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References 

Safety Last! (1923)
Country boy comes to big city; ends up hanging from clock
Metropolis (1927)
Aside from having 12 hours instead of 10, the clock face is identical.
The Informer (1935)
The paper with the "O" follows Norville on the street and blows against his leg as the wanted poster did to Gypo Nolan.
Citizen Kane (1941)
Meet John Doe (1941)
Saboteur (1942)
The splitting of his pant leg as Mussburger dangles in midair mimics Norman Lloyd's splitting sleeve on the Statue of Liberty.
Executive Suite (1954)
Clock can be heard from the executive suite ringing loudly
The Apartment (1960)
Psycho (1960)
Hud (1963)
Putney Swope (1969)
The Wiz (1978)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
At the end of the first clock scene, the sound effect of the carbonite machine is heard.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
The final shot of Raiders of the many top secret crates is similar to the shot of the the many hula hoops in the storage room.
Rocky III (1982)
Barnes looking at his statue same as Rocky did
Brazil (1985)
Crimewave (1985)
Barton Fink (1991)

Referenced in 

Friends: The One Where Monica and Richard Are Just Friends (1997)
Video poster seen in the video store
100 Years of Comedy (1997)
Mentioned in film.
Dark City (1998)
Secretary (2002)
Spider-Man (2002)
Southland Tales (2006)
One of Krysta Now's catch phrases ("The Future Is Now") is from the company's tagline.
Hot Fuzz (2007)
The council choruses "the greater good" everytime a principle character mentions the greater good. This is directly lifted from the "Long live The Hud" scene in the Hudsucker board room meeting.
Robot Chicken: I'm Trapped (2008)
The studio boss's leap from the board room out of the window, including his laughing on the way down, mimics Waring Hudsucker's jump in "The Hudsucker Proxy."
Jeopardy!: Episode #27.62 (2010)
Clue: "In this Coen Brothers movie, Charles Durning jumps out a window during a board meeting."
L.A. Noire (2011)
During a case in the Hall of Records there is an entry for Suckerhud Industries with character names listed: Norville Barnes, Sidney J. Mussburger, and Waring Suckerhud (read: Hudsucker).

Features 

Featured in 

Siskel & Ebert: Angie/China Moon/Greedy/Sirens/The Chase (1994)
Clips are shown in the teaser for the next week's show.
Great Movie Mistakes 2: The Sequel (2011)
Clips of mistakes shown

Spoofs 

The Lady Eve (1941)
The scene about them meeting in a former life as an Ibex (while at the party on the ship) is straight out of The Lady Eve (Fonda, 1941).
The Karate Kid (1984)
Norville does the crane kick technique in the dream sequence

Spoofed in 

Spider-Man (2002)

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