Followed by
Escape from L.A. (1996)
Remade as
Escape from New York (2011)
Edited into
Igla (1988)
- The helicopter landing
Return to 'Escape from New York' (2003) (V)
References
"Bandstand" (1952)
Emperor of the North Pole (1973)
Referenced in
Mai nei dak gung dui (1982)
The Super Ninja (1984)
Jiang shi fan sheng (1987)
Metal Gear (1987) (VG)
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (1990) (VG)
"Married with Children: The Goodbye Girl (#6.22)" (1992)
- Al watches it as part of his 'holidays' on the couch.
Nemesis (1992)
- Alex is implanted with a bomb which will kill him if he refuses to do the assignment and it will only be removed if Alex completes the assignment.
"The Critic: The Pilot (#1.1)" (1994)
- Jay and his son play a videogame called "Escape from the Big Apple"
"Mad About You: Escape from New York (#3.1)" (1994)
- title reference
Double Dragon (1994)
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
"Wings: Escape from New York (#8.16)" (1997)
- The title is a reference to the title of the movie.
Air Force One (1997)
The Thing: Terror Takes Shape (1998) (V)
Metal Gear Solid (1998) (VG)
Soldier (1998/I)
Angst (2000)
"Sex and the City: Escape from New York (#3.13)" (2000)
- title reference
Batoru rowaiaru (2000)
Ghosts of Mars (2001)
Grand Theft Auto III (2001) (VG)
Meat Market 2 (2001) (V)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001) (VG)
New York at the Movies (2002) (TV)
Dead to Rights (2002) (VG)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (2002) (VG)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
- The watch Juni wears is like the 24 hour countdown watch in Escape From New York.
'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest (2003) (TV)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
- Daryl Hannah plays Califorinia Mountian Snake, she sports an eye patch and a smoking habit as well as attitude, a referance to Snake Plissken
"Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Kidney Car (#2.17)" (2003)
- Boxy Brown makes Meatwad call him "Duke of New York, A-#1"
Assembling the League (2003) (V)
- Stephen Norrington is seen wearing a Snake Plissken shirt on set
The Last Shot (2004)
- Poster on Steven's wall.
Banlieue 13 (2004)
- Wall around part of a city, no police inside
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004) (VG)
- When he fights The Fear, Snake gets an arrow in his leg, just like Plissken.
Film Geek (2005)
- in Scotty's 'favorite John Carpenter films' list
Batman Begins (2005)
- "I heard you were dead"
Land of the Dead (2005)
- Walled off city, downed jet airliner, homing device, chopped 80's "woody" station wagon
"American Dad!: Con Heir (#1.11)" (2005)
- Roger calls Stan's dad Snake Plissken.
Grindhouse (2007)
- Black Flight, the name of the Special Forces unit Snake Plissken served in, is featured on the back of a Humvee in "Planet Terror"
Planet Terror (2007)
- "Black Flight", the name of the Special Forces unit Snake Plissken served in, is featured on the back of a humvee'.
Cloverfield (2008)
- The famous movie poster from Escape From New York inspired the scene with the Statue of Liberty's decapitated head.
Doomsday (2008)
- Many references, including the maps of Scotland using the same animation style and colours as those of New York, the scene where weapons and mission are presented to Eden Sinclair, and the musical themes.
Anatomy of Catastrophe: The Making of 'Doomsday' (2008) (V)
- Writer/director
Neil Marshall acknowledges this film as an influence on his movie.
Face Eater (2008)
- The character Romero wears an eye patch in Face Eater. This is a reference to Snake Plissken. Also, the character Harold Hellman who Flecks kills in Face Eater is a reference to Harry Dean Stanton's character in Escape from New York.
Kevin Smith: Sold Out - A Threevening with Kevin Smith (2008) (V)
- Mentioned in dialogue
Escape from Staten Island (2009)
- title reference
Featured in
John Carpenter: Fear Is Just the Beginning... The Man and His Movies (2004) (V)
- Clip
"I Love the 80's 3-D" (2005)
- They showed clips of it.
"L'ispettore Coliandro: In trappola (#1.3)" (2006)
- the movie trombetti is watching in his home
Spoofed in
Six-String Samurai (1998)
"Abenobashi mahô shôtengai: Huge Reversal?! Abenobashi Hollywood Shopping Arcade (#1.12)" (2002)
- Arumi's grandfather Masayoshi is dressed as Snake Plissken from the film Escape from New York (1981). In addition, he says "friends call me Snake" which spoofs the phrase "call me Snake" from the film.
"Tripping the Rift: Creaturepalooza (#2.11)" (2004)
- Chode gets 24 hours to rescue himself, like Snake Plisken.
"The Middleman: The Palindrome Reversal Palindrome (#1.12)" (2008)
- Middleman is dressed as Snake Plissken, also mention of the name Plissken is made.
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