Movie connections for
Signs (2002)

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References

The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
North by Northwest (1959)
Psycho (1960)
The Birds (1963)
Bigfoot (1967)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Alien (1979)
"Quatermass" (1979)
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Poltergeist (1982)
Children of the Corn (1984)
The Goonies (1985)
Alien Nation (1988)
 -  The aliens are hurt by water
Field of Dreams (1989)
Salmonberries (1991)
"Star Trek: The Next Generation: Schisms (#6.5)" (1992)
 -  The alien communications is nearly (if not completely) identical
Independence Day (1996)
Dirty Work (1998)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Silent Hill (1999) (VG)
The Patriot (2000)
Unbreakable (2000)
Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
 -  When Joaquin Phoenix is looking at a poster at the military enrolment office, he's looking at a movie poster of one of his own films (Buffalo Soldiers (2001)).
Panic Room (2002)

Referenced in

Moving Pictures: The Storyboard Process (2002) (V)
"Taken" (2002)
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Bring on the Night (#7.10)" (2002)
 -  Xander suggests they trap the uber vamp in the pantry. He also mentions M. Night Shyamalan.
Thirteen (2003)
Darkness Falls (2003)
"Stargate SG-1: Orpheus (#7.4)" (2003)
 -  Major Carter tells Daniel Jackson about this film (without saying the title), criticizing the logic of the aliens coming to earth considering their weakness.
Hollywood and the Muslim World (2003) (TV)
Calendar Girls (2003)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
 -  Identical shot of Graham/Bride looking at reflection in knife
Confession (2005)
 -  in Luther's hidden DVD collection
Target Audience 9.1 (2007)
 -  Character-based alien invasion story
"South Park: Imaginationland (#11.10)" (2007)
 -  When speaking with M. Night Shyamalan, they list his film accomplishments
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
 -  Favorite Movies: "Signs"

Features

House on Haunted Hill (1959)
"Dexter's Laboratory" (1996)
 -  One of the kids is watching TV.
"Dexter's Laboratory: Old Flame/Don't Be a Hero/My Favorite Martian (#2.28)" (1998)
 -  Bo watches Don't Be a Hero on TV

Featured in

Making 'Signs' (2003) (V)
"I Love the New Millennium: (#1.3)" (2008)
 -  Shown on the 2002 episode

Spoofed in

Scary Movie 3 (2003)
 -  The main parody
"Robot Chicken: S&M Present (#1.9)" (2005)
 -  Shyamalan is shown as appearing in a version of his film
Chicken Little (2005)
 -  crop circles

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