Referenced By / A River Runs Through It

Anime & Manga

• Gunslinger Girl. Claes was taught to enjoy fishing by her handler Raballo, but her memories of him were wiped after his death. In the manga she's watching this movie and finds herself crying for reasons she can't understand.

Literature

• In My Dark Vanessa, Vanessa and her classmates read A River Runs Through It, and Mr. Strane tells his own stories of growing up in Montana.

Live-Action TV

• My So-Called Life: In the episode "Resolutions", while in gym class, Sharon tells Rayanne while she broke up with Kyle, he came over while she was watching this movie and because the movie was making her think of Brad Pitt, she slept with Kyle and had better sex with him than she did when they were a couple. Rayanne can understand the part about Brad Pitt, but asks, "Isn't it that boring movie with all the fishing?"

Western Animation

• King of the Hill: There is an episode titled "A Rover Runs Through It".
• Bob's Burgers: The premiere episode of season 4 is entitled “A River Runs Through Bob”.