Dark City
“They built the city to see what makes us tick. Last night, one of us went off.”
1998 · 1 h 40 min
Directed by 
Alex Proyas
Alex ProyasCast
Rufus Sewell 
Kiefer Sutherland 
Jennifer Connelly 
William Hurt Richard O'Brien Ian Richardson
Credits
Written by: Alex Proyas
Plot
A man wakes with no memory in a city where it is always night and discovers that strange beings are altering the city and its people's memories.
Sinekatalog’s take
A visually striking neo-noir science-fiction film that anticipated The Matrix.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (229,156 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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