Vanilla Sky (2001)

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◄ Vanilla Sky (2001)

Remake of

Open Your Eyes (1997)

Edited into

Scrubs: My Friend the Doctor (2003) (TV Episode)
The two shots of the car crashing down the bridge are taken from Vanilla Sky.

Conan: The Last-Minute Gift at CVS That Got Greg Laid (2012) (TV Episode)
One sketch mixes other footage with shots from the scene where Julianna (Cameron Diaz) drives her car off the road.

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)
David calls the members of his board 'The Seven Dwarfs'.

Citizen Kane (1941)

The Seven Year Itch (1955)

Love in the Afternoon (1957)

Vertigo (1958)

Twilight Zone (1959) (TV Series)

Breathless (1960)

Last Year at Marienbad (1961)

Jules and Jim (1962)

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
McCabe is explicitly based on Gregory Peck's portrayal of Atticus Finch.

Charade (1963)

The Sound of Music (1965)

Persona (1966)

Hour of the Wolf (1968)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Head (1968)

Starsky and Hutch (1975) (TV Series)

Halloween (1978)

The Elephant Man (1980)

The Simpsons (1989) (TV Series)
After David first sees his mask, there is a parade and one of the balloons is a giant Homer Simpson.

Twin Peaks (1990) (TV Series)

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Freejack (1992)

Madadayo (1993)
The end credits roll over a technicolor sky.

Twelve Monkeys (1995)

Lost Highway (1997)

The Game (1997)

Open Your Eyes (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)
Both main characters wear masks moulded from their own faces.

Almost Famous (2000)

Referenced in

Hitting It Hard (2002) (Video)

Shirtless: Hollywood's Sexiest Men (2002) (TV Movie)

Minority Report (2002)

The Banger Sisters (2002)
Poster shortly visible during the beginning sequence

Coupling: Remember This (2002) (TV Episode)
video patrick and sally rents

Raising the Stakes (2005)
Penelope Cruz and Tom Cruise joke

Do You Like Hitchcock? (2005) (TV Movie)
DVD in store

Top Gear: Episode #6.11 (2005) (TV Episode)
Jeremy mentions Timothy Spall is in it

Star Stories: The Church of Scientology Presents... Being Tom Cruise: Why Scientology Isn't in Any Way Mental (2007) (TV Episode)
spoof of behind-the-scenes events

Family Guy: Play It Again, Brian (2008) (TV Episode)
Brian suggests this when Lois suggests watching a bad movie.

Box Elder (2008)
Alex Rennie quotes the film while at the communist mannifestival party

Family Guy: Love Blactually (2008) (TV Episode)
Quagmire suggests a porn title of Vanilla boobs.

15 Till Midnight (2010)
The main character's storyline's and relationships between the women in his life are very similar in both films, admittedly so.

Gossip Girl: The Princess Dowry (2012) (TV Episode)
Lola asks Nate if's he's "pulling a 'Vanilla Sky'."

The Nostalgia Critic: Mr. Magoo (2012) (TV Episode)
mentioned among Penelope Cruz's movies

Happy Endings: More Like Stanksgiving (2012) (TV Episode)
Alex says she is tired of people using "Vanilla Sky" to defend everything.

The 85th Oscars (2013) (TV Special)
Mentioned in the "We Saw Your Boobs" song.

Potential Inertia (2013)
Declan refers to the "sky not being vanilla" because he's alive.