Gilmore Girls returns this week on Netflix so be prepared for more drama, laughter and unforgettable film nights. This series is a treasure chest full of film references with literally hundreds of films mentioned throughout its seven-year run (check here for a full list). Among these references there are 20 scenes featuring the characters watching a film either at home or the local cinema club. You can see these below:
Season 1, Episode 7 “Kiss and Tell”: Mel Stuart’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971).
Season 1, Episode 8 “Love and War and Snow”: William Castle’s House on Haunted Hill (1959).
Season 1, Episode 12 “Double Date”: Nathan Juran’s Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958).
Season 1, Episode 19 “Emily in Wonderland”: Edward Bernds’ Queen of Outer Space (1958).
Season 2, Episode 3 “Red Light on the Wedding Night”: Tom Laughlin’s The Born Losers (1967).
Season 3, Episode 9 “A Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving”: Albert & David Maysles’ Grey Gardens (1975).
Season 4, Episode 3 “The Hobbit, the Sofa and Digger Stiles”: Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002).
Season 4, Episode 5 “The Fundamental Things Apply”: Michael Curtiz’s Casablanca (1942).
Season 4, Episode 20 “Luke Can See her Face”: Anne Bancroft’s Fatso (1980).
Season 5, Episode 2 “A Messenger, Nothing More”: James Ivory’s A Room with a View (1985).
Season 5, Episode 5 “We Got Us a Pippi Virgin”: Olle Hellbom’s Pippi Longstocking (1969).
Season 5, Episode 14 “Say Something”: Gregory La Cava’s My Man Godfrey (1936).
Season 5, Episode 16 “So…Good Talk”: George Cukor’s A Star is Born (1954).
Season 6, Episode 2 “Fight Face”: Mike Nichols’ The Graduate (1967).
Season 6, Episode 4 “Always a Godmother, Never a God”: Anjelica Huston’s Riding the Bus with my Sister (2005).
Season 6, Episode 20 “Super Cool Party People”: Howard Deutch’s Pretty in Pink (1986).
Season 7, Episode 2 “That’s What You Get, Folks, for Makin’ Whoopee”: Robert Clouse’s Enter the Dragon (1973).
Season 7, Episode 4 “‘S Wonderful, ‘S Marvelous”: Stanley Donen’s Funny Face (1957).
Season 7, Episode 8 “Introducing Lorelai Planetarium”: George Cukor’s The Philadelphia Story (1940).
Season 7, Episode 20 “Lorelai? Lorelai?”: William Castle’s House on Haunted Hill (1959).
