Movie connections for
Vanilla Sky (2001) More at IMDbPro »

Remake of

Abre los ojos (1997)

Edited into

"Scrubs: My Friend the Doctor (#3.8)" (2003)
 -  The two shots of the car crashing down the bridge are taken from Vanilla Sky.

References

The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
La grande illusion (1937)
 -  In a scene at a party, a character says, "I hear the Grand Illusion is great if you watch it stoned."
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Vertigo (1958)
"The Twilight Zone" (1959)
À bout de souffle (1960)
L'année dernière à Marienbad (1961)
Jules et Jim (1962)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Charade (1963)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Persona (1966)
Vargtimmen (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Head (1968)
"Starsky and Hutch" (1975)
Halloween (1978)
The Elephant Man (1980)
"The Simpsons" (1989)
 -  After David first sees his mask, there is a parade and one of the balloons is a giant Homer Simpson.
"Twin Peaks" (1990)
Total Recall (1990)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Freejack (1992)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Lost Highway (1997)
The Game (1997)
Abre los ojos (1997)
eXistenZ (1999)
The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
The Insider (1999)
 -  David Aames in Vanilla Sky calls his bosses the "7 Dwarfs", just as Dr. Wigand calls the CEO's of Brown & Williamson, where he used to work.
Bruiser (2000)
Almost Famous (2000)

Referenced in

Hitting It Hard (2002) (V)
Shirtless: Hollywood's Sexiest Men (2002) (TV)
Minority Report (2002)
The Banger Sisters (2002)
 -  Poster shortly visible during the beginning sequence
"Coupling: Remember This (#3.4)" (2002)
 -  video patrick and sally rents
Raising the Stakes (2005)
 -  Penelope Cruz and Tom Cruise joke
"Top Gear: (2005-08-07)" (2005)
 -  Jeremy mentions Timothy Spall is in it
Box Elder (2008)
 -  Alex Rennie quotes the film while at the communist mannifestival party
"Family Guy: Love Blactually (#7.1)" (2008)
 -  Quagmire suggests a porn title of Vanilla boobs.

Features

Sabrina (1954)
"The Heckle and Jeckle Show" (1956)
Le ballon rouge (1956)
"Leave It to Beaver" (1957)
"The Twilight Zone" (1959)
Jules et Jim (1962)
Dr. No (1962)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Kids Are Alright (1979)
"The Simpsons" (1989)
 -  After David first sees his mask, there is a parade and one of the balloons is a giant Homer Simpson.
"Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993)
Almost Famous (2000)

Featured in

Prelude to a Dream (2002) (V)

Spoofs

The Devil's Advocate (1997)

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