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Explorers (1985) More at IMDbPro »

References

Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
Citizen Kane (1941)
 -  Rosebud, the sled from Citizen Kane, in the junkyard sequence. The sled is visible at 30:06
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Casablanca (1942)
"Toast of the Town" (1948)
What's Up Doc? (1950)
"You Bet Your Life" (1950)
"I Love Lucy" (1951)
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
"Lassie" (1954)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
"The Price Is Right" (1956)
"Mister Ed" (1961)
"The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962)
"Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before (#1.3)" (1966)
Star Wars (1977)
 -  At 29:49, Ben Crandall pretends to be Darth Vader by putting on a gasmask and swining his flashlight like a lightsaber
"Fantasy Island" (1978)
Superman (1978)
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Poltergeist (1982)
Gremlins (1984)
 -  A newspaper headline is "Kingston Falls 'Riot' Still Unexplained". Kingston Falls was the town in Gremlins

Referenced in

Men in Black (1997)

Features

The Thing from Another World (1951)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
"I Love Lucy" (1951)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
This Island Earth (1955)
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
The Trollenberg Terror (1958)
Frank Film (1973)

Featured in

Transformers (2007)
 -  clip - courtesy of Paramount Pictures

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