References
"The Huntley-Brinkley Report" (1956)
"Perry Mason" (1957)
Carnival of Souls (1962)
Seconds (1966)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The French Connection (1971)
- The car abduction borrows straight from "French Connection" (notice the baby cart).
Taxi Driver (1976)
Brazil (1985)
Referenced in
"Animaniacs: Video Review/When Mice Ruled the Earth (#1.47)" (????)
- Seen on video store shelf in 'Video Review'
Building 'Jacob's Ladder' (1990) (V)
- Featurette about the making of the film
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (#4.21)" (1991)
- "Jacob's Ladder, the lost scenes."
"Men Behaving Badly: Rent Boy (#2.2)" (1992)
- The movie's cover is shown.
Abre los ojos (1997)
Dark City (1998)
Silent Hill (1999) (VG)
Wicker Park (1999)
- Is referenced during the end credits.
The Sixth Sense (1999)
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
The Cell (2000)
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
Max Payne (2001) (VG)
- A drug called The Ladder is featured
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature (2001) (TV)
- mentioned once
New York at the Movies (2002) (TV)
"The Twilight Zone: Night Route (#1.6)" (2002)
- Melina compares what she thinks is happening to the plot of the movie.
The Ring (2002/I)
"Taken" (2002)
Silent Hill 3 (2003) (VG)
El maquinista (2004)
- plot (life breaks apart, love interest etc.)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
- When discussing Marco's dreams, Delp, his scientist friend, remarked that maybe he's living a dream right now, and that he's really still in Kuwait. This parallels Jacob's situation where his current life really is just his dream and he really is still in Vietnam.
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
- First of three film titles mentioned by Lady Totty in a row
Room 6 (2006)
- A number of plot elements are lifted directly from the film "Jacob's Ladder."
Sublime (2007) (V)
- A patient sees horrifying visions of other patients as he is wheeled through a hospital by a nurse. At the end, he discovers he is in a nightmarish state of limbo and accepts it.
The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin (2007) (V)
- Describes his ten year effort to produce his script.
Features
"To Tell the Truth" (1969)
Featured in
"The Directors: The Films of Adrian Lyne" (????)
- Clips shown.
Building 'Jacob's Ladder' (1990) (V)
- Features clips from the movie
Between Two Worlds (2002) (V)
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