Greta Gerwig reveals the movies that influenced Barbie

33 films inspired Barbie – and some are✅ unexp💞ected

Barbie
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Barbie director Greta Gerwig has revealed the 33 mo🐈vies that inspired her new f💞ilm – and they're a broad mix. 

The pink-tastic movie sees Barbie (Margot Robbie) leave Barbie Land for the real world. There, she gets herself into all 🎃kinds of scrapes, with the trailers showcasing the doll on the ru💯n from the CEO of Mattel (Will Ferrell) and even getting arrested (alongside Ryan Gosling's Ken). 

, which is as follows:

Some of those movies make perfect sense – The Truman Show is about a man trying to make a break for the real world after discovering his entire life is a TV show, while Pee-wee's Big Adventure is about a funny character on a whacky journey – while some are more unexpected, like Rear Window (a Hitchcock thriller) and The Godfather (a Mafia crime drama). Plus, we know the movieꦯ begins with the 2001: A Space Odyssey parody, so it makes sense for that fi﷽✤lm to be on the list. 

, Gerwig broke down why each film is on her list. Rear Window is there "for builds, and seeing e꧟verything," while Gerwig explained The Godfather's inclusion with: "We all know why The Godfather was in there, because it's a triumph of Robert Evans' and [Francis Ford] Coppola's aesthetic genius. It was so fun to watc꧑h again. It's the best ever; it's a masterpiece."

Barbie arrives in theaters this July 21. In the meantime, check out our guide on all the upcoming major 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:movie release dates for everything else 2023 has in store. 

Molly Edwards
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Deputy Entertainment Editor

I'm the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site's Total Fಌilm and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Sta꧙r Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.