Mr. Robot | Movies & TV references and inspiration

song: intriguing possibilities - trent reznor and atticus ross

all references in the video were confirmed by usanetwork's website and/or on r/MrRobot by several redditors

hellooo! here's a video that i've been meaning to post for months, took me a lot of time to watch at least 80% of what's mentioned in the video so i could catch all the references lol.

hope u enjoy!

movies/tv shows and how they're referenced:
- a clockwork orange (cinematography)
- the girl with the dragon tattoo (darlene's disguise, hacker protagonist)
- a space odyssey (cinematography, end scene)
- the social network (ctf tournament, protagonist's voice over, programming scenes)
- fight club (lol)
- the shining (confirmed by sam esmail: 3x03 was inspired by this movie)
- risky business (musical reference "tangerine dream - love on a real train)
- v for vendetta (mask, revolution)
- casablanca ("louis, i think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship")
- breaking bad (confirmed by usanetwork, hat is meant to represent heisenberg)
- american psycho (tyrell wellick's character)
- the sopranos (characters lost in the woods)
- pump up the volume (christian slater having social anxiety + revolution)
- vanilla sky (empty times square scene)
- twin peaks (dream sequences)
- the master (confirmed by martin wallström, referenced in the interrogation scene)
- hackers (on tv)
- requiem for a dream (elliot on adderall)
- eyes wide shut (rich people secretly doing nasty stuff)
- the king's speech (confirmed by martin wallström, scenography)
- the third man (ferris wheel's scene)
- the shawshank redemption (learning the rules about prison)
- superman (on tv)
- pulp fiction (same dialogue)
- full house (intro)
- alf (character cameo)
- lolita ("the key was in my fist, my fist was in my pocket")
- comet (photography, referenced multiple times in the show)
- back to the future (lol)

some honorable mentions to movies i couldn't find a way to incorporate into the video:
- heathers
- the parallax view
- dr. strangelove
- one flew over the cuckoo's nest
- matrix
- butterfly effect

p.s 1: there are definitely a ton of movies missing that i probably forgot to add, so sorry in advance
p.s 2: yes i'm still not over this show

[visualsforyou]

I love the passion you have towards this show

[seokjinsus]

So cool. You’re truly the backbone of this fandom 🙏🏻

[TheDiegofernando]

now we can pick some scenes from other shows/movies that were inspired in Mr. Robot :)

[BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers]

The season 1 twist was not only 'inspired', but directly lifted from Fight Club...

[PyroTheManiac]

Always a beautiful day when hot carla uploads

[nv]

Mr robot is such a nice collection of great movies. I keep coming back to this video to find out what to watch next

[triocha]

Well no wonder it’s always felt like such a familiar show

[olpeml]

wow this is INCREDIBLE!!! (+ thanks for explaining why they are references in the description!! and bravo for having watched most of them!!)

[jcramirezv]

Thanks Hot Carla for this amazing compilation. Now we can assure that Mr. Robot was inspired by the best movies and tv shows of all the times.

[Veixlix]

This video is so underrated, i love this fandom

[elle]

this is so cool, love that you are still making videos for the best show!!

[blackhope]

One of the last episodes is also a reference narratively to Stranger Than Paradise, two people changing their minds about boarding or getting off a flight and missing each other in the process. Also accompanied by a road trip. Clearly intended.

[armchairgravy]

Good artists create, great artists steal. Sam's pretty great!

[biaibarrett]

Thank you for this. Mr.Robot is the child of Pump Up the Volume and Heathers and Fight Club but it's so great to see it like this. Could have added Her parallels with Dom and Alexa.

[bobered]

didn't even realize the girl in the dragon tattoo reference, one of my favorite movies

[BenjaminHari]

Wow, didn't knew it had so many. I only recognized the Fight Club, Sopranos one and Requiem for Dreams during watching the series.

[DoxSam]

Hello, friend. Hello, friend? That's lame. Maybe I should give you a name, but that's a slippery slope. You're only in my head. We have to remember that.

[jgshadel]

great job with this one right here... just great!

[mattdp]

1:06 wow I didn’t realize these sequences

[zyonmdc]

hey man, do you remember which season and episode Mr Robot shows to Elliot a group of people partying on top of a building even after the 5/9 crisis? Mr Robot said they don't care because the world doesn't change for them or something like this