Editing Montmartre (section)

==In popular culture==
===Literature===

* The 1950 novel ''[[Inspector Maigret and the Strangled Stripper]]'' is set in and around Montmartre.
* [[Roy Walton]], the English card magician, named a card trick Montmartre published in ''The Complete Walton Volume 1''. It features many climaxes throughout the trick including colour changes and card swaps.

===Films===
* ''[[The Heart of a Nation]]'' (released 1943) features a family resident in Montmartre from 1870 to 1939.
* ''[[An American in Paris (film)|An American in Paris]]'' (1951), with [[Gene Kelly]] and [[Leslie Caron]], was the winner of the Oscar for the best film of 1951. Many important scenes, including the last scenes are set in Montmartre (most of the film was shot in Hollywood).
* ''[[Moulin Rouge (1952 film)|Moulin Rouge]]'' (1952), tells the story of the life and lost loves of painter [[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]].
* ''[[French Cancan]]'' (1954), a French musical comedy with [[Jean Gabin]] and [[María Félix]], takes place in Montmartre, and tells the story of the Moulin Rouge and the invention of the famous dance. The director, [[Jean Renoir]], was the son of the painter [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], who lived for a time in Montmartre.
* ''[[The Great Race]]'' (1965), shows Professor Fate in the "Hannibal 8" driving down the basilica steps after a wrong turn while racing to the Eiffel tower.
* ''[[Celine and Julie Go Boating]]'' (1974), opens with a foot chase through Montmartre.
* ''[[C'était un rendez-vous]]'' (1976), a nine-minute high-speed driving through [[Paris]] to the rendezvous point at Montmarte. 
* ''[[Ronin (film)|Ronin]]'' (1998): Outside of the café at the beginning and end.
* ''[[Amélie]]'' (2001): the tale of a young Parisian woman determined to help the lives of others and find her true love, is set in Montmartre and includes a key scene in the gardens below the basilica.  
*  ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]'' (2001): a musical film set in Montmartre, is about the night club and a young writer ([[Ewan McGregor]]) who falls in love with a prominent courtesan ([[Nicole Kidman]]).
* ''[[Remake (2003 film)|Remake]]'' (2003): Bosnian [[war film]] tells the parallel coming-of-age stories of a father living in [[Sarajevo]] during World War II and his son living through the [[Siege of Sarajevo]] during the [[Bosnian War]]. Part of the film was shot in Paris and important scene take place in Montmartre. The film stars [[François Berléand]] and [[Évelyne Bouix]].
* ''[[La Môme]]'' (2007) (''La vie en rose''): tells the life of French singer [[Édith Piaf]] who was discovered while singing in [[Quartier Pigalle|Pigalle]], bordering Montmartre.
* ''[[Bastille Day (2016 film)|Bastille Day]]'' (2016) opens with a pickpocket (the main antagonist) pickpocketing on the stairs in front of the Sacré-Cœur with an accomplice.
* ''[[Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (2017): live action version of a [[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|1991 animated film]]. The film features a scene in which Belle ([[Emma Watson]]) and Beast ([[Dan Stevens]]) are magically transported to the abandoned attic of a windmill atop Montmartre.
* ''[[John Wick: Chapter 4]]'' (2023). The film's final fights take place in Montmartre, including [[John Wick (character)|John Wick]] ([[Keanu Reeves]]) fighting his way up the steps of the [[Rue Foyatier]], twice. The film concludes with a pistol duel in the courtyard of the [[Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, Paris|Sacré-Cœur Basilica]].

===Songs===
* In "[[La Bohème (Charles Aznavour song)|La Bohème]]", a 1965 song by singer-songwriter [[Charles Aznavour]], a painter recalls his youthful years in a Montmartre that has, for him, ceased to exist: "I no longer recognize/Either the walls or the streets/That had seen my youth/At the top of a staircase/I look for my studio/Of which nothing survives/In its new décor/Montmartre seems sad/And the lilacs are dead'). The song is a farewell to what, according to Aznavour, were the last days of Montmartre as a site of bohemian activity.
* The [[Slade]] song "[[Far Far Away (song)|Far Far Away]]" mentions it in passing in the third verse: "I've seen the Paris lights from high upon Montmartre/And felt the silence hanging low in No Man's Land".

===Video games===
* In the 2019 mobile game ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', the Montmartre is a notable landmark appearing in the background of the "Paris Promenade" course.

* In the 2014 Revolution Software game ''[[Broken Sword 5]]'', Montmartre is clearly visible in the background of the opening chapter.