Movie connections for
Twelve Monkeys (1995) More at IMDbPro »

References

Monkey Business (1931)
Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège (1933)
Chicken Little (1943)
 -  David Morse's character makes a reference to this film when he meets Madeleine Stowe's character
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Monkey Business (1952)
Vertigo (1958)
North by Northwest (1959)
The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959)
 -  the warning message written on the window references the warning written on the bank window.
Psycho (1960)
La jetée (1962)
 -  The opening credits state that it was inspired by the film "La Jetée" written by Chris Marker
Dr. No (1962)
The Birds (1963)
The Great Escape (1963)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
"Lost in Space" (1965)
"All My Children" (1970)
THX 1138 (1971)
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
The Omega Man (1971)
Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Life of Brian (1979)
Escape from New York (1981)
Sans soleil (1983)
The Terminator (1984)
A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
Brazil (1985)
Delicatessen (1991)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Love and a .45 (1994)

Referenced in

Escape from It's a Wonderful Life (1996) (TV)
The Battle of Brazil: A Video History (1996) (V)
"Saturday Night Live: Alec Baldwin/Tori Amos (#21.11)" (1996)
 -  Mentioned on The Joe Pesci Show
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys (1997) (V)
 -  Documentary about the making of the film
The Fifth Element (1997)
Love and Death on Long Island (1997)
Mimic (1997)
 -  The haunting shots of New York City in 'Mimic' are extremely similar to those featured in 'Twelve Monkeys', as is the idea of a catastrophic disease endangering the population.
Boogie Nights (1997)
 -  The sum of "five grand / five thousand dollars", is said back and forth between characters.
Red Corner (1997)
Abre los ojos (1997)
Xenogears (1998) (VG)
 -  The Television Ball of the scientists and the council.
Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
Cascadeur (1998)
"Storm of the Century" (1999)
The Matrix (1999)
 -  Referenced in dialogue
The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Omega Code (1999)
 -  The scene in which Caspar Van Dien is given away to the police by a camera and TV set in a TV store is taken almost verbatim from a scene near the end of Twelve Monkeys.
Mauvaises fréquentations (1999)
"Clerks: Leonardo Is Caught in the Grip of an Outbreak of Randal's Imagination and Patrick Swayze Either Does or Doesn't Work in the New Pet Store (#1.3)" (2001)
 -  Randal compares this episode's plotline to the plotline of "12 Monkeys".
The Lost Empire (2001) (TV)
Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)
Planet of the Apes (2001)
K-PAX (2001)
Vanilla Sky (2001)
Lost in La Mancha (2002)
Minority Report (2002)
Reign of Fire (2002)
29th Telluride Film Festival Aug. 30 - Sept. 2, 2002: Terry Gilliam Interviewed by Salman Rushdie (2003) (V)
One Step Beyond: The Making of 'Alien: Resurrection' (2003) (V)
 -  Mention once
"High Chaparall: (#2.5)" (2004)
 -  You can see this movie in Robert Englunds DVD collection
Hooked (2006/I)
 -  Scotty has memorabilia from the film on display in his cubicle.
"Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: (#10.13)" (2006)
 -  Jonathan Ross lists this as one of his favourite Bruce Willis films.
Children of Men (2006)
 -  Wild animals (a zebra and a camel) appears walking normally in the park in front of Buckingham Palace as the wild animals (giraffes and others) running free in the city of Twelve Monkeys (1995)
What the Pythons Did Next... (2007) (TV)
 -  Referenced by name
"The Simpsons: Yokel Chords (#18.14)" (2007)
 -  The scene in which Dr. Swanson (Meg Ryan) receives therapy from Peter Bogdaonvich's character is reminiscent of the psychiatrist in the movie, and the scene ends with a snippet of the 12 Monkeys theme.
S. Darko (2009) (V)
 -  Playing in theater

Features

Monkey Business (1931)
Who Killed Who? (1943)
Swing Shift Cinderella (1945)
Little 'Tinker (1948)
Vertigo (1958)
The Birds (1963)
Prehistoric Super Salesman (1969)
The Andromeda Strain (1971)

Featured in

"The Directors: The Films of Terry Gilliam (#1.2)" (????)
 -  Clips shown.
The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996) (TV)
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys (1997) (V)
 -  Documentary about the making of the film

Spoofed in

"The Simpsons: The Dad Who Knew Too Little (#14.8)" (2003)
 -  Spoofs a situation involving Brad Pitt's character in Tw.M.: Lisa Simpson participates in some movement for protecting animal rights and then a bunch of monkeys and pigs are set free. All evidence leads to Lisa who is on lam with Homer (father!).

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