"Champs-Elysées" Episode dated 16 April 1983 (TV Episode 1983)
clip shownThe Making of 'Thriller' (Video 1983)
Short clip is shownThat's Dancing! (1985)
clip shownThe Making of 'Captain Eo' (TV Movie 1986)
Clip shown.Rolling Stone Presents Twenty Years of Rock & Roll (TV Movie 1987)
Music video clips
"The Facts of Life" Small But Dangerous (TV Episode 1983)
Tootie mentions the title"Alvin & the Chipmunks" The Gang's All Here/Snow Job (TV Episode 1984)
Song is performed by The Chipmunks.Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Song is played in the 1980s Cafe.Moonwalker (Video Game 1990)
Song is played in the game."The Simpsons" Stark Raving Dad (TV Episode 1991)
Mentioned by name; Song whistled by Bart
Citizen Kane (1941)
Silhouettes, perspectives and shots from below with visible ceiling.The Searchers (1956)
Two men come out from a cafe and the door closes behind them.The Defiant Ones (1958)
A white male and a black male confronted and tied to each other.Yojimbo (1961)
Lone man acts as a peacekeeper between two rival gangs.West Side Story (1961)
Camera angles, simultaneous actions and crime-themed plots.
'Weird Al' Yankovic: Eat It (Music Video 1984)
Parody of and almost shot-for-shot remake of "Beat It."The Last Polka (TV Movie 1985)
Yosh and Stan Shmenge sing the Michael Jackson's songThe Compleat Al (Video 1985)
Parodied when Al visits Michael Jackson. Also, Al gets the same yellow eyes in the video "Eat It".Salt-N-Pepa: Get Up Everybody (Get Up) (Music Video 1988)
Spoofs dancing sequence from "Beat It"."Married... with Children" Hood in the Boyz (TV Episode 1993)
Al and his Posse walk along to the music like the gangs in the video