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Referenced in
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
 -  gun in rose's box and the end
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
 -  The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) hides a shotgun in a box of roses, just like Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) does in The Killing.
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Lat sau san taam (1992)
 -  shotgun in flower box
23:58 (1993)
Who Do You Think You're Fooling? (1994)
 -  The title is mentioned.
Chasing Amy (1997)
Silent Rain in the Ninth (1999)
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove (2000) (V)
 -  this is a documentary that covers some of kubrick's movies
Hitman: Codename 47 (2000) (VG)
 -  shotgun in a box of roses, just like Johnny Clay does.
Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)
Panic Room (2002)
 -  closing shot of Burnham letting go of the money
Irréversible (2002)
Nel cuore della notte (2002)
Kaante (2002)
The Making of 'Alien³' (2003) (V)
 -  Mention once
Hitman: Contracts (2004) (VG)
 -  shotgun in a box of roses, just like Johnny Clay does.
'Reservoir Dogs' Revisited (2005) (TV)
 -  This title is referenced.
Stanley's Girlfriend (2006)
 -  director who has similiarities to Kubrick made a movie at the racetrack
Trapped Ashes (2006)
 -  director who has similiarities to Kubrick made a movie at the racetrack
Featured in
It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1988)
 -  The Killing is playing on tv in the background of one scene. On the commentary for the dvd, the director Richard Linklater states that he was a fan of Sterling Hayden and the film contains a subtle tribute.
Lucky Numbers (2000)
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)
Edge of Outside (2006)
 -  excerpt

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