Movie connections for
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

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Follows

The Matrix (1999)
The Second Renaissance Part I (2003)
Final Flight of the Osiris (2003)
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Enter the Matrix (2003) (VG)

Followed by

The Matrix Online (2005) (VG)

Spin off

The Matrix: Path of Neo (2005) (VG)
 -  the game is based on the movie

References

Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
 -  The coat Neo wears when he is at the train station is clearly inspired by the coat worn by the vampire count in Nosferatu.
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
 -  The big "machine head" at the end is just like the Wizard's head
"The Merv Griffin Show" (1962)
"M*A*S*H" (1972)
 -  dialogue spoken by 'The Kid' at one point is adapted from the Season 1 episode "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet" script, the dialogue was orginally spoken by Ron Howard (credited as Ronny Howard)
Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984)
 -  Neo/Nausica is carried by the machines/Ohmu after sacrificing him/herself to save Zion/The Valley
Aliens (1986)
 -  The APU's in The Matrix Revolutions are almost identical to the power loader that Ripley uses in Aliens, and they are used for the same purpose as well. Also, the short-haired woman with the bazooka in Revolutions is identical to Vasquez in Aliens. And the aliens in Aliens look and act similar to the sentinels in Revolutions.
Akira (1988)
 -  Big explosion of water in fight scene matches big explosion in Neo Tokyo (ie shimmering orb growing in city)
Ghost (1990)
 -  Both films have a homeless guy jumping into a moving subway train
Life Stinks (1991)
 -  Quotes the movie with "love is just a word"
The Matrix (1999)
 -  (shot of Neo driving in the car through the matrix)
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
 -  A subway train is the only way to go between worlds. Also, the moment when Haku stands up to that Ubaba lady, it looks JUST like NEO standing before the Deus Ex Machina in the machine city, just flopped. note how Ubaba is mostly a big head, and how she charges at Haku with hair swirling around Haku while he remains calm.
The Transporter (2002)
 -  gun flying in the air towards camera

Referenced in

The Matrix Revisited (2001) (V)
Lost in Translation (2003)
 -  At the press conference Ann Faris talks about Keanu's character dying and being reincarnated in a movie featuring martial arts i.e Matrix Revolutions
Making 'Enter the Matrix' (2003) (V)
The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004) (TV)
 -  Billy Crystal wonders if anyone understood 'those Matrix films'
Freak Out (2004)
Shark Tale (2004)
 -  DVD is on shelf at the pawn shop.
Kung fu (2004)
 -  kung fu choreography identical to when neo fights the agent smiths in "matrix: revolutions"
The Burly Man Chronicles (2004) (V)
 -  mentioned many times
"Veronica Mars: Weapons of Class Destruction (#1.18)" (2005)
 -  poster in bedroom
Angel (2005) (TV)
 -  after describing The Matrix, Angel says it is part of a trilogy
Big Nothing (2006)
 -  Simon Pegg offers the blue and red pill, with a similar dialog like the first Matrix
"Scrubs: My Night to Remember (#6.11)" (2007)
 -  Turk mentions this film
Gran revelación, La (2007)
 -  A character mentions this movie.
"Stous 31 dromous: (#1.2)" (2007)
 -  Poster on the wall

Featured in

"HBO First Look: The Matrix Revolutions (#10.17)" (2003)
 -  clips
The Matrix Recalibrated (2004) (V)
The Hard Problem: The Science Behind the Fiction (2004) (V)
 -  clips shown
Return to Source: Philosophy & 'The Matrix' (2004) (V)
 -  clips shown

Spoofed in

The Helix... Loaded (2005)
 -  same characters

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