Back before Bryan Cranston was a New Mexico drug manufacturer, he was the father of a dysfunctional California family in Malcolm In The Middle. And this is a compilation of 47 movie references featured in the show, played side-by-side with the movie they reference, as compiled by filmmaker Zamir A. Hernandez. A full list with timestamps to take up a lot of space:
00:00 – Fight Club (1999)
00:04 – Risky Business (1983)
00:06 – Psycho (1960)
00:14 – The Shining (1980)
00:16 – Forrest Gump (1994)
00:18 -Say Anything (1989)
00:25 – Pet Sematary (1989)
00:33 – Charriots of Fire (1981)
00:39 – Men In Black (1997)
00:47 -The Matrix (1999)
00:50 – THX (1971)
00:54 – Gremlins (1984)
00:58 – Peanuts tv show (1950 – 2000)
01:00 – Godzilla (1954)
01:06 – Titanic (1997)
01:09 – A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
01:12 – Final Destination (2000)
01:21 – Aliens (1986)
01:24 – Classic Kung fu movies
01:27 – The Karate Kid (1984)
01:30 – The Shining (Book)
01:32 – The Lone Ranger (1949-1957)
01:36 – Rambo First Blood (1982)
01:38 – The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
01:40 – Friday the 13th Part III (1982)
01:41 – Freaks (1932)
01:43 – Star Trek (1966-1969)
01:46 – Halloween H20 (1998)
01:49 – Stuart Little (1999)
01:54 – 007 James Bond Moonraker (1979)
02:00 – Scarface (1983)
02:02 – 007 James Bond Moonraker (1979
02:06 – Monkey Shines (1988)
02:13 – Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
02:20 – The Godfather (1972)
02:24 – Goodfellas (1990)
02:28 – Scarface (1983)
02:24 – Goodfellas (1990)
02:32 – Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
02:43 – Thelma & Louise (1991)
02:50 – Braveheart (1995)
02:55 – Full Metal Jacket (1987)
03:03 – Short Time (1990) Spoof to car chases scenes
03:11 – Psycho (1960)
03:14 – Pearl Harbor (2000)
03:22 – Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
03:34 – Indiana Jones And the Temple of Doom (1984)
There were some real goodies in there. Zamir admits there were probably even more that he missed, but these were the ones he was able to identify on his own. I mean it’s not like he’s seen every movie. Right? You haven’t seen every movie, right? I mean the amount of erotica alone is mindblowing.
