Movie connections for
Dark City (1998) More at IMDbPro »

References

Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
Metropolis (1927)
Die Büchse der Pandora (1929)
M (1931)
La bête humaine (1938)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Vertigo (1958)
Pickpocket (1959)
La jetée (1962)
 -  the pier shot
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Zardoz (1974)
Oz (1976)
Eraserhead (1977)
The Evil (1978)
Scanners (1981)
Blade Runner (1982)
Repo Man (1984)
 -  Both contain sequences in a hospital where Dr Lee and Dr Benway (from Naked Lunch) are summoned.
Urusei Yatsura 2: Byûtifuru dorîmâ (1984)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
 -  There is a scene where 'Mr. Sleep' runs his knife along a wall - in the same manner that Freddy runs his finger razors along the wall
Dune (1984)
Phenomena (1985)
Momo (1986)
Hellraiser (1987)
Akira (1988)
Total Recall (1990)
Jacob's Ladder (1990/I)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Book of Dreams: 'Welcome to Crateland' (1994)
The Crow (1994)
La cité des enfants perdus (1995)
Strange Days (1995)
Cube (1997)
Abre los ojos (1997)
The Truman Show (1998)

Referenced in

The Quest for _____ (1998)
"The X Files: The Pine Bluff Variant (#5.18)" (1998)
 -  Film shown at cinema
Edtv (1999)
The Matrix (1999)
 -  The rooftops that Trinity runs across at the beginning of the film are the same ones that John Murdoch runs across in Dark City.
The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
 -  Jennifer Connelly's shot at the beach is an hommage to the same shot with her in "Dark City"
X-Men (2000)
Hollow Man (2000)
Don't Say a Word (2001)
Ryan vs. Dorkman (2003) (V)
 -  The soundtrack is from Dark City.
A Detective Story (2003)
 -  The detective picks up the case from another detective who went mad and confined himself to his room. This is a refrence to Detective Wollenski from Dark City, who met a simmilar fate.
Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
 -  When Shaggy goes out through a door, and he find out that the door is attached to a wall several feet above the ground, it's similar to a scene with John Murdoch.
Be Kind Rewind (2008)
 -  A person is looking at the Video cover in the background
Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? (2008)
 -  poster seen
College (2008)
 -  Morris finds this DVD in a car
"The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Duplicity/Knowing/I Love You, Man (#1.4)" (2009)
 -  Ellen says that The director of Knowing previously directed I, Robot, Dark City and The Crow
The Final Destination (2009)
 -  Excerpts from the score are used in the 3-D movie.

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