Movie connections for
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) More at IMDb Pro »

Follows

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Followed by

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Pirates of the Caribbean 4 (2012)

Spin off

Pirates of the Caribbean Online (2007) (VG)

References

The Black Pirate (1926)
 -  Orlando sticks a dagger into a sail and rides the knife-slit all the way down, which was first done in The Black Pirate
Horses' Collars (1935)
 -  Curly in the beginning has his eyelids painted so it looks like his eyes are opened until he really opens his eyes the same with Jack when he is made king of the cannibals and his eyes are painted.
Citizen Kane (1941)
 -  Will asks several people where's Jack and they give him different answers like the reporter who asks different people about Kane
The Big Store (1941)
 -  When in the abandoned church Jack jumps on the bell rope goes down while Will goes up grabbing the key from Norrington, the same with Grover going down the shaft to meet the marx brothers in the elevator, when the elevator make a bump, Harpo goes up with picture of Grover still in hand.
20000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
 -  Davy Jones plays a gigantic organ like Nemo does; In Dead Man's Chest there are Kraken battles both are similar to the giant squid battle involving captain Nemo and his crew.
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
 -  Jack attempts to blow out the fire for his burning much like Passpatour feeble attempt to blow out his burning from the Native Americans
Buono, il brutto, il cattivo., Il (1966)
 -  Will, Jack, and Norrington hold their swords at each other forming a triangle much like the triangle created for Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, and Lee Van Cleef make when they are about to have the climatic showdown.
1941 (1979)
 -  Will and Norrington breaks loose the wheel for the Mill and rolls it to the ocean like the giant ferris wheel being shot out by the Japanese submarine and rolls off the dock with two guys on it into the water
Clash of the Titans (1981)
 -  This earlier film also features a sea monster called the Kraken which can be released to cause destruction.
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
 -  The cannibal scene where Will is taken to the village and finds out Jack is being honoured has much resemblance to the scene where Luke, Han etc. are being taken to the Ewok village to be eaten for the 'God' C-3PO. Including the attempt to blow out the fire.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
 -  (trying to draw their sword, which unfortunately is not there though, pausing for a moment, grinning sheepishly, before the action continues)
Scrooged (1988)
 -  Jack meets Bootstrap Bill crusty, the same as Jacob Marley
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991) (VG)
 -  Jack uses a coffin as a vessel, just as Guybrush did. And both feature a Caribbean voodoo lady who lives in a swamp.
Waterworld (1995)
 -  Jack Sparrow dances around gaily with a jar of dirt, a reference to our noble hero's arrival at the atoll.
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
 -  Both Elwood and Jack travel down the swamps to meet with a voodo witch and both have similar eerie voodo music in the background.
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
 -  Will, Jack, and Norrington have a sword fight with one another, the movement and jumping across architect is like the lightsaber duel between Darth Maul and Obi - Wan and Qui - Gonn

Referenced in

Pirates of the Caribbean: Secrets of Dead Man's Chest (2006) (TV)
 -  mentioned in title/features cast
"Richard & Judy: (2006-07-19)" (2006)
 -  Bill Nighy talks about being in this film just out.
Casper's Scare School (2006) (TV)
 -  Davy Jones appears in a portrait wall of Scare School alumni
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs (2008) (V)
 -  Bender's confrontation with Yivo directly mimics Jack Sparrow's confrontation with the Kraken.

Featured in

"Richard & Judy: (2006-07-19)" (2006)
 -  A clip is shown during Bill Nighy's interview.
The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2007) (TV)
 -  clips
The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV)
 -  clips
2007 MTV Movie Awards (2007) (TV)
 -  clips

Spoofs

The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
 -  Davy Jones plays the organ (with the tentacles on his face) like the Phantom
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
 -  When Cap'n Jack Sparrow is running for the Black Pearl on the Cannibal Island and the indians are running behind him.

Spoofed in

Epic Movie (2007)
 -  Running people over on the big wheel
Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure (2007) (TV)
 -  Villain able to summon a Kraken
"Family Guy: No Chris Left Behind (#5.16)" (2007)
 -  the scene in which Peter and the Giant Chicken fight on top of the ferris wheel spinning out of control is a parody of the scene in Pirates of the Caribbean 2 in which Will and Norrington fight on top of a watermill's wheel spinning out of control

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