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Followed by
Amour à vingt ans, L' (1962)
Baisers volés (1968)
Domicile conjugal (1970)
Amour en fuite, L' (1979)
Version of
Petite voleuse, La (1988)
 -  Truffaut wanted to make a version of his 400 Blows film using a young girl. He wrote the screenplay but died before he could make the film himself.
References
Quatre cents farces du diable, Les (1906)
 -  The title is a play on the original film's name.
Blaue Engel, Der (1930)
Boudu sauvé des eaux (1932)
Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège (1933)
Sommaren med Monika (1953)
Little Fugitive (1953)
 -  Antoine washes his face in a fountain after his night spent outdoors the same way Joey does.
Paris nous appartient (1960)
 -  It's the film Antoine's mother wants to go see. Typical New Wave.
Referenced in
Père Noël a les yeux bleus, Le (1966)
Masculin féminin: 15 faits précis (1966)
 -  Jean-Pierre Leaud references his character Antoine Doinel when he and Chantal Goya get into the military car he called to pick them up.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
In Praise of Older Women (1978)
A Little Romance (1979)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
 -  When young Noodles is arrested, he is put in a paddywagon and driven off--framed exactly as Antoine is in the 400 blows.
Batman (1989)
 -  First scene, when they get out of the theater.
Me, Myself and I (1992)
Bébé's Kids (1992)
American Heart (1992)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Atomic Brain (#6.18)" (1993)
 -  Mike: (during a freeze frame close-up) The 400 Blows.
Cité de la peur, La (1994)
Sixten (1994)
Cannes... les 400 coups (1997) (TV)
Squeeze (1997)
 -  Shot where Tyson is running down the street and the camera follows at his side is taken right from a shot in The 400 Blows.
Joe the King (1999)
The Virgin Suicides (1999)
Bûche, La (1999)
Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue (2000)
The Fluffer (2001)
Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001)
Ni na bian ji dian (2001)
Y tu mamá también (2001)
 -  The shot of Luisa walking onto the Heaven's Mouth beach for the first time is an homage to the final shot in The 400 Blows
"Dawson's Creek: In a Lonely Place (#5.16)" (2002)
 -  Dawson cites Nicholas Ray's influence on French New Wave.
Sweet Sixteen (2002/I)
Cinemania (2002)
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
Thirteen (2003)
 -  The last freeze frame and the subject matter itself is very similar to The 400 Blows.
Cookie Jar (2003)
 -  Kids skip school and catch parents doing the same.
Day for Night: An Appreciation (2003) (V)
 -  mentioned once
The Dreamers (2003)
Clefs de bagnole, Les (2003)
 -  this is the bar's name in this movie
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004) (TV)
 -  "Z Channel" documentary references and features scores of movies that were seen on the "Z Channel."
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
 -  The freeze frame ending on Harry's face is quite similar to the freeze-frame ending of Antoine Doiniel in the "The 400 Blows"
Telma demain (2005) (TV)
 -  At this Movie end, many people go to the cinema where is at it in front: "Les 400 coups"
Petit lieutenant, Le (2005)
 -  There is a poster for The 400 Blows in a bar and the ending on the beach is a direct reference to that film
Salvador (Puig Antich) (2006)
 -  One character mentions this film.
12 Trabalhos, Os (2006)
 -  Scene of Heracles on the beach
"Numb3rs: Longshot (#3.6)" (2006)
 -  Film, Larry and Megan watched in the cinema.
Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (2007)
 -  The film is mentioned in Salles' segment.
Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007)
 -  During a flashback Jean-Dominique has of riding around in his convertible, the opening them to this film plays while imitating handheld shots of Paris from its opening credits
How Shawn Parker Fell in Love (2007)
 -  The director, a big fan of Francois Truffaut, modeled the film's opening credits off the opening of The 400 Blows
"Ugly Betty: Zero Worship (#2.11)" (2008)
 -  Cliff wants to rent this at the video store
Featured in
Amour en fuite, L' (1979)
"Fejezetek a film történetéböl: A francia új hullám (#1.14)" (1990)
François Truffaut: Portraits volés (1993)
Ni na bian ji dian (2001)
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004) (TV)
 -  Footage from this film was shown in this documentry.
Yihe yuan (2006)
 -  the final scene can be seen on a small screen in a brief shot
Spoofed in
"Monk: Mr. Monk and the Candidate: Part 1 (#1.1)" (2002)
 -  Monk zips his coat up to his nose to avoid the bacteria that coughed up by the kids.
"The Simpsons: Any Given Sundance (#19.18)" (2008)
 -  The end of Nelson's movie, with the camera zooming in on his face as he walks along the seaside, directly parodies the ending of this film.

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