History ShoutOut / GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas

* ''Film/Juice'' (1992) - There are numerous references to the film on the video game.

* ''Film/BodyHarvest'' (1998) - There is a mission of the same name, which was also a game by Rockstar North, then known as DMA Design.

* ''Film/{{Casino}}'' - There are many references to this movie in this video game.
* ''Film/TheColorOfMoney'' - While playing pool, Carl Johnson's opponent can be heard asking to be shown "the color of your money"

* ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' (1939) - An in-game movie theatre is shown to playing the film "The Wizard of Ass".

* ''VideoGame/Gyruss'' (1983) - A clone of the game exists as one of the minigames found in various convenience stores.

* ''Film/MenInBlack'' (1997) - The CIA has two agents in the game. One with light skin, black suit and tie, gray hair, and dark sunglasses. The other agent has dark skin, a black suit with a black tie, black hair and mustache, and black sunglasses. The in-game agents roughly resemble Agent K (played by Creator/TommyLeeJones) and Agent J (played by Creator/WillSmith).

* ''Film/GoodGuysWearBlack'' (1978) - In the mission "Management Issues", the player is required to kill Alan Crawford by driving the limo to the end of the jetty and thus killing him mirrors the climactic part of the film.

* ''Film/TheTransporter'' (2002) - Carl Johnson rescues a number of Asian refugees being illegally smuggled into the United States to be sold for slavery during The Da Nang Thang, much as Frank Martin (played by Creator/JasonStatham does during the film.

** Maverick (LT Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, played by Creator/TomCruise)
** Goose (LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw, played by Anthony Edwards)
** Jester (LCDR Rick "Jester" Heatherly, played by Creator/MichaelIronside)
** Iceman (LT Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, played by Creator/ValKilmer)
** Viper (CDR Mike "Viper" Metcalf, played by Tom Skerritt)

Maverick (LT Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, played by Creator/TomCruise)
Goose (LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw, played by Creator/AnthonyEdwards)
Jester (LCDR Rick "Jester" Heatherly, played by Creator/MichaelIronside
Iceman (LT Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, played by Creator/ValKilmer)
Viper (CDR Mike "Viper" Metcalf, played by Creator/TomSkerritt

* ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' (1991) - The chase scene involving John Connor (Creator/EdwardFurlong) fleeing from the T1000 Terminator (Creator/RobertPatrick) is similar to the one in Just Business involving Carl Johnson and Big Smoke attempting to lose the Russian Mafia. This includes both the protagonists being on a motorcycle and a lorry being driven into a storm drain from a higher level street. The appearance of the motor officers/police bikers is similar to that used by the T-1000 Terminator in the film.

* ''Film/ANewHope'' (1977) - The line "Great kid! Don't get cocky!" from Han Solo (played by Creator/HarrisonFord) is used by Zero in the mission Air Raid.

* ''Film/Scarface1983'' (1983) - Tony, the parrot inside Caligula's Palace, says "I never fucked anyone over in my life who didn't have it coming to 'em" in Intensive Care, much like Tony Montana.

* ''Film/PulpFiction'' (1994) - The "I don't know you! I don't know you! Prank caller! Prank caller!" in a phone call after Farewell, My Love... is a reference to a similar line ("I don't know you. Who is this? Don't come here, I'm hanging up the phone! Prank caller, prank caller!") from Lance (played by Creator/EricStoltz).

* ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' (1960) - A caller to the Lonely Hearts show on West Coast Talk Radio says tells host Christy MacIntyre "I'm watching you Marion in the shower", a reference to the death of Creator/MarionCrane in the film.

* ''Film/ThePiratesOfPenzance'' (1983) - Along with the musical, the film is spoofed with the casino Pirates in Mens Pants.

* ''Film/MulhollandDrive'' (2001) - Mulholland Drive, likely named after the real-name road, may also be a reference to the film Film/MulhollandDrive.

* ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' - The parachute in the game is identical to the one used by James Bond (played by Creator/RogerMoore.

* ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' - The parachute in the game is identical to the one used by James Bond (played by CreatorRogerMoore.

* ''Film/MenInBlack'' (1997) - The UsefulNotes/CIA has two agents in the game. One with light skin, black suit and tie, gray hair, and dark sunglasses. The other agent has dark skin, a black suit with a black tie, black hair and mustache, and black sunglasses. The in-game agents roughly resemble Agent K (played by Creator/TommyLeeJones) and Agent J (played by Creator/WillSmith).

* ''Film/MenaceIISociety'' (1993) - A Grove Street Families gangster has a similar appearance to Kevin "O-Dog" Anderson (played by Larenz Tate. During the mission Ryder the pizza parlour clerk says to Ryder "I feel sorry for your dad", similar to how the Korean liquor store clerk says to O-Dog at the beginning of the film. In the film Caine (played by Tyrin Turner) and Sharif (played by Vonte Sweet) are left in a rival gang territory by the police, much like Carl Johnson is left in Ballas gang territory by Frank Tenpenny, Eddie Pulaski and Jimmy Hernandez.

* ''Film/Goodfellas'' (1990) - A poster for Badfellas, a spoof of the real life film, can be seen during The Introduction while Carl Johnson is in Liberty City.
* ''Film/KindergartenCop'' (1990) - The in-game film Special Needs Cop may be a reference the film Kindergarten Cop starring Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger.

** ''Friday After Next'' (2002)

** ''Film/FridayAfterNext'' (2002) - An elderly African-American pedestrian can be heard saying lines from the films Willie Jones (John Witherspoon).

* ''Film/{{Friday}}'' (1995) - An elderly African-American pedestrian can be heard saying lines from the films Willie Jones (Creator/JohnWitherspoon).

* ''Dragnet'' (1987) - The Epsilon Program and its followers, as well as members appearing at the Los Santos Observatory, may be a reference to the film. The film sees two police officers investigating a gang, whose members are part of a cult. The cult leader has a voice similar to Cris Formage, head of the Epsilon Program. Background music in the film is similar to the music found on the [[http://epsilonprogram.com/ Epsilon Program website]].

* ''Film/FarewellMyLovely'' (1975) - The films name is used for the name of a mission, Farewell, My Love...