Rewatching the entire MCU for our History of the Marvel Cinematic Universe column over the last couple month, I’ve been keeping a running tally of all the references, homages, and ripoffs of non-Marvel movies that I’ve spotted in the 18 Marvel movies prior to Avengers: Infinity War.
There’s at least one obvious inspiration for every single movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe..
I hear there’s a scene in there inspired by Manos: The Hands of Fate.
15 of them are listed below, in no particular order.