Movie connections for
Imitation of Life (1959) More at IMDbPro »

Version of

Imitation of Life (1934)
"Imitação da Vida" (1960)
Anneler ve kizlari (1971)

References

Gone with the Wind (1939)
This Island Earth (1955)
 -  Sara Jane crawls into a crate labeled "Ryberg Electronics"- the same crate that delivered the Interociter in This Island Earth.

Referenced in

Female Trouble (1974)
Desperate Living (1977)
In Bad Taste (2000) (TV)
My Own Private Oshawa (2002) (TV)
 -  Jonathan mentions the Lana Turner version of the movie.
8 femmes (2002)
Far from Heaven (2002)
8 Mile (2002)
Die, Mommie, Die! (2003)
 -  numerous references, especially with Edith
For Pete's Wake! (2007)
 -  The film is a parody and homage to the melodramas of the 50's, and Imitation of Life is one of the films it constantly references in terms of story.

Featured in

Holiday Heart (2000) (TV)
 -  While Holiday, Wanda, and Niki watch the film, Niki questions how the main character could deny her mother the way she did. Much later, when her mother abandons her, Niki watches the film again with Holiday and says she understands how one could hate their mother.
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir (2001) (TV)
 -  clips
8 Mile (2002)
"The Sopranos: Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request (#6.5)" (2006)
 -  Marie Spatafore watches it at home after the wedding
Née pour être blessé - Sam Staggs sur Mirage de la vie de Douglas Sirk (2007) (V)
 -  Documentary on the making of Imitation of Life

Spoofed in

What a Way to Go! (1964)
Desperate Living (1977)

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