Movie connections for
The Italian Job (2003) More at IMDbPro »

Followed by

The Brazilian Job (2011)

Remake of

The Italian Job (1969)

References

Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)
"Gilligan's Island" (1964)
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
 -  Similarities are first off the Donald Sutherland character, and in Kelly's Heroes he's always saying that you need to think positive, he says the same thing in The Italian Job. He's also going to steal gold in both movies. And finally, in both movies, when they're figuring out the value of the gold bars they count wrong first (in Kelly's heroes 1.6 million becomes 16 million and in The Italian Job 2.7 million becomes 27 million.)
"Miami Vice" (1984)
Spider-Man (2002)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
The Transporter (2002)
 -  Handsome Rob (played by Jason Statham) does similar driving stunts, and uses the car itself as a weapon in chases.
Die Another Day (2002)

Referenced in

Game Over: 'Resident Evil' Reanimated (2004) (V)
 -  This title is referenced.
"Top Gear: (2004-12-19)" (2004)
 -  The hosts discuss both italian job movies with eddie izzard
Super (2005)
 -  Climax (except with diamonds, not gold)
"Jeopardy!: (#22.82)" (2006)
 -  correct response in "Hacker Cinema" category
"Howard Stern on Demand: The Evaluators" (2006)
 -  they talk with Seth Green about being in the movie
"Psych: Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece (#1.3)" (2006)
 -  Shawn includes in his list of heist movies that Lassiter thinks the heist was like "that one where Donald Sutherland dies in the first ten minutes."
"The Simpsons: The Devil Wears Nada (#21.5)" (2009)
 -  In a fantasy sequence, Homer, Lenny, and Carl race through the power plant in Mini-Coopers.

Features

Alfie (1966)
 -  We see a glimpse of Michael Caine in that film on Steve´s widescreen TV when the gang is tracking him.

Featured in

"The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Duplicity/Knowing/I Love You, Man (#1.4)" (2009)
 -  Footage is shown for the skit: The Most Dramatic Typing Scenes

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