Movie connections for
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) More at IMDbPro »

References

Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Saikaku ichidai onna (1952)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Carnival of Souls (1962)
The Birds (1963)
Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro (1979)
"Urusei yatsura" (1981)
Urusei Yatsura 2: Byûtifuru dorîmâ (1984)
Die unendliche Geschichte (1984)
Brazil (1985)
Miyazawa Kenji - Ginga-tetsudo no yoru/Nokto de la galaksia fervojo de Miyazawa Kenji (1985)
Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (1986)
Luxo Jr. (1986)
Hotaru no haka (1988)
Tonari no Totoro (1988)
 -  The scene in which Chihiro looks up at the radish spirit in the elevator, he narrows his eyes at her and grunts, replicating the bus stop scene with Satsuki and Totoro.
Willow (1988)
"Ranma ½" (1989)
Majo no takkyûbin (1989)
Alien³ (1992)
Mononoke-hime (1997)
Xiao Qian (1997)
Kikujirô no natsu (1999)
Ghiblies: Episode 1 (2000) (V)
 -  The movie that's planned for a Summer 2001 release is this movie.

Referenced in

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Darkness Falls (2003)
Finding Nemo (2003)
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
 -  A subway train is the only way to go between worlds. Also, the moment when Haku stands up to that Ubaba lady, it looks JUST like NEO standing before the Deus Ex Machina in the machine city, just flopped. note how Ubaba is mostly a big head, and how she charges at Haku with hair swirling around Haku while he remains calm.
Samba in Mettmann (2004)
 -  poster in window of video-store
American Fame Pt. 1: Drowning River Phoenix (2004)
 -  On a theatre marquee featured prominently in one scene you can see the 4 titles I'm including in this submission.
Shnat Effes (2004)
 -  DVD cover shown in the video store
The 100 Greatest Cartoons (2005) (TV)
 -  Talked about
"Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Library (#2.10)" (2006)
 -  The back of Wan Shi Tong delibrately resembles Noh-Face.
Anime: Drawing a Revolution (2007) (TV)
 -  Images and clips shown during the Hayao Miyazaki segment

Featured in

The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003) (TV)
The Art of 'Spirited Away' (2003) (V)
"Troldspejlet: (#30.6)" (2003)
 -  reviewed + footage used
"Troldspejlet: (#31.13)" (2004)
 -  VHS/DVD release reviewed + footage used
The 100 Greatest Cartoons (2005) (TV)
 -  Clips are shown
Il caimano (2006)
 -  Bruno watches it with the kids

Spoofed in

Super Mario Sunshine (2002) (VG)
Mario & Luigi RPG (2003) (VG)
 -  After being fed the Chuckola Cola, Queen Bean throws up a little worm.

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