Referenced in
Casablanca (1942)
Scent-imental Romeo (1951)
The Great Escape (1963)
Annie Hall (1977)
Manhattan (1979)
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Down by Law (1986)
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- prison escape strategy
Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
Free Enterprise (1998)
Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film (1999) (V)
- referenced as one of the films Carl Koch worked on with Jean Renoir
Pourquoi pas moi? (1999)
- One character is trying to "escape" by climbing over a wall, and another one tells her to "run to Switzerland" (which Gabin and Dalio did at the end of La Grande Illusion)
Recording 'The Producers': A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks (2001) (TV)
- mentioned by Mel
Vanilla Sky (2001)
- In a scene at a party, a character says, "I hear the Grand Illusion is great if you watch it stoned."
The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)
- One of the films on the list
"Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Weeping Willow (#6.10)" (2006)
- A "Grand Illusion" poster hangs in Holden's apartment.
D-I-M, Deus in Machina (2007)
- This is the movie that the main character watches in the final scene
Un secret (2007)
- While speaking about WWI, the characters mention this movie.
Featured in
"Fejezetek a film történetéböl: A francia lírai realizmus (#1.6)" (1989)
Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge (1989)
Mistress (1992)
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II (1993) (TV)
- clip shown
Le cinéma passe à table (2005) (TV)
- Movie scene from this Movie can be seen here
The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)
- Clips are shown
Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (2007)
- The couple from Lelouch's segment watch this film at the cinema.
Spoofed in
Past Perfumance (1955)
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