This list explores the instances of which the city of Venice, Italy, has been mentioned or alluded to in various media.

Audio dramas referencing Venice

• The BBC 7 Doctor Who audio drama adventure, The Stones of Venice (2005), is set in a future where one last great Carnival is being held before the city sinks forever

Films referencing Venice

(Chronological)

• Destiny (1921), directed by Fritz Lang, starring Lil Dagover and Rudolf Klein-Rogge.
• Othello (1952), directed by Orson Welles, starring Orson Welles and Suzanne Cloutier
• Senso (1954), directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Alida Valli and Farley Granger
• Summertime (1955), directed by David Lean, starring Katharine Hepburn. Based on The Time of the Cuckoo. Interiors shot in Pensione Accademia Villa Maravegie
• Venice, the Moon and You (1959), directed by Dino Risi
• From Russia with Love (1963), a James Bond film directed by Terence Young
• The Avenger of Venice (1964), directed by Piero Pierotti and Carlo Campogalliani.
• The Honey Pot (1967), directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, (based on Ben Jonson's Volpone), starring Rex Harrison, Capucine, Maggie Smith
• Death in Venice (1971), directed by Luchino Visconti, base on the Thomas Mann novella
• Who Saw Her Die? (1972), directed by Aldo Lado and Vittorio De Sisti.
• Don't Look Now (1973), directed by Nicolas Roeg, based on story by Daphne du Maurier, starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie
• Fellini's Casanova (1976), directed by Federico Fellini)
• The Forbidden Room (1977), directed by Dino Risi.
• Solamente Nero (1978), also known as The Bloodstained Shadow, directed by Antonio Bido
• Damned in Venice (1978), also known as Nero veneziano, directed by Ugo Liberatore.
• Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978), directed by Ted Kotcheff, based upon the novel by Nan and Ivan Lyons
• A Little Romance (1979), directed by George Roy Hill
• Moonraker (1979), a James Bond film directed by Lewis Gilbert, (the first time principal photography for the series took place in the city)
• The Great Gambler (1979), directed by Shakti Samanta, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Neetu Singh, Zeenat Aman, Prem Chopra
• The Pleasure (1985), directed by Joe D'Amato, starring Andrea Guzon and Gabriele Tinti.
• Vampire in Venice (1988), directed by Augusto Caminito, starring Klaus Kinski, Christopher Plummer, and Donald Pleasence
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), directed by Steven Spielberg
• Shocking Dark (1989), directed by Bruno Mattei
• The Comfort of Strangers (1990), directed by Paul Schrader
• Nikita (1990), also known as La Femme Nikita, directed by Luc Besson
• Blame It On The Bellboy (1992), directed by Mark Herman
• Only You (1994), directed by Norman Jewison
• The Wings of the Dove (1997), directed by Iain Softley, based on novel by Henry James
• Everyone Says I Love You (1996), directed by Woody Allen
• Dangerous Beauty (1998), directed by Marshall Herskovitz, based on The Honest Courtesan by Margaret Rosenthal
• Children of the Century (1999) directed by D. Kurys, starring Juliette Binoche, Benoit Maginel, Stefano Dionisi
• The Story of Us (1999), directed by Rob Reiner, starring Bruce Willis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tim Matheson
• The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), directed by Anthony Minghella
• Bread and Tulips (2000), directed by Silvio Soldini
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), directed by Simon West, based on the Tomb Raider video game series.
• Senso '45 (2002), Tinto Brass directed adaptation of the Senso story, set in 1945
• Just Married (2003), directed by Shawn Levy
• Pokémon Heroes (2003), directed by Jim Malone and Kunihiko Yuyama
• The Italian Job (2003), directed by F. Gary Gray
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), directed by Stephen Norrington
• The Merchant of Venice (2004), directed by Michael Radford
• Ocean's Twelve (2004), directed by Steven Soderbergh
• Chasing Liberty (2004), directed by Andy Cadiff, starring Mandy Moore and Stark Sands
• Casanova (2005), directed by Lasse Hallström, starring Heath Ledger and Sienna Miller
• Casino Royale (2006), a James Bond film directed by Martin Campbell
• The Thief Lord (2006), directed by Richard Claus, starring Aaron Johnson, Rollo Weeks
• Sharks In Venice (2008) is a made-for-TV action film starring Stephen Baldwin

Games referencing Venice

Music referencing Venice

(Alphabetical by artist)

• In 1960, French singer Charles Aznavour recorded Que C'est Triste Venise (How Sad Venice Is). Today, it is one of his most famous bilingual pieces, sung in both Italian (titled Com'è Triste Venezia) and French.
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor's video for "Catch You" was shot in Venice.
• Russian singer Dima Bilan's music video for the song 'На берегу неба' (Na Beregu Neba- On the shore of the sky) takes place in Venice.
• Madonna's music video for her song Like a Virgin (1984), directed by Mary Lambert, was shot in Venice, Italy. It features Madonna wearing a wedding dress, dancing on a gondola.
• The Italian composer Luigi Nono (1924-1990) was born and lived in Venice.
• On July 15, 1989, Pink Floyd played live on a floating barge in the middle of The Grand Canal during their A Momentary Lapse of Reason tour.
• Sandra's video for "Little Girl" was shot in Venice.
• The video for the Siouxsie and the Banshees song Dear Prudence was shot in Venice.
• Much of the music of Rondò Veneziano has centred on Venetian themes. The Rondo Veneziano (2010) DVD features three music videos set in Venice
• The music video of the song Mhm Mhm by Manuel Riva, published in 2016, was shot in Venice.

Television shows and episodes referencing Venice

(Alphabetical by series)

• In The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, Mario and Luigi must save Venice from King Koopa.
• The manga and anime series ARIA take place in the town of Neo-Venezia, based on Venice.
• The fifth series Doctor Who episode, "The Vampires of Venice", takes place in the city in 1580.
• Several episodes of manga and anime series Gunslinger Girl take place in Venice.
• The Jem episode "In Stitches" takes place in this city.
• In the manga and anime One Piece, the island of Water 7 is based on Venice.
• An episode of The Scooby-Doo Show was set in Venice.
• In the 38th episode of the Tatsunoko anime Yatterman, made in 2008, the Yatterman and the Doronbo Team battle in Venice. The ring that was found on the Campanile de San Marco was taken by the Doronbo Team and it was a fake ring.

Written works referencing Venice

References

External links

• Venice in films