Production note Home Alone was released on November 16, 1990 and made nearly half a billion dollars worldwide.
Production note The film was made for about $18 million.
Production note Christopher Columbus added the Marley character to give the story more emotional shape.
Production note The fake 'Buzz's girlfriend' photo was actually a man dressed up as a woman.
Production note The McCallister house is said to be in Winnetka, and the hosts note it remains visitable.
Disputed in the episode The father/uncle Paris trip is treated by the hosts as suspiciously expensive and possibly mob-financed.
Mentioned with uncertainty The movie's black-and-white gangster film would be impossible to hear that loudly on the small TV shown in the movie.
Production note Macaulay Culkin was about nine during filming and already extremely famous.
Angels with Filthy Souls The fake gangster movie Kevin uses to scare off the pizza guy and burglars.
Goodfellas Used to note Pesci's unusually strong cultural moment around 1990.
Back to the Future Part II Compared to Home Alone as another huge early-1990s blockbuster sequel-era event.
Die Hard Brought up in the broader discussion of what counts as a Christmas movie.
E.T. Referenced as an earlier all-ages film that appealed across generations.
Back to the Future Another example of a cross-generational blockbuster and Hughes-adjacent era success.
Toy Story Used to compare Pixar's audience reach with Home Alone's.
Schitt's Creek Cited as the show that reintroduced Catherine O'Hara to newer audiences.
The Good Son Raised as a darker Macaulay Culkin performance and potential sequel-like trajectory.
Saw Mentioned in the theory that Kevin grows up to become Jigsaw.
Cobra Kai Used as a model for a possible reboot centered on the burglars' perspective.
The Wizard of Oz No direct reference in transcript; omitted.
Groundhog Day The fake-Santa actor is identified as the man from the hall in Groundhog Day.
Jerry Maguire Mentioned because Angela Goethals also appears in it.
Armageddon Kenneth Hudson Campbell is identified as 'Max from Armageddon.'
