture scene in Three Kings. The Iraqi who tortures Santa is drawn to look like the Iraqi who tortured Mark Wahlberg's character and calls Santa "My Main Man."

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